Agatha Christie's Marple - Nemesis - 5:50 pm Sunday, January 4 on ITV3

Geraldine McEwan (Actor) .. Miss Marple

Laura Michelle Kelly (Actor) .. Verity Hunt/Margaret Lumley

Dan Stevens (Actor) .. Michael Faber

Born: October 10, 1982 in Croydon, London

Best Known For: Playing Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey.

Early-life: Daniel Jonathan Stevens was born on October 10, 1982 in Croydon, London. He was adopted at birth by two teachers and grew up in Wales and southeast England. Dan discovered his love of acting while studying at Tonbridge School and began training over the summer holidays at the National Youth Theatre. He studied English Literate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge University, where he was part of the Marlowe Society and Footlights. He played the titular role in a Marlowe Society production of Macbeth, where he caught the attention of director Peter Hall.

Career: Stevens' professional acting career started in 2004, when he played Orlando in Peter Hall's touring production of As You Like It. Following a number of theatre roles, Stevens landed the lead part in the BBC adaptation of The Line of Beauty. His biggest break came when he was cast as Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey. He left the show after its third season so that he could star in The Guest (2014). Since then, he has played the lead role in the TV series Legion and played the Beast in the live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).

Quote: "I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can."

Trivia: He was a judge for the Man Booker Prize for Literature in 2012 and had to read 148 novels in eight months.

Graeme Garden (Actor) .. Matthew Broadribb

Richard E Grant (Actor) .. Raymond West

Born: May 02, 1957 in Mbabane, Swaziland

Best Known For: Withnail and I.

Early-life: Born Richard Esterhuysen on May 2, 1957, in Mbabane, Swaziland. His mother left home when he was 11, leaving him and his brother Stuart to be raised by their father, the country's director of education. He attended school with Nelson Mandela's daughter. Grant knew from an early age he wanted to act after becoming infatuated with Barbra Streisand. He studied English and drama at university in Cape Town, South Africa, then settled in London, but struggled to make a name for himself.

Career: Grant gained good reviews for a performance in short film Honest, Decent and True in 1985, alongside Gary Oldman and Arabella Weir. His big break came when Daniel Day-Lewis dropped out of Withnail and I, and Grant took his place. The film was a cult smash. Since then, he's appeared in various films and TV shows, including Bram Stoker's Dracula, The Age of Innocence, LA Story, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Gosford Park, and The Hound of the Baskervilles. His film diary, With Nails, was a best-seller, but a novel, By Design, was disappointing. In 2005, he made his directing debut with the critically acclaimed, semi-autobiographical Wah-Wah. His recent work includes roles in Colour Me Kubrick, Penelope, Cuckoo and The Iron Lady, in which he played Tory politician Michael Heseltine.

Quote: "Sometimes Hollywood doesn't seem a million miles from a Miss World contest. I just don't have strong enough mental furniture to withstand it."

Trivia: In 2006, he helped to expose a $98million scam to sell a bogus AIDS cure.

Ruth Wilson (Actor) .. Georgina Barrow

Born: January 13, 1982 in Ashford, Kent

Johnny Briggs (Actor) .. Sydney Lumley

Born: September 05, 1935 in London

Best Known For: Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born September 5, 1935, in Battersea, South London. He was the eldest of two children - his sister, Barbara, died at the age of 15 in 1955. Briggs was evacuated to Surrey and later Cheshire during World War Two, but on his return to the capital, won a scholarship at The Italia Conti School, where fellow pupils included Nannette Newman, Millicent Martin and Anthony Newley. He made his professional debut at 12 as a boy soprano with the Italian Opera Company.

Career: Briggs's movie debut was in 1948's Quartet. He also starred alongside Audrey Hepburn on stage in Sauce Tartare. He went on to appear in various British films during the 1950s and 1960s, including Cosh Boy, The Bulldog Breed, Doctor in Distress, The Devil-Ship Pirates, 633 Squadron, The Intelligence Men and Carry On Up the Khyber. Briggs also made appearances in numerous TV shows, such as The Saint, Department S and On the Buses before landing a regular part in Crossroads in 1975. A year later, he made his debut as businessman Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street. He remained in the show until 2006.

Quote: On the sacking story: "I think if I'd been fired, I would be the first to hear of it."

Trivia: In 2006, he received a lifetime achievement award at the British Soap Awards and was awarded an MBE.

George Cole (Actor) .. Laurence Raeburn

Born: April 22, 1925 in London

Best Known For: Playing Arthur Daley in Minder.

Early-life: George Edward Cole was born in London on April 22, 1925. His mother, whom he never met, abandoned him at 10 days old, and he was adopted by the Cole family. George left school to be a butcher's boy, but won a part in a touring musical and opted for acting instead. At 15 he and his adoptive mother moved in with Alastair Sim's family after he appeared in a film with the thespian. They helped him lose his cockney accent, and he stayed with them until his first marriage at 27.

Career: Cole made his big-screen debut in 1941's Cottage to Let, but didn't achieve fame until he landed the part of Flash Harry in the classic St Trinian's films. He went on to have a successful career on stage, TV and in movies, often appearing opposite mentor Sim in such productions as Scrooge and The Green Man. TV credits include My Good Friend, Dad, An Independent Man, Blott on the Landscape and Minder, which ran for 15 years. In his later years, he appeared in Station Jim, Bodily Harm, Mary Reilly, A Class Apart, and Diamond Geezer. He died on August 6, 2015, after a long illness. He was 90.

Quote: "I made my first film in 1940. I can't think much has changed apart from the equipment and cost."

Trivia: In 2013, Cole published his autobiography, The World Was My Lobster.

Ronni Ancona (Actor) .. Amanda Dalrymple

Adrian Rawlins (Actor) .. Derek Turnbull

Emily Woof (Actor) .. Rowena Waddy

Will Mellor (Actor) .. Martin Waddy

Born: April 03, 1976 in Stockport

Best Known For: Hollyoaks and Casualty.

Early-life: Born April 3, 1976, in Stockport, Cheshire. He hated school, apart from playing football at lunchtime. Mellor hoped to follow in his father and uncle's footsteps by becoming a boxer, and even took part in amateur bouts, but decided to concentrate on showbusiness instead. At 11, he sang at his sister's wedding reception, where he was spotted by an agent who told him he should try performing professionally.

Career: Mellor's TV debut came in 1987 when he was cast as a young Clive Barker in a documentary. Three years later, he landed a regular role in Children's Ward, but didn't become well known until Hollyoaks began in 1995. He played the character Jambo for three years. A stint in musical Oh What a Night followed. Since then he's starred in Casualty, Is Harry on the Boat?, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and M.I.T: Murder Investigation Team, as well as having a stint in EastEnders. Mellor also had a short-lived pop career and won Celebrity Fame Academy in 2003. Projects since include In With the Flynns, White Van Man and Broadchurch.

Quote: "There's only so many times I can come in to work with hangovers. I'm trying to take everything a bit more seriously in life, especially my work, because now I've got something to work towards. I've got my children to look after."

Trivia: Mellor has modelled for Topman.

Anne Reid (Actor) .. Sister Agnes

Born: May 28, 1935 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Coronation Street and dinnerladies.

Early-life: Born May 28, 1935, in Newcastle. The majority of her family worked in the newspaper industry, including her father, grandfather and uncle; her three brothers followed in their footsteps. When her father was made the Daily Telegraph's special correspondent for the Middle East, she was sent to boarding school in Wales and only saw her parents during the summer holidays. It was while at school that her acting talent was spotted and she was encouraged to audition for Rada.

Career: Reid started out as a stage manager, then worked in rep. Her first TV work came alongside Benny Hill, but it was playing Ken Barlow's tragic wife Valerie in Coronation Street for 10 years that turned her into a household name - more than 18 million viewers tuned in to see her character die in 1971. She later took a break from acting to raise a family, but returned in the 1980s, cropping up in several popular TV shows before showing her comedy prowess in dinnerladies in 1999. In the years since, Reid has landed some fantastic roles that have enabled her to show off her range as an actress. She was particularly daring in 2003's The Mother, in which her character had an affair with Daniel Craig. She's since appeared in Upstairs, Downstairs, Five Days, New Tricks, Doctor Who, Marchlands, In Love with Barbara, Moving On, Song for Marion and Last Tango in Halifax.

Quote: On nudity: "I looked in the mirror and said: 'You can't show this to the British public - it's going to put everyone off their tea'."

Trivia: Reid was awarded an MBE in 2010.

Amanda Burton (Actor) .. Sister Clotilde

Born: October 10, 1956 in Ballougry, Co Derry, Northern Ireland

Best Known For: Brookside, Peak Practice, Silent Witness and Waterloo Road.

Early-life: Born in Ballougry, Co Derry, Northern Ireland, on October 10, 1956. She was raised in a Protestant area of Londonderry, where her father was a headmaster. She's the youngest of four girls. At the age of seven, Amanda decided she wanted to become an actress. Eleven years later, she left for England to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic. After graduating, she appeared in plays produced by companies in Lancaster and Bolton.

Career: Burton's first regular TV role came in 1982 as Heather Haversham in Brookside. She spent four years in the soap before securing a regular role in Boon. She also appeared in episodes of Inspector Morse, Medics, Stay Lucky, and Lovejoy. In 1993, she starred alongside Kevin Whately in Peak Practice. Two years later she quit to tackle the role of forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan in Silent Witness, and stayed with the show for eight years. Other miniseries and one-off dramas include The Gift, Forgotten, The Whistle-Blower, Marple and The Commander. Burton later spent a year on Waterloo Road, had a supporting role in the film Bronson and has presented the series Amanda Burton: Forensic Killers for the Discovery Channel.

Quote: "I'm not a cold, serious person like many of the characters I've played. I'm actually a complete clown."

Trivia: In 2014, Burton made it through to the semi-finals of Celebrity MasterChef.

Lee Ingleby (Actor) .. DC Colin Hands

Born: January 20, 1976 in Burnley, Lancashire

Best Known For: Playing Martin Shaw's sidekick in Inspector George Gently.

Early-life: Born January 28, 1976, in Burnley. He was brought up in Brierfield, Lancashire and attended Edge End High School in Nelson - the same establishment that educated fellow actor John Simm. In fact, they had the same drama teacher who encouraged them both to take up acting professionally. Coincidentally, years later, Ingleby played Simm's father in a flashback sequence during Life on Mars. Ingleby's parents and sister appeared in amateur productions while he was growing up, and the acting bug bit him while appearing with the Burnley Youth Theatre.

Career: After studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Ingleby landed his first regular role in 1997, playing Kevin Fitzpatrick in Soldier Soldier. Killer Net, Cadfael and Jonathan Creek followed, before he won the lead in the BBC's Nature Boy, alongside Paul McGann. He's rarely been out of work since, juggling stage and screen work. Other notable projects include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Early Doors, The Street, Crooked House and, of course, Inspector George Gently. Recent projects include Being Human, Luther and an audio production of the Robin Hood legend, in which he played the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Quote: "If someone's well-established, you always think ‘I won't know what to say to them because they're on a pedestal'. But actually, within 10 minutes, you forget who they are and what they've done before and they're just a bloke who enjoys working."

Trivia: In 2015, Ingleby replaced Neil Morrissey as the voice of Bob the Builder.

Heidi Monsen (Actor) .. Waitress

Stephen Churchett (Writer)

Agatha Christie (Writer)

Karen Thrussell (Producer)

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)

Rebecca Eaton (Executive producer)

Phil Clymer (Executive producer)

Nicolas Winding Refn (Director)

Agatha Christie's Marple: Nemesis

5:50 pm - 8:00 pm, Sunday, January 4 on ITV3 (10)

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Season 3, Episode 4

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