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Sandancers
Season 2, Episode 4
The detective investigates a suspicious death in an army barracks, aided by Joe and an enthusiastic member of the military police. Although the demise of commanding officer Dev initially looks like suicide, a case for murder is quickly established and the team's first task is to find a motive. Sensing a connection to Ollie, a soldier killed in Afghanistan, Vera interviews the victim's loyal comrades and Ollie's grieving family, discovering a traumatic event that nobody wants to talk about. John Duttine (Heartbeat) guest stars alongside Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison and Paul Ritter
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Paul Ritter
(Actor)
.. Billy Cartwright
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Simon Chandler
(Actor)
.. Keith Barton
John Duttine
(Actor)
.. Lt Col Chapell
Barbara Marten
(Actor)
.. Diane Barton
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Capt Shepherd
Ben Aldridge
(Actor)
.. Alex/Ollie Barton
Naomi Bentley
(Actor)
.. Laura Deverson
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Steven Cree
(Actor)
.. Corp Vince Grafton
Barry McGee
(Actor)
.. Staff Sgt `Dev" Deverson
Alex Price
(Actor)
.. Lance Corp `Budgie" O'Connor
Mia Wyles
(Actor)
.. Jessie Ashworth
Adnan Sarwar
(Actor)
.. Sergeant
Anna Bolton
(Actor)
.. Sergeant's wife
Colin Teevan
(Writer)
Elaine Collins
(Producer)
Julian Holmes
(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.
Paul Ritter
(Actor)
.. Billy Cartwright
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Simon Chandler
(Actor)
.. Keith Barton
John Duttine
(Actor)
.. Lt Col Chapell
Born:
March 15, 1949
in
Barnsley
Best Known For:
The Day of the Triffids.
Early-life:
Born March 15, 1949, in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, but brought up in Bradford. On leaving school, he realised 'acting was the only thing I did well,' so moved to London at the age of 17. He enrolled at the Drama Centre, and following graduation, began landing roles on stage. His first professional job was playing a trio of characters in Hamlet at the Citizens Theatre Company in Glasgow.
Career:
Further theatre work followed, until TV and films beckoned. Duttine's early small screen appearances came in Softly Softly, Z Cars, A Pin to See the Peepshow and The Nine Tailors. In 1977, he featured in two Coronation Street episodes and the acclaimed Spend Spend Spend. Bigger parts came in Jesus of Nazareth and The Mallens, before To Serve Them All My Days made him a star on both sides of the Atlantic. The Day of the Triffids, A Woman of Substance and Lame Ducks were also hits. Since then he's appeared in Ain't Misbehavin', Touching Evil, Out of the Blue, The Jury and Jane Hall's Big Bad Bus Ride. His recent work includes Heartbeat, Doc Martin, and The Paradise.
Quote:
'I've got an instant retentive memory but it tends not to last longer than a day.'
Trivia:
Wed actress Mel Martin in 1998.
Barbara Marten
(Actor)
.. Diane Barton
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Capt Shepherd
Ben Aldridge
(Actor)
.. Alex/Ollie Barton
Naomi Bentley
(Actor)
.. Laura Deverson
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Steven Cree
(Actor)
.. Corp Vince Grafton
Barry McGee
(Actor)
.. Staff Sgt `Dev" Deverson
Alex Price
(Actor)
.. Lance Corp `Budgie" O'Connor
Mia Wyles
(Actor)
.. Jessie Ashworth
Adnan Sarwar
(Actor)
.. Sergeant
Anna Bolton
(Actor)
.. Sergeant's wife
Colin Teevan
(Writer)
Elaine Collins
(Producer)
Julian Holmes
(Director)
