Foyle's War - A Lesson in Murder - 10:00 pm Wednesday, January 7 on ITV3

Michael Kitchen (Actor) .. Christopher Foyle

Born: October 31, 1948 in Leicester

Best Known For: Foyle's War.

Early-life: Born October 31, 1948, in Leicester. As a boy, he was the head chorister in the Church of the Martyrs choir. The acting bug bit early, and he started treading the boards with the National Youth Theatre and later the Belgrade Theatre. He then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he won the Emile Littler Award, which is given to students with outstanding talent and aptitude for the professional theatre. He graduated in 1969.

Career: Kitchen immediately began gaining roles on stage, quickly building a reputation for himself. He was also keen to shun small parts in glossy productions, preferring to play larger roles in less well-attended plays. He made his movie debut in 1971's little-seen Unman, Wittering and Zigo, following it up with Dracula AD 1972. Since then, he's worked steadily on TV and in films. Among his most famous projects are Brimstone and Treacle, Breaking Glass, Out of Africa, The Russia House, Dandelion Dead, A&E and the hugely acclaimed TV series Foyle's War. He also appeared in two of Pierce Brosnan's Bond movies and starred in ITV's 2007 drama Mobile.

Quote: On playing criminals: "I've done quite a few very unpleasant, extremely nasty people and they keep coming - but there seems to be a lot more money in evil, so I'm happy to take them."

Trivia: Kitchen has two sons with Rowena Miller, whom he met while she was a dresser at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the late 1980s.

Anthony Howell (Actor) .. Paul Milner

Honeysuckle Weeks (Actor) .. Sam Stewart

Michael Simkins (Actor) .. Hugh Reid

Oliver Ford Davies (Actor) .. Lawrence Gascoigne

Cheryl Campbell (Actor) .. Emily Gascoigne

Nicholas Audsley (Actor) .. David Beale

John Shrapnel (Actor) .. Raymond Brooks

Madeleine Worrall (Actor) .. Florence Beale

Tony Maudsley (Actor) .. Bill Ferris

Born: January 30, 1968 in Kirkby, Merseyside

Best Known For: Playing hairdresser Kenneth in Benidorm.

Early-life: Tony was born in Kirkby, Merseyside, on January 30, 1968. He trained to be an actor at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. His first acting role was in the 1998 TV movie A Life for a Life.

Career: Maudsley made his film debut in Plunkett & Macleane (1999). His other film credits include Sleepy Hollow (1999), Honest (2000) and Born Romantic (2000). He is largely known for small parts on TV. These have included roles in the likes of Coronation Street, Queer as Folk, Where the Heart Is, Peak Practice, Rose and Maloney, and Doc Martin. He has had recurring roles on In a Land of Plenty, Eyes Down, The Royal and The Job Lot. He is perhaps best known for playing hairdresser Kenneth in Benidorm and Grawp in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007).

Quote: On filming Benidorm: "It was like being on holiday. It's friendly, there's so much to do."

Trivia: He won a Royal Television Society Best Newcomer award for his role in A Life for a Life.

Allan Corduner (Actor) .. Carlo Lucciano

Danny Dyer (Actor) .. Tony Lucciano

Born: July 24, 1977 in London

Best Known For: Playing Mick Carter in EastEnders.

Early-life: Danny Dyer was born in Canning Town, London, on July 24, 1977 to Antony and Christine. He began a lifelong love of football as a boy and is an ardent West Ham United supporter. After being spotted by an agent while still at school he made his TV acting debut at the age of 16 in Prime Suspect 3. He went on to appear in episodes of Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Ruth Rendell Mysteries, The Bill and Soldier Soldier.

Career: Dyer's first film was 1999's Human Traffic and he followed this up with roles in a number of low-budget movies, including Borstal Boy (2000), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Mean Machine (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Adulthood (2008) and Vendetta (2013). Dyer had a lead role in Run for Your Wife (2013), which was savaged by film critics and only took £602 during its opening weekend. He has also appeared in a number of stage productions, including Celebration and No Man's Land, and has presented documentaries about football and hardmen. In 2013, he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter.

Quote: His views on film critic Mark Kermode, who has made disparaging remarks about Dyer's work: "If I see him I don't know how I'm going to react. I'll probably just put the nut on him."

Trivia: In 2007, Dyer became the chairman of non-league football team Greenwich Borough.

Gregg Prentice (Actor) .. Joe Cooper

Sophia Myles (Actor) .. Susan Gascoigne

David Tennant (Actor) .. Theo Howard

Born: April 18, 1971 in Bathgate, West Lothian

Best Known For: Being the 10th Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born David John MacDonald on April 18, 1971, in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, the youngest of a vicar's three children. At the age of three he announced he wanted to be an actor because he loved Doctor Who so much. At 17 he began studying at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow before embarking on his first professional roles at the Young Vic theatre. He changed his name because there was already an actor named David MacDonald, adopting the surname of Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant.

Career: Tennant's TV debut was in a 1993 episode of Rab C Nesbitt, but he first made people sit up and take notice thanks to an acclaimed performance in Takin' Over the Asylum a year later. His first film was 1996's Jude. He then appeared in the likes of Duck Patrol, Love in the 21st Century, Bright Young Things and He Knew He Was Right. In 2004, musical mini-series Blackpool helped raise his profile, while Casanova turned him into a heart-throb. Tennant replaced Christopher Eccleston in Doctor Who in 2005, but left the role at the start of 2010; he did, however, return for the 50th anniversary episode in 2013. Projects since include Single Father, Fright Night and Broadchurch - he is also the star of the US version, Gracepoint. He continues to appear on stage whenever possible.

Quote: "I've always been a geek and slightly awkward. I was never the cool kid at school."

Trivia: In 2011, Tennant married Georgia Moffett, daughter of fellow Doctor Who star Peter Davison.

Ian Peck (Actor) .. Policeman 1

Anthony Flanagan (Actor) .. Policeman 2

Christopher Fox (Actor) .. Jack Winters

Elliot Cowan (Actor) .. Peter Buckingham

Mali Harries (Actor) .. Jane Milner

Ian Puleston-Davies (Actor) .. Eric Cooper

Born: September 06, 1958 in Flint

Best Known For: Playing Owen Armstrong in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Ian was born in Flint on September 6, 1958. He attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Early acting roles included parts in two BBC dramas about Henry VI and episodes of Boon, Forever Green and Grange Hill.

Career: Other TV credits include a spell in Hollyoaks in the mid-1990s and guest roles in a number of well-known series, including Holby City, The Vice, Foyle's War, The Bill, Silent Witness and Waking the Dead. He has also starred in ITV dramas Vincent and Ghostboat and BBC Three series Funland. In 2010, he had a recurring role in the sixth series of Waterloo Road and joined the cast of Coronation Street as Owen Armstrong.

Quote: "When most people process information, they discard 99 per cent. But my antenna gets clogged up, so my brain ends up full of unnecessary thoughts."

Trivia: He suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Ken Drury (Actor) .. Kenneth Hawkins

Anthony Horowitz (Writer)

Simon Passmore (Producer)

Jill Green (Producer)

David Thacker (Director)

Foyle's War: A Lesson in Murder

10:00 pm - 11:55 pm, Wednesday, January 7 on ITV3 (10)

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