Heartbeat - The Buxton Defence - 11:20 am Thursday, July 23 on ITV3

Jason Durr (Actor) .. PC Mike Bradley

Born: December 02, 1967 in Singapore

Best Known For: Playing Mike Bradley in Heartbeat and David Hide in Casualty.

Early-life: Born on December 2, 1967 in Singapore and raised in Hong Kong. Jason trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before attending the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here, he worked with director Trevor Nunn in Measure for Measure and The Blue Angel and with director Adrian Noble in Macbeth.

Career: Since his days with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Durr has made a number of TV appearances in such shows as Inspector Morse and A Dark Adapted Eye and in television films like Gawain and the Green Knight (1991) and Sharpe's Battle (1995). He landed the role of policeman Mike Bradley in the TV series Heartbeat in 1997 and played the character until 2003. His other TV credits include Above Suspicion, Lewis and New Tricks. Durr also played the lead role in Down Dog (2014). More recently, he has played David Hide in Casualty.

Quote: 'I have lived all over the world but my heart now lies in the English countryside - if only it didn't rain quite so much.'

Trivia: He enjoys rock climbing.

Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Jackie Bradley

Born: January 01, 1970 in Findhorn, Moray

Best Known For: The Royal Today, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Fiona Jane Dolman was born in Findhorn, Moray, on January 1, 1970 to Rosemary and Gordon. She is the youngest daughter of four children. Her father worked in the RAF and he moved his family to Gibraltar when Fiona was 15. In 1993, she made her TV acting debut in Crime Story.

Career: Roles followed for Dolman on the small screen in Strike Force, A Touch of Frost, The Knock and Ultraviolet. In 1998, she joined the cast of Heartbeat playing Jackie Lambert. She went on to have a recurring role in The Royal Today. In 2011, she began playing Sarah Barnaby alongside Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders.

Quote: On working with the Barnaby's dog on Midsomer Murders: 'We have sausages strapped to bags and in pockets so the dog follows you around.'

Trivia: At the age of 16 and 17 years, Dolman won awards at the Gibraltar RAF ladies windsurfing championships.

David Lonsdale (Actor) .. David Stockwell

Mark Jordon (Actor) .. PC Phil Bellamy

William Simons (Actor) .. PC Alf Ventress

Geoffrey Hughes (Actor) .. Vernon Scripps

Tricia Penrose (Actor) .. Gina Ward

Derek Fowlds (Actor) .. Oscar Blaketon

Born: September 02, 1937 in London

Best Known For: Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.

Early-life: Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.

Career: Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.

Quote: 'I'm still waiting to be discovered.'

Trivia: He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.

Philip Franks (Actor) .. Sgt Raymond Craddock

Rupert Vansittart (Actor) .. Lord Charles Ashfordly

Phil Rowson (Actor) .. Ned Foy

Jalaal Hartley (Actor) .. Leonid Vorodin

Jo Joyner (Actor) .. Anna Young

Born: February 23, 1978 in Harlow, Essex

Best Known For: Playing Tanya Branning in EastEnders.

Early-life: Born Joanne Mary Joyner on May 24, 1978, in Essex. She has an older brother called Dan. The family later moved to Oxfordshire, where she grew up. She says she always wanted to act, and after finishing her A levels, enrolled in the Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999 with a BA. She then spent a couple of years in Manchester looking for work, eventually honing her craft on the stage.

Career: Joyner's big break came with the acclaimed drama Clocking Off. She went on to do a few other northern projects, including Fat Friends and Silent Witness, as well as the period miniseries North and South, before she bit the bullet and moved down to London. She then landed a role in nursing drama No Angels, and has been busy ever since. In 2005, Joyner played a Big Brother contestant in two episodes of Doctor Who, and also appeared in Spooks. She showed off her comedy skills in the sketch show Swinging (winning a Rose d'Or comedy award in the process), before landing the part of Tanya Branning in 2006. Despite her character taking a couple of prolonged breaks, she remains hugely popular with fans.

Quote: On whether she'd like to go to Hollywood: 'I couldn't lose the weight and take the pressure of it all being about looks! I'd love to do it when I'm 50 or 60, like Julie Walters or Brenda Blethyn. Then it's more about what you do and being a good actor.'

Trivia: Joyner has won two British Soap Awards.

Peter Czajkowski (Actor) .. Sychen

Ben Towell (Actor) .. Alan Buxton

John Finn (Actor) .. Zaikov

Billy Pearce (Actor) .. Arthur Buxton

Richard Hannant (Actor) .. Mr Tomlinson

Carol Alexander (Actor) .. Mrs Brown

Steven Hawksby (Actor) .. Mr Rogers

Pauline Moriarty (Actor) .. Mrs Rogers

Brian Finch (Writer)

Gerry Mill (Producer)

Noreen Kershaw (Director)

Heartbeat: The Buxton Defence

11:20 am - 12:25 pm, Thursday, July 23 on ITV3 (10)

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The Buxton Defence
Season 10, Episode 23

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