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Russian Roulette
Season 11, Episode 3
Aidensfield residents are shocked when an MI5 agent turns up in the village showing more than just a passing interest in the activities of Vernon Scripps and his mysterious associate, a man who disembarked from a Russian trawler docked in Whitby harbour. It seems there is an even darker side to the roguish wheeler-dealer than they suspected
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. PC Mike Bradley
William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
Philip Franks
(Actor)
.. Sgt Raymond Craddock
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
Jonty Stephens
(Actor)
.. Eamon Maxwell
Mark Letheren
(Actor)
.. Clive Denby
Stanley Townsend
(Actor)
.. Igor Saukas
Dicken Ashworth
(Actor)
.. Enoch Payne
Polly Pleasence
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Mitchell
Brian Finch
(Writer)
Jonas Grimas
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jason Durr
(Actor)
.. PC Mike Bradley
Born:
December 02, 1967
in
Singapore
Best Known For:
Playing Mike Bradley in Heartbeat and David Hide in Casualty.
Early-life:
Born on December 2, 1967 in Singapore and raised in Hong Kong. Jason trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before attending the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here, he worked with director Trevor Nunn in Measure for Measure and The Blue Angel and with director Adrian Noble in Macbeth.
Career:
Since his days with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Durr has made a number of TV appearances in such shows as Inspector Morse and A Dark Adapted Eye and in television films like Gawain and the Green Knight (1991) and Sharpe's Battle (1995). He landed the role of policeman Mike Bradley in the TV series Heartbeat in 1997 and played the character until 2003. His other TV credits include Above Suspicion, Lewis and New Tricks. Durr also played the lead role in Down Dog (2014). More recently, he has played David Hide in Casualty.
Quote:
'I have lived all over the world but my heart now lies in the English countryside - if only it didn't rain quite so much.'
Trivia:
He enjoys rock climbing.
William Simons
(Actor)
.. PC Alf Ventress
Mark Jordon
(Actor)
.. PC Phil Bellamy
Philip Franks
(Actor)
.. Sgt Raymond Craddock
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Born:
September 02, 1937
in
London
Best Known For:
Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.
Early-life:
Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.
Career:
Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.
Quote:
'I'm still waiting to be discovered.'
Trivia:
He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
Jonty Stephens
(Actor)
.. Eamon Maxwell
Mark Letheren
(Actor)
.. Clive Denby
Stanley Townsend
(Actor)
.. Igor Saukas
Dicken Ashworth
(Actor)
.. Enoch Payne
Polly Pleasence
(Actor)
.. Dr Elizabeth Mitchell
Brian Finch
(Writer)
Jonas Grimas
(Director)
