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Old Masters
Season 11, Episode 6
Ashfordly Hall throws open its doors to the public, but all hell breaks loose when a collection of valuable Constable sketches is stolen. Mike and Tom are sent to question the chief suspect, an 80-year-old art thief, only to find him mugged and bound to a chair - with none of the paintings anywhere in sight. Nostalgic drama, starring Jason Durr and Ryan Early
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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
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Ryan Early
(Actor)
.. Tom Nicholson
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
Rupert Vansittart
(Actor)
.. Lord Charles Ashfordly
Freddie Jones
(Actor)
.. George Woodford
James Quinn
(Actor)
.. Roy Pulver
Fiona Victory
(Actor)
.. Eileen Jepson
Josh Moran
(Actor)
.. Robert Price
Alastair Sims
(Actor)
.. Steven Collier
Douglas Watkinson
(Writer)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
Noreen Kershaw
(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
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Ryan Early
(Actor)
.. Tom Nicholson
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
Rupert Vansittart
(Actor)
.. Lord Charles Ashfordly
Freddie Jones
(Actor)
.. George Woodford
Born:
September 12, 1927
in
Stoke-on-Trent
Best Known For:
Appearing in several David Lynch films.
Early-life:
Born Frederick Charles Jones on September 12, 1927, in Stoke-on-Trent. He never intended to become an actor; in fact, he spent the first decade of his working life as a laboratory assistant at a ceramics factory, only taking to the stage in amateur productions. On eventually deciding on a career-change, Jones won a scholarship to study at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama in Kent. He then spent time working with repertory companies.
Career:
Jones quickly gained a reputation as a fine character actor while working with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Early TV roles came in Z Cars, The Baron and The Avengers. His first film was Marat/Sade in 1967. He and Dudley Sutton are the only actors to have appeared in the original and revamped versions of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). Other TV work has come in the likes of Jackanory, Inspector Morse, The District Nurse and The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole. Jones has become a cult hero thanks to his film work for legendary studio Hammer (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed and The Satanic Rites of Dracula) and director David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Dune, Wild at Heart, On the Air and Hotel Room). Jones has played Sandy in Emmerdale since 2005.
Quote:
"Time has eroded my memory of those early films. All I remember is not being paid very much!"
Trivia:
He is the father of actor Toby Jones.
James Quinn
(Actor)
.. Roy Pulver
Fiona Victory
(Actor)
.. Eileen Jepson
Josh Moran
(Actor)
.. Robert Price
Alastair Sims
(Actor)
.. Steven Collier
Douglas Watkinson
(Writer)
Keith Richardson
(Executive producer)
Noreen Kershaw
(Director)
