Midsomer Murders - The Killings of Copenhagen - 01:05 am Friday, December 26 on ITV3

Neil Dudgeon (Actor) .. DCI John Barnaby

Born: January 01, 1961 in Doncaster

Best Known For: Being the new Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Born in Doncaster in 1961. His dad drove a bread delivery van and his mum was an assistant supermarket manager, although they both also performed on the club circuit. Neil credits his own love of acting to a teacher who forced him to read aloud in an assembly _ it was supposed to be a punishment for misbehaving in class, but Neil found he actually enjoyed it. He went to appear in school plays, before studying drama at Rada.

Career: Neil made his film debut in 1987 with an uncredited role in Prick Up Your Ears, and went on to appear in London's Burning on TV the following year. He's worked pretty steadily since then in a wide range of TV shows, although he admits he's most frequently cast as a cop _ he's starred in Inspector Morse, Out of the Blue, Between the Lines, Messiah and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. Last year it was announced that he would be taking on his most high-profile police role to date when he took over from John Nettles as the star of Midsomer Murders. He has also starred alongside Caroline Quentin in the sitcom Life of Riley.

Quote: On joining Midsomer Murders: "My secret dream is that viewers will switch on, watch it all the way through and not notice there's a new bloke in it."

Trivia: He has starred in a number of dramas on Radio 3 and Radio 4.

Gwilym Lee (Actor) .. DS Charlie Nelson

Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Sarah Barnaby

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.

Tamzin Malleson (Actor) .. Kate Wilding

Born: May 01, 1974 in Yeovil

Best Known For: Teachers, Bodies, and Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Tamzin was born in Yeovil on May 1, 1974. She joined a drama workshop when she was 11 and went on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Her first TV role was a guest appearance on A Touch of Frost in 1996.

Career: Malleson's first major role was a recurring part on BBC drama Dangerfield. She followed this up with guest appearances in The Bill, Always and Everyone, Agatha Christie's Poirot and The Vice. Her first break came in 2002 when she landed a lead role in Channel 4 drama Teachers. She also had a recurring role in BBC medical drama Bodies. Since 2011, she has played pathologist Dr Kate Wilding in ITV drama Midsomer Murders.

Quote: "I prefer country walks to a night out on the town."

Trivia: Malleson is also a professional artist.

Sanjeev Bhaskar (Actor) .. Armand Stone

Born: June 28, 1964 in Ealing

Best Known For: The Kumars at No 42.

Early-life: Born on June 28, 1964, in Ealing, London, to Asian immigrants living in Hounslow. He gained a degree and worked in marketing for seven years, writing monologues and sketches as a hobby. After realising he didn't like working in an office, he began performing comedy routines in clubs. His friend, musician Nitin Sawhney, encouraged him after the duo realised nobody was doing stand-up about being Asian and British. They formed a double act called The Secret Indians (Non-Asian) in 1996.

Career: As Bhaskar and Sawhney's stage act grew in popularity they were noticed by the producer of sketch show The Real McCoy, who introduced Bhaskar to Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia and Meera Syal - who then formed the Goodness Gracious Me team. It began on radio, before making its TV debut in 1998. It was an instant success. Since then, he's appeared in Notting Hill, The Guru, Anita and Me, and cult chat-show The Kumars at No 42. He's also starred in the West End in long-running hit Art and visited his ancestral home in what is now Pakistan during the travelogue India with Sanjeev Bhaskar. Other acting gigs include sitcom Mumbai Calling and daytime drama The Indian Doctor.

Quote: "Most of my characters are based on truth. The Kumars at No 42 are basically my parents."

Trivia: He married actress Meera Syal in 2005. They have a son, Shaan.

Ann Eleonora Jorgensen (Actor) .. VPK Birgitte Poulsen

Birgitte Hjort Sorensen (Actor) .. KA Anna Degn

Marie Askehave (Actor) .. Ingrid Madsen

Nicolaj Kopernikus (Actor) .. Thomas Madsen

Jonathan Barnwell (Actor) .. Harry Calder

Caroline Goodall (Actor) .. Penelope Calder

Adrian Lukis (Actor) .. Julian Calder

Poppy Drayton (Actor) .. Summer Haleston

Joanna Scanlan (Actor) .. Clara Trout

Marcus Hutton (Actor) .. Eric Calder

Richard Cordery (Actor) .. Atticus Bradley

Nicholas Jones (Actor) .. Earnest Bradley

Thomas Thoroe (Actor) .. Albert Toft

Julie Agnete Vang (Actor) .. Sofie Bruun

Paul Logue (Writer)

Alex Pillai (Director)

Louise Sutton (Producer)

Jo Wright (Executive producer)

Midsomer Murders: The Killings of Copenhagen

01:05 am - 03:00 am, Friday, December 26 on ITV3 (10)

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The Killings of Copenhagen
Season 16, Episode 5

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