Midsomer Murders - The Blacktrees Prophecy - 8:00 pm Monday, June 29 on ITV3

Neil Dudgeon (Actor) .. DCI John Barnaby

Born: January 01, 1961 in Doncaster

Best Known For: Being the new Barnaby in Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Born in Doncaster in 1961. His dad drove a bread delivery van and his mum was an assistant supermarket manager, although they both also performed on the club circuit. Neil credits his own love of acting to a teacher who forced him to read aloud in an assembly _ it was supposed to be a punishment for misbehaving in class, but Neil found he actually enjoyed it. He went to appear in school plays, before studying drama at Rada.

Career: Neil made his film debut in 1987 with an uncredited role in Prick Up Your Ears, and went on to appear in London's Burning on TV the following year. He's worked pretty steadily since then in a wide range of TV shows, although he admits he's most frequently cast as a cop _ he's starred in Inspector Morse, Out of the Blue, Between the Lines, Messiah and Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. Last year it was announced that he would be taking on his most high-profile police role to date when he took over from John Nettles as the star of Midsomer Murders. He has also starred alongside Caroline Quentin in the sitcom Life of Riley.

Quote: On joining Midsomer Murders: "My secret dream is that viewers will switch on, watch it all the way through and not notice there's a new bloke in it."

Trivia: He has starred in a number of dramas on Radio 3 and Radio 4.

Nick Hendrix (Actor) .. DS Jamie Winter

Holly Aird (Actor) .. Paige Burrows

Pal Aron (Actor) .. Randall Salt

Annette Badland (Actor) .. Fleur Perkins

Born: August 26, 1950 in Birmingham

Best Known For: A string of TV, stage and films roles.

Early-life: Annette was born in Birmingham on August 26, 1950. She trained at the East 15 Acting School in London. In 1975, she made her TV debut as a tap dancing pupil in The Naked Civil Servant. Her next project was the film Jabberwocky (1977).

Career: During a long and prolific acting career, Badland has made appearances in a number of popular TV shows, including Shoestring, The Gentle Touch, Minder, Bergerac, All Creatures Great and Small, Making Out, Love Hurts, Outside Edge, and The Bill. Her film credits include The Grotesque (1995), Little Voice (1998), Beautiful People (1999) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). More recently, she has starred in Doctor Who, All the Small Things, You, Me & Them, Man Down, Father Brown, Wizards vs Aliens, and Outlander. In 2014, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Babe Smith.

Quote: 'The sea has always been a strong force for me - if I want to think about things I tend to go off to the coast.'

Trivia: Badland was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award with her fellow cast members for Little Voice.

Robert Cavanah (Actor) .. Guy Burrows

Fiona Dolman (Actor) .. Sarah Barnaby

Born: January 01, 1970 in Findhorn, Moray

Best Known For: The Royal Today, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.

Early-life: Fiona Jane Dolman was born in Findhorn, Moray, on January 1, 1970 to Rosemary and Gordon. She is the youngest daughter of four children. Her father worked in the RAF and he moved his family to Gibraltar when Fiona was 15. In 1993, she made her TV acting debut in Crime Story.

Career: Roles followed for Dolman on the small screen in Strike Force, A Touch of Frost, The Knock and Ultraviolet. In 1998, she joined the cast of Heartbeat playing Jackie Lambert. She went on to have a recurring role in The Royal Today. In 2011, she began playing Sarah Barnaby alongside Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders.

Quote: On working with the Barnaby's dog on Midsomer Murders: 'We have sausages strapped to bags and in pockets so the dog follows you around.'

Trivia: At the age of 16 and 17 years, Dolman won awards at the Gibraltar RAF ladies windsurfing championships.

Sonita Henry (Actor) .. Clodagh Kaine

Kate Robbins (Actor) .. Lyra Kaine

Nina Wadia (Actor) .. Medora Salt

Best Known For: Going from sketch show Goodness Gracious Me to playing Zainab in EastEnders.

Early-life: Nina grew up in poverty in Mumbai, cramming into a one-bedroom ground floor space with her family, that flooded during the monsoon season. Aged nine, the family moved to a two-bedroom flat in Hong Kong, where she dreamed of being a barrister when she grew up, and was a tomboy at school.

Career: Discovering a flair for acting when she moved to Britain, Nina joined up with some of the UK's finest Asian comedians and became a cornerstone of the Goodness Gracious Me team. She played characters such as Mrs 'I can make it at home for nothing!' and one half of The Competitive Mothers. After the demise of the series and several film and TV roles, she took over from her Goodness Gracious Me co-star Meera Syal in the role of Rupinder in the sitcom All About Me alongside Jasper Carrott. In 2007, Wadia was cast as Zainab Masood in EastEnders, a character she played until 2013.

Quote: 'I think for any woman who is out working and has a home life. I think they should have robot butlers, robot chauffeurs, robot leading men - robot everything.'

Trivia: In 2013, she was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement in Television Award at the Asian Awards.

Aran Bell (Actor) .. Warren Kaine

Cora Kirk (Actor) .. Etta Derby

Tej Obano (Actor) .. Stu Levy

Cayvan Coates (Actor) .. Zane Burrows

Carly-Sophia Davies (Actor) .. Becky Burrows

Chelsea Mather (Actor) .. Maddy

Jeff Povey (Writer)

Roberto Bangura (Director)

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Louise Pedersen (Executive producer)

Midsomer Murders: The Blacktrees Prophecy

8:00 pm - 10:00 pm, Monday, June 29 on ITV3 (10)

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The Blacktrees Prophecy
Season 23, Episode 1

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