After the Flood

Sophie Rundle (Actor) .. Joanna Marshall

Best Known For: The Bletchley Circle and Peaky Blinders.

Early-life: Sophie was born in Bournemouth in 1988. She made her acting debut in British horror film Small Town Folk (2007) and went on to graduate from Rada in 2011.

Career: Since 2011, Rundle has been a regular presence on TV. Her credits include Garrow's Law, the miniseries Titanic, Merlin, Shetland and Talking to the Dead. She has had recurring roles in Episodes, The Bletchley Circle, Peaky Blinders and Happy Valley. In 2012, she starred on the big screen in Great Expectations.

Quote: 'Acting is not as fun and sparkly as it's made out to be.'

Trivia: Rundle is keen on fashion and dips into Vogue every month.

Lorraine Ashbourne (Actor) .. Molly Marshall

Best Known For: Her role as philandering female footballer Geraldine in TV's Playing The Field.

Early-life: Born in Manchester in 1961, Ashbourne always dreamed of being an actress and on leaving school joined a local theatre. Her sister, Jayne, is also an actress who appeared in Coronation Street and New Street Law. While at drama school, Lorraine contacted Debbie Horsfield to say she would love to work with her. Her first acting job was in the Red Devils, a trilogy of plays by Horsfield, which formed the inspiration for new BBC One drama, True Dare Kiss.

Career: After years of working in theatre, plus character roles in TV shows like The Bill, Casualty and London's Burning, she landed a part as the mother in Colin Firth movie Fever Pitch. She went on to star as Yvonne Mackey in City Central and as the fiery Geraldine Powell in the soccer drama Playing The Field. Other projects have included The Martins, King Kong, Jayne Eyre and Housewife, 49, True Dare Kiss, and The Street.

Quote: 'People think I just came from nowhere. But I've worked hard over the years and now it's all happening.'

Trivia: Her stage credits include Fool For Love, Othello and The Three Sisters.

Philip Glenister (Actor) .. Jack Radcliffe

Born: February 10, 1963 in London

Best Known For: Playing gruff copper Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.

Early-life: Philip Haywood Glenister was born on February 10, 1963, in London. Showbusiness was in his blood from an early age, especially as his father, John, is a TV director and his elder brother Robert is an actor. He went to Hatch End Comprehensive School, worked as a film publicist, and later studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama for three years, before appearing in 1990 stage play Mad Forest.

Career: Glenister's first professional role was as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum, Edinburgh. He went on to star in Jonathan Harvey's acclaimed play Beautiful Thing at the Bush Theatre in London. On TV, Glenister honed his craft in Minder, Love Hurts, True Love, The Perfect Blue and Sharpe. However, it was roles in Clocking Off, The Hunt, State of Play and Island at War that boosted his profile. On the big screen he has appeared in ID, Calendar Girls, Kingdom of Heaven and Bel Ami. Award-winning BBC drama Life on Mars and its follow-up Ashes to Ashes turned him into a cult hero. He has also starred in the film Tuesday, and on TV in Cranford, Demons, Big School and Mad Dogs. He hosts the series For the Love of Cars.

Quote: 'The celebrity stuff really isn't me. I'm interested in the work: good writing, getting the part and the character right, pleasing the audience.'

Trivia: In 2008, he published a book on 1970s and 80s culture called Things Ain't What They Used to Be.

Alun Armstrong (Actor) .. Alan Benson

Born: July 17, 1946 in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham

Best Known For: New Tricks.

Early-life: Alun Armstrong was born in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham, on July 17, 1946. His father was from Cumberland and his mother was from Co Durham. He attended Consett Grammar School before going to Newcastle University. Unhappy in academia, he took a job as a gravedigger, where a colleague managed to get him an interview for a behind-the-scenes job with a theatre company. That in turn led to acting work.

Career: Armstrong's screen debut came in the classic Michael Caine gangster movie Get Carter in 1971. Other early roles included parts in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Softly, Softly and The Sweeney. His many other TV roles include Austin Donaghue in Our Friends in the North, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Jefferson in In the Red, and George Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years, alongside Alison Steadman. Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Krull (1983), American Friends (1991), Patriot Games (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He has won countless accolades for his classic stage roles. He is currently best known for playing the role of Brian Lane in popular BBC series New Tricks, a part he played for 10 series.

Quote: 'I'm more concerned about losing my marbles than losing parts - especially when it comes to learning lines!'

Trivia: Armstrong originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.

Nathalie Armin (Actor) .. Layal

Jacqueline Boatswain (Actor) .. Sarah Mackie

Born: June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England

Best Known For: Playing Simone Loveday in Hollyoaks.

Early-life: Born on June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England. As a child, Jacqueline showed a musical talent and joined a London ballet school at age 17. She sang and danced on the West End for 15 years before turning to acting.

Career: Boatswain's first acting role was in Doctors in 2001, although she had previously appeared in such TV series as Red Dwarf as a dancer. One of Boatswain's best known roles is that of Mrs Bassinger in Grange Hill, which she played between 2003 and 2005. After that, she had guest appearances in such TV series as Life on Mars, The Royal and Torchwood. She played Patreesha St Rose in Shameless in 2013 and also Victoria in Wolfblood from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, she joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Simone Loveday.

Quote: On changing from dancing to acting: 'In this country we don't see musical theatre as acting so I thought I had to retrain. That doesn't happen in the States as it's all one industry, but we do love a bit of inverted snobbery here!'

Trivia: She was nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role at the Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2016 for her performance in Bloodborne.

Steph de Whalley (Actor) .. Harriet Benson

Leo Flanagan (Actor) .. Finn Allen

Nicholas Gleaves (Actor) .. Sgt Phil Mackie

Jill Halfpenny (Actor) .. DS Sam Bradley

Born: July 15, 1975 in Gateshead

Best Known For: Playing Kate in EastEnders.

Early-life: Born July 15, 1975, in Gateshead. She doesn't come from a theatrical background - her dad was a builder and her mum a classroom assistant - and says she has no idea where her love of acting came from. But she's been doing it from an early age; she attended classes at First Act Theatre in Gosforth and began appearing in Byker Grove, alongside Ant and Dec, at the age of 13.

Career: After quitting Byker Grove in 1992, Halfpenny took a break from TV for five years, eventually returning with a role in The Bill. Small parts in Birds of a Feather, Heartbeat and Peak Practice followed before she began playing Rebecca in Coronation Street in 1999. A year later, the character left Weatherfield having broken up Martin Platt's marriage to Gail. In 2002 she began a three-year stint as Kate, who married Phil Mitchell, in EastEnders. Since then Halfpenny has popped up in Inspector George Gently, Waterloo Road, Wild at Heart and Mount Pleasant. She was also Strictly Come Dancing champion in 2004 and has appeared in several acclaimed stage productions, including Calendar Girls and Legally Blonde.

Quote: 'Actors are always frustrated by the lack of versatility of the casting people who see you for roles. They do pigeonhole you.'

Trivia: Her neice, Chelsea, is also an actress and had a three-year stint in Emmerdale.

Matthew McNulty (Actor) .. Xav Palmer

Ian Puleston-Davies (Actor) .. Tony Rower

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.

Matt Stokoe (Actor) .. Pat Holman

Tripti Tripuraneni (Actor) .. Deepa Das

Heider Ali (Actor) .. Det Jawad Babak

Oliver Nelson (Actor) .. Declan Rower

Kieran Knowles (Actor) .. Stephen Sellers

Anil Desai (Actor) .. DCI Ravi Balsara

Lois Pearson (Actor) .. Lucy Smith

Matt Tolson (Actor) .. Peter

Jason Walsh (Actor) .. Todd Drake

Jenny Platt (Actor) .. Donna Rower

Mick Ford (Writer)

Maxine Alderton (Writer)

Tom McKay (Director)

Fiona McAllister (Producer)

Nicola Shindler (Executive producer)

Azhur Saleem (Executive producer)

Richard Fee (Executive producer)

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