Agatha Christie's Marple - Why Didn't They Ask Evans? - 12:15 pm Sunday, February 8 on ITV3

Julia McKenzie (Actor) .. Miss Marple

Born: February 17, 1941 in Enfield

Best Known For: Fresh Fields and Miss Marple.

Early-life: Julia Kathleen McKenzie was born on February 17, 1941 in Enfield to Kathleen and Albion. She was all set to begin training to become a French teacher when she landed a scholarship to study opera. After graduating from the Guildhall School of Music, she toured in operettas and musical comedies for a number of years before landing a role in 1969 in the London production of Mame.

Career: In the early 1970s, McKenzie took over one of the leading roles in Stephen Sondheim's Company. And so began a long association with Sondheim's work. Her big break came in the mid-1970s in the musical review Side by Side by Sondheim. It was a big success in London and New York. During the 1980s, McKenzie won an Olivier Award for her portrayal of Miss Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at the National Theatre. McKenzie has also worked extensively on TV, notably in Fresh Fields and its spin-off French Fields, Blott on the Landscape and Cranford. More recently, she has played the title roles in ITV drama Marple and one-off BBC children's drama Gangsta Granny.

Quote: "It's very easy for people to say actors are jealous, but I've never found that, I've always found them very loveable as we know we are all children at heart."

Trivia: In its day, Fresh Fields was the most popular programme of the week.

Sean Biggerstaff (Actor) .. Bobby Attfield

David Buchanan (Actor) .. John Carstairs

Siwan Morris (Actor) .. Florrie

Helen Lederer (Actor) .. Marjorie Attfield

Georgia Moffett (Actor) .. Frankie Derwent

Samantha Bond (Actor) .. Sylvia Savage

Richard Briers (Actor) .. Wilson

Born: January 14, 1934 in Merton, Surrey

Best Known For: His role in The Good Life.

Early-life: Richard David Briers was born on January 14, 1934, in Raynes Park, London. The cousin of gap-toothed comic actor Terry-Thomas, Briers grew up in a flat above a cinema and attended RADA between 1954 and 1956. He has a sister and left school with no qualifications. He did, however, win a scholarship to Liverpool Playhouse, and soon became an accomplished stage actor. He moved to the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry before making his West End debut.

Career: Briers' film career began in the 1960s with British features including Bottoms Up, Murder She Said, and The Girl on the Boat. He turned his attention to TV, gaining fame initially in the sitcom Marriage Lines, but it's probably for The Good Life that he will be best remembered. He teamed up again with its creators, John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, on the 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. Briers went on to join Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company, taking on more classical and Shakespearean roles including King Lear and Uncle Vanya. He's also appeared in Monarch of the Glen, Peter Pan, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Torchwood. He voiced the cartoon Roobarb twice - in 1974 and 2005.

Quote: On growing old: "I want very little action. I'm one of those awfully boring people who likes David Attenborough and the news."

Trivia: Briers was married to actress Ann Davies from 1958 until his death in 2013. They had two daughters, Lucy and Kate.

Freddie Fox (Actor) .. Tom Savage

Born: April 05, 1989 in Hammersmith, London

Best Known For: Playing King Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers.

Early-life: Frederick Samson Robert Morice Fox was born on April 5, 1989 in Hammersmith, London to actor Edward Fox and actress Joanna David. His sister, Emilia, is also an actress. Freddie was educated at Arnold House School in London and Bryanston School in Dorset. He graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2010.

Career: Fox's early credits include St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009), Worried About the Boy (2010) and the TV series Any Human Heart. His first big role was as King Louis XIII in The Three Musketeers (2011). Since then, he has played Freddie Baxter in the two TV series Banana and Cucumber and Rubio in the film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017). He has also had some notable roles in theatre, including as Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas in The Judas Kiss at Hampstead Theatre, as well as on a UK tour and in London's West End.

Quote: "The value of entertainment can easily be so underestimated and underrated but ultimately all of life is a game and a play for everybody."

Trivia: He won third prize at the Ian Charleson Awards in 2016 for his performance as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet at the Sheffield Crucible.

Rik Mayall (Actor) .. Alec Nicholson

Born: March 07, 1958 in Matching Tye, near Harlow in Essex

Best Known For: The Young Ones.

Early-life: Born Richard Michael Mayall on March 7, 1958, in Harlow, Essex. His parents, John and Gillian, were both drama teachers and encouraged him to tread the boards. He made his acting debut in a play by his father when he was seven years old. He attended Manchester University, where he became friends with his future professional partner Adrian Edmondson. They began performing together as 20th Century Coyote at The Comedy Store, before gaining a following thanks to their gigs at The Comic Strip.

Career: Mayall made his small-screen debut in 1981 as the protagonist in Kevin Turvey Investigates, closely followed by TV series A Kick Up the Eighties and small roles in films Eye of the Needle and An American Werewolf in London. He shot to fame a year later when he co-wrote and starred in the BBC sitcom The Young Ones. With partner Adrian Edmondson, Mayall created The Dangerous Brothers for Saturday Live, then reteamed with fellow Young One Nigel Planer for Filthy Rich & Catflap in 1987. The same year, he won huge acclaim and a new fanbase with political satire The New Statesman. Other offerings include the movie Drop Dead Fred, Eat the Rich, Carry On Columbus, Guest House Paradiso, Rik Mayall Presents... and the hugely successful Bottom. In 2013, he starred in Channel 4 sitcom Man Down. He died on June 9, 2014

Quote: "TV is so bad these days. It's patronising, slight and badly thought-out."

Trivia: In 1998, Mayall was in a coma for five days following a quad bike accident.

Hannah Murray (Actor) .. Dorothy Savage

Rafe Spall (Actor) .. Roger Bassington

Born: March 10, 1983 in London

Best Known For: Pete Versus Life.

Early-life: Rafe Joseph Spall was born March 10, 1983 in Dulwich, south-east London. His father is actor Timothy Spall. Rafe was named after the title character of The Knight of the Burning Pestle, which his dad played in a Royal Shakespeare Company production. He developed a passion for acting at an early age, but was too embarrassed to tell his folks. Timothy and wife Shane saw him in a school production of Bugsy Malone and suggested he audition for the National Youth Theatre. Rafe was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College and landed an agent after he was spotted in a stage production of Nicholas Nickleby.

Career: Spall made his film debut in the 2001offering Beginner's Luck. He went on to star in the projects Out of Control, The Lion in Winter, Shaun of the Dead, The Calcium Kid and Kidulthood. In recent years, he's rarely been out of the public eye, featuring in Cracker, the Russell Crowe comedy A Good Year, Wide Sargasso Sea, Hot Fuzz, a TV version of A Room with a View (in which he starred with his dad) and ITV1 drama He Kills Coppers. He's also appeared in Frankie Howard: Rather You Than Me, Desperate Romantics, and Channel 4 sitcom Pete Versus Life.

Quote: "It's always nerve-wracking for a young actor to be around an established actor. Even if it is his father."

Trivia: Spall married former Hollyoaks actress Elize du Toit in August 2010.

Natalie Dormer (Actor) .. Moira Nicholson

Warren Clarke (Actor) .. Cmdr Peters

Born: April 26, 1947 in Oldham

Best Known For: Dalziel & Pascoe (he played Dalziel).

Early-life: Born Alan Clarke on April 26, 1947, in Oldham, where his father's job involved putting stained glass in church windows. He left school at 15 and became a runner at the Manchester Evening News while doing amateur dramatics in his spare time. He changed his first name to Warren because a girlfriend admired Warren Beatty. After realising he wanted to act, he got his first break in a radio play for BBC Manchester.

Career: Clarke made his TV debut in the late 1960s, and went on to appear in episodes of Coronation Street, The Avengers, Callan, and The Virgin Soldiers before getting his big break with a prominent role in the controversial A Clockwork Orange in 1971. A variety of TV and movie work followed, including Shelley, SOS Titanic, Ishtar (alongside his namesake, Beatty) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. High-profile roles later came in The Manageress, ID, The Mystery of Men, The Deputy, and Down to Earth. He became a household name thanks to a starring role in Dalziel & Pascoe, which first aired in 1996. He also appeared in Bleak House, Christmas at the Riviera, The Invisibles, Red Riding, Just William, and In with the Flynns. He died peacefully in his sleep on November 12, 2014 at the age of 67.

Quote: "My headmaster told me: 'Don't become an actor. It's a ridiculous job. Anyway, you can't even speak properly. Why don't you become a bus driver or something?'"

Trivia: He supported Manchester City.

Mark Williams (Actor) .. Claude Evans

Born: August 22, 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Best Known For: The Fast Show

Early-life: Born in Bromsgrove on August 22, 1959. As a teen he hoped for a career in academia, then read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University where he discovered a love of both acting and writing. He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company before proving himself a fine comic actor with early roles in Red Dwarf and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.

Career: Other early TV appearances came in Tumbledown, KYTV, Bottom and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Williams became a famous face thanks to his appearances in The Fast Show, where he played a number of memorable characters. The Canterbury Tales, Gormenghast and Shackleton followed, but it was his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise that made him recognisable worldwide. He has also appeared in successful films like Stardust and Shakespeare in Love and presented several documentary programmes, such as Mark Williams' Big Bangs.

Quote: "I'll get me coat."

Trivia: Away from showbusiness, he is an avid follower of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.

Basher Savage (Actor) .. Young George Savage

Sarah Ridgeway (Actor) .. Young Sylvia

Rupert Savage (Actor) .. Young Jack Savage

Patrick Barlow (Writer)

Karen Thrussell (Producer)

Nicholas Renton (Director)

Agatha Christie's Marple: Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

12:15 pm - 2:10 pm, Sunday, February 8 on ITV3 (10)

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