Lewis - Your Sudden Death Question - 06:00 am Sunday, April 19 on ITV3

Kevin Whately (Actor) .. DI Robert Lewis

Born: February 06, 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.

Early-life: Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.

Career: Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.

Quote: On John Thaw: 'John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people.'

Trivia: Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.

Laurence Fox (Actor) .. DS Hathaway

Born: May 26, 1978 in Yorkshire

Best Known For: Lewis.

Early-life: Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.

Career: Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.

Quote: 'Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working.'

Trivia: Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.

Clare Holman (Actor) .. Dr Laura Hobson

Rebecca Front (Actor) .. Ch Supt Innocent

Born: May 16, 1964 in Stoke Newington

Best Known For: The Thick of It.

Early-life: Rebecca Louise Front was born in Stoke Newington on May 16, 1964. She comes from an artistic family - her father is an artist, her mother writes children's stories and her brother Jeremy writes (he and Rebecca often write together, most notably Radio 4's Incredible Women). Rebecca knew she wanted to act from the age of six or seven. After leaving school, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she began performing with the Oxford Theatre Group.

Career: Front's comedy career took off with the Radio 4 show The Bobo Girls, the second series of which was produced by Armando Iannucci, with whom she's worked with numerous times since, most notably on The Thick of It. Other comedy projects include On the Hour, The Day Today, Absolute Power, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The Spa and various Alan Partridge projects. Front has also dabbled in drama, with roles in The Rotters' Club, Kavanagh QC, Lewis, Jonathan Creek, and Humans.

Quote: 'I'd love a role in Sherlock. Or maybe I could play a Doctor Who monster or something. That'd be brilliant.'

Trivia: Front's father, Charles Front, designed the title logo for The Beatles album Rubber Soul.

Alan Davies (Actor) .. Marcus Richards

Born: March 06, 1966 in Loughton, Essex

Best Known For: Jonathan Creek and being the permanent panellist on QI.

Early-life: Alan Roger Davies was born in Loughton, Essex, on March 6, 1966. Together with his older brother and younger sister, Alan was raised by his accountant father, following the death of his mother from leukaemia when he was six. Despite disliking school, he was a bright child and passed 12 O-Levels and two A-Levels before studying drama at the University of Kent. On graduating, he signed on for an Enterprise Allowance Scheme to help fund his assault on the London comedy circuit.

Career: Davies performed his first stand-up gig in 1988, and by the early 1990s was a rising star, picking up rave reviews at Edinburgh. He later gave up playing clubs to concentrate on radio. His Radio 1 series, Alan's Big One FM, led to TV appearances on shows such as One Foot in the Grave, before he was cast as the lead in Jonathan Creek, the light-hearted mystery drama that made him a household name. Other acting work includes Bob and Rose, A Many Splintered Thing, The Brief, Marple, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Lewis and Whites. He presented the three-part documentary Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution for Channel 4 in 2010 and was a judge in 2011 on ITV talent show Show Me the Funny. He's also appeared in West End hit Auntie and Me. He has been a permanent panellist on irreverent quiz QI since the show began in 2003.

Quote: 'I'm like a fine wine. I'm maturing.'

Trivia: In early 2012, he announced his first UK stand-up tour in 12 years.

Timothy West (Actor) .. Donald Terry

Born: October 20, 1934 in Bradford

Best Known For: Being a star of stage, TV and film.

Early-life: Timothy Lancaster West was born in Bradford on October 20, 1934, to actors Olive and Harry (better known as Lockwood West). He worked as a furniture salesman and recording engineer before landing a job as an assistant stage manager at the Wimbledon Theatre. On his first day there, he also made his acting debut as a farmer in a scene with a couple of lines. He then spent several seasons in repertory performing at a number of theatres around the country.

Career: West's big break on the small screen came in 1975 when he played the title role in Edward the Seventh. Since then he has demonstrated his versatility with roles in a BBC production of King Lear, ITV comedy Brass and the soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders. He has also made memorable guest appearances in the likes of A Very Peculiar Practice, Goodnight Sweetheart, Midsomer Murders, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Waking the Dead, Not Going Out and Last Tango in Halifax. Although known primarily for his stage and small-screen performances, West has starred in a number of films, including The Day of the Jackal, Cry Freedom and Iris. A fan of boating, he has presented series about canals and narrowboating called Water World and Great Canal Journeys. The latter featured his second wife, Prunella Scales; their eldest son, Samuel, is also an actor.

Quote: 'If you work in the theatre a lot, as I do, then the television people have lost you. They never go to the theatre, so many think you're dead or retired.'

Trivia: West was awarded a CBE in 1984. He supports a number of charities, including The National Piers Society and Cancer Research UK.

Nicholas Farrell (Actor) .. Charles Milner

Kazia Pelka (Actor) .. Susan Banks

Adam James (Actor) .. Ethan Croft

Born: September 09, 1972 in United Kingdom

Best Known For: Playing Cleveland O. Petty in Band of Brothers.

Early-life: Born September 9, 1972 in the United Kingdom to actress Polly James. Adam trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama alongside Dominic West and Daniel Evans. He graduated in 1996.

Career: After graduating, James started playing small roles in various TV series, including The Bill, Let Them Eat Cake and The 10th Kingdom, as well as such TV films as Sharpe's Regiment (1996). In 2001, he came to prominence in TV series Band of Brothers. He has made guest appearances in Holby City and he also played Pete Guildford for 17 episodes of Casualty in 2005. His other notable TV credits include Doctor Who, Extras, Ashes to Ashes and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He has also appeared in a number of plays, such as The Pride, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. He played the Prime Minister in a production of King Charles III that was performed in the West End and on Broadway. James also played the Prime Minister in the TV version of King Charles III.

Quote: 'In my experience the writing is often better in theatre than in TV, so inevitably I am drawn there more.'

Trivia: In 2010, he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor.

Susannah Doyle (Actor) .. Jean Croft

Sally Bretton (Actor) .. Eve Rigby

Born: April 23, 1980 in Portsmouth

Best Known For: Playing Lucy in the BBC comedy Not Going Out.

Early-life: Sally was born in Portsmouth on April 23, 1980. She made her TV acting debut as a child in the 1987 miniseries Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story. She went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career: Bretton has starred in a number of TV shows, including Sunburn, The Office, Night & Day, Absolute Power, Blessed, and Green Wing, but she is better known for playing Lee Mack's love interest Lucy in the BBC comedy Not Going Out. Her film credits include Outlaw (2007).

Quote: 'I tend to take quite heavy roles in the theatre and then muck about on telly.'

Trivia: Bretton worked as a drama teacher at the Top Hat Stage and Screen School.

Ruth Gemmell (Actor) .. Robyn Strong

Jack Fox (Actor) .. Alfie Wilkinson

Natalie Drew (Actor) .. Sophie Barton

Tabitha Wady (Actor) .. Ava Taylor

Anna Koval (Actor) .. Diane Baxter

Jamie Michie (Actor) .. Brian Kaye

Alastair Mackenzie (Actor) .. Sebastian Anderson

Emma Cleasby (Actor) .. Jessica Neill

Ian Mercer (Actor) .. Lester Garvey

Rose Heiney (Actor) .. Rosamund Franklin

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)

Chris Burt (Producer)

Alan Plater (Writer)

Dan Reed (Director)

Lewis: Your Sudden Death Question

06:00 am - 08:00 am, Sunday, April 19 on ITV3 (10)

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