The Professionals: Everest Was Also Conquered
4:50 pm - 5:50 pm, Friday, August 7 on ITV4 (26)
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Everest Was Also Conquered
Season 1, Episode 8
Bodie and Doyle are asked to investigate an incident dating back to 1953 after a death-bed confession reveals the key witness in a major corruption trial did not commit suicide as was believed, but was murdered by the police officers assigned to protect her. Drama, starring Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Martin Shaw
(Actor)
.. Raymond Doyle
Lewis Collins
(Actor)
.. William Bodie
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
.. George Cowley
Michael Denison
(Actor)
.. Lord Derrington
Richard Greene
(Actor)
.. Neil Turvey
Ann Lynn
(Actor)
.. Ann Berry
Kathleen Byron
(Actor)
.. Mrs Turner
Charles Keating
(Actor)
.. Sammy
Gary Waldhorn
(Actor)
.. Turner
Francis Megahy
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Martin Shaw
(Actor)
.. Raymond Doyle
Born:
January 21, 1945
in
Birmingham
Best Known For:
Jumping over car bonnets in The Professionals.
Early-life:
Martin Shaw was born on January 21, 1945, in Birmingham, the son of a furnace engineer. He made his stage debut at the age of three alongside his parents in an amateur production, continued acting through school, and joined a local theatre group. Encouraged by a drama teacher, he enrolled at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1963 and was spotted there by Alec Guinness during a performance of Thunder Rock.
Career:
Shaw's first major TV role was in a 1967 episode of Coronation Street. Keen on Shakespeare, he appeared in a TV movie of Hamlet, and Roman Polanski's 1971 film Macbeth. After impressing TV executives with his performance alongside Lewis Collins as Purdey's ex-fiance in The New Avengers, he landed the part of Doyle in The Professionals. When it was axed after four years in 1981, he went back to the stage. In 1993 he returned to TV with The Chief, and three years later starred in BBC mega-flop Rhodes. Since then, he's appeared in The Scarlet Pimpernel, A&E, Judge John Deed, Death in Holy Orders, Inspector George Gently, Apparitions and picked up a Tony nomination for a Broadway production of An Ideal Husband.
Quote:
'I'm very opinionated and if people cross me at work - if people who don't know about the job try telling me what to do - I become very stubborn and really rather unpleasant.'
Trivia:
Shaw is a vegan.
Lewis Collins
(Actor)
.. William Bodie
Gordon Jackson
(Actor)
.. George Cowley
Michael Denison
(Actor)
.. Lord Derrington
Richard Greene
(Actor)
.. Neil Turvey
Ann Lynn
(Actor)
.. Ann Berry
Kathleen Byron
(Actor)
.. Mrs Turner
Charles Keating
(Actor)
.. Sammy
Gary Waldhorn
(Actor)
.. Turner
Born:
July 03, 1943
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing David Horton in the sitcom The Vicar of Dibley.
Early-life:
Gary was born in London on July 3, 1943. He made his TV debut in the 1969 drama Take Three Girls. During the 1970s, he made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Crown Court, The Sweeney, The Professionals, Return of the Saint, and Softly Softly, Task Force.
Career:
Roles followed for Waldhorn in the 1980s in the likes of Brideshead Revisited, Minder, Harry's Game, Robin Hood and The Chief. He is best known for the roles he played in two sitcoms, Lionel Bainbridge in Brush Strokes and David Horton in The Vicar of Dibley. His theatre credits include work with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Quote:
'It's quite nice playing kings because people do what you tell them and you get to wear fantastic capes.'
Trivia:
Waldhorn has reunited with the cast of The Vicar of Dibley for a number of Comic Relief specials.
Francis Megahy
(Director)
