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Parent Not Expected
Season 10, Episode 2
The body of 19-year-old apprentice electrician Dennis Bayliss is discovered washed up on the shore of a North Northumberland rural estate. The victim turns out to be the estranged son of Steph and Rob Bayliss who are left crippled by his death, having lost him once already when he abandoned them to seek out his biological father, Thomas Walken, who just happens to run a salmon farm on the spot where the body was found. Vera is forced to look closer at the strained relationships of Dennis's two families in order to find the truth about his death
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Paul Kaye
(Actor)
.. Dr Malcolm Donahue
Alexander Cobb
(Actor)
.. David Walken
Christine Entwistle
(Actor)
.. Julia Walken
Cal MacAninch
(Actor)
.. Thomas Walken
Harki Bhambra
(Actor)
.. Vinay Deol
Stuart Laing
(Actor)
.. Rob Bayliss
Martin Walsh
(Actor)
.. Joe Barry
Martha Cope
(Actor)
.. Steph Bayliss
David Rubin
(Actor)
.. Jamie Dwyer
Lawrence Walker
(Actor)
.. Michael Cummings
Nathan Horrocks
(Actor)
.. Dennis Bayliss
Iola Evans
(Actor)
.. Phoebe Dwyer
Kieran Urquhart
(Actor)
.. Liam Dwyer
Janine Leigh
(Actor)
.. Pat Ross
Chantelle Alle
(Actor)
.. Waitress
Mica Ricketts
(Actor)
.. Liza Conney
Tom Glenister
(Actor)
.. Joshua Walken
Colette Kane
(Writer)
Rob Evans
(Director)
Will Nicholson
(Producer)
Phil Hunter
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
'I don't have ambition. My expectations are low.'
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
Kenny Doughty
(Actor)
.. DS Aiden Healy
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Ibinabo Jack
(Actor)
.. DC Jacqueline Williams
Riley Jones
(Actor)
.. DC Mark Edwards
Paul Kaye
(Actor)
.. Dr Malcolm Donahue
Born:
December 15, 1964
in
Dulwich
Best Known For:
His character Dennis Pennis - the spoof reporter who pretended to interview celebrities so he could insult or make fun of them.
Early-life:
Paul Kaye was born as Ralph Zang on December 15, 1964, in Dulwich, and raised in Wembley, where he studied theatre design and became obsessed with punk rock. Kaye became an avid fan of Arsenal FC at the age of 14. He used to be an in-house graphic designer for rival team Tottenham Hotspur in the late 1980s, but was given the boot for sticking the odd subliminal cannon into their merchandising catalogues. In real-life he's extremely well-spoken - unlike many of his alter-egos.
Career:
Kaye got his TV break working on BBC Two's Sunday Show when he was 24, playing Dennis Pennis, a character he invented during evenings out with his friends, never expecting anything to come of it. Despite being a cult hit, Kaye decided to quit playing him when he found it difficult to get interviews with stars. Away from Pennis, he's appeared in comedy series Perfect World and Citizen Kaye, and hosted game show Liar. He has also starred in It's All Gone Pete Tong, Two Thousand Acres of Sky, Kingdom, Skins, Mongrels, Shameless and Being Human.
Quote:
Talking to Pierce Brosnan at a celebrity bash: 'When I went to see GoldenEye, I was glued to my seat - otherwise I would have left.''
Trivia:
He has starred in a number of commercials for betting website BetVictor.
Alexander Cobb
(Actor)
.. David Walken
Christine Entwistle
(Actor)
.. Julia Walken
Cal MacAninch
(Actor)
.. Thomas Walken
Born:
November 24, 1963
in
Govan, Glasgow
Best Known For:
HolbyBlue and Mr Selfridge.
Early-life:
Cal was born in Govan, Glasgow, on November 24, 1963. He discovered acting at Glasgow University after a knee injury ruined his chances of playing professional football. After a brief spell at Bristol Old Vic drama school, Cal was cast in a number of small roles at Glasgow's Citizen Theatre.
Career:
After moving to London, MacAninch spent a year working in telesales jobs between auditions until he was cast in Edinburgh-set legal drama The Advocates. After making a number of guest appearances on TV shows, he landed recurring roles in Rockface, Sorted, HolbyBlue and Wild at Heart. More recently, he has starred in Downton Abbey, Silent Witness and Mr Selfridge.
Quote:
On Mr Selfridge: 'I walked onto the set for the first time and I thought it was so beautiful.'
Trivia:
MacAninch enjoys running marathons.
Harki Bhambra
(Actor)
.. Vinay Deol
Stuart Laing
(Actor)
.. Rob Bayliss
Martin Walsh
(Actor)
.. Joe Barry
Martha Cope
(Actor)
.. Steph Bayliss
David Rubin
(Actor)
.. Jamie Dwyer
Lawrence Walker
(Actor)
.. Michael Cummings
Nathan Horrocks
(Actor)
.. Dennis Bayliss
Iola Evans
(Actor)
.. Phoebe Dwyer
Kieran Urquhart
(Actor)
.. Liam Dwyer
Janine Leigh
(Actor)
.. Pat Ross
Chantelle Alle
(Actor)
.. Waitress
Mica Ricketts
(Actor)
.. Liza Conney
Tom Glenister
(Actor)
.. Joshua Walken
Colette Kane
(Writer)
Rob Evans
(Director)
Will Nicholson
(Producer)
Phil Hunter
(Executive producer)
