Trial & Retribution - Blue Eiderdown - Part One - 11:50 pm Friday, July 24 on ITV3

David Hayman (Actor) .. DCS Mike Walker

Born: February 09, 1948 in Glasgow, Scotland

Best Known For: Playing Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in Trial and Retribution.

Early-life: Born in Glasgow, Scotland on February 9, 1948. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before starting his acting career at the city's Citizens Theatre. He began to get recognised nationally after starring in A Sense of Freedom (1981).

Career: Hayman's film credits include Sid and Nancy (1986), Hope and Glory (1987) and The Jackal (1997). Between 1997 and 2009, he played Chief Superintendent Michael Walker in the TV crime drama Trial and Retribution. As well as acting, Hayman has also directed film and television productions, including Silent Scream (1990) and The Hawk (1993). More recently, he was cast as Brace in the television series Taboo.

Quote: 'There's a lot of my industry I'm very disenamoured with. Like the world, television is run on greed and ego. It's not creative integrity, and that wears thin after a while.'

Trivia: He founded the humanitarian charity Spirit Aid.

Victoria Smurfit (Actor) .. DCI Roisin Connor

Best Known For: Ballykissangel, Trial & Retribution and Dracula.

Early-life: Victoria was born in Dublin in 1974. Her family, headed by her uncle Michael, is one of the richest in Ireland. Victoria was educated at Saint Columbia's College, Dublin, and St George's School, Ascot. After completing an A Level in theatre studies, she studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school.

Career: In 1997, Smurfit starred in BBC miniseries Ivanhoe, and a year later, she appeared in another period drama, Berkeley Square, before making a name for herself as Orla O'Connell in Ballykissangel. After two series of the BBC drama, the year 2000 saw Smurfit star on the big screen in The Wedding Tackle and The Beach and on the small screen in drama North Square and comedy Cold Feet. Her other credits include About a Boy (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), the lead role on TV in Trial & Retribution between 2003 and 2009, and Irish drama The Clinic. More recently, Smurfit has been playing glamorous society queen and vampire slayer Lady Jayne Wetherby in TV horror drama Dracula.

Quote: On working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dracula: 'He makes you very comfortable, which is great. He knows what he wants from a scene and he knows how to do it, and you trust him.'

Trivia: Smurfit is a patron of children's charity World Vision Ireland.

Frances Barber (Actor) .. Cassandra

Born: May 13, 1958 in Wolverhampton

Best Known For: A string of performances on the stage and the small screen.

Early-life: Born May 13, 1958, the fourth of six children from a working class family in Wolverhampton. She couldn't afford to go to drama school; instead, she did a postgraduate degree in theatre studies at Cardiff University. At one point considered working for the Samaritans: 'I went to a Samaritans meeting and had an initiation period, but it wasn't for me.'

Career: Started acting with Hull Truck Theatre Company, and by 25 had been accepted by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Had bit parts in Michael Palin comedy The Missionary, and A Zed and Two Noughts. Achieved a mainstream breakthrough in 1987 with the movies Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and Prick Up Your Ears. Has worked steadily since, with highlights including epic miniseries Rhodes, John Thaw drama Plastic Man, and Michael Caine movie Shiner. Other projects have included the Pet Shop Boys' West End musical Closer To Heaven, and TV offerings Manchild, The IT Crowd, New Tricks, Where The Heart Is, Funland, Doctor Who, The Fattest Man in Britain, Silk, The Spa, and Psychobitches.

Quote: 'It wasn't meant to happen to a girl from Wolverhampton.'

Trivia: In 2005, she appeared alongside Ian McKellen in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin.

Colin Salmon (Actor) .. Colin Thorpe

Born: December 06, 1962 in Luton

Best Known For: His appearances in several James Bond movies.

Early-life: Born in Luton on December 6, 1962. Raised on a council estate, Salmon's education ended abruptly when he was expelled from his local sixth form college. He later began modelling before turning to acting, eventually making his TV debut in 1992 in the first sequel to Prime Suspect.

Career: Salmon worked steadily on the big and small screens with small roles in such projects as Lovejoy, Between the Lines, Soldier Soldier and All Men Are Mortal. A longer stint in Kay Mellor's 1997 TV series Gold made casting directors sit up and take notice. Later that year he played Charles Robinson for the first time in Tomorrow Never Dies - a part he reprised in The World Is Not Enough and Die Another Day. Salmon has also appeared in Resident Evil, AVP: Alien vs Predator, Match Point and cult series Hex. Recent TV appearances include The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, Sky One's Strike Back, and Arrow. In 2012, he partnered professional dancer Kristina Rihanoff on Strictly Come Dancing; they were eliminated in week five. He occasionally appears in Law & Order: UK as barrister Doug Green.

Quote: 'All I ever wanted as a kid was to be Paul Robeson, mixed with Miles Davis and Duke Ellington - which I think is a pretty cool combination.'

Trivia: He supports Luton Town FC.

Dorian Lough (Actor) .. DS Satchell

Sarah Ozeke (Actor) .. DC Lisa West

Kathryn Sumner (Actor) .. Susan/Angela

Richard Durden (Actor) .. Dr John Foster

Bill Thomas (Actor) .. Gladstone

Gemma Jones (Actor) .. Dr Jean Mullins

William Chubb (Actor) .. Chief Supt Martin Wilkes

Stephen Moore (Actor) .. Judge Saxon

Janine Duvitski (Actor) .. Sandra Dutton

Best Known For: Waiting for God, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm.

Early-life: Born Christine Janine Drzewicki in Morecambe in June 1952 to an English mother and a Polish father. She moved to London to train as an actor at the East 15 Acting School. Her first TV credit was an episode of Z Cars in 1972. After finishing her training and despite being in her early 20s, she landed the role of a 13-year-old girl in the 1975 BBC play Diane. Her big break came in 1977 when Mike Leigh cast her in his stage play Abigail's Party. She went on to play the same role in an abridged TV version for the BBC.

Career: Duvitski has worked steadily on TV in a number of shows, popping up in the likes of Citizen Smith, Minder, Cowboys, The New Statesman, Midsomer Murders, Foyle's War and Little Dorrit. Her face is better known to audiences as prudish assistant Jane in Waiting for God, Victor and Margaret's neighbour Pippa in One Foot in the Grave and swinger Jacqueline in Benidorm. She has also appeared on the big screen in Dracula (1979), Breaking Glass (1980) and The Madness of King George (1994).

Quote: 'People really do seem to believe I'm a swinger!'

Trivia: Duvitski enjoys reading when she's not filming.

Nicholas Farrell (Actor) .. Jonathan Southwood

Michael Attwell (Actor) .. Brian

Saskia Thomas (Actor) .. Crystal

Nicola Theobald (Actor) .. Sherry

Stephen Boxer (Actor) .. Alex Summerton

Brana Bajic (Actor) .. Mila

Rayna Campbell (Actor) .. Ebony

Sean McGinley (Actor) .. Ken Latham

Best Known For: Playing MacClannough in Braveheart.

Early-life: Born in 1956 in County Donegal, Ireland, where his father was working as a customs officer. Sean graduated from University College Galway and was also a member of the Druid Theatre Company from 1977 to 1989.

Career: McGinley's earliest on screen roles include appearances in the films The Field (1990), Fools of Fortune (1990) and Who Bombed Birmingham (1990). He then had a handful of guest roles in TV series before landing the role of MacClannough in Braveheart (1995). He then went on to appear in such TV series as Safe and Sound, DDU, Midsommer Murders and Waking the Dead, as well as the films Gangs of New York (2002), Freeze Frame (2004) and Man About Dog (2004). He played Snagsby in period drama series Bleak House in 2005 and Malachy in Canadian comedy-drama Republic of Doyle from 2010 until 2014. More recently, he played Terry in TV thriller Paula.

Quote: 'An actor's life can be precarious at times, whether you are doing theatre, TV or film, and you sometimes might wish you were in a job with a pension.'

Trivia: He has two daughters, who are called Roisin and Mairead.

Lucy Akhurst (Actor) .. Emily Southwood

Chrissie Cotterill (Actor) .. Barbara

Julie Healy (Actor) .. Golden Shower

Paul Bentall (Actor) .. Killbright

Sara Kestelman (Actor) .. Judge Hillard

Lynda La Plante (Writer)

Chris Clough (Producer)

Paul Unwin (Director)

Ian Sutherland (Editor)

Trial & Retribution: Blue Eiderdown - Part One

11:50 pm - 01:25 am, Friday, July 24 on ITV3 (10)

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