Grantchester

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.

Charlie Higson (Actor) .. Ronnie Maguire

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.

Selin Hizli (Actor) .. Margaret Ward

Skye Lucia Degruttola (Actor) .. Esme Keating

Lorraine Ashbourne (Actor) .. Cora Maguire

Best Known For: Her role as philandering female footballer Geraldine in TV's Playing The Field.

Early-life: Born in Manchester in 1961, Ashbourne always dreamed of being an actress and on leaving school joined a local theatre. Her sister, Jayne, is also an actress who appeared in Coronation Street and New Street Law. While at drama school, Lorraine contacted Debbie Horsfield to say she would love to work with her. Her first acting job was in the Red Devils, a trilogy of plays by Horsfield, which formed the inspiration for new BBC One drama, True Dare Kiss.

Career: After years of working in theatre, plus character roles in TV shows like The Bill, Casualty and London's Burning, she landed a part as the mother in Colin Firth movie Fever Pitch. She went on to star as Yvonne Mackey in City Central and as the fiery Geraldine Powell in the soccer drama Playing The Field. Other projects have included The Martins, King Kong, Jayne Eyre and Housewife, 49, True Dare Kiss, and The Street.

Quote: 'People think I just came from nowhere. But I've worked hard over the years and now it's all happening.'

Trivia: Her stage credits include Fool For Love, Othello and The Three Sisters.

Adrian Bower (Actor) .. Pal

Alexa Davies (Actor) .. Luella

Ewan Mitchell (Actor) .. Abraham

Simon Lennon (Actor) .. Marcus Ruskin

Candis Nergaard (Actor) .. Freda

Emma Kingsman-Lloyd (Series producer)

Daisy Coulam (Executive producer)

Diederick Santer (Executive producer)

Jess Williams (Writer)

Rob Evans (Director)

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Thursday, July 30 on ITV3 (10)

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