McDonald & Dodds - We Need to Talk About Doreen - 10:00 pm Thursday, April 9 on ITV3

Cast & Crew

Jason Watkins (Actor) .. DS Dodds

Tala Gouveia (Actor) .. DCI Lauren McDonald

James Murray (Actor) .. Chief Supt John Houseman

Jack Riddiford (Actor) .. DC Darren Craig

Lily Sacofsky (Actor) .. DC Milena Paciorkowski

Sharon Rooney (Actor) .. Doreen Warren

John Thomson (Actor) .. Jimmy Daly

Joy McAvoy (Actor) .. Angela McGruder

Shelley Conn (Actor) .. Hilary O'Doyle

Natalie Gumede (Actor) .. Deborah Winwick

Maya Coates (Actor) .. Melissa McGruder

Kat Ronney (Actor) .. Cath Taylor

Andrew Rothney (Actor) .. Rhuaridh McGruder

Tomos Gwynfryn (Actor) .. Dominique Aubert

George Watkins (Actor) .. Gregg Byrne

Felipe Bejarano (Actor) .. Robbie Pahura

Carl Andersson (Actor) .. Owen Walker

Allegra Marland (Actor) .. Pearl Walker

Vincent Moisy (Actor) .. Barman

Robert Murphy (Writer)

Rebecca Rycroft (Director)

Sarah Lewis (Producer)

Preethi Mavahalli (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)

Did You Know..

Jason Watkins (Actor) .. DS Dodds

Born: July 30, 1963 in Albrighton near Wolverhampton

Best Known For: Trollied, and The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies.

Early-life: Jason Barrington Watkins was born in Albrighton near Wolverhampton on July 30th, 1963 to Alan and Avis. His father is from Cleethorpes and his mother is from Manchester. Jason was brought up in London. Drama teachers at his Hounslow comprehensive encouraged him to pursue a career in acting. He was accepted into Rada at the same time as Ralph Fiennes, Jane Horrocks and Neil Dudgeon.

Career: Watkins has played supporting roles for most of his career. He has made guest appearances in Soldier Soldier, Casualty, The Bill, William and Mary, Life on Mars, and Lewis among many others. In 2011, he began playing store manager Gavin Strong in Sky1 sitcom Trollied. In 2014, he played his first lead role in The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies. His film credits include Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Onegin (1999), Confetti (2006), The Golden Compass (2007), Wild Child (2008), Lost Christmas (2011), and Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014).

Quote: 'I got quite close to the world record, when I was about 12 or 13, of running the length of a basketball court on my hands.'

Trivia: Watkins was nominated for an Olivier award in 2001 for his performance in A Servant for Two Masters.

Tala Gouveia (Actor) .. DCI Lauren McDonald

James Murray (Actor) .. Chief Supt John Houseman

Jack Riddiford (Actor) .. DC Darren Craig

Lily Sacofsky (Actor) .. DC Milena Paciorkowski

Sharon Rooney (Actor) .. Doreen Warren

Born: October 22, 1988 in Glasgow

John Thomson (Actor) .. Jimmy Daly

Born: April 02, 1969 in Salford

Best Known For: Cold Feet and The Fast Show.

Early-life: Thomson was born Patrick Francis McAleer in Salford on April 2, 1969 to Mary McAleer, who gave him up for adoption six weeks later. He was adopted from the Catholic Children's Rescue Society by Andrew and Marita Thomson, a businessman and a bookseller from Didsbury. He attended Runshaw College between 1985 and 1987, studying for four A-levels, including theatre studies. He was described as 'clearly a talent for comedy'. Following this, he turned down a scholarship in America to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic.

Career: While at university, Thomson met Steve Coogan, who secured him a job on Spitting Image. They would continue to collaborate on such programmes as Coogan's Run , the Paul and Pauline Calf video diaries (where he played Fat Bob) and Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge, which he also contributed to writing. In 1994, Thomson appeared in the BBC sketch series The Fast Show. He made guest appearances on various series such as Soldier Soldier, Playing the Field and Men Behaving Badly in the 1990s before being cast as Pete Gifford in the ITV hit comedy drama Cold Feet. He participated in the BBC series Comic Relief does Fame Academy and chalked up several TV shows before starring in another TV series, New Street Law, about a Manchester chambers. He has since appeared in Kingdom and Coronation Street.

Quote: 'People who know me know me, but the public believe what they read in the papers. They stare at me. I wonder what they're thinking.'

Trivia: Thomson was a contestant in the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef.

Joy McAvoy (Actor) .. Angela McGruder

Shelley Conn (Actor) .. Hilary O'Doyle

Natalie Gumede (Actor) .. Deborah Winwick

Born: March 24, 1984 in Burnley

Best Known For: Playing Kirsty Soames on Coronation Street.

Early-life: Born in Burnley on March 24, 1984, Natalie got her first taste of working on TV at the age of 11 when BBC producers selected her to present a regional insert for Children in Need. She went on to study acting at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.

Career: Following a role in 2004 one-off ITV comedy drama Von Trapped, Gumede became a series regular on BBC sitcom Ideal. Small roles followed in Emmerdale, Doctors, The Scum Also Rises, The Persuasionists, and Waterloo Road before her big break came in 2011 when she began playing Kirsty Soames, Tyrone Dobbs' girlfriend, on Coronation Street. She stayed with the soap for 18 months. In September 2013, she became a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Quote: On life as an actor: 'I've never starved but there has been the odd meagre meal and once I walked six miles into London for an audition as I didn't have enough money for the bus fare.'

Trivia: During her time on Coronation Street, she won three British Soap Awards.

Maya Coates (Actor) .. Melissa McGruder

Kat Ronney (Actor) .. Cath Taylor

Andrew Rothney (Actor) .. Rhuaridh McGruder

Tomos Gwynfryn (Actor) .. Dominique Aubert

George Watkins (Actor) .. Gregg Byrne

Felipe Bejarano (Actor) .. Robbie Pahura

Carl Andersson (Actor) .. Owen Walker

Allegra Marland (Actor) .. Pearl Walker

Vincent Moisy (Actor) .. Barman

Robert Murphy (Writer)

Rebecca Rycroft (Director)

Sarah Lewis (Producer)

Preethi Mavahalli (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)