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Tuesday's Child
Season 6, Episode 2
The detective investigates the discovery of a young man's body in an area notorious for illicit teenage gatherings, the corpse wrapped in plastic sheeting and having received a blow to the head. Vera follows the trail to a funfair where the victim used to work and a church where he sought refuge, having recently been made homeless. She delves into his family history to discover why he was on the streets when his parents lived nearby, while forensic evidence implicates the son of the vicar, who has a criminal past
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Cush Jumbo
(Actor)
.. DC Bethany Whelan
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Dr Marcus Summer
Lisa Hammond
(Actor)
.. Helen Milton
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Joe Dixon
(Actor)
.. George Haleford
Rakie Ayola
(Actor)
.. Amber Haleford
Nisa Cole
(Actor)
.. Mia Haleford
Sean Gilder
(Actor)
.. Bobby
Julia Ford
(Actor)
.. Morven
Finn Atkins
(Actor)
.. Jodie
Jo Hartley
(Actor)
.. Grace
Jason Done
(Actor)
.. Philip
Ben-Ryan Davies
(Actor)
.. Harris
Liam Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Rich
Brian Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Matt
Lawrence Neale
(Actor)
.. Rob
Steven Hawksby
(Actor)
.. Big Tel
Karen Traynor
(Actor)
.. Mrs Lansard
Dean Bone
(Actor)
.. Fairground worker
James Hedley
(Actor)
.. Police officer
Glen Laker
(Writer)
Letitia Knight
(Producer)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Michael Dawson
(Executive producer)
Jill Robertson
(Director)
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.
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Cush Jumbo
(Actor)
.. DC Bethany Whelan
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Dr Marcus Summer
Lisa Hammond
(Actor)
.. Helen Milton
Best Known For:
Playing Donna Yates in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Lisa was born with dwarfism in London in 1983. When she was 13, Grange Hill held auditions at her school and she ended up landing the role of Denny, a character she played in the children's drama for three years. It was during her time on the show that she decided acting was the career for her.
Career:
In 2002, Hammond made her film debut in Quills. In 2004, she starred in the TV movie Every Time You Look at Me and the Channel 4 sitcom Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere. Since then, she has made appearances in Holby City, Where the Heart Is, Bleak House, Mrs In-Betweeny, Casualty, Psychoville, Roald Dahl's Esio Trot and Vera. In 2014, she made her first appearance in EastEnders as Donna Yates.
Quote:
'Accept whatever state you're in at the time, and remember that things will change.'
Trivia:
In 2010, she toured the UK in No Idea, a theatre piece she devised with co-star Rachael Spence and director Lee Simpson.
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Joe Dixon
(Actor)
.. George Haleford
Rakie Ayola
(Actor)
.. Amber Haleford
Nisa Cole
(Actor)
.. Mia Haleford
Sean Gilder
(Actor)
.. Bobby
Julia Ford
(Actor)
.. Morven
Finn Atkins
(Actor)
.. Jodie
Jo Hartley
(Actor)
.. Grace
Born:
March 12, 1972
in
Oldham
Best Known For:
This is England.
Early-life:
Joanne Victoria Hartley was born in Oldham on March 12, 1972. Her first taste of acting came at school when she played the part of Gretel in The Sound of Music. The death of her father when she was 17 led to her giving up her dream of attending drama school. She entered the world of work instead and eventually wound up moving to Japan and becoming an air hostess with Japanese Airlines. Near the end of her time as an air hostess, she decided to get some one-on-one acting lessons. She was 30 when she made a commercial directed by Shane Meadows. A week later, Meadows cast her in his film Dead Man's Shoes (2004).
Career:
Hartley's breakthrough came when she worked with Meadows again on the movie This Is England (2006). She has since worked on the follow-up TV projects This Is England '86, This Is England '88 and This Is England '90. Hartley's other TV credits include Casualty 1909, Moving On, Waterloo Road, The Jury, Law & Order: UK, The Mimic, and Not Safe for Work.
Quote:
'I've always loved watching movies. It's an escape from reality. My inspiration comes from life, great actors and interesting performances.'
Trivia:
Hartley won a best actress award for the 2012 short film Sea Change at the 2015 International Christian Film Festival.
Jason Done
(Actor)
.. Philip
Ben-Ryan Davies
(Actor)
.. Harris
Liam Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Rich
Brian Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Matt
Lawrence Neale
(Actor)
.. Rob
Steven Hawksby
(Actor)
.. Big Tel
Karen Traynor
(Actor)
.. Mrs Lansard
Dean Bone
(Actor)
.. Fairground worker
James Hedley
(Actor)
.. Police officer
Glen Laker
(Writer)
Letitia Knight
(Producer)
Kate Bartlett
(Executive producer)
Michael Dawson
(Executive producer)
Jill Robertson
(Director)
