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The Ghost Position
Season 2, Episode 1
The detective's former colleague, Sergeant Stuart Macken, is left badly burned when his house is petrol-bombed, while his teenage daughter fights for her life in intensive care. As Vera tries to discover why anyone would attempt to kill Stuart, her investigation leads to unpleasant revelations about his personal life, and she has to face long-buried memories of her own. Crime drama, starring Brenda Blethyn, with Steven Hartley and Julie Graham
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Wunmi Mosaku
(Actor)
.. DC Holly Lawson
Paul Ritter
(Actor)
.. Billy Cartwright
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Julie Graham
(Actor)
.. Marianne Gower
Ron Cook
(Actor)
.. Brian Gower
Nina Sosanya
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Rachel Waite
Emily Woof
(Actor)
.. Janice Ronson
Jessica Barden
(Actor)
.. Stella Macken
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Steven Hartley
(Actor)
.. Sgt Stuart Macken
Rose Leslie
(Actor)
.. Lena Holgate
Richard Stacey
(Actor)
.. Grant Bellowes
Brogan West
(Actor)
.. Dougie Cranham
Joe MacCabe
(Actor)
.. Duty PC
Sarah Lewis Obuba
(Actor)
.. Young woman
Charlie Richmond
(Actor)
.. Witness 1
Jon Regan
(Actor)
.. Witness 2
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Elaine Collins
(Producer)
Peter Hoar
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
'I don't have ambition. My expectations are low.'
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Best Known For:
Vera.
Early-life:
David Jeremy Leon was born in 1980 in Newcastle upon Tyne to Ann and Anthony. As a teenager, Leon was on the books of Blackburn Rovers, but they released him when he was 19. He turned to acting and successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. He dropped out of drama school to shoot the film Alexander (2004) with Oliver Stone in Morocco. In 2006, he had a main role in the film These Foolish Things (2006).
Career:
Leon went on to star in the miniseries The Wild West, RocknRolla (2008) and Walking with the Enemy (2013). Between 2011 and 2014, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in ITV drama Vera, playing DS Joe Ashworth.
Quote:
'You can't get away with enjoying acting in a working-class environment.'
Trivia:
Leon's short film Orthodox was accepted into several international film festivals. He completed a feature length version of Orthodox in 2015.
Wunmi Mosaku
(Actor)
.. DC Holly Lawson
Born:
July 31, 1986
in
Zaria, Nigeria
Best Known For:
Playing Gloria Taylor in Damilola, Our Loved Boy.
Early-life:
Oluwunmi Olapeju Mosaku was born on July 31, 1986 in Zaria, Nigeria. She moved with her family to Manchester, England, where she was educated at Trinity Church of England High School and Xaverian Sixth Form College and sang in the Manchester Girls Choir for 11 years. Wunmi graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2007.
Career:
Mosaku's professional acting career began with various roles on the stage. Some of her early TV roles include appearances in Doctors and The Bill. She was cast as Joy in the BBC Two mini-series Moses Jones and then went on to appear in such TV series as Silent Witness, The Body Farm and Vera. Mosaku also appeared in the films Philomena (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). She played Gloria Taylor in the TV film Damilola, Our Loved Boy (2016). Her other recent TV credits include Guerilla and Fearless.
Quote:
'I don't pick roles because of a strong woman - most of the time, with the good characters, there's a certain vulnerability there. I pick roles because they're good stories that are being told.'
Trivia:
She won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Damilola, Our Loved Boy.
Paul Ritter
(Actor)
.. Billy Cartwright
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Julie Graham
(Actor)
.. Marianne Gower
Born:
July 24, 1965
in
Irvine, North Ayrshire
Best Known For:
At Home with the Braithwaites.
Early-life:
Born July 24, 1965 in Irvine, North Ayrshire. Her father, John, a singer, left when she was a child. At the age of eight, writer/broadcaster David Webster became her stepfather. Her mother, Betty Gillin, who was also an actress, died of lung cancer, aged 50, when her daughter was 18. Julie made her TV debut in a 1986 episode of Taggart. It was the role of Alison McGrellis in Casualty in 1988 that helped boost her profile.
Career:
Graham also starred in the TV series Harry and Life Support. However, she became a household name in comedy drama At Home with the Braithwaites. In 2003 she starred in Kay Mellor's steamy series Between the Sheets, and the same year appeared with Martin Clunes in the drama William and Mary (they were reunited years later when she made a guest appearance in Doc Martin). Her film credits include Silent Scream, Nuns on the Run, The Near Room, Preaching to the Perverted, Bedrooms and Hallways and Some Voices. She's also appeared in a revamp of cult 1970s series Survivors, The Bill, and was the best thing about short-lived BBC archaeological drama Bonekickers. More recently, Graham has enjoyed success with a starring role in ITV's period crime drama The Bletchley Circle and the BBC's Shetland.
Quote:
'Yes I've taken my clothes off and, yes, I've played saucy roles. But for god's sake it's not what I've built my career on. I try to find roles that are a little bit outside the box.'
Trivia:
She is a patron of children's hospice Chestnut Tree House.
Ron Cook
(Actor)
.. Brian Gower
Best Known For:
A string of stage, TV and film roles.
Early-life:
Ron was born in South Shields in 1948. He grew up in Coventry and ended up studying theatre at college. His first role was playing the front end of a horse in Aladdin. He made his TV debut in 1975 BBC drama Ballet Shoes. Since then, he has had numerous bit parts.
Career:
Cook's many TV credits include The Singing Detective, Bergerac, Boon, The Bill, Sharpe's Honour, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Casanova, Funland, Doctor Who, Little Dorrit, The Diary of Anne Frank. He plays Mr Crabb in Mr Selfridge. On the big screen, he has appeared in Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Chocolat (2000), Thunderbirds (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and Bert & Dickie (2012). On the stage, he has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal Court and the National Theatre.
Quote:
'Actors bring to their work the baggage of their life experiences.'
Trivia:
In 2000, he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for his role in Juno and the Paycock.
Nina Sosanya
(Actor)
.. Chief Supt Rachel Waite
Emily Woof
(Actor)
.. Janice Ronson
Jessica Barden
(Actor)
.. Stella Macken
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Steven Hartley
(Actor)
.. Sgt Stuart Macken
Rose Leslie
(Actor)
.. Lena Holgate
Born:
February 09, 1987
in
Aberdeen
Best Known For:
Game of Thrones and Downton Abbey.
Early-life:
Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie was born in Aberdeen on February 9, 1987 to parents of Scottish nobility. She was raised at Lickleyhead Castle in Aberdeenshire. Rose went on to attend a public school in England and it was here that she developed a passion for acting. She went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She made her TV acting debut in the 2007 documentary Locked Up Abroad, and won a Scottish Bafta Award for her performance in the 2009 TV movie New Town.
Career:
Leslie's breakthrough role came as housemaid Gwen Dawson in ITV drama Downton Abbey. Since then, she has starred in HBO drama Game of Thrones, Channel 4 drama Utopia and ITV drama The Great Fire. More recently, she has starred in Luther. Her film credits include Now Is Good (2012) and The Last Witch Hunter (2015). In 2010, she starred in Bedlam at the Globe Theatre.
Quote:
'I believe that we're not alone. How can we be alone in an infinite universe?'
Trivia:
Leslie is fluent in French.
Richard Stacey
(Actor)
.. Grant Bellowes
Brogan West
(Actor)
.. Dougie Cranham
Joe MacCabe
(Actor)
.. Duty PC
Sarah Lewis Obuba
(Actor)
.. Young woman
Charlie Richmond
(Actor)
.. Witness 1
Jon Regan
(Actor)
.. Witness 2
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Elaine Collins
(Producer)
Peter Hoar
(Director)
