Agatha Christie's Marple - Towards Zero - 12:20 pm Saturday, June 6 on ITV3

Geraldine McEwan (Actor) .. Miss Marple

Julian Sands (Actor) .. Thomas Royde

Zoe Tapper (Actor) .. Kay Strange

Born: October 26, 1981 in Bromley, Kent

Best Known For: Roles in a string of stage and screen hits.

Early-life: Zoe Tapper was born on October 26, 1981, in Bromley, Kent. She trained at the Academy Drama School and at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which she graduated in the spring of 2003, days before taking on her first film role. She first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004 and has since notched up a steady string of stage and screen credits.

Career: Starring roles on TV include playing Mary Collins in A Harlot's Progress for Channel 4, Jane in Oliver Parker's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys alongside Steve Coogan, Gemma in the first series of the Sky One UK TV series Hex, Hermia in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jenny Maple in the BBC miniseries Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Sheila Steafel in the 2008 BBC TV play The Curse of Steptoe and Anya Raczynski in the action-packed BBC remake of Survivors. She also took the lead role in the small-screen version of the Gothic ghost story Affinity.

Quote: 'I did a stunt with Mackenzie Crook where I had to kick him and grab him by the throat and it was great fun.'

Trivia: On stage, she has appeared in Epitaph For George Dillon in the West End, and Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.

Paul Nicholls (Actor) .. Ted Latimer

Born: April 12, 1979 in Bolton, Greater Manchester

Best Known For: Playing Joe Wicks in EastEnders and Sam Casey in Law & Order: UK.

Early-life: Born Paul Greenhalgh on April 12, 1979 in Bolton, Greater Manchester to a roofer and a psychiatric nurse. He joined the Oldham Theatre Workshop at age 10 and also got his first TV acting role in an episode of Children's Ward.

Career: Nicholls gained national attention in 1996 when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Joe Wicks. He left the series in 1997. From 1998 until 1999, Nicholls played PC Terry Sydenham in the TV series City Central. His film credits include The Trench (1999), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), If Only (2004), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and TV film Clapham Junction (2007). He went on to have more TV roles in such series as Harley Street, Secret Diary of a Call Girl and Holby City. Nicholls also played Sam Casey in Law & Order: UK in 2011 and 2013. More recently, he has appeared in In The Club and Ackley Bridge.

Quote: 'I'm an actor but I don't really like attention!'

Trivia: He enjoys skateboarding, kickboxing, basketball and surfing.

Greg Wise (Actor) .. Nevile Strange

Born: May 15, 1966 in Newcastle

Best Known For: Being Emma Thompson's other half.

Early-life: Born May 15, 1966, in Newcastle. His childhood experiences making glove puppet theatres with his older sister inspired dreams of becoming an actor: 'That's all acting is really _ playing.' His old English teacher was also an inspiration. Despite this, he followed in his parents' footsteps by training as an architect, but later studied drama at the Royal Scottish Academy in Glasgow. After six years as a student, he moved to London to look for work.

Career: Wise's first professional job was in Liverpool, starring in the musical Good Rockin' Tonight. He made his TV debut in the pilot episode of medieval drama Covington Cross in 1992, following it up with such forgotten projects as The Riff Raff Element and Typhon's People. His big break was period drama series The Buccaneers, which led to Oscar-winning movie Sense and Sensibility. Since then he's appeared in Judas Kiss, Hospital! (shown on five's opening night) Madame Bovary, Wonderful You, According to Bex and Hornblower. More recently he's starred in Cranford, Law & Order: UK and Homefront.

Quote: 'I have never actively pursued my career because it would make me insecure. I owe it to those around me to keep sane. We all do.'

Trivia: He married Emma Thompson in 2003.

Saffron Burrows (Actor) .. Audrey Strange

Julie Graham (Actor) .. Mary Aldin

Born: July 24, 1965 in Irvine, North Ayrshire

Best Known For: At Home with the Braithwaites.

Early-life: Born July 24, 1965 in Irvine, North Ayrshire. Her father, John, a singer, left when she was a child. At the age of eight, writer/broadcaster David Webster became her stepfather. Her mother, Betty Gillin, who was also an actress, died of lung cancer, aged 50, when her daughter was 18. Julie made her TV debut in a 1986 episode of Taggart. It was the role of Alison McGrellis in Casualty in 1988 that helped boost her profile.

Career: Graham also starred in the TV series Harry and Life Support. However, she became a household name in comedy drama At Home with the Braithwaites. In 2003 she starred in Kay Mellor's steamy series Between the Sheets, and the same year appeared with Martin Clunes in the drama William and Mary (they were reunited years later when she made a guest appearance in Doc Martin). Her film credits include Silent Scream, Nuns on the Run, The Near Room, Preaching to the Perverted, Bedrooms and Hallways and Some Voices. She's also appeared in a revamp of cult 1970s series Survivors, The Bill, and was the best thing about short-lived BBC archaeological drama Bonekickers. More recently, Graham has enjoyed success with a starring role in ITV's period crime drama The Bletchley Circle and the BBC's Shetland.

Quote: 'Yes I've taken my clothes off and, yes, I've played saucy roles. But for god's sake it's not what I've built my career on. I try to find roles that are a little bit outside the box.'

Trivia: She is a patron of children's hospice Chestnut Tree House.

Tom Baker (Actor) .. Frederick Treves

Born: January 20, 1934 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Doctor Who.

Early-life: Born Thomas Stuart Baker on January 20, 1934, the eldest of three children of a Jewish father and Catholic mother in a working-class area of Liverpool. He was not distinguished at school, but following a visit from a monk, joined the Brothers of Ploermel on the Isle of Wight. A sudden urge to break all the Commandments prompted him to leave six years later. He began acting training after discovering an ability to make people laugh during his National Service in the medical corps.

Career: Baker started appearing in obscure plays in regional theatre, working in pubs to make ends meet. He made his film debut in 1968's A Winter's Tale and appeared on TV in dramas such as Dixon of Dock Green. A year later he joined Laurence Olivier's National Theatre, but left in 1971 to star as Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra. Baker also appeared in The Canterbury Tales and The Golden Voyage of Sinbad. By 1974 roles had dried up and he was working on a building site when he was offered the role of Doctor Who. He went on to become the longest-running Time Lord, quitting in 1981 after seven years. Since then, he's worked on stage, TV and in film, most notably in Medics, and the remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased). He published an autobiography in 1997 and is constantly in demand for voiceover work.

Quote: 'The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.'

Eileen Atkins (Actor) .. Lady Tressilian

Best Known For: Co-creating Upstairs, Downstairs.

Early-life: Eileen June Atkins was born on June 16, 1934, in Clapton, east London. She has two older siblings. At the time of her birth, Eileen's mother was 46 and working as a barmaid; her father was a gas meter reader. A fortune teller told her mother that little Eileen would one day be a famous dancer, so she was immediately enrolled in lessons - which she hated. However, during the Second World War, she did perform professionally. After failing to get into Rada, Eileen completed a three-year teaching course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Career: Atkins' post-Guildhall career began on the stage, but for nine years she struggled to gain decent roles. She's now one of the theatre's most in-demand actresses, having appeared in numerous acclaimed productions. On TV she has appeared in the likes of Smiley's People, Cold Comfort Farm, Wit, Bertie and Elizabeth, Psychoville and Cranford, as well as co-creating (with Jean Marsh) both The House of Eliott and Upstairs Downstairs (she appeared in the latter when it returned to TV in 2010). Her films include Gosford Park, Cold Mountain and Robin Hood. She was made a Dame in 2001.

Quote: 'All through my career I have tried to do new work, but there is a problem in the West End as far as new work is concerned. As a theatregoer, I get bored with seeing the same old plays again and again.'

Trivia: Atkins was married for nine years to actor Julian Glover; she wed Bill Shepherd in 1978. She also claims that Colin Farrell propositioned her shortly before she turned 70.

Greg Rusedski (Actor) .. Merrick

Wendy Nottingham (Actor) .. Mrs Rogers

Amelda Brown (Actor) .. Barrett

Peter Symonds (Actor) .. Hurstall

Eleanor Turner-Moss (Actor) .. Diana

Guy Williams (Actor) .. Dr Lazenby

Jo Woodcock (Actor) .. Alice

Alan Davies (Actor) .. Mallard

Born: March 06, 1966 in Loughton, Essex

Best Known For: Jonathan Creek and being the permanent panellist on QI.

Early-life: Alan Roger Davies was born in Loughton, Essex, on March 6, 1966. Together with his older brother and younger sister, Alan was raised by his accountant father, following the death of his mother from leukaemia when he was six. Despite disliking school, he was a bright child and passed 12 O-Levels and two A-Levels before studying drama at the University of Kent. On graduating, he signed on for an Enterprise Allowance Scheme to help fund his assault on the London comedy circuit.

Career: Davies performed his first stand-up gig in 1988, and by the early 1990s was a rising star, picking up rave reviews at Edinburgh. He later gave up playing clubs to concentrate on radio. His Radio 1 series, Alan's Big One FM, led to TV appearances on shows such as One Foot in the Grave, before he was cast as the lead in Jonathan Creek, the light-hearted mystery drama that made him a household name. Other acting work includes Bob and Rose, A Many Splintered Thing, The Brief, Marple, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008), Lewis and Whites. He presented the three-part documentary Alan Davies' Teenage Revolution for Channel 4 in 2010 and was a judge in 2011 on ITV talent show Show Me the Funny. He's also appeared in West End hit Auntie and Me. He has been a permanent panellist on irreverent quiz QI since the show began in 2003.

Quote: 'I'm like a fine wine. I'm maturing.'

Trivia: In early 2012, he announced his first UK stand-up tour in 12 years.

Ben Meyjes (Actor) .. Tipping

Thomas Arnold (Actor) .. Jones

Stewart Bewley (Actor) .. PC Williams

Mike Burnside (Actor) .. George

Kevin Elyot (Writer)

Agatha Christie (Writer)

Karen Thrussell (Producer)

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)

Rebecca Eaton (Executive producer)

Phil Clymer (Executive producer)

Agatha Christie's Marple: Towards Zero

12:20 pm - 2:20 pm, Saturday, June 6 on ITV3 (10)

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Towards Zero
Season 3, Episode 3

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