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Down Among the Fearful
Season 7, Episode 1
When psychologist Reuben Beatty is murdered while moonlighting as a psychic, Lewis and Hathaway struggle to unravel the victim's baffling double life. Dark forces appear to be at work, and not just in the afterlife. Sanjeev Bhaskar guest stars, with Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman and Rebecca Front
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Cast & Crew
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert Lewis
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS James Hathaway
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Sanjeev Bhaskar
(Actor)
.. Kanan Dutta
Beatie Edney
(Actor)
.. Justine Skinner
Catherine Steadman
(Actor)
.. Polly Beatty
Tuppence Middleton
(Actor)
.. Vicki Walmsley
Neil Stuke
(Actor)
.. Professor Andrew Crane
Edwin Thomas
(Actor)
.. Reuben Beatty
Carol Harvey
(Actor)
.. Mandy
Dominic Mafham
(Actor)
.. Frank McLean
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Brian Kelly
(Director)
Simon Block
(Writer)
Catherine Tregenna
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Kevin Whately
(Actor)
.. DI Robert 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.
Laurence Fox
(Actor)
.. DS James Hathaway
Born:
May 26, 1978
in
Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Lewis.
Early-life:
Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.
Career:
Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.
Quote:
"Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working."
Trivia:
Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.
Clare Holman
(Actor)
.. Dr Laura Hobson
Rebecca Front
(Actor)
.. Ch Supt Innocent
Born:
May 16, 1964
in
Stoke Newington
Best Known For:
The Thick of It.
Early-life:
Rebecca Louise Front was born in Stoke Newington on May 16, 1964. She comes from an artistic family - her father is an artist, her mother writes children's stories and her brother Jeremy writes (he and Rebecca often write together, most notably Radio 4's Incredible Women). Rebecca knew she wanted to act from the age of six or seven. After leaving school, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she began performing with the Oxford Theatre Group.
Career:
Front's comedy career took off with the Radio 4 show The Bobo Girls, the second series of which was produced by Armando Iannucci, with whom she's worked with numerous times since, most notably on The Thick of It. Other comedy projects include On the Hour, The Day Today, Absolute Power, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The Spa and various Alan Partridge projects. Front has also dabbled in drama, with roles in The Rotters' Club, Kavanagh QC, Lewis, Jonathan Creek, and Humans.
Quote:
"I'd love a role in Sherlock. Or maybe I could play a Doctor Who monster or something. That'd be brilliant."
Trivia:
Front's father, Charles Front, designed the title logo for The Beatles album Rubber Soul.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
(Actor)
.. Kanan Dutta
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.
Beatie Edney
(Actor)
.. Justine Skinner
Born:
October 23, 1962
in
London
Best Known For:
A number of TV appearances.
Early-life:
Beatrice Edney was born in London on October 23, 1962, the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms. She has a brother, Benjamin. Beatie first made an impression as an actress playing Heather MacLeod in Highlander (1986). She reprised the role in Highlander: Endgame (2000).
Career:
Largely known for her TV appearances, Edney has starred in Inspector Morse, Uncle Silas, Prime Suspect: The Lost Child, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, A Touch of Frost, Messiah: The Harrowing, New Tricks, Lost Empires and Lewis. She had a lead role alongside Holly Aird in three series of Channel 4 sitcom Dressing for Breakfast. Her other film credits include A Handful of Dust (1988), Mister Johnson (1990), In the Name of the Father (1993), Mesmer (1994) and In Your Dreams (2008). More recently, she played Prudie in BBC drama Poldark.
Quote:
"I have to thank my dentist for revitalising my career."
Trivia:
In 2012, Edney played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III at the Apollo Theatre.
Catherine Steadman
(Actor)
.. Polly Beatty
Tuppence Middleton
(Actor)
.. Vicki Walmsley
Neil Stuke
(Actor)
.. Professor Andrew Crane
Best Known For:
Playing Matthew in Game On.
Early-life:
Born in Kent in 1967, Neil Stuke earned a crust working in a clothes shop and as a second-hand car dealer. Eventually put aside dreams of being a drummer to become an actor. Finally hit the big time when he landed a part in Stephen Poliakoff's acclaimed 1993 movie Century.
Career:
Stuke appeared in popular dramas Poirot, Between the Lines, Heartbeat and A Touch of Frost. He also featured in Dennis Potter's final TV projects Karaoke and Cold Lazarus. He hit the big time when he took over the role of Matthew, the agoraphobic liar in cult sitcom Game On. Hit projects Sliding Doors, Murder in Mind, Casualty, Grafters and Drop the Dead Donkey also boosted his profile. Has rarely been out of work in the past few years. He appeared on stage in Blue/Orange and Entertaining Mr Sloane. Other projects have included School For Seduction, Faith, Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, The Afternoon Play, The Virgin Queen and Chopratown. His recent work includes playing Chris Jackson in TV sitcom Reggie Perrin, Max in Monday Monday, and Billy Lamb in BBC legal drama Silk.
Quote:
"I've always found acting easy and I get frustrated when I'm not challenged."
Trivia:
In 2014, Stuke was one of the 200 public figures who signed a letter opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum.
Edwin Thomas
(Actor)
.. Reuben Beatty
Carol Harvey
(Actor)
.. Mandy
Dominic Mafham
(Actor)
.. Frank McLean
Chris Burt
(Producer)
Brian Kelly
(Director)
Simon Block
(Writer)
Catherine Tregenna
(Writer)
