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On Harbour Street
Season 4, Episode 1
The detective investigates the death of a pensioner found stabbed on a train at the height of rush hour. The case has a huge impact on Joe's home life when his daughter is named as a key witness, and he struggles to maintain a professional distance. The trail leads the team to a quiet Northumberland coastal town where clues appear to lead to one particular street - but why are the residents so reluctant to talk? Starring Brenda Blethyn, with David Leon, Sonya Cassidy, Jon Morrison and Eva Birthistle
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. DC Rebecca Shepherd
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Eva Birthistle
(Actor)
.. Kate Darrow
Alistair Petrie
(Actor)
.. Stuart Bayliss
Paul Copley
(Actor)
.. Malcolm Kenrich
Tilly Vosburgh
(Actor)
.. Dee Sinton
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Marcus Summer
Sean McKenzie
(Actor)
.. George Everitt
William Rush
(Actor)
.. Ryan Darrow
Olivia Jack
(Actor)
.. Chloe Darrow
Lynn Farleigh
(Actor)
.. Valerie Furlow
Annabel Leventon
(Actor)
.. Margaret Kraszewski
Olivia Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Jessie Ashworth
Harriet Hunter-Purvis
(Actor)
.. Emily
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Jacqueline Phillips
(Actor)
.. Jane Robinson
Roland Oliver
(Actor)
.. Edwin Short
Bogdan Kominowski
(Actor)
.. Walter Kraszewski
Joshua Hill
(Actor)
.. PC Mike Randall
Pip Chamberlin
(Actor)
.. Neighbour
Evan Atherton
(Actor)
.. Boy
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
(Director)
Elaine Collins
(Executive producer)
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.
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. DC Rebecca Shepherd
Sonya Cassidy
(Actor)
.. Celine Ashworth
Eva Birthistle
(Actor)
.. Kate Darrow
Born:
January 01, 1974
in
Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Best Known For:
Playing Roisin Hanlon in Ae Fond Kiss….
Early-life:
Born on January 1, 1974 in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland. She moved to Derry, Northern Ireland, when she was 14. Eva attended Foyle College before moving to Dublin to study acting at The Gaiety School of Acting.
Career:
Birthistle got her first TV role in 1995 in the series Glenroe as Regina Crosbie. The first feature film she landed a role in was All Souls' Day (1997). She then went on to appear in a number of films, including Miracle at Midnight (1998), Breakfast on Pluto (2005) and Imagine Me and You (2005). One of her most notable film roles was her lead part in Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss… (2004). She also appeared in the Oscar-nominated film Brooklyn (2015). Birthistle has appeared in a number of TV dramas, including The State Within, The Last Enemy and Waking the Dead. In 2015, she joined the cast of The Last Kingdom.
Quote:
"Ultimately, you always dream of having a good script and a really good character that stretches you."
Trivia:
Her performance in Ae Fond Kiss… won her Irish Film and Television, London Critics Circle and British Independent Film awards for best actress.
Alistair Petrie
(Actor)
.. Stuart Bayliss
Paul Copley
(Actor)
.. Malcolm Kenrich
Tilly Vosburgh
(Actor)
.. Dee Sinton
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Marcus Summer
Sean McKenzie
(Actor)
.. George Everitt
William Rush
(Actor)
.. Ryan Darrow
Olivia Jack
(Actor)
.. Chloe Darrow
Lynn Farleigh
(Actor)
.. Valerie Furlow
Annabel Leventon
(Actor)
.. Margaret Kraszewski
Olivia Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Jessie Ashworth
Harriet Hunter-Purvis
(Actor)
.. Emily
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Jacqueline Phillips
(Actor)
.. Jane Robinson
Roland Oliver
(Actor)
.. Edwin Short
Bogdan Kominowski
(Actor)
.. Walter Kraszewski
Joshua Hill
(Actor)
.. PC Mike Randall
Pip Chamberlin
(Actor)
.. Neighbour
Evan Atherton
(Actor)
.. Boy
Paul Rutman
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
(Director)
Elaine Collins
(Executive producer)
