Midsomer Murders - Death of the Small Coppers - 8:00 pm Sunday, May 31 on ITV3

Neil Dudgeon (Actor) .. DCI John Barnaby

Born: January 01, 1961 in Doncaster

Best Known For: Being the new Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Born in Doncaster in 1961. His dad drove a bread delivery van and his mum was an assistant supermarket manager, although they both also performed on the club circuit. Neil credits his own love of acting to a teacher who forced him to read aloud in an assembly _ it was supposed to be a punishment for misbehaving in class, but Neil found he actually enjoyed it. He went to appear in school plays, before studying drama at Rada.

Career: Neil made his film debut in 1987 with an uncredited role in Prick Up Your Ears, and went on to appear in London's Burning on TV the following year. He's worked pretty steadily since then in a wide range of TV shows, although he admits he's most frequently cast as a cop _ he's starred in Inspector Morse, Out of the Blue, Between the Lines, Messiah and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. Last year it was announced that he would be taking on his most high-profile police role to date when he took over from John Nettles as the star of Midsomer Murders. He has also starred alongside Caroline Quentin in the sitcom Life of Riley.

Quote: On joining Midsomer Murders: "My secret dream is that viewers will switch on, watch it all the way through and not notice there's a new bloke in it."

Trivia: He has starred in a number of dramas on Radio 3 and Radio 4.

Nick Hendrix (Actor) .. DS Jamie Winter

Annette Badland (Actor) .. Fleur Perkins

Born: August 26, 1950 in Birmingham

Best Known For: A string of TV, stage and films roles.

Early-life: Annette was born in Birmingham on August 26, 1950. She trained at the East 15 Acting School in London. In 1975, she made her TV debut as a tap dancing pupil in The Naked Civil Servant. Her next project was the film Jabberwocky (1977).

Career: During a long and prolific acting career, Badland has made appearances in a number of popular TV shows, including Shoestring, The Gentle Touch, Minder, Bergerac, All Creatures Great and Small, Making Out, Love Hurts, Outside Edge, and The Bill. Her film credits include The Grotesque (1995), Little Voice (1998), Beautiful People (1999) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). More recently, she has starred in Doctor Who, All the Small Things, You, Me & Them, Man Down, Father Brown, Wizards vs Aliens, and Outlander. In 2014, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Babe Smith.

Quote: 'The sea has always been a strong force for me - if I want to think about things I tend to go off to the coast.'

Trivia: Badland was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award with her fellow cast members for Little Voice.

Mark Benton (Actor) .. Eddie Rowbotham

Born: November 16, 1965 in Guisborough

Best Known For: Northern Lights, and Waterloo Road.

Early-life: Born on 16 November, 1965, in Guisborough in the North East, Mark hoped to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, actor Michael Gunn. Always the class clown, he fell in love with the theatre and spent many years trying to make a career out of acting. He was in the same drama class at the Stockton-Billingham Tech as actress Elizabeth Carling. Some of his early acting experience came with the Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.

Career: Benton's big break came in the 1997 Mike Leigh film Career Girls. For the past decade he has barely been off our screens. He had a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law. He has starred with Vic and Bob in their remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers. He was comedy gold in Craig Cash's Early Doors and The Booze Cruise trilogy. His biggest role was alongside Robson Green in Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights and Clash of the Santas. He was also a regular on Waterloo Road and is the host of game show The Edge. In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Quote: 'I think sometimes you have to ask if you want to be an actor or do you want to be a celebrity? I was tempted to do Celebrity Mastermind but I couldn't think of a specialist subject.'

Trivia: Benton is a die-hard supporter of Middlesbrough FC and has featured in the club's official season ticket advertising campaign.

Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Sarah Barnaby

Born: January 01, 1970 in Findhorn, Moray

Best Known For: The Royal Today, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Fiona Jane Dolman was born in Findhorn, Moray, on January 1, 1970 to Rosemary and Gordon. She is the youngest daughter of four children. Her father worked in the RAF and he moved his family to Gibraltar when Fiona was 15. In 1993, she made her TV acting debut in Crime Story.

Career: Roles followed for Dolman on the small screen in Strike Force, A Touch of Frost, The Knock and Ultraviolet. In 1998, she joined the cast of Heartbeat playing Jackie Lambert. She went on to have a recurring role in The Royal Today. In 2011, she began playing Sarah Barnaby alongside Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders.

Quote: On working with the Barnaby's dog on Midsomer Murders: 'We have sausages strapped to bags and in pockets so the dog follows you around.'

Trivia: At the age of 16 and 17 years, Dolman won awards at the Gibraltar RAF ladies windsurfing championships.

Peter Egan (Actor) .. Grady Palmerston

Ray Fearon (Actor) .. Carlton Scott

Ellie Haddington (Actor) .. Ginny Welton

Thusitha Jayasundera (Actor) .. Anika Sidana

(Actor) .. Birgitte Poulsen

Ella Kenion (Actor) .. Celeste Palmerston

John Light (Actor) .. Luke Fawcett

Niamh McGrady (Actor) .. Penny Kingdom

Born: October 04, 1983 in Castlewellan, Co Down

Best Known For: Playing Mary-Claire Carter in Holby City.

Early-life: Niamh was born in Castlewellan, Co Down, on October 4, 1983. From the age of 18, she trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. After graduating, she joined a production of Romeo and Juliet and then did a pantomime in Belfast.

Career: In 2007 and 2008, McGrady starred alongside Patrick Stewart in a production of Macbeth that played in London and New York. In 2009, she appeared in the TV movie Best: His Mother's Son, but her part was removed in the cutting room. In the same year, she joined the cast of Holby City as a semi-regular, playing nurse Mary-Claire Carter. In 2013, she began starring alongside Gillian Anderson in the crime drama The Fall. In the same year, she became a regular on Holby City and stayed with the show until early 2015.

Quote: 'I think The Fall is about trying to understand violence against women - things that can happen behind closed doors.'

Trivia: McGrady spent years waitressing in London to make ends meet before her acting career took off.

Chance Perdomo (Actor) .. Leo Scott

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Jonathan Fisher (Executive producer)

Guy Hescott (Producer)

Chris Murray (Writer)

Paul Harrison (Director)

Midsomer Murders: Death of the Small Coppers

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Sunday, May 31 on ITV3 (10)

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Death of the Small Coppers
Season 20, Episode 2

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