Inspector Morse - The Daughters of Cain - 06:00 am Sunday, February 15 on ITV3

John Thaw (Actor) .. Chief Inspector Morse

Born: January 03, 1942 in Manchester

Best Known For: Inspector Morse.

Early-life: John Edward Thaw was born on January 3, 1942, in Manchester. He had a younger brother, Ray, but theirs wasn't an easy childhood. The boys' mother, Dorothy, left home when John was seven, while their father, Jack, was often away working as a long-distance lorry driver. Despite being painfully shy, John began appearing in amateur dramatics productions and eventually won a place at RADA, where he studied alongside his friend, Tom Courteney.

Career: Thaw's first professional job came at the Liverpool Playhouse. His film debut came in 1962's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which starred Courteney. Thaw worked extensively on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre, and early TV roles came in Z Cars and Redcap. But it was The Sweeney, alongside Dennis Waterman, that made him a household name thanks to its uncompromising style. He switched to comedy with Home to Roost, but it was playing Inspector Morse that made him a national treasure. Almost everything he touched then turned to gold; he starred in top-rated dramas such as Kavanagh QC, Goodnight Mister Tom and Buried Treasure. He died in 2002 following a battle with cancer of the oesophagus.

Quote: "I was born looking fifty."

Trivia: Divorced first wife Sally Alexander after four years and one daughter in 1968. Married Sheila Hancock in 1974. They had a daughter together, and Thaw adopted Hancock's daughter from her first marriage.

Kevin Whately (Actor) .. Detective Sergeant 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.

Phyllis Logan (Actor) .. Julia Stevens

Gabrielle Lloyd (Actor) .. Brenda Brooks

Amanda Ryan (Actor) .. Kaye Brooks

Tony Haygarth (Actor) .. Ted Brooks

Bernard Brown (Actor) .. Dr Felix McClure

Jasper Jacob (Actor) .. Michael Mansell

Benjamin Whitrow (Actor) .. Brownlee

Shane Hickmott (Actor) .. Kevin Costyn

James Grout (Actor) .. Chief Superintendent Strange

Clare Holman (Actor) .. Dr Laura Hobson

Lynn Farleigh (Actor) .. Jane Cotterell

Nadim Sawalha (Actor) .. Dr Hassan

Jason Riddington (Actor) .. Ashley Davies

Angela Catherall (Actor) .. Mrs Barnett

Dominic Brunt (Actor) .. Detective

Born: April 15, 1970 in Macclesfield

Best Known For: Playing Paddy Kirk in Emmerdale.

Early-life: Born in Macclesfield on April 15, 1970, Dominic was a welder for three and a half years before he started studying acting at college and then at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Early TV appearances included roles in The Bill, 2point4 Children, Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's Twelve Angry Men, Soldier Soldier, Inspector Morse, and Holding On.

Career: Brunt made his Emmerdale debut in 1997 when Paddy began working as a locum for Zoe Tate at the vet surgery. Paddy's first romance was with Mandy Dingle and they eventually got married. When the marriage fell apart, Paddy became close to Emily Dingle and they ended up getting married. When that reunion lost its passion, Paddy embarked on an affair with his wife's boss, Viv Windsor. Paddy went on to have various relationships with different women in the village until he married Rhona Goskirk, a union that didn't take long to hit the rocks. Away from Emmerdale, Dominic teamed up with Mark Charnock in 2007 for Soapstar Superchef, and directed and starred in horror movie Before Dawn (2012).

Quote: On Emmerdale: "I'd be mad to leave it. When I go, it'll be kicking and screaming and they'll have to ask me to go."

Trivia: In 2008, he co-founded the annual Zombie Film Festival in Leeds with Mark Charnock.

Jeremy Peters (Actor) .. Trainer

Herbert Wise (Director)

Julian Mitchell (Writer)

Inspector Morse: The Daughters of Cain

06:00 am - 08:10 am, Sunday, February 15 on ITV3 (10)

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The Daughters of Cain
Season 8, Episode 2

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