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The Rivals
Season 11, Episode 7
A prodigal son returns to claim his inheritance, setting off alarm bells for Ventress, whose instinct is confirmed when a series of accidents at the carpet factory signals the management's scant regard for life and limb. Meanwhile, Vernon Scripps spies an opportunity to make merry as well as money by organising a beauty pageant, but reckons without the determined opposition of disapproving Joyce Jowett, who will stop at nothing to halt the event
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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
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
Derek Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Oscar Blaketon
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Ryan Early
(Actor)
.. Tom Nicholson
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
David Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Neville Sawyer
Shaun Scott
(Actor)
.. Trevor Shields
Sally Walsh
(Actor)
.. Maureen Felton
Diane Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Ruth Shields
Clare Clifford
(Actor)
.. Celia Beresford
Elizabeth Bennett
(Actor)
.. Joyce Jowett
Jane McNulty
(Writer)
Gerry Mill
(Producer)
Paul Walker
(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
Tricia Penrose
(Actor)
.. Gina Ward
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.
Geoffrey Hughes
(Actor)
.. Vernon Scripps
David Lonsdale
(Actor)
.. David Stockwell
Ryan Early
(Actor)
.. Tom Nicholson
Peter Benson
(Actor)
.. Bernie Scripps
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. Dr Tricia Summerbee
David Fenwick
(Actor)
.. Neville Sawyer
Shaun Scott
(Actor)
.. Trevor Shields
Sally Walsh
(Actor)
.. Maureen Felton
Diane Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Ruth Shields
Clare Clifford
(Actor)
.. Celia Beresford
Elizabeth Bennett
(Actor)
.. Joyce Jowett
Jane McNulty
(Writer)
Gerry Mill
(Producer)
Paul Walker
(Director)
