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Laura is an older woman, highly educated, actively devout, intelligent, resourceful, good-humored and a long-time resident of a community that struggles to balance its relative wealth with the neediness of surrounding communities.

In a letter read out to the court, Ms Hempstead's mother Karen described her daughter as "loving, resilient, not afraid to speak her mind, hard working, caring, extremely brave, resourceful, generous".

“She is very resourceful,” Dockery agrees of Mary’s tenacity and ability to imagine a new future for Downton, particularly new ways of funding the estate.

Mr Williams said it was more resourceful to have one officer help a farmer burn some land safely, than 10 fire trucks turning up "because you'd lost control".

But without network TV production budgets, the team is more resourceful with how they spend their money for the self-funded venture.