Grace: Dead Man's Game
9:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Sunday, April 12 on ITV1 London +1 (35)
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Dead Man's Game
Season 6, Episode 3
Roy and Bella investigate a murder on a council estate after a teenager is stabbed to death , with signs initially pointing to it being drug-related, but the victim's parents are adamant that their son had nothing to do with drugs. The investigation brings Grace face to face with someone from his past and stirs up old demons that worry Bella, with the case placing one of the team in grave danger. Meanwhile, Branson's investigation into a masked armed robbery leads to tensions in CID
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Cast & Crew
John Simm
(Actor)
.. Det Supt Roy Grace
Richie Campbell
(Actor)
.. DI Glenn Branson
Zoe Tapper
(Actor)
.. Cleo Morey
Laura Elphinstone
(Actor)
.. DS Bella Moy
Brad Morrison
(Actor)
.. DS Nick Nicholl
Rebecca Scroggs
(Actor)
.. Ari Branson
Juliette Motamed
(Actor)
.. DC Vee Wilde
Alexander Cobb
(Actor)
.. Kevin Spinella
Jonathan Harden
(Actor)
.. Damian Young
Emma Lowndes
(Actor)
.. Carol Tylerson
Will Bagnall
(Actor)
.. John Tylerson
Chizzy Akudolu
(Actor)
.. Maggie Hayton
Gary Forbes
(Actor)
.. Brian Hayton
Cariad Hargan-Hughes
(Actor)
.. Seb Willis
Bradley Turner
(Actor)
.. Scott Atherton
Adam Leese
(Actor)
.. Gary Owens
Kyle Ndukuba
(Actor)
.. Chris Hayton
Haqi Ali
(Actor)
.. Tarak Prasad
Wesley Bozonga
(Actor)
.. Drew Simpson
Travis Phillips
(Actor)
.. Brett Mosely
Mark Arden
(Actor)
.. David Higson
Oscar Hewitt-Richards
(Actor)
.. Luke Fraser
Tarik Badwan
(Actor)
.. Wes Cowan
Ed Whitmore
(Writer)
Dan Zeff
(Director)
Kiaran Murray-Smith
(Producer)
Andrew O'Connor
(Executive producer)
Peter James
(Executive producer)
Paul Sandler
(Executive producer)
Phil Hunter
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
John Simm
(Actor)
.. Det Supt Roy Grace
Born:
July 10, 1970
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars
Early-life:
Born John Ronald Simm on July 10, 1970, in Leeds. He was raised in Nelson, Lancashire, and attended Edge End High School. He's the eldest of three children. His father Ronald, a local musician, taught him how to play the guitar and together they toured the region's working men's clubs. In 1986, aged 16, John enrolled at Blackpool Drama College, and two years later moved to London to study Stanislavsky's acting methods at London's Drama Centre.
Career:
Simm made his TV debut in a 1992 episode of Rumpole of the Bailey. He also appeared in Heartbeat, TV movie Meat, Dalziel and Pascoe's first drama A Pinch of Snuff, Cracker and the film Boston Kickout. Simm became a familiar face thanks to acclaimed series The Lakes. He went on to appear in such projects as Human Traffic, 24 Hour Party People, Spaced, White Teeth, State of Play and Sex Traffic. Simm's performance as troubled cop Sam Tyler in BBC hit Life on Mars made him a household name. Since then he's appeared in Doctor Who, Mad Dogs, The Village, Mad Dogs and Prey. While continuing his work as an actor, during the 1990s he was also a founder member of the rock band Magic Alex.
Quote:
On why he chose to make Life on Mars: 'The mad twist at the start appealed to me. I thought, if I can make that believable I can make anything believable.'
Trivia:
He's also played alongside his friend, Echo and the Bunnymen star Ian McCulloch, on albums and live on stage.
Richie Campbell
(Actor)
.. DI Glenn Branson
Zoe Tapper
(Actor)
.. Cleo Morey
Born:
October 26, 1981
in
Bromley, Kent
Best Known For:
Roles in a string of stage and screen hits.
Early-life:
Zoe Tapper was born on October 26, 1981, in Bromley, Kent. She trained at the Academy Drama School and at the Central School of Speech and Drama, from which she graduated in the spring of 2003, days before taking on her first film role. She first came to prominence playing Nell Gwynne in Richard Eyre's award-winning film Stage Beauty in 2004 and has since notched up a steady string of stage and screen credits.
Career:
Starring roles on TV include playing Mary Collins in A Harlot's Progress for Channel 4, Jane in Oliver Parker's The Private Life of Samuel Pepys alongside Steve Coogan, Gemma in the first series of the Sky One UK TV series Hex, Hermia in the 2005 BBC TV adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jenny Maple in the BBC miniseries Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, Sheila Steafel in the 2008 BBC TV play The Curse of Steptoe and Anya Raczynski in the action-packed BBC remake of Survivors. She also took the lead role in the small-screen version of the Gothic ghost story Affinity.
Quote:
'I did a stunt with Mackenzie Crook where I had to kick him and grab him by the throat and it was great fun.'
Trivia:
On stage, she has appeared in Epitaph For George Dillon in the West End, and Othello at Shakespeare's Globe.
Laura Elphinstone
(Actor)
.. DS Bella Moy
Brad Morrison
(Actor)
.. DS Nick Nicholl
Rebecca Scroggs
(Actor)
.. Ari Branson
Juliette Motamed
(Actor)
.. DC Vee Wilde
Alexander Cobb
(Actor)
.. Kevin Spinella
Jonathan Harden
(Actor)
.. Damian Young
Emma Lowndes
(Actor)
.. Carol Tylerson
Will Bagnall
(Actor)
.. John Tylerson
Chizzy Akudolu
(Actor)
.. Maggie Hayton
Born:
October 07, 1973
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Mo Effanga in Holby City.
Early-life:
Andrea Chizoba Akudolu was born in London on October 7, 1973. She caught the eye of casting directors in 2002 when she was one of eight performers who won the BBC Talent Initiative, The Urban Sketch Showcase. Her first TV appearance was in BBC sitcom 15 Storeys High and she followed this up with a small role in EastEnders.
Career:
Akudolu went on to star on the small screen in Stupid, Green Wing, The Complete Guide to Parenting, Roman's Empire, Jinx, Gigglebiz, Twenty Twelve and Mongrels. Her big break came in 2012 when she began playing surgeon Mo Effanga in Holby City.
Quote:
'I get angry when people are rude and insincere. I've been on jobs where actors treat the crew rudely, which I think is unnecessary.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Akudolu enjoys embroidery and karate.
Gary Forbes
(Actor)
.. Brian Hayton
Cariad Hargan-Hughes
(Actor)
.. Seb Willis
Bradley Turner
(Actor)
.. Scott Atherton
Adam Leese
(Actor)
.. Gary Owens
Kyle Ndukuba
(Actor)
.. Chris Hayton
Haqi Ali
(Actor)
.. Tarak Prasad
Wesley Bozonga
(Actor)
.. Drew Simpson
Travis Phillips
(Actor)
.. Brett Mosely
Mark Arden
(Actor)
.. David Higson
Oscar Hewitt-Richards
(Actor)
.. Luke Fraser
Tarik Badwan
(Actor)
.. Wes Cowan
Ed Whitmore
(Writer)
Dan Zeff
(Director)
Kiaran Murray-Smith
(Producer)
Andrew O'Connor
(Executive producer)
Peter James
(Executive producer)
Paul Sandler
(Executive producer)
Phil Hunter
(Executive producer)
