Down to Earth: Ignorance Is Bliss
4:10 pm - 5:20 pm, Thursday, May 28 on Great! TV (34)
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Ignorance Is Bliss
Season 5, Episode 3
Eddie is horrified to discover that many of his cows have TB and will have to be culled. Learning that the badgers roaming the farm are responsible, he sets about wiping them out - but the situation takes a turn for the worse when Fay also contracts the disease and is rushed to hospital. Meanwhile, there are further romantic entanglements for Nick and Kerry, as she becomes attracted to the new schoolteacher and he turns on the charm with a female police officer who comes to arrest him for serving alcohol to under-age drinkers
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Michael Garner
(Actor)
.. Eddie
Sandy McDade
(Actor)
.. Fay
Rob Collier
(Actor)
.. Nick
Shelley Conn
(Actor)
.. Kerry
Michael Wildman
(Actor)
.. Mr Faraday
Charlotte Lucas
(Actor)
.. Sgt Prosser
Ricky Tomlinson
(Actor)
.. Tony
Denise Welch
(Actor)
.. Jackie
Matthew Devitt
(Actor)
.. PC Tully
Finn Atkins
(Actor)
.. Kate
Zara Dawson
(Actor)
.. Emma Murphy
Marc Jordan
(Actor)
.. Ryan Cooper
Cherith Mellor
(Actor)
.. Vi Hughes
Charlie De'Ath
(Actor)
.. Richard Miller
Katherine Igoe
(Actor)
.. Beth Miller
David Simeon
(Actor)
.. Defra Official
Jonathan Charles
(Actor)
.. Mark Denton
Tom Ellis
(Actor)
.. Paul Scott
Sharon Houlihan
(Producer)
Jane Hollowood
(Writer)
Terry Iland
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Michael Garner
(Actor)
.. Eddie
Sandy McDade
(Actor)
.. Fay
Rob Collier
(Actor)
.. Nick
Shelley Conn
(Actor)
.. Kerry
Michael Wildman
(Actor)
.. Mr Faraday
Charlotte Lucas
(Actor)
.. Sgt Prosser
Ricky Tomlinson
(Actor)
.. Tony
Born:
September 26, 1939
in
Blackpool
Best Known For:
Playing Jim in The Royle Family.
Early-life:
Born Eric Tomlinson in Blackpool on September 26, 1939, but has lived mostly in Liverpool. His father was a baker, while his mother had three jobs. He wanted to be a footballer, but playing the banjo in clubs and pubs became more important. After marrying, he moved to Wrexham and worked as a plasterer - which led to his involvement in a 1972 strike and a subsequent prison sentence. Upon his release in 1975, he set himself up as an entertainer, and in 1980 he had a small part in Alan Bleasdale's Boys from the Blackstuff.
Career:
Tomlinson's big break came when he landed the role of Bobby Grant in Channel 4 soap opera Brookside. He stayed with the show for six years until 1988, after which he featured in Ken Loach's gritty drama Riff-Raff. TV projects since then have included Roughnecks, Cracker, Playing the Field and Clocking Off, while his film CV boasts offerings such as The 51st State and Mike Bassett: England Manager. He became a comedy icon 1998 thanks to his role in the comedy series The Royle Family. He opened his own cabaret club, The Green Room, in Liverpool in May 2010. He has reportedly donated £1million to the Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.
Quote:
'I never had acting lessons so I'm still an old ham, probably playing myself most of the time.'
Trivia:
A play entitled United We Stand tells the story of Tomlinson's incarceration. It toured the UK in 2014.
Denise Welch
(Actor)
.. Jackie
Born:
May 22, 1958
in
Ebchester, Co Durham
Best Known For:
Being a former Loose Woman.
Early-life:
Born Jacqueline Denise Welch on May 22, 1958, in Ebchester, Co Durham. Her father ran the now defunct Welch's Toffee Company and also performed as a drag act, and her mother was a nurse. Denise enjoyed acting in school productions, but was all set to go to teacher training college until her father and drama teacher convinced her to apply to the Mountview Theatre School instead. She studied there for three years, and began winning stage roles shortly after graduation.
Career:
Denise starred in a variety of hit TV dramas including Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Byker Grove, Soldier Soldier and Spender before landing the part of Natalie in Coronation Street in 1997. She stayed on the soap opera for four years but left when she discovered she was pregnant with her second child. She was asked to present This Morning following the departure of Richard and Judy, but turned the offer down. She went on to make appearances in TV shows The Vice, Born and Bred, and Down to Earth, before joining the cast of Waterloo Road. The actress has also hit the charts with the singles You Don't Have to Say You Love Me and Cry Me A River. She was a panellist on Loose Women between 2002 and 2013. In August 2013, she was a contestant on ITV's dancing reality series Stepping Out.
Quote:
'I do know that I feel a better wife and better mum the way I lead my life now. That's the wonderful thing - I have two fantastic kids and we're doing really well.'
Trivia:
Her autobiography, Pulling Myself Together, was published in 2010.
Matthew Devitt
(Actor)
.. PC Tully
Finn Atkins
(Actor)
.. Kate
Zara Dawson
(Actor)
.. Emma Murphy
Marc Jordan
(Actor)
.. Ryan Cooper
Cherith Mellor
(Actor)
.. Vi Hughes
Charlie De'Ath
(Actor)
.. Richard Miller
Katherine Igoe
(Actor)
.. Beth Miller
David Simeon
(Actor)
.. Defra Official
Jonathan Charles
(Actor)
.. Mark Denton
Tom Ellis
(Actor)
.. Paul Scott
Born:
November 17, 1978
in
Bangor
Best Known For:
Miranda.
Early-life:
Thomas Ellis was born in Bangor on November 17, 1978. A teacher persuaded him to take theatre studies for A level and he later went to drama school in Glasgow, where he became friends with fellow actor James McAvoy. After leaving drama school, Tom quickly landed roles in ITV drama Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and BBC sitcom Kiss Me Kate.
Career:
After a flying start to his professional acting career, strong parts became hard to come by. He had one-off roles in the likes of Holby City, Doctors, Midsomer Murders and Waking the Dead and a stint in EastEnders as Dr Oliver but he didn't really start to get noticed until he began playing Miranda Hart's love interest in her BBC sitcom Miranda. The success of that show has opened a number of doors for Ellis. Away from Miranda, he has starred in Gates, The Secret of Crickley Hall, Once Upon a Time and ABC pilot Gothica.
Quote:
'I don't take myself too seriously. But that doesn't stop me being a bad person sometimes and doing things I regret.'
Trivia:
Ellis supports Arsenal.
Sharon Houlihan
(Producer)
Jane Hollowood
(Writer)
Terry Iland
(Director)
