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Season 20, Episode 32
Australian copper DI Peter Cavanaugh turns up at the last minute and ruins Neil Manson's surveillance operation, and Gina Gold is peeved to learn new CPS lawyer Jonathan Fox has asked Debbie McAllister out for a drink. Meanwhile, Adam Okaro gives Lance Powell a dressing-down for arresting a black youngster without making sure he has sufficient evidence to ensure a conviction - unwittingly giving further ammunition to undercover journalist Andrea Dunbar
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16x9
Movie/Drama
Police/Crime Drama
Cast & Crew
Andrew Lancel
(Actor)
.. DI Neil Manson
Billy Murray
(Actor)
.. Don Beech
Peter O'Brien
(Actor)
.. DI Peter Cavanaugh
Ofo Uhiara
(Actor)
.. PC Lance Powell
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Adam Okaro
Natalie J Robb
(Actor)
.. PC Andrea Dunbar
Ciaran Griffiths
(Actor)
.. PC Gary Best
Roberta Taylor
(Actor)
.. Insp Gina Gold
Natalie Roles
(Actor)
.. DS Debbie McAllister
Larry Lamb
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Fox
Lisa Maxwell
(Actor)
.. DS Samantha Nixon
Simon Rouse
(Actor)
.. DCI Jack Meadows
Brian Bovell
(Actor)
.. DC Rob Thatcher
Kim Tiddy
(Actor)
.. PC Honey Harman
Peter De Jersey
(Actor)
.. Jerome Taylor
Qarie Marshall
(Actor)
.. Mr Nahal
Troy Glasgow
(Actor)
.. Christopher Parker
Beth Cordingly
(Actor)
.. PC Kerry Young
Graham Cole
(Actor)
.. PC Tony Stamp
Lee Whitlock
(Actor)
.. Jason Black
Tony McHale
(Writer)
Ged Maguire
(Director)
Tom Cotter
(Producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Andrew Lancel
(Actor)
.. DI Neil Manson
Billy Murray
(Actor)
.. Don Beech
Peter O'Brien
(Actor)
.. DI Peter Cavanaugh
Ofo Uhiara
(Actor)
.. PC Lance Powell
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Adam Okaro
Natalie J Robb
(Actor)
.. PC Andrea Dunbar
Born:
December 03, 1974
in
Belshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Best Known For:
Playing Moira Barton in Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Natalie Joy Robb was born on December 3, 1974 in Belshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. She went to weekend drama groups in Glasgow and later attended the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Her acting career started while she was a child, after director Alan Macmillan discovered her at her weekend drama groups. Natalie won the BBC Young Entertainer of the Year award at age 13.
Career:
Robb has had roles in a number of continuing TV dramas, including Take the High Road in the early 1990s and one season of Dream Team. She played Jude Carlyle in Doctors for three years before leaving to join the cast of The Bill as Andrea Dunbar. After that, she appeared in New Tricks, EastEnders and Waterloo Road before joining the cast of Emmerdale as Moira Barton.
Quote:
On moving to London to pursue acting: 'I looked up to the sky to ask the universe and thought I'm going to do this and follow this dream and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work but, back me up, will you?'
Trivia:
When she moved to London to pursue acting, she slept in her car for the first couple of weeks.
Ciaran Griffiths
(Actor)
.. PC Gary Best
Roberta Taylor
(Actor)
.. Insp Gina Gold
Born:
February 26, 1948
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Irene Raymond in EastEnders and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill.
Early-life:
Born the illegitimate child of a bus conductor on 26 February, 1948, in London, Roberta was brought up by her mother, aunts and grandmother. She was always very close to her mum, and they lived in the same street in London before she died suddenly of bronchial pneumonia. Roberta documented her early years in the 2005 memoir Too Many Mothers. After attending drama school in London, she joined the highly acclaimed Glasgow Citizens' Company and worked for years in theatre.
Career:
Appeared in the projects Ladykillers, Inspector Morse, The Witches, Tom & Viv, Dangerfield and Silent Witness before being cast as Irene Raymond in EastEnders. She stayed with the hit soap for three years until 2000, then went on to appear in Doctors and Holby City. After four previous appearances in The Bill, she was finally cast as Gina Gold in 2002, and played the same character in spin-off series MIT: Murder Investigation Team. She also appeared in the BBC's 2005 critically acclaimed adaptation of Bleak House.
Quote:
'It's fantastic to play somebody like Gina (in The Bill). She is just so sarcastic with everybody. It takes people's breath away and she is not shocked by anything.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, she is an active supporter of the Labour Party.
Natalie Roles
(Actor)
.. DS Debbie McAllister
Larry Lamb
(Actor)
.. Jonathan Fox
Born:
October 10, 1947
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Archie in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born in London in 1943, Lamb joined the oil industry, which resulted in him working in Libya and Canada, where he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. This developed his amateur interest in acting into a professional level, performing at Canada's Stratford Festival in 1975-1976. He returned to the UK, and became a regular cast member, along with Kate O'Mara, in the BBC's North Sea ferry based soap Triangle (1981-83), in which he played Matt Taylor, the ship's Chief Engineer.
Career:
Other credits include The New Avengers, The Professionals, Fox, Minder, Get Back, Lovejoy, Get Back, A Touch of Frost, Our Friends in the North, Taggart, Casualty, Kavanagh QC, Spooks, Midsomer Murders and The Bill. Lamb has also appeared in various films including the 1980s hit Buster also starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters, as Peter Chase in Essex Boys and in 1983, had a small speaking role in the blockbuster Superman III. Most recently, Lamb has been seen in Gavin & Stacey playing Gavin's father, Michael Shipman. In 2008, he began playing the part of twisted, manipulative Archie Mitchell in Eastenders.
Quote:
"Archie is two characters rolled into one - he is Mr Nice and Mr Nasty!"
Trivia:
He is the father of BBC 6 Music disc jockey, Celebrity Scissorhands and Big Brother's Little Brother presenter George Lamb.
Lisa Maxwell
(Actor)
.. DS Samantha Nixon
Born:
November 24, 1963
in
London
Best Known For:
The Bill and Loose Women.
Early-life:
Born on November 24, 1963, in Elephant and Castle, London. She was raised by her mother Val, a solicitor's receptionist, after her father walked out on them; she met him again when she was 45. Thanks to her performances at the Italia Conti Stage School, she was encouraged to pursue a showbusiness career by her mum. At 11, she won a role in the stage production Annie, appeared in the TV drama Ballet Shoes and made the schools programme A Place Like Home.
Career:
Maxwell's first big break came in the early 1980s, when she was picked to front youth programme No Limits. She also provided the voice of Kira in 1982's cult movie The Dark Crystal. A role in the film Remembrance followed, as did TV series Splash. She became a household name while appearing alongside Russ Abbot and Les Dennis in their comedy series. Her popularity led to her own show, and in 1993 she moved to America. Maxwell landed the role of Daphne in Frasier but, after criticising the scripts, was replaced by Jane Leeves. She returned to the UK where she worked on stage and appeared in In Deep, before joining The Bill as Sam Nixon in 2002. She has appeared as a regular contributor on Loose Women since 2009.
Quote:
On working with Russ Abbott: 'They were happy, happy days. Just imagine this, you get up every morning and all you've got to do is go and play silly beggars.'
Trivia:
Maxwell proposed to her partner Paul Jessup, on the traditional Leap Year Day (29 February 2012).
Simon Rouse
(Actor)
.. DCI Jack Meadows
Brian Bovell
(Actor)
.. DC Rob Thatcher
Kim Tiddy
(Actor)
.. PC Honey Harman
Peter De Jersey
(Actor)
.. Jerome Taylor
Qarie Marshall
(Actor)
.. Mr Nahal
Troy Glasgow
(Actor)
.. Christopher Parker
Beth Cordingly
(Actor)
.. PC Kerry Young
Graham Cole
(Actor)
.. PC Tony Stamp
Lee Whitlock
(Actor)
.. Jason Black
Tony McHale
(Writer)
Ged Maguire
(Director)
Tom Cotter
(Producer)
