Born and Bred: The Element of Surprise
11:00 pm - 12:00 am, Wednesday, January 21 on Great! TV (34)
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The Element of Surprise
Season 4, Episode 8
It's the day of Ormston's antiques fair and Jean's old nanny Ruby Moss turns up, but she soon becomes the victim of a shooting incident. Free-spirited builder Jack Lawler arrives to work on a new dispensary - arousing Nancy's curiosity when he flirtatiously steals a kiss. Meanwhile, chaos reigns at the hospital as part of the wall comes down, Deborah's flourishing romance causes upset, and Henry offers Logan a job. Drama, guest starring Jeremy Edwards
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Jeremy Edwards
(Actor)
.. Jack Lawler
Nigel Havers
(Actor)
.. Mr Henry Williamson
Maggie Steed
(Actor)
.. Phyllis Woolf
Clive Swift
(Actor)
.. Rev Brewer
John Henshaw
(Actor)
.. Wilf Bradshaw
Jenna Russell
(Actor)
.. Deborah Gilder
Oliver Milburn
(Actor)
.. Dr Nick Logan
Kelly Harrison
(Actor)
.. Nancy Brisley
Naomi Radcliffe
(Actor)
.. Jean Mills
Sam Hudson
(Actor)
.. Eddie Mills
Peter Gunn
(Actor)
.. Len Cosgrove
Tracey Childs
(Actor)
.. Linda Cosgrove
Donald Gee
(Actor)
.. Mr Boynton
Ruth Jones
(Actor)
.. Ruby Moss
Polly Thompson
(Actor)
.. Catherine Gilder
Michaela Megran-Handley
(Actor)
.. Laura Benhams
Evan Fortescue
(Actor)
.. Pip Gilder
Chris Griffin
(Executive producer)
David Innes Edwards
(Director)
Rob Fraser
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jeremy Edwards
(Actor)
.. Jack Lawler
Nigel Havers
(Actor)
.. Mr Henry Williamson
Born:
November 06, 1949
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing lovable cads.
Early-life:
Nigel Allan Havers was born on November 6, 1949, in London. He is the son of barrister Michael, Lord Havers, who became famous for successfully defending Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in 1967 after their arrest on drugs charges. Lord Havers was also chief prosecutor during the Yorkshire Ripper trial and was briefly the Lord Chancellor in 1987. Nigel went to the Arts Educational School before deciding to become an actor; his older brother, Philip, followed in their father's footsteps by becoming a QC.
Career:
Havers' first acting job was on the Mrs Dale's Diary radio series. He also spent time with the Prospect Theatre Company. During a lean period he became a wine merchant, but things picked up after an appearance in Upstairs, Downstairs. He's since cropped up in the likes of Chariots of Fire (for which he received a Bafta nomination), Pennies from Heaven, Tales of the Unexpected and A Passage to India. The sitcom Don't Wait Up was a huge hit, and was followed by The Charmer. More recently he's featured in The Sarah Jane Adventures, Brothers and Sisters, Downton Abbey and I'm A Celebrity Get… Me Out of Here! Havers walked out of the latter after a week in the jungle. He played the role of Lewis Archer in Coronation Street in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
Quote:
"I am always cheerful and optimistic. If I am ever turned down after an audition, I allow myself just 24 hours to sulk, and then I forget about it, smile, and move on."
Trivia:
He is a regular on the pantomime circuit. He is also the godfather of comedian Jack Whitehall.
Maggie Steed
(Actor)
.. Phyllis Woolf
Clive Swift
(Actor)
.. Rev Brewer
Born:
February 09, 1936
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
Playing the embattled Richard Bucket in Keeping Up Appearances.
Early-life:
Clive Walter Swift was born in Liverpool on February 9, 1936 to Lily and Abram. His is the younger brother of actor David Swift (Drop the Dead Donkey's Henry Davenport). Clive was encouraged to take up acting after performing in a school play. He went on to study English literature at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He made his professional stage debut in 1959 in Take the Fool Away. This led to 10 years at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Career:
Swift made his TV debut opposite Warren Mitchell in a 1963 episode of Love Story. His first film was Catch Us If You Can (1965). He would later star in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972). For the next 20 years, he worked solidly as a character actor on stage, TV and radio. His TV credits include The Liver Birds, South Riding, The Brothers, Hazell, The Nesbitts Are Coming, The Gentle Touch, and The Pickwick Papers. His life changed in 1990 when he was cast as Richard Bucket in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. The role made him a household name and it ran for 44 editions. He returned to the world of sitcoms in 2009 when he began starring opposite Roger Lloyd Pack in The Old Guys.
Quote:
On meeting people in the street: "They expect me to be as nice and placid as Richard and I'm really not like that!"
Trivia:
He once toured with a one-man song and music show, Richard Bucket Overflows.
John Henshaw
(Actor)
.. Wilf Bradshaw
Jenna Russell
(Actor)
.. Deborah Gilder
Born:
October 05, 1967
in
Paddington, London
Best Known For:
Playing Michelle Fowler in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born on October 5, 1967 in Paddington, London and raised in Dundee. Jenna trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began her career as an understudy for Eponine and Fantine in Les Miserables and later took over the role of Fantine.
Career:
Russell's early career saw her perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Then, between 1990 and 1992, she played Maggie Lomax in the television comedy On the Up. Russell has appeared in a number of theatre and musical productions and received an Olivier Award for her performance in Sunday in the Park with George. She was also nominated for a Tony Award when she appeared in the same play in New York. On TV, she played the role of Deborah Gilder in the series Born and Bred and has appeared in such shows as Doctor Who, Peak Practice and Minder. Her career has taken her to the big screen, including a role as a detective in Mortdecai (2015). In 2016, Russell took on the character of Michelle Fowler in EastEnders.
Quote:
"I love my job, I mean what a job?! What a lucky life it is if you get the work, and how depressing if you don't - we've all been there."
Trivia:
She sang the theme song for Red Dwarf.
Oliver Milburn
(Actor)
.. Dr Nick Logan
Kelly Harrison
(Actor)
.. Nancy Brisley
Naomi Radcliffe
(Actor)
.. Jean Mills
Sam Hudson
(Actor)
.. Eddie Mills
Peter Gunn
(Actor)
.. Len Cosgrove
Born:
February 13, 1963
in
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Playing Brian Packham in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Born on February 13, 1963 in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire. Peter trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. One of his first on-screen acting roles was in the short film, Treacle (1988).
Career:
Gunn has appeared in a number of British TV series. One of his first appearances on the small screen was in an episode of Young Charlie Chaplin in 1989. Following this, he had guest appearances in such series as Pie in the Sky, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Grange Hill, The Bill and A Touch of Frost before landing a regular role in Heartburn Hotel between 1998 and 2000. He later played Len Cosgrove in the comedy drama Born and Bred between 2002 and 2005. In 2010, he first appeared in Coronation Street as Brian Packham, whom he played until 2013. He made a return in 2015 and became a series regular again in 2016. Gunn is best known to American audiences for playing Oswald Granger in Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009). He has also previously had parts in such American films as Roseanna's Grave (1997) and Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).
Quote:
On getting the role in Hannah Montana: The Movie: "To get the job, I needed to submit a showreel or something similar. I didn't have one at the time so my mum Barbara came to the rescue. She has got a cuttings book called Peter's Progress. There's everything in there from my first theatre performance to the movies I have done."
Trivia:
He is a governor of Lamack Primary School.
Tracey Childs
(Actor)
.. Linda Cosgrove
Donald Gee
(Actor)
.. Mr Boynton
Ruth Jones
(Actor)
.. Ruby Moss
Born:
September 22, 1966
in
Bridgend, Wales
Best Known For:
Gavin and Stacey.
Early-life:
Ruth Alexandra Elizabeth Jones was born on September 22, 1966, in Bridgend, Wales. She has two older brothers and a younger sister; her mother was a child psychiatrist, her father a legal executive at British Steel in Port Talbot. Ruth attended the same school as future comedy actor (and Gavin and Stacey co-star) Rob Brydon. She graduated from Warwick University with a drama degree and also studied at Cardiff's Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Career:
Jones struggled to make a living as an actress and was thinking of retraining as a solicitor - until she landed a panto job. Brydon also persuaded her to join an improvisational group in Bath which included Julia Davis; they would later work together on Nighty Night and Gavin and Stacey. Roles in East is East, Saxondale and Little Britain followed, but it was Fat Friends that changed the course of her career. It was there that Jones met James Corden, with whom she would create Gavin and Stacey. Its success turned them both into major stars. Since then she's hosted her own chat shows and starred in Marple, The Great Outdoors and Hattie. She is also the writer and star of Sky1's Stella.
Quote:
"At drama school I can remember thinking: 'I will never be Juliet. I'll always be the nurse'."
Trivia:
Jones is married to TV producer David Peet. They own their own company, Tidy Productions, which makes Stella.
Polly Thompson
(Actor)
.. Catherine Gilder
Michaela Megran-Handley
(Actor)
.. Laura Benhams
Evan Fortescue
(Actor)
.. Pip Gilder
Chris Griffin
(Executive producer)
David Innes Edwards
(Director)
Rob Fraser
(Writer)
