Rosemary & Thyme: Arabica and the Early Spider
2:10 pm - 3:10 pm, Sunday, February 8 on ITV3 (10)
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Arabica and the Early Spider
Season 1, Episode 2
The amateur sleuths uncover the remains of a racehorse while engaged on horticultural work in the grounds of pop star Nev Connolly's supposedly haunted mansion. Before long, gruesome revelations are coming thick and fast as Nev is shot dead and more bones are discovered - this time belonging to a young woman. As they investigate further, Rosemary and Laura are plunged into a sinister mystery with roots deep in the past. Drama, guest starring Murray Head (Heartbeat) and Abigail Cruttenden (Benidorm)
subtitles
16x9
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Felicity Kendal
(Actor)
.. Rosemary Boxer
Pam Ferris
(Actor)
.. Laura Thyme
Abigail Cruttenden
(Actor)
.. Patsy Connolly
Tilly Blackwood
(Actor)
.. Fiona Georgeson
Joe Tucker
(Actor)
.. Harry Georgeson
Murray Head
(Actor)
.. Nev Connolly
Niall Refoy
(Actor)
.. Tommy Matthews
Sara Stephens
(Actor)
.. Samantha Matthews
Eamon Boland
(Actor)
.. Dennis Belfrage
Zena Walker
(Actor)
.. Mrs Deeping
Philip Martin Brown
(Actor)
.. DI Trelawney
David Bauckham
(Actor)
.. Dr Pattison
Kell Ward
(Actor)
.. Frank
Glen Davies
(Actor)
.. Workman
Dean Abrahams
(Actor)
.. Stable lad
Clive Exton
(Writer)
Tom Clegg
(Director)
Brian Eastman
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Felicity Kendal
(Actor)
.. Rosemary Boxer
Born:
September 25, 1946
in
Olton, Warwickshire
Best Known For:
Playing Barbara in The Good Life.
Early-life:
Felicity Ann Kendal was born on September 25, 1946, in Olton, Warwickshire. She made her stage debut at nine months. Her childhood was spent touring India acting in Shakespearean productions directed by her father Geoffrey and co-starring her mother, Laura Lidell. She attended 13 schools in quick succession. At 17 she came back to the UK to work in the West End, but returned to India to film Merchant Ivory movie Shakespeare Wallah, which was based on her family's experiences. Sister Jennifer, also an actress, died in 1984.
Career:
Kendal made her TV debut in The Mayfly and the Frog in 1966, but concentrated on the theatre before becoming a household name in sitcom The Good Life, which attracted 18 million viewers at its peak. Kendal has appeared in the movie Valentino, sitcoms Solo and The Mistress, TV drama The Camomile Lawn, and provided a voice for Steven Spielberg's animated adventure, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story. More recently she appeared in Michael Winner's comedy Parting Shots, light-hearted drama Rosemary and Thyme, and an episode of Doctor Who, though she prefers to work on stage. She gained a new set of fans by appearing on Strictly Come Dancing in 2010. In 2013, she won rave reviews for a London stage revival of Alan Ayckbourn's Relatively Speaking.
Quote:
"The fact that I might look my age doesn't bother me. I've found a balance in my life that didn't exist when I was younger."
Trivia:
Kendal was appointed a CBE in 1995.
Pam Ferris
(Actor)
.. Laura Thyme
Born:
May 11, 1948
in
Hanover, Germany
Best Known For:
Her role as Florence ‘Ma' Larkin in The Darling Buds of May.
Early-life:
Pamela Ann Ferris was born on May 11, 1948 in Hanover, Germany, to Welsh parents Ann and Fred, who were stationed there while her father served in the Royal Air Force. Ferris spent her childhood in the Llanelli area of Wales, after her father became a police officer, with her mother working in her family's bakery business. Pam's family emigrated to New Zealand when she was 13, but she returned to the UK in her early twenties.
Career:
Ferris first made an impact in the 1985 drama series Connie. Other than The Darling Buds of May, she has also appeared in TV shows Hardwicke House, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Paradise Heights, Where the Heart Is, Rosemary & Thyme, Gavin & Stacey and Grandma's House. A "Jill of all trades", Pam has appeared in a number of Royal Court Theatre and Royal National Theatre productions, and in films like Matilda, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Children of Men, Nativity!, Telstar, and Malice in Wonderland. In 2012, she began playing Sister Evangelina in Call the Midwife.
Quote:
"The business [acting] has been extraordinarily kind to me. I have no complaints."
Trivia:
In 2014, she was a contestant on The BBC Children in Need Sewing Bee.
Abigail Cruttenden
(Actor)
.. Patsy Connolly
Tilly Blackwood
(Actor)
.. Fiona Georgeson
Joe Tucker
(Actor)
.. Harry Georgeson
Murray Head
(Actor)
.. Nev Connolly
Niall Refoy
(Actor)
.. Tommy Matthews
Sara Stephens
(Actor)
.. Samantha Matthews
Eamon Boland
(Actor)
.. Dennis Belfrage
Zena Walker
(Actor)
.. Mrs Deeping
Philip Martin Brown
(Actor)
.. DI Trelawney
Born:
July 09, 1956
in
Manchester
Best Known For:
Playing Grantly in Waterloo Road.
Early-life:
Brown was born in Manchester and attended Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School for Boys; his favourite subject being English. After completing his fifth year, though, he was asked to leave the school, being told he was a 'dreadful troublemaker'.
Career:
Brown's acting career spans five decades; his first stint on TV was playing Sam Potter in A Horseman Riding By. He's since gone on to regularly crop up in other British dramas including Midsomer Murders, Casualty, New Tricks, Doctors, Waterloo Road and Death Comes to Pemberley.
Quote:
"I work as a supply teacher at my local comprehensive. I have a different teaching style to Grantly - I hope I'm more accessible!"
Trivia:
He is a regular performer on the panto circuit.
David Bauckham
(Actor)
.. Dr Pattison
Kell Ward
(Actor)
.. Frank
Glen Davies
(Actor)
.. Workman
Dean Abrahams
(Actor)
.. Stable lad
Clive Exton
(Writer)
Tom Clegg
(Director)
Brian Eastman
(Producer)
