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Season 1, Episode 2
Brooks and Devlin fail to find a lead when a 13-year-old is kicked to death at Euston Station, so they turn to Chandler, who holds a press conference. As the detectives are led through a tangled web of family loyalties, the suspect's barrister, an old flame of Steel's, gathers evidence for an audacious defence strategy that could change the nature of the British legal system. Dervla Kirwan guest stars, with Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber and Ben Daniels
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Cast & Crew
Bradley Walsh
(Actor)
.. DS Ronnie Brooks
Jamie Bamber
(Actor)
.. DS Matt Devlin
Harriet Walter
(Actor)
.. DI Natalie Chandler
Ben Daniels
(Actor)
.. James Steel
Freema Agyeman
(Actor)
.. Alesha Phillips
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. George Castle
Dervla Kirwan
(Actor)
.. Beatrice McArdle
Nimmy March
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Rawls
Nicola Stephenson
(Actor)
.. Mandy Jackson
Joanna Hole
(Actor)
.. Phoebe Baxter
Richard Wisker
(Actor)
.. Jono Blake
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Judge DeMarco
Neal Barry
(Actor)
.. Stevie Agnew
Michelle Terry
(Actor)
.. Debbie Grove
Rebekah Staton
(Actor)
.. Tracy Blake
Nicholas Blane
(Actor)
.. Oswald Spear
Victor Power
(Actor)
.. Rev Tony Crawford
Danielle Tabor
(Actor)
.. Cheryl Matthews
Bill Moody
(Actor)
.. Harry Thompson
Tracy Wiles
(Actor)
.. Jenny Lee
Diveen Henry
(Actor)
.. Bernice Bradley
Steven Harwood-Brown
(Actor)
.. Andy Sefton
Babatunde Aleshe
(Actor)
.. Jason
Richard Stokes
(Producer)
Jane Featherstone
(Executive producer)
Andrew Woodhead
(Executive producer)
Chris Chibnall
(Executive producer)
Andy Goddard
(Director)
Terry Cafolla
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Bradley Walsh
(Actor)
.. DS Ronnie Brooks
Born:
June 04, 1960
in
Watford
Best Known For:
Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK
Early-life:
Bradley John Walsh was born in Watford on June 4, 1960. He wanted to be a footballer and was playing for a county league team when he was offered a contract with Brentford FC. Sadly, his sporting career was brought to an abrupt end when he broke both his ankles. He then considered joining the police, but was told he was too short, so he followed his father into engineering. He eventually decided to try stand-up comedy, and made his first steps towards turning professional when he became an entertainer at a holiday camp near Morecambe.
Career:
Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.
Quote:
'Professionally I saw the end of light entertainment galloping towards me. Oddly enough, it's coming back now thanks to all the reality shows.'
Trivia:
Walsh is a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Jamie Bamber
(Actor)
.. DS Matt Devlin
Harriet Walter
(Actor)
.. DI Natalie Chandler
Ben Daniels
(Actor)
.. James Steel
Born:
June 10, 1964
in
Nuneaton
Best Known For:
Playing Finn in Cutting It.
Early-life:
Born in Nuneaton on June 10, 1964. He's the son of a Rolls-Royce engineer-turned-grocer and the owner of a children's clothes shop. He claims to have been shy, but naughty as a child. School plays gave him the acting bug and he also credits David Lynch's The Elephant Man as a source of inspiration. He studied acting at Lamda before appearing in a series of repertory productions up and down the UK. He made his big-screen debut in 1987 Emily Lloyd vehicle Wish You Were Here, while his first TV appearance was in the 1989 drama The Paradise Club.
Career:
Daniels claims his big break came when he landed a leading role in Alan Ayckbourn's Family Circles at Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1986. He then played Mercutio in a made-for-TV version of Romeo and Juliet. Larger parts in the likes of Outside Edge and Silent Witness followed, while on the big screen, his film CV was boosted with appearances in Passion in the Desert, and Fanny and Elvis. In 2002, he won the role of Finn Bevan in the series Cutting It, becoming a household name in the process. After quitting in 2004, he has gone on to star in Spooks, The Virgin Queen, The State Within, Lark Rise to Candleford, The Paradise and Law & Order: UK.
Quote:
'Homophobia is still shockingly prevalent in film and TV. I know I've lost work because of being gay, and it is always an issue. I don't consider myself politically gay, but whenever I catch a whiff of that now, I'm on it like a ton of bricks.'
Trivia:
Daniels was in the running to replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who before the role went to Peter Capaldi.
Freema Agyeman
(Actor)
.. Alesha Phillips
Born:
March 20, 1979
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a Doctor Who assistant
Early-life:
Born in 1979 in north London to Azar, an Iranian mother, and Osei, a Ghanaian father. She has an older sister and younger brother. She grew up on a council estate in Hackney and went to Our Lady's Convent in Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill. Freema studied drama at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington and at Radford University in Virginia, USA. She graduated with a BA Honours in Performing Arts and Drama from Middlesex University in 2000.
Career:
Agyeman made ends meet as a box-office assistant, before landing a regular role in the short-lived Crossroads revamp in 2002. After the soap folded, Freema went on to appear in Casualty@Holby City, Silent Witness and The Bill. She grabbed a part in the little-seen film Rulers and Dealers, before making her Doctor Who debut as ill-fated character Adeola in the 2006 episode Army of Ghosts. She was then recast as Adeola's cousin, Martha Jones, who became the Doctor's assistant following Rose's departure. Since quitting the show, Agyeman has featured in Little Dorrit, Survivors, Torchwood and Law & Order: UK.
Quote:
'I don't for any minute take any of this for granted, I'm fully aware of how lucky I am.'
Trivia:
She was named Best Newcomer at the 2007 Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
Bill Paterson
(Actor)
.. George Castle
Born:
June 03, 1945
in
Glasgow
Best Known For:
A number of small-screen TV roles.
Early-life:
Bill Paterson was born on June 3, 1945, in Glasgow. He spent three years as a quantity surveyor before doing a teaching course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He was about to accept an educational role when he was offered a place with the Citizen's Theatre. His big break came at the Edinburgh Festival in The Great Northern Welly Boot Show, a satire by Billy Connolly about striking shipbuilders.
Career:
Paterson's TV debut came in 1977's Bafta-winning Licking Hitler. A year later he appeared in The Vanishing Army and Smiley's People. He went on to feature in such films as The Killing Fields, A Private Function, Defence of the Realm, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Chaplin, Bright Young Things and Truly, Madly, Deeply. Other TV projects include The Singing Detective, Traffik, The Crow Road, Doctor Zhivago, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, and Law & Order: UK. He was also nominated for an Olivier Award for Bertolt Brecht's Schwekyk in the Second World War in 1982 and has done extensive voiceover work on TV and radio.
Quote:
'I don't think acting has ever been my passion, but it's a very nice way of making a living.'
Trivia:
Paterson turned down one of the leads in Alien.
Dervla Kirwan
(Actor)
.. Beatrice McArdle
Born:
October 24, 1971
in
Churchtown, Dublin
Best Known For:
Ballykissangel.
Early-life:
Dervla Kirwan was born in Churchtown, Dublin, on October 24, 1971. She is the youngest of three sisters. Her father was an insurance executive and her mother a French and English teacher. She was bullied at school and her parents encouraged her to take drama classes to make friends. At 15 she landed her first major role in BBC drama Troubles, and a year later appeared on the London stage in Billy Roche's Wexford Trilogy. She hasn't looked back since.
Career:
At the age of 18, she moved to London permanently and numerous stage roles followed. She also appeared in the movie December Bride, but it was playing a teenage temptress in A Time to Dance in 1992 that brought her instant media attention. Since then she has starred in Goodnight Sweetheart and Ballykissangel, which established her as one of British TV's best-loved actresses. She's also won acclaim for her work on The Dark Room, Flint Street Nativity, Eureka Street, The Bombmaker, Hearts and Bones, The Silence, 55 Degrees North, Doctor Who and Injustice.
Quote:
'I could have taken the money and gone on running with BallyK. But then, would I have had a career in five years? I have to move on, to show what I am capable of doing.'
Trivia:
Kirwan married actor Rupert Penry-Jones in 2007.
Nimmy March
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Rawls
Nicola Stephenson
(Actor)
.. Mandy Jackson
Born:
July 05, 1971
in
Oldham
Best Known For:
A string of TV roles.
Early-life:
Nicola was born in Oldham on July 5, 1971. She made her TV debut in Children's Ward, but her big break came in the same year when she began playing Margaret Clemence in Channel 4 soap Brookside. Her on-air kiss with co-star Anna Friel on Brookside was the first pre-watershed lesbian kiss on British TV. A clip of the kiss was broadcast around the world during the London 2012 Olympics opening ceremony.
Career:
After leaving Brookside in 1993, Stephenson went on to star in a number of popular TV shows, including The Bill, Casualty, Holby City, Clocking Off, Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights, The Chase, All at Sea, and Waterloo Road. More recently, she starred in ITV drama Safe House.
Quote:
'I have the knees of an eight-year-old child - all covered in bruises - because I am so accident- prone.'
Trivia:
Stephenson needed to become a qualified fork-lift driver for her role in Clocking Off.
Joanna Hole
(Actor)
.. Phoebe Baxter
Richard Wisker
(Actor)
.. Jono Blake
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Judge DeMarco
Neal Barry
(Actor)
.. Stevie Agnew
Michelle Terry
(Actor)
.. Debbie Grove
Rebekah Staton
(Actor)
.. Tracy Blake
Nicholas Blane
(Actor)
.. Oswald Spear
Victor Power
(Actor)
.. Rev Tony Crawford
Danielle Tabor
(Actor)
.. Cheryl Matthews
Bill Moody
(Actor)
.. Harry Thompson
Tracy Wiles
(Actor)
.. Jenny Lee
Diveen Henry
(Actor)
.. Bernice Bradley
Steven Harwood-Brown
(Actor)
.. Andy Sefton
Babatunde Aleshe
(Actor)
.. Jason
Richard Stokes
(Producer)
Jane Featherstone
(Executive producer)
Andrew Woodhead
(Executive producer)
Chris Chibnall
(Executive producer)
Andy Goddard
(Director)
Terry Cafolla
(Writer)
