Swimming has helped
Hawes pay attention to her breath onstage.
And once you reach the lovely market town of
Hawes less than a mile along the road, there are a number of reasons to park up and have a look around.
As for why Kathleen was an interesting character to play,
Hawes calls her "very much a woman of her time".
"that sounds like i'm sticking myself into holes,"
Hawes hesitates, taking a moment to choose her words carefully, as she often does throughout the chat.
Hawes is well known for roles in the water-cooler discussion shows of the moment, Line of Duty, Bodyguard and perhaps what is more "lovely warm bath" than water cooler, as she describes The Durrells.
After Newsnight asked viewers for questions for Mercurio on Twitter,
Hawes responded: "Is Julia Montague alive...?" Cannock-born Mercurio, who trained as a doctor in Birmingham before going into screenwriting, was speaking at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival.
Hawes emphasizes that Julius Caesar's establishment of military boundaries and the demarcation of Germanic peoples east and west of the River Elbe profoundly influenced the country's political development, even into the present day.
HAWES war Britain a ho The six-parter - which will also be on Netflix later this year - is part espionage drama, part period piece.
Hawes, who played fictional Home Secretary Julia Montague in the hit BBC series, told Radio Times the Scot could handle the long-running Bond franchise.
Hawes has served as an independent director for Archrock Inc.
When a request went out on Twitter asking what questions fans would like to put to the show's creator Jed Mercurio, she wrote: "Is Julia Montague alive?" Mercurio replied to
Hawes: "Is she though?" The BBC1 series, which stars Scot Richard Madden as bodyguard David Budd, will come to a nerveshredding 75-minute conclusion on Sunday at 9pm.
Hawes explains, "We have a huge pond in front of the Sitzmark and there's a competition; skiers have to dress up in costume and try to launch themselves across the pond.