Heartbeat - Shadows and Substances - 6:55 pm Tuesday, June 9 on ITV3

Bill Maynard (Actor) .. Claude Jeremiah Greengrass

Born: October 08, 1928 in Farnham, Surrey

Best Known For: Playing Claude Greengrass in Heartbeat.

Early-life: Walter Frederick George Williams was born in Farnham, Surrey, on October 8, 1928. He was eight when he sang Leaning On a Lamppost in his first public appearance at a working men's club in Leicestershire. He went on to work as a young performer on the local working men's club circuit and built up an act that included songs and monologues.

Career: Maynard's big break came in 1951 when he worked with comedy actor Terry Scott at Butlins in Skegness. Maynard began getting work on radio shows for the BBC and it was at this time he changed his name. His first TV appearance came in 1953 when he performed on Henry Hall's Face the Music. In 1955, he partnered with Terry Scott again on popular comedy TV series Great Scott, It's Maynard! He then switched to acting and was soon starring in the West End in You Too Can Have a Body. He continued to have success on the stage throughout the 1960s but by the end of the decade he was forced to return to doing stand-up in working men's clubs to earn a living. An offer to play a part in the film version of Till Death Us Do Part (1969) came out of the blue and this led to work on the big screen in the Carry On films and the Confessions Of movies, and on the small screen in popular sitcoms Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt, Selwyn, and The Gaffer. In 1992, he landed the role of Greengrass in Heartbeat, a part he would play on the series until 2000 when he was forced to retire temporarily from acting after suffering a number of strokes. He returned to the Greengrass character in 2003 in Heartbeat spin-off The Royal.

Quote: 'To do comedy is fifty times harder than any drama, you've got to be a specialist to do comedy but not drama.'

Trivia: In 1973, Maynard appeared as the baker in a Ridley Scott-directed Hovis commercial. He wrote and performed the theme song for The Gaffer.

Derek Fowlds (Actor) .. Oscar Blaketon

Born: September 02, 1937 in London

Best Known For: Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and Heartbeat.

Early-life: Born in London on September 2, 1937, Derek left school at 15 and worked in a factory as an apprentice painter. It was during his national service that he was encouraged to take up acting. He went on to win a scholarship and grant for Rada.

Career: Fowlds made his stage debut in the West End in The Miracle Worker and continued to win stage work and small roles in films before he became known to millions as Mr Derek in children's series The Basil Brush Show, which ran from 1969 to 1973. His big break came in 1980 when he landed the role of Bernard Woolley in BBC sitcom Yes, Minister and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister. He went on to play Oscar Blaketon in long-running ITV police drama Heartbeat from 1992 until 2010.

Quote: 'I'm still waiting to be discovered.'

Trivia: He married Blue Peter presenter Lesley Judd in 1974. They divorced four years later.

Jason Durr (Actor) .. PC Mike Bradley

Born: December 02, 1967 in Singapore

Best Known For: Playing Mike Bradley in Heartbeat and David Hide in Casualty.

Early-life: Born on December 2, 1967 in Singapore and raised in Hong Kong. Jason trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before attending the Royal Shakespeare Company. Here, he worked with director Trevor Nunn in Measure for Measure and The Blue Angel and with director Adrian Noble in Macbeth.

Career: Since his days with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Durr has made a number of TV appearances in such shows as Inspector Morse and A Dark Adapted Eye and in television films like Gawain and the Green Knight (1991) and Sharpe's Battle (1995). He landed the role of policeman Mike Bradley in the TV series Heartbeat in 1997 and played the character until 2003. His other TV credits include Above Suspicion, Lewis and New Tricks. Durr also played the lead role in Down Dog (2014). More recently, he has played David Hide in Casualty.

Quote: 'I have lived all over the world but my heart now lies in the English countryside - if only it didn't rain quite so much.'

Trivia: He enjoys rock climbing.

William Simons (Actor) .. PC Alf Ventress

Mark Jordon (Actor) .. PC Phil Bellamy

Philip Franks (Actor) .. Sgt Raymond Craddock

Kazia Pelka (Actor) .. Maggie Bolton

Tricia Penrose (Actor) .. Gina Ward

Peter Benson (Actor) .. Bernie Scripps

David Michaels (Actor) .. Dr Neil Bolton

Arbel Jones (Actor) .. Mary Ward

Charlotte Mitchell (Actor) .. Granny Bellamy

Alan Halsall (Actor) .. Trevor Chivers

Born: August 11, 1982 in Walkden, Greater Manchester

Best Known For: Playing Tyrone in Coronation Street.

Early-life: Alan David Halsall was born in Salford, Greater Manchester, on August 11, 1982, the son of a council worker and a special needs teacher. He enjoyed drama at school, but never thought of turning professional until the age of 13, when a friend dared him to audition for the kids' drama Children's Ward. Alan was so sure he'd be unsuccessful, he didn't even bother telling his parents, who were subsequently stunned when Granada TV called up to offer their son a job. One of his co-stars on the series was Samia Smith, who would go on to play his girlfriend Maria in Coronation Street.

Career: Halsall followed up Children's Ward with appearances in Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, The Cops and Queer as Folk, before winning the part of Tyrone Dobbs in Coronation Street in 1998, at the age of just 16. He has admitted he wasn't fully prepared for the fame that came with appearing in the soap, but says he loves being a part of it. He's become one of Weatherfield's most popular residents. Away from acting, Halsall is a keen amateur footballer and says one of his proudest moments was being congratulated by Pele for a goal he scored in a charity match.

Quote: 'I'm pretty laid-back and I'm not somebody who rows - I'd rather sit and chat.'

Trivia: Wed Wild at Heart actress Lucy-Jo Hudson in 2009. They met on the set of Corrie, where she played murderous teenager Katy Harris.

Stefan Podolczuk (Actor) .. Stuart Chivers

Lesley Clare O'Neill (Actor) .. Doreen Chivers

Jonathan Coy (Actor) .. Harry Horton

Richard Cole (Actor) .. Mr Powell

Steven Wickham (Actor) .. Joe Clegg

Alex Cooke (Actor) .. Bernie Shaw

Diana Johnson (Actor) .. Mrs West

Diana Flacks (Actor) .. Mrs Conroy

Brian Finch (Writer)

Terence Daw (Director)

Heartbeat: Shadows and Substances

6:55 pm - 8:00 pm, Tuesday, June 9 on ITV3 (10)

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Shadows and Substances
Season 8, Episode 12

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