Father Brown - The Great Train Robbery - 12:00 pm Sunday, January 11 on U&Alibi HD

Mark Williams (Actor) .. Father Brown

Born: August 22, 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Best Known For: The Fast Show

Early-life: Born in Bromsgrove on August 22, 1959. As a teen he hoped for a career in academia, then read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University where he discovered a love of both acting and writing. He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company before proving himself a fine comic actor with early roles in Red Dwarf and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.

Career: Other early TV appearances came in Tumbledown, KYTV, Bottom and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Williams became a famous face thanks to his appearances in The Fast Show, where he played a number of memorable characters. The Canterbury Tales, Gormenghast and Shackleton followed, but it was his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise that made him recognisable worldwide. He has also appeared in successful films like Stardust and Shakespeare in Love and presented several documentary programmes, such as Mark Williams' Big Bangs.

Quote: "I'll get me coat."

Trivia: Away from showbusiness, he is an avid follower of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.

Sorcha Cusack (Actor) .. Mrs McCarthy

Born: April 09, 1949 in Dublin

Best Known For: Being part of the Cusack acting dynasty.

Early-life: Sorcha was born in Dublin on April 9, 1949 to actors Cyril and Maureen Cusack. She is the sister of producer Padraig Cusack and fellow actors Paul Cusack, Sinead Cusack and Niamh Cusack, and the half-sister of actor Catherine Cusack. Her early TV roles in the 1970s include appearances in the mini-series Jane Eyre, and Napoleon and Love.

Career: Cusack went on to make guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Boon, Maigret, The Bill, Playing the Field, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and Dalziel and Pascoe. She has had recurring roles in Casualty, Coronation Street, Pete Versus Life and Father Brown. She also starred in the TV movie Lost Christmas. Her film credits include Angel (1982), Snatch (2000), and Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie.

Quote: "My father was a very strong personality and it took quite a long time to assert yourself as an individual."

Trivia: Cusack has starred in a number of radio plays, including Juno and the Paycock.

Nancy Carroll (Actor) .. Lady Felicia

Best Known For: Winning an Olivier award for her performance in After the Dance at the Royal National Theatre.

Early-life: Nancy was born in Bristol in 1974. She was three years old when she tap-danced at Brixton Town hall. She went on to study fine art but found the life of an artist too solitary. She ended up graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1998. Her first professional acting role was in the film An Ideal Husband (1999).

Career: Carroll's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Lady's Not for Burning, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Recruiting Officer, The Magistrate and After the Dance, for which she won an Olivier award. On the small screen, she has made guest appearances in Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Silent Witness. More recently, she played Lady Felicia Montague in the BBC daytime drama Father Brown. On film, she has also starred in Iris (2001).

Quote: "Sometimes it's lovely to leave moments as moments. Rather than milk them for every single ounce of life."

Trivia: Carroll spent a year in Italy learning how to mix her own paints and stretch canvasses.

John Burton (Actor) .. Sgt Goodfellow

Jack Deam (Actor) .. Insp Mallory

Andrew Turner (Actor) .. Daryl Cudlip

Darryl Clark (Actor) .. Lenny Cudlip

Jack Carroll (Actor) .. Tim Cudlip

Emer Kenny (Actor) .. Bunty

Cecilia Noble (Actor) .. Dame Bianca Norman

Olivia Hallinan (Actor) .. Barbara Norman

Born: January 20, 1984 in London

Best Known For: Playing Kim in Sugar Rush, and Laura Timmins in Lark Rise to Candleford.

Early-life: Olivia Hallinan was born on January 20, 1984, in Hounslow, west London. The youngest of four sisters, she always dreamed of appearing on stage and got her big break in 1991, starring alongside Cilla Black in a production of Robin, Prince of Sherwood. Her mother runs a drama group in Teddington called All Expressions, and tried to distract Olivia from becoming an actress, but her determination could, apparently, not be shaken.

Career: Hallinan's first TV appearance came with Das Sprechende Grab, quickly followed by roles in Mole's Christmas, Just William, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde, Holby City and My Family. In total, Olivia has around 20 TV and film credits to her name, and has appeared in over 100 stage productions since she was aged seven. In 2005, she was cast as Kim in Sugar Rush, the controversial lesbian drama adapted from the book by Julie Burchill. Despite such success as an actress, Olivia completed her A-levels and a degree at Manchester University, choosing not to go to drama school. Her recent work has included roles in Lark Rise to Candleford, Moving On and Jack Falls.

Quote: On Sugar Rush's lesbian kissing scenes: "We had a week to improvise and get to know each other really well beforehand. I have had kissing scenes before, but nothing like that."

Trivia: Her theatre credits include Precious Little Talent, and Lotty's War.

Chris Lew Kum Hoi (Actor) .. Tony Norman

Matt Rawle (Actor) .. Piers Huntington

Jonathan Rigby (Actor) .. Radio announcer

Jude Tindall (Writer)

Paul Gibson (Director)

Peter Bullock (Producer)

Will Trotter (Executive producer)

Father Brown: The Great Train Robbery

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, Sunday, January 11 on U&Alibi HD (358)

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The Great Train Robbery
Season 7, Episode 1

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