Grantchester

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.

Tom Brittney (Actor) .. Will Davenport

Al Weaver (Actor) .. Leonard Finch

Tessa Peake-Jones (Actor) .. Mrs Chapman

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.

Siobhan Redmond (Actor) .. Andrea Shaw

Sorcha Groundsell (Actor) .. Vronky

Hannah Van Der Westhuysen (Actor) .. Heather

Lauren Carse (Actor) .. Ellie Harding

Jemma Redgrave (Actor) .. Amelia Davenport

Born: January 14, 1965 in London

Best Known For: Being a member of the Redgrave acting dynasty.

Early-life: Born Jemima Rebecca Redgrave on January 14, 1965, in London. She is the daughter of actor Corin Redgrave and his first wife, former model Deirdre Hamilton-Hill. Her parents divorced when she was nine. She has a brother, Luke, who's a cameraman, and two half-brothers from her father's second marriage to actress Kika Markham. Redgrave claims her childhood home was always full of her mother's friends, some of whom she didn't like. The open house nature of her upbringing made her long for discipline and structure. At 18, she enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).

Career: Redgrave followed her father, grandparents Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, aunts Vanessa and Lynn Redgrave, and cousins Natasha and Joely Richardson into acting. She started in the theatre, eventually making her movie debut in Dream Demon, and her first TV appearance in Tales of the Unexpected, in 1988. Other early projects include Howards End, Diana: Her True Story, and The Buddha of Suburbia. She became a star thanks to TV series Bramwell, which ended in 1998. Since then she's appeared in such projects as I'll Be There, The Grid, Amnesia, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Frankie and Doctor Who (including the 50th anniversary episode). Redgrave also continues to work on stage.

Quote: 'I think acting can be very self-absorbed, and I find that slightly embarrassing. Sometimes it seems such an uninquiring profession.'

Trivia: One of Redgrave's hobbies is calligraphy, which she began as a teenager to help improve her poor handwriting.

Oliver Dimsdale (Actor) .. Daniel Marlowe

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.

Ross Boatman (Actor) .. Vic Morgan

Paula Wilcox (Actor) .. Diana

Bradley Hall (Actor) .. Larry Peters

Jim Caesar (Actor) .. Matthew Butler

Jack Donoghue (Actor) .. Lucas Rawlings

Abraham Lewis (Actor) .. Alastair

Barnaby Taylor (Actor) .. Ollie

Skye Lucia Degruttola (Actor) .. Esme Keating

Rubie-Rose Fearfield (Actor) .. Keating child 1

Rose Allen (Actor) .. Keating child 2

Mason Chalke (Actor) .. Keating child 3

Harley Chalke (Actor) .. Keating child 4

John Jackson (Writer)

Daisy Coulam (Adapted by)

Richard Cookson (Producer)

Gordon Anderson (Director)

Rebecca Eaton (Executive producer)

Emma Kingsman-Lloyd (Executive producer)

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Wednesday, August 5 on ITV3 (10)

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