Lewis: Old, Unhappy, Far off Things
10:00 am - 12:00 pm, Sunday, April 19 on ITV3 (10)
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Old, Unhappy, Far off Things
Season 5, Episode 1
Oxford's last-surviving all-female college is holding a reunion to bid farewell to one of its most prominent professors. However, the evening leads to tragedy when a guest is found murdered, and Lewis is convinced the killing is connected to an attack that occurred at the same institution 10 years previously. The detective calls in his former DS, Alison McLennan, to help with the investigation, but the case takes a twist when two more bodies turn up. Crime drama, guest starring Juliet Stevenson and Saskia Reeves, with Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox
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Cast & Crew
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS Hathaway
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Juliet Stevenson
(Actor)
.. Diana Ellerby
Zoe Telford
(Actor)
.. Freya Carlisle
Stephanie Street
(Actor)
.. Lakshmi Eyre
Hattie Morahan
(Actor)
.. Ruth Brooks
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
(Actor)
.. Chloe Brooks
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Alison McLennan
Melanie Kilburn
(Actor)
.. Pauline Turrell
Kathryn O'Reilly
(Actor)
.. Poppy Toynton
Joanne Pearce
(Actor)
.. Marion Ferber
Shannon Tarbet
(Actor)
.. Samantha Coyle
Brenan Davies
(Actor)
.. Jarvis
James Rochford
(Actor)
.. Edward Florey
Hassani Shapi
(Actor)
.. Dr Copeland
Ian Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Mr Festing
Dylan Charles
(Actor)
.. Adrian Royal
Orlando Seale
(Actor)
.. Dr Beckham
Adam Garrett
(Actor)
.. Delivery guy
Russell Lewis
(Writer)
Nicholas Renton
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
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.
Juliet Stevenson
(Actor)
.. Diana Ellerby
Born:
October 30, 1956
in
Kelvedon, Essex
Best Known For:
Truly Madly Deeply.
Early-life:
Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson was born in Essex on October 30, 1956, the youngest child of a brigadier and his teacher wife. Her childhood was spent in many different countries, including Australia, Malta and Germany. 'I didn't come from anywhere, which is strange,' she says. 'Acting is full of refugees from everything - class, race, sexuality.' On leaving school she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she studied alongside such luminaries as Jonathan Pryce, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh and Imelda Staunton. After completing her studies, she was snapped up by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Career:
Stevenson had appeared as most of Shakespeare's famous heroines by the time she was 30. As a result, she was hailed as the new Peggy Ashcroft, a label she hated and prompted her decision to leave the RSC. Her first TV role came in The Mallens in 1980. She made her first film, Drowning By Numbers, in 1988. The romantic drama Truly Madly Deeply introduced her to a wider audience in 1991. Since then she's returned to the stage numerous times, usually to great acclaim. Her distinguished CV includes diverse projects such as The Politician's Wife, Cider with Rosie, Bend it Like Beckham, Nicholas Nickleby, Mona Lisa Smile, Pierrepoint, and The Hour. Most recently she's been seen on the small screen in White Heat, The Village and Atlantis.
Quote:
'I'm hardly Hollywood material. They're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.'
Trivia:
She has voiced a number of audio recordings, including Hamlet, The King's General, A Room with a View, and Middlemarch.
Zoe Telford
(Actor)
.. Freya Carlisle
Stephanie Street
(Actor)
.. Lakshmi Eyre
Hattie Morahan
(Actor)
.. Ruth Brooks
Best Known For:
A number of stage and TV roles.
Early-life:
Harriet Jane Morahan was born in London in 1978. Her father is TV director Christopher Morahan and her mother is actress Anna Carteret. Her older sister, Rebecca, is a theatre director. Hattie went on to study English at Cambridge University. While at Cambridge, she directed and appeared in student productions, including A View from the Bridge. She made her professional debut at the age of 17 in two-part BBC drama The Peacock Spring.
Career:
Morahan joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2001 and made her RSC debut in Love in a Wood. In an extensive stage career, she has starred in Hamlet, Arsenic and Old Lace, Singer, Twelfth Night, The Family Reunion, A Doll's House and The Real Thing. Her TV credits include Sense and Sensibility, New Tricks, Outnumbered, Lewis, Eternal Law, Midsomer Murders and The Bletchley Circle. She made her big-screen debut in The Golden Compass (2007).
Quote:
'I suppose one of the things that interest me about acting is unpicking what makes people tick and why they do what they do, and what it means to be human.'
Trivia:
Morahan won an Evening Standard award for her role in A Doll's House at The Young Vic.
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
(Actor)
.. Chloe Brooks
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Alison McLennan
Melanie Kilburn
(Actor)
.. Pauline Turrell
Kathryn O'Reilly
(Actor)
.. Poppy Toynton
Joanne Pearce
(Actor)
.. Marion Ferber
Shannon Tarbet
(Actor)
.. Samantha Coyle
Brenan Davies
(Actor)
.. Jarvis
James Rochford
(Actor)
.. Edward Florey
Hassani Shapi
(Actor)
.. Dr Copeland
Ian Bleasdale
(Actor)
.. Mr Festing
Dylan Charles
(Actor)
.. Adrian Royal
Orlando Seale
(Actor)
.. Dr Beckham
Adam Garrett
(Actor)
.. Delivery guy
Russell Lewis
(Writer)
Nicholas Renton
(Director)
Chris Burt
(Producer)
