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Trouble in the Fields
Season 5, Episode 1
Ken is hired by an environmental group to investigate water pollution. Comedy drama about a motor bike-riding private detective who solves local mysteries. Michael Elphick stars
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Cast & Crew
David Daker
(Actor)
.. Harry Crawford
Michael Elphick
(Actor)
.. Ken Boon
Neil Morrissey
(Actor)
.. Rocky Cassidy
Elizabeth Carling
(Actor)
.. Laura Marsh
Paul Barber
(Actor)
.. Angus
Oliver Smith
(Actor)
.. Smudger
Meera Syal
(Actor)
.. Council supervisor
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Did You Know..
David Daker
(Actor)
.. Harry Crawford
Michael Elphick
(Actor)
.. Ken Boon
Neil Morrissey
(Actor)
.. Rocky Cassidy
Born:
July 04, 1962
in
Stafford
Best Known For:
Men Behaving Badly.
Early-life:
Neil Anthony Morrissey was born on July 4, 1962, in Staffordshire, one of four sons of Irish Catholic parents. He and brother Stephen were caught by police during a spree of petty pilfering. They were separated, sent to a children's home and grew up in care. Morrissey didn't have many prospects on leaving school, but turned his life around after enrolling at the Guildhall School Of Music And Drama. On graduating, he landed a job in panto.
Career:
Morrissey made ends meet by taking on advertising work, eventually making his TV debut in a 1984 Juliet Bravo episode. The same year he had a small role in The Bounty alongside Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. Morrissey's big break came in Boon, playing sidekick Rocky for five years before quitting in 1992. Six series of Men Behaving Badly turned him into a major TV star. Other projects include A Woman's Guide To Adultery, Happy Birthday Shakespeare, Hunting Venus, Up 'n' Under, My Summer With Des, The Match and Paradise Heights. He was the original voice of Bob the Builder and had hit records as the character.
Quote:
'If someone wants to pay me millions to be lazy on a big fat project in the sun, then I'm more than happy to take it.'
Trivia:
He appeared on the stage in 2006 in Acorn Antiques: The Musical.
Elizabeth Carling
(Actor)
.. Laura Marsh
Born:
October 20, 1967
in
Middlesbrough
Best Known For:
Playing Selena in Casualty
Early-life:
Born in Middlesbrough in 1967. She has two older siblings and a twin sister called Laura. She enjoyed drama from an early age and after leaving school attended Billingham Technical College to study an arts foundation course and an A Level in Theatre Studies. At 18, she moved to London to join the National Youth Theatre, before heading back to Newcastle, where she appeared in numerous stage productions.
Career:
After appearing in touring productions of The Rocky Horror Show and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Carling got her big TV break in 1989 when she landed the role of Laura Marsh in Boon. She followed that with appearances in Crocodile Shoes and Men Behaving Badly, and in 1997 replaced Dervla Kirwan as cockney barmaid Phoebe in the sitcom Good Night Sweetheart. She also starred in Border Cafe and Barbara before making a brief appearance in Casualty in 2003. A year later she became a regular on the medical drama when she accepted the role of Selena.
Quote:
On medical terms: 'You try to learn them as well as you can but it's like learning Swahili. It's not English and it doesn't come tripping off the tongue.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Carling is a trained singer and released a big band album, Goodnight Sweetheart, in 1999.
Paul Barber
(Actor)
.. Angus
Oliver Smith
(Actor)
.. Smudger
Meera Syal
(Actor)
.. Council supervisor
Born:
June 26, 1961
in
Essington, near Wolverhampton
Best Known For:
Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at Number 42.
Early-life:
Born Feroza Syal on June 27, 1961, in Essington, a mining village near Wolverhampton. Her parents had moved there from India a year earlier. A tomboy as a child, she did well at school and later gained a double first in English and Drama at Manchester University. Her play, One of Us, won a trophy at the National Student Drama Awards. A theatre director spotted her in it at the Edinburgh Festival and she was offered her first professional job.
Career:
Syal spent seven years at the Royal Court Theatre before returning to writing and working on several BBC series. Her big break came when she penned acclaimed movie Bhaji on the Beach. Amid acting in series such as Kinsey and Holding On, she formed the Goodness Gracious Me team with friends, and their radio show went on to become a huge TV hit. Her star shined more brightly when she played grandmother Ummi in spoof chat show The Kumars at Number 42. She continues to work on stage and screen, making appearances in Doctor Who, Beautiful People and Holby City.
Quote:
'A lot of old Asian men don't like me very much. They throw tomatoes at me in Tesco.'
Trivia:
Syal's written the novels Anita and Me and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (both of which have been adapted for either film or TV) plus the story for West End musical Bombay Dreams.
