Professor T - September Gardens - 10:00 pm Wednesday, August 26 on ITV1 London +1

Ben Miller (Actor) .. Professor Jasper Tempest

Born: February 24, 1966 in London

Best Known For: His comedy partnership with Alexander Armstrong.

Early-life: Bennet Evan Miller was born on February 24, 1966, in London and raised in Nantwich, Cheshire, where he attended the local comprehensive. Both his parents were teachers, and he has two younger sisters. Ben attended Cambridge University, where he joined the famous Footlights comedy group and met Alexander Armstrong. He began studying for a PhD in physics - his thesis was on novel quantum effects in quasi-zero dimensional mesoscopic electron systems - but abandoned it halfway through to concentrate on comedy instead, forming a duo with Armstrong.

Career: Miller and Armstrong toured pubs and clubs for four years before making their TV debut on Saturday Live in 1995. The following year they were nominated for the prestigious Perrier Award, and landed their own Channel 4 show; they later moved to the BBC. Miller has acted in films including The Parole Officer, Birthday Girl, Johnny English and The Prince and Me, and has also starred in small-screen offerings Marple, Malice Aforethought, The Book Group, The Worst Week of My Life, Moving Wallpaper and Primeval. In 2011, he had a successful run in West End hit The Ladykillers. Miller recently quit his role in BBC hit Death in Paradise.

Quote: 'I like to do completely different things, go from one thing to another, which is possibly why no one knows who I am.'

Trivia: Miller plays the guitar and drums.

Frances de la Tour (Actor) .. Adelaide Tempest

Best Known For: Rising Damp.

Early-life: Born in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, on July 30, 1944. She has a younger brother, Andy, who is an actor and screenwriter. She was educated at the Lycee Francais and later studied acting at the Drama Centre. She then spent six years with the Royal Shakespeare Company, originally playing small roles before gradually building up to leading parts, gaining most acclaim as Helena in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Career: De la Tour spent four years playing spinster Miss Jones in classic sitcom Rising Damp on TV, and also appeared in the 1980 film spin-off. She's rarely been out of work since, playing a wide range of roles on TV, film and stage. Among her most acclaimed small-screen projects are Duet for One, Cold Lazarus and Tom Jones; she's recently returned to sitcom with Vicious and Big School. On film she's featured in the Harry Potter franchise, Alice in Wonderland and Hugo. On stage, her recent collaborations with Alan Bennett, in The History Boys, The Habit of Art and People, have been resounding successes.

Quote: 'I didn't think that Rising Damp would have quite the longevity it's enjoying. It became more popular years later, and people started calling it a classic. But it's like we left it behind and it never died.'

Trivia: Joanna Lumley, Dawn French and de la Tour were rumoured to have been considered as replacements for Colin Baker when he left Doctor Who in 1986; Sylvester McCoy was cast instead.

Mika Simmons (Actor) .. Kate Bryant

James Anderson (Actor) .. Bruno Sommers

Aude Ruyter (Actor) .. Abbey Sommers

Rebecca Night (Actor) .. Julie Norman

(Actor) .. Zelda Radclyffe

Nicholas Jones (Actor) .. Peter Snares

Sarah Woodward (Actor) .. Ingrid Snares

Madelief Sannen (Actor) .. Marie Bryant

Juliet Stevenson (Actor) .. Dr Helena Goldberg

Born: October 30, 1956 in Kelvedon, Essex

Best Known For: Truly Madly Deeply.

Early-life: Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson was born in Essex on October 30, 1956, the youngest child of a brigadier and his teacher wife. Her childhood was spent in many different countries, including Australia, Malta and Germany. 'I didn't come from anywhere, which is strange,' she says. 'Acting is full of refugees from everything - class, race, sexuality.' On leaving school she enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she studied alongside such luminaries as Jonathan Pryce, Alan Rickman, Kenneth Branagh and Imelda Staunton. After completing her studies, she was snapped up by the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Career: Stevenson had appeared as most of Shakespeare's famous heroines by the time she was 30. As a result, she was hailed as the new Peggy Ashcroft, a label she hated and prompted her decision to leave the RSC. Her first TV role came in The Mallens in 1980. She made her first film, Drowning By Numbers, in 1988. The romantic drama Truly Madly Deeply introduced her to a wider audience in 1991. Since then she's returned to the stage numerous times, usually to great acclaim. Her distinguished CV includes diverse projects such as The Politician's Wife, Cider with Rosie, Bend it Like Beckham, Nicholas Nickleby, Mona Lisa Smile, Pierrepoint, and The Hour. Most recently she's been seen on the small screen in White Heat, The Village and Atlantis.

Quote: 'I'm hardly Hollywood material. They're interested in youth and perfection and I lay no claims to either. It's not a place that's particularly interested in talent.'

Trivia: She has voiced a number of audio recordings, including Hamlet, The King's General, A Room with a View, and Middlemarch.

Sunetra Sarker (Actor) .. DCI Maiya Goswami

Born: July 25, 1973 in Liverpool

Best Known For: Casualty.

Early-life: Sunetra was born in Liverpool on June 25, 1973. Her father is a doctor. She went on to study Information Systems for Business with French at Brunel University. Her breakthrough as an actress came in 1988 when she was cast as Nisha Batra in Brookside. She stayed with the soap for two years but returned to play the same character 10 years later between 2000 and 2003.

Career: Following her first stint on Brookside, Sarker starred in London Bridge, Cold Feet and Playing the Field. Bigger roles came in No Angels and The Chase. In 2007, she was cast as Dr Zoe Hanna in Casualty, a role she continues to play. In 2014, she was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Quote: On signing up for Strictly Come Dancing: 'I don't quite know what I've let myself in for. But the chance to swap my stethoscope for sequins was just too tempting.'

Trivia: In 2014, Sarker appeared with her son, Noah, on game show Big Star's Little Star.

Rhian Blundell (Actor) .. DC Chloe Highsmith

Robert Portal (Actor) .. Dennis Baines

John O'Toole (Actor) .. Eddy Baines

Barney White (Actor) .. DS Dan Winters

Martin Turner (Actor) .. Lucien Hailsham

Douglas Reith (Actor) .. The Dean

Sam Michiels (Actor) .. Poppy Sommers

Jobst Schnibbe (Actor) .. Alaric Goldberg

Sharon Verdegem (Actor) .. SOCO

Marion Tomkins (Actor) .. Elderly woman #1

Catriona White (Actor) .. Elderly woman #2

Carina de Vroome (Actor) .. September Gardens assistant

Bill Martin (Actor) .. Elderly tennis man

Stephen Brady (Writer)

Dries Vos (Director)

Kaat Beels (Director)

Jake Harvey (Producer)

Jo McGrath (Executive producer)

Walter Iuzzolino (Executive producer)

Alison Kee (Executive producer)

Ruben Beunckens (Editor)

Professor T: September Gardens

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Wednesday, August 26 on ITV1 London +1 (35)

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September Gardens
Season 4, Episode 2

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