The Larkins - Love and Violence - 02:20 am Wednesday, December 31 on ITV3

Joanna Scanlan (Actor) .. Ma Larkin

Bradley Walsh (Actor) .. Pop Larkin

Born: June 04, 1960 in Watford

Best Known For: Coronation Street and Law & Order: UK

Early-life: Bradley John Walsh was born in Watford on June 4, 1960. He wanted to be a footballer and was playing for a county league team when he was offered a contract with Brentford FC. Sadly, his sporting career was brought to an abrupt end when he broke both his ankles. He then considered joining the police, but was told he was too short, so he followed his father into engineering. He eventually decided to try stand-up comedy, and made his first steps towards turning professional when he became an entertainer at a holiday camp near Morecambe.

Career: Walsh's big TV break came in 1993, when he appeared on the Royal Variety Show. It led to a stint presenting the National Lottery, and he also hosted the game shows Wheel of Fortune and Win, Lose or Draw. After fearing his brand of light entertainment was becoming dated he moved into acting, taking parts in the TV version of Lock, Stock, the soap Night and Day and movie Mike Bassett: England Manager before Coronation Street's bosses created the role of Danny Baldwin for him in 2004. He stayed in Weatherfield for two years before leaving to pursue other projects. He's since appeared in Torn, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Law and Order: UK and SunTrap. He moved back into presenting in 2009 with ITV quiz show The Chase, and is a team captain on Play to the Whistle.

Quote: "Professionally I saw the end of light entertainment galloping towards me. Oddly enough, it's coming back now thanks to all the reality shows."

Trivia: Walsh is a supporter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Lydia Page (Actor) .. Primrose Larkin

Amelia Bullmore (Actor) .. Miss Edith Pilchester

Peter Davison (Actor) .. Vicar

Born: April 13, 1951 in Streatham, London

Best Known For: Being the fifth Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born Peter Moffett on April 13, 1951, in Streatham, south London. He moved with his three sisters to Surrey when his parents, Sheila and Claude, bought a village store. He had an undistinguished time at Winston Churchill School, but he did enjoy music and drama. After leaving with three O-levels, he considered teaching, but entered the Central School of Speech and Drama after catching the acting bug through amateur performances. To avoid confusion with director Peter Moffatt, he changed his surname to Davison.

Career: Davison's first professional role was in Love's Labour's Lost at Nottingham Playhouse in 1972 and his TV debut came in a 1975 episode of The Tomorrow People. A lean spell followed (during which he spent 18 months working in a tax office in Twickenham), but his big break came in 1978 when he landed the role of Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small. In 1981, he took over from Tom Baker as the fifth Doctor Who, but quit three years later for fear of being typecast. Other career highlights include A Very Peculiar Practice, Campion, At Home with the Braithwaites, The Last Detective, The Complete Guide to Parenting, Distant Shores and Law & Order: UK. Throughout 2010, he starred in the West End production of Legally Blonde, and directed and wrote a spoof documentary called The Five(ish) Doctors to tie in with Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in 2013.

Quote: "You don't ever decide you're old - at least I haven't yet. I'm still quite surprised if I get dragged for a night out somewhere why I'm yawning by half-past-11."

Trivia: He composed the theme tunes for Button Moon and Mixed Blessings. His actress daughter, Georgia Moffett, is married to David Tennant.

Kriss Dosanjh (Actor) .. Brigadier

Maxim Ays (Actor) .. Reverend Candy

Selina Griffiths (Actor) .. Norma Norman

Julian Rhind-Tutt (Actor) .. Mr Jerebohm

Born: July 20, 1968 in London

Best Known For: Green Wing.

Early-life: Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt was born in London on July 20, 1968, the youngest of five children. He performed in a number of works at John Lyon School in Harrow, including the lead role in a school production of Hamlet at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the mid-1980s. After studying English and Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career: Rhind-Tutt's breakthrough role was playing the Duke of York in The Madness of King George (1994). He followed this up with roles in The Saint (1997), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), Notting Hill (1999), and The Trench (1999). He is best known for playing Dr Mac Macartney in Channel 4 sitcom Green Wing. His more recent credits include Gambit (2012), Rush (2013) and Lucy (2014). He also had a recurring role on the BBC TV comedy Blandings. On Radio 4, he has starred in The Maltby Collection, and The Norman Conquests.

Quote: "When people ask me for advice on starting out, I usually say, `Be careful what your first part is because you'll probably play it for the next five years.'"

Trivia: In 2013, Rhind-Tutt narrated the audiobook version of the book Look Who's Back.

Morgana Robinson (Actor) .. Pinkie Jerebohm

Born: May 07, 1982 in Australia

Best Known For: The Morgana Show.

Early-life: Morgana was born in Australia on May 7, 1982 but she was brought up in England. Her parents split up when she was young and she ended up attending a boarding school in Kent. As she grew up, she discovered she had four half siblings from her father's previous relationships.

Career: Robinson's TV debut came in 2007 when she guest starred in an episode of The Green Green Grass. Her big break came in 2010 when Channel 4 commissioned her to make sketch show The Morgana Show. She went on to star in the sketch show Very Important People and BBC sitcom House of Fools.

Quote: "I would like to bring a bit of darkness back into comedy."

Trivia: She won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist in 2012.

Seeta Indrani (Actor) .. Miss Chand

Barney Walsh (Actor) .. PC Harness

Francesca Wilson Waterworth (Actor) .. Libby Fothergill

Liam Middleton (Actor) .. Montgomery Larkin

Summer Miller (Actor) .. Zinnia Larkin

Sienna Miller (Actor) .. Petunia Larkin

Born: December 28, 1981 in New York

Best Known For: Alfie, Layer Cake and Factory Girl - and her turbulent love life.

Early-life: Sienna Rose Diana Miller was born in New York City on December 28, 1981, but moved to London at the age of one. She has a sister and two half-brothers. Her mother, Josephine, is South African and is a former model; her father, Edwin, is an American banker-turned-Chinese art dealer. Despite her parentage and birthplace, Sienna holds a British passport. She attended Francis Holland Junior School and Heathfield St Mary's School and later studied for a year at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York.

Career: Prior to her acting career, Miller worked as a photographic model for Coca-Cola, and Italian Vogue, and posed topless for the 2003 Pirelli calendar. Her career then rocketed when she signed a two-year deal with Pepe Jeans London. She made her film debut alongside Rupert Everett and Elle Macpherson in South Kensington. Then came Alfie, Layer Cake and her stage debut in a West End production of Shakespeare's As You Like It. Other work on the big screen includes roles in Stardust, The Edge of Love, and GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra; her performance as Tippi Hedren in TV drama The Girl was widely acclaimed.

Quote: "Somehow I always end up being scandalous even though I don't mean to. I just find it. If it's there, if there's something scandalous lurking, I'll accidentally walk into it."

Trivia: iller runs her own fashion label, Twenty8Twelve, with her fashion designer sister Savannah.

Lola Shepelev (Actor) .. Victoria Larkin

Lucy Allix (Actor) .. Blanche Jerebohm

Hector Bateman-Harden (Actor) .. Gilbert Jerebohm

John Biggins (Actor) .. Fruity Pears

Georgiana Casbarra (Actor) .. Lesley

Daniel Jarratt-Cook (Actor) .. Lance

Micky Dartford (Actor) .. Ted

Victoria Grove (Actor) .. Lil

David Langham (Actor) .. Berndt

Bruce Mackinnon (Actor) .. Harvey

Pooky Quesnel (Actor) .. Enid

Timmika Ramsay (Actor) .. Poll

Jake Richards (Actor) .. Jed

Abigail Wilson (Writer)

Simon Nye (Adapted by)

Andy De Emmony (Director)

Serena Cullen (Producer)

Sophie Clarke-Jervoise (Executive producer)

Ben Farrell (Executive producer)

Toby Stevens (Executive producer)

The Larkins: Love and Violence

02:20 am - 03:10 am, Wednesday, December 31 on ITV3 (10)

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Love and Violence
Season 2, Episode 3

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