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Season 3, Episode 2
Sidney and Geordie join a local cricket team to play a match against nearby Whittlesford, but team captain Geoff Towler (Peter Davison) seems to have an objection to talented young Pakistani batsman Zafar, and is even willing to forfeit the game to spite the player. After the match, a buffet ends badly when contaminated beer leaves everyone feeling ill, a matter Geoff is keen for Geordie to cover up. However, a worse fate awaits Zafar, who is later found to have received a fatal dose of the poison his teammates and spectators had received
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Cast & Crew
James Norton
(Actor)
.. Sidney Chambers
Robson Green
(Actor)
.. Geordie Keating
Morven Christie
(Actor)
.. Amanda Hopkins
Al Weaver
(Actor)
.. Leonard Finch
Tessa Peake-Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Maguire
Kacey Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Cathy Keating
Selin Hizli
(Actor)
.. Margaret Ward
Lorne MacFadyen
(Actor)
.. Phil Wilkinson
Nick Brimble
(Actor)
.. Jack Chapman
Emily Bevan
(Actor)
.. Hilary Franklin
Gary Beadle
(Actor)
.. Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo
Peter Davison
(Actor)
.. Geoff Towler
Emma Davies
(Actor)
.. Rosie Towler
Parth Thakerar
(Actor)
.. Munir Ali
Dinesh Sundran
(Actor)
.. Zafar Ali
Simon Harrison
(Actor)
.. Neil Carver
Ciara Charteris
(Actor)
.. Annie Towler
Jim Creighton
(Actor)
.. Clive
Skye Lucia Degruttola
(Actor)
.. Esme Keating
Daisy Coulam
(Executive producer)
Diederick Santer
(Executive producer)
Emma Kingsman-Lloyd
(Series producer)
Tim Fywell
(Director)
John Jackson
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
James Norton
(Actor)
.. Sidney Chambers
Born:
July 18, 1985
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Early-life:
James Geoffrey Ian Norton was born on July 18, 1985 in London. His family lived in Malton, North Yorkshire and he was educated at Ampleforth College. James read Theology at Fitzwilliam College at Cambridge University and graduated in 2007. He went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and got a role in An Education (2009) shortly before he was due to graduate.
Career:
After An Education, Norton had a number of theatre roles, including appearances in Posh at Royal Court Theatre, That Face at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield and a touring production of Journey's End. He then went on to get parts in a number of films, including Cheerful Weather for the Wedding (2012), Rush (2013), Belle (2013) and Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014). He has also had a number of roles in TV, including as Henry Alveston in Death Comes to Pemberley, Andrei Bolkonsky in War and Peace, Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley and Sidney Chambers in Grantchester.
Quote:
'If it's a sunny day, I get this weird guilt if I'm not making the most of it, so I'll walk or go for a swim or get on my bike, or I'll go to the Heath, just to have a reason to get out.'
Trivia:
He received a Fitzwilliam Travel Grant to travel to Northern India and teach and perform for children at 16 schools.
Robson Green
(Actor)
.. Geordie Keating
Born:
December 18, 1964
in
Hexham, Northumberland
Best Known For:
His role in Soldier Soldier.
Early-life:
Born Robson Golightly Green in Hexham, Northumberland, on December 18, 1964, the son of a miner. He has two sisters and a brother. As a child, he harboured ambitions to become a pilot in the RAF and joined the Air Training Corps, but after leaving school, he took a draughtsman's apprenticeship at a shipbuilder's yard instead. However, after appearing in various amateur dramatic productions, he quit his job to take up acting full time.
Career:
Robson started out at Newcastle's Live Theatre, and was spotted in BBC production A Night on the Tyne, which led to a regular role in Casualty. He then spent four years in Soldier Soldier, during which he began a successful singing partnership with co-star Jerome Flynn. The pair also starred together in Ain't Misbehavin' in 1997. Other projects include The Student Prince, Touching Evil, Grafters, Northern Lights, Wire in the Blood, Close and True, Being Human and Waterloo Road. A keen fisherman, he has filmed several series of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, which has taken him across the globe. He also has a production company, Coastal.
Quote:
'Always turn up on time, know your lines and get to know the people you work with.'
Trivia:
He supports Newcastle United FC.
Morven Christie
(Actor)
.. Amanda Hopkins
Al Weaver
(Actor)
.. Leonard Finch
Tessa Peake-Jones
(Actor)
.. Mrs Maguire
Kacey Ainsworth
(Actor)
.. Cathy Keating
Born:
October 19, 1968
in
Ware, Hertfordshire
Best Known For:
Playing Little Mo in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born on October 19, 1968 in Ware, Hertfordshire to Hazel and Edward. She attended Westfield Junior School in Hoddesdon and Presdales School in Ware, Hertfordshire.
Career:
Ainsworth had guest appearances in a number of TV series, such as The Bill and A Touch of Frost, before landing the role of Little Mo in EastEnders. She stayed with the soap opera from 2000 until 2006. Since then, she has starred in such TV series as Holby Blue, The Wright Way and Call the Midwife. Her biggest role since appearing in EastEnders was as Cathy Keating in Granchester.
Quote:
On EastEnders: 'I look back on my time on EastEnders with real nostalgia. The Slaters made a big impact and it all worked well.'
Trivia:
In 2002, she won Best Actress at the British Soap Award, Most Popular Actress at National Television Awards and Best Soap Actress at TV Quick Awards.
Selin Hizli
(Actor)
.. Margaret Ward
Lorne MacFadyen
(Actor)
.. Phil Wilkinson
Best Known For:
Playing Phil in Grantchester.
Early-life:
Born on May 27, 1990 on the Isle of Skye. Lorne graduated from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2015, where he worked with the likes of director Ken Loach.
Career:
MacFadyen's early professional acting credits include Ken Loach's The Angels' Share (2012) and Electric Man (2012). He also appeared in two episodes of ITV detective drama Shetland and the short film Exchange and Mart (2014). In 2016, MacFadyen joined the ensemble cast of period crime drama Grantchester as Phil, which was his first role after graduation. He also appeared in detective drama The Level and starred alongside Michelle Keegan in drama series Tina and Bobby.
Quote:
'My mum's a nurse and my dad's a mechanic, so the acting has come out of the blue really, but they're really excited about what I'm doing. It's all new territory, but I definitely get my work ethic from them - they're very hard workers.'
Trivia:
He worked on Shetland during his summer holiday period as a student.
Nick Brimble
(Actor)
.. Jack Chapman
Born:
July 22, 1944
in
Bristol
Best Known For:
Playing Little John in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
Early-life:
Nicholas Brimble was born on July 22, 1944 in Bristol. His father was a schoolteacher and he has two brothers, Ian and Vincent, who have both also become actors. He attended Bristol Grammar School before going on to study Philosophy and English Literature at the University of Sussex, where he got a Master's degree. Nick went on to teach English and Drama at the University of Baghdad but left due to political unrest. He taught at a south London comprehensive school before deciding to try to become an actor.
Career:
Brimble started his acting career in theatre, beginning with a job as youth theatre organiser at the Marlowe Theatre and also acting in some of the theatre's plays. He went on to perform in theatre productions by a number of companies. In 1973, he started landing TV roles, starting with Wessex Tales. Following this, he appeared in such TV productions as The Sweeney, The Professionals and Dempsey and Makepeace. His film roles included Sweeney! (1977), Silver Dream Racer (1980) and Who Dares Wins (1982) before he was cast as Little John in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). Since then, he has appeared in such films as Loch Ness (1996), Seven Days to Live (2000) and A Knight's Tale (2001). Meanwhile, in TV, he has appeared in To Play the King, Ivanhoe, Emmerdale, The Bill and Grantchester.
Quote:
'Your job as an actor is to look like you know what you are doing - even if you don't.'
Trivia:
He went to every play at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre from the age of 11 until he went to university at 18.
Emily Bevan
(Actor)
.. Hilary Franklin
Gary Beadle
(Actor)
.. Archdeacon Gabriel Atubo
Best Known For:
Playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Gary was born in London in 1965. At the age of eight, he performed in a stage version of Bugsy Malone. Gary and his brother Rikki and sister Carleen went to the Anna Scher Theatre School. In 1980, Gary made his TV debut in an episode of the drama series The Squad. He has been a regular on the small screen ever since.
Career:
Beadle is perhaps best known for playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders, a role he performed between 2001 and 2004. His TV credits also include Making Out, The Glam Metal Detectives, Operation Good Guys, Holby City, Thieves Like Us, The Sarah Jane Adventures and Crime Stories. More recently, he has starred in The Interceptor. His film credits include Wit (2001), Until Death (2007), Cockneys vs Zombies (2012), and In the Heart of the Sea (2015).
Quote:
'One of the main reasons that I got into acting was so that I could play several different people and live in other people's worlds.'
Trivia:
Beadle enjoys boxing, cricket, football and playing percussion.
Peter Davison
(Actor)
.. Geoff Towler
Born:
April 13, 1951
in
Streatham, London
Best Known For:
Being the fifth Doctor Who.
Early-life:
Born Peter Moffett on April 13, 1951, in Streatham, south London. He moved with his three sisters to Surrey when his parents, Sheila and Claude, bought a village store. He had an undistinguished time at Winston Churchill School, but he did enjoy music and drama. After leaving with three O-levels, he considered teaching, but entered the Central School of Speech and Drama after catching the acting bug through amateur performances. To avoid confusion with director Peter Moffatt, he changed his surname to Davison.
Career:
Davison's first professional role was in Love's Labour's Lost at Nottingham Playhouse in 1972 and his TV debut came in a 1975 episode of The Tomorrow People. A lean spell followed (during which he spent 18 months working in a tax office in Twickenham), but his big break came in 1978 when he landed the role of Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small. In 1981, he took over from Tom Baker as the fifth Doctor Who, but quit three years later for fear of being typecast. Other career highlights include A Very Peculiar Practice, Campion, At Home with the Braithwaites, The Last Detective, The Complete Guide to Parenting, Distant Shores and Law & Order: UK. Throughout 2010, he starred in the West End production of Legally Blonde, and directed and wrote a spoof documentary called The Five(ish) Doctors to tie in with Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in 2013.
Quote:
'You don't ever decide you're old - at least I haven't yet. I'm still quite surprised if I get dragged for a night out somewhere why I'm yawning by half-past-11.'
Trivia:
He composed the theme tunes for Button Moon and Mixed Blessings. His actress daughter, Georgia Moffett, is married to David Tennant.
Emma Davies
(Actor)
.. Rosie Towler
Born:
March 07, 1970
in
England
Best Known For:
Playing Anna De Souza in Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Emma-Kate Davies was born on March 7, 1970 in England to stage and television actor Geoffrey Davies, who influenced her choice of career. Geoffrey got Emma her first TV appearance, when she appeared in sitcom The Fenn Street Gang at 18 months old. Emma trained at the Corona Theatre School in London.
Career:
Since the mid-1980s, Emma has appeared in a number of TV series. Her first role was as Jo Daly in the drama Boon between 1987 and 1989. Since then, she has appeared in Heatbeat, Doctors, Dream Team and Cape Wrath, as well as the film Enigma (2001). Her most notable role was in Emmerdale as Anna De Souza in 2008. More recently, she has appeared in episodes of EastEnders and Grantchester.
Quote:
On Cape Wrath: 'It was a lovely job and the producers had all these great ideas for a second series.'
Trivia:
She appeared in an advert for Colgate toothpaste at the age of 14.
Parth Thakerar
(Actor)
.. Munir Ali
Dinesh Sundran
(Actor)
.. Zafar Ali
Simon Harrison
(Actor)
.. Neil Carver
Ciara Charteris
(Actor)
.. Annie Towler
Jim Creighton
(Actor)
.. Clive
Skye Lucia Degruttola
(Actor)
.. Esme Keating
Daisy Coulam
(Executive producer)
Diederick Santer
(Executive producer)
Emma Kingsman-Lloyd
(Series producer)
Tim Fywell
(Director)
John Jackson
(Writer)
