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Ryan Cranford, 42, said he didn’t know the cleanup was scheduled until minutes beforehand.

Sitting on a nearby retaining wall, Cranford said he would have accepted a motel room had someone offered one.

Thomas, whose other writing work includes 2007 BBC period drama Cranford and 2017 mini-series Little Women, says despite how much of her life is entwined with the show, she still manages to keep home and work separate.

He's clearly disenchanted by Cranford High and the drawbacks of being queer in the small town suburbs, but then he finds this unlikely camaraderie and comfort.

He’s done Shakespeare and “Cranford,” “The Thick of It” and James Bond.