Dalziel & Pascoe - A Sweeter Lazarus - 11:40 pm Friday, May 1 on U&Drama

Warren Clarke (Actor) .. Det Supt Andy Dalziel

Born: April 26, 1947 in Oldham

Best Known For: Dalziel & Pascoe (he played Dalziel).

Early-life: Born Alan Clarke on April 26, 1947, in Oldham, where his father's job involved putting stained glass in church windows. He left school at 15 and became a runner at the Manchester Evening News while doing amateur dramatics in his spare time. He changed his first name to Warren because a girlfriend admired Warren Beatty. After realising he wanted to act, he got his first break in a radio play for BBC Manchester.

Career: Clarke made his TV debut in the late 1960s, and went on to appear in episodes of Coronation Street, The Avengers, Callan, and The Virgin Soldiers before getting his big break with a prominent role in the controversial A Clockwork Orange in 1971. A variety of TV and movie work followed, including Shelley, SOS Titanic, Ishtar (alongside his namesake, Beatty) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. High-profile roles later came in The Manageress, ID, The Mystery of Men, The Deputy, and Down to Earth. He became a household name thanks to a starring role in Dalziel & Pascoe, which first aired in 1996. He also appeared in Bleak House, Christmas at the Riviera, The Invisibles, Red Riding, Just William, and In with the Flynns. He died peacefully in his sleep on November 12, 2014 at the age of 67.

Quote: 'My headmaster told me: 'Don't become an actor. It's a ridiculous job. Anyway, you can't even speak properly. Why don't you become a bus driver or something?''

Trivia: He supported Manchester City.

Colin Buchanan (Actor) .. Det Insp Peter Pascoe

Nicola Walker (Actor) .. Abbie Hallingsworth

Born: May 15, 1970 in London

Best Known For: Spooks.

Early-life: Nicola was born in London on 15 May, 1970. She attended Cambridge University and it was here she started her acting career with the Cambridge Footlights. Her first major TV role was in the sitcom Chalk.

Career: Walker 's big break came in 1997 when she began playing DI Susan Taylor in ITV thriller Touching Evil opposite Robson Green. She played the role in two sequels. In 1999, she was cast in the lead role in post-apocalyptic drama The Last Train. In 2003, she joined the cast of BBC spy drama Spooks as Ruth Evershed. More recently, Walker has starred in Torn, Oliver Twist, Luther, MI-5, Heading Out, Prisoners' Wives, Scott & Bailey and Last Tango in Halifax.

Quote: On her role in Spooks: 'Sometimes it's really nice to run around with guns saving the world.'

Trivia: Walker won an Olivier Award in 2013 for her role in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

David Haig (Actor) .. David Hallingsworth

Richard Coyle (Actor) .. Martin Hallingsworth

Born: February 27, 1972 in Sheffield

Best Known For: Coupling.

Early-life: Born February 6, 1972, in Sheffield. His parents are Irish and he has four brothers. On leaving school he studied languages and philosophy at York University, where he became interested in acting, appearing in several amateur productions and at the Edinburgh Festival. He was going to be an extra in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Jane Eyre, but was given a small speaking part instead when the director heard he was planning on going to drama school.

Career: After attending the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Coyle landed small parts in TV productions, including an experimental version of Macbeth and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. He then appeared in such acclaimed movies as Human Traffic and Topsy-Turvy, before returning to TV for Wives and Daughters, Up Rising, and Hearts and Bones. In 2000, he got his big break when he landed the role of eccentric Welshman Jeff in Coupling. He has since appeared in Lorna Doone, Strange, The History of Mr Polly, The Whistleblowers, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and W.E, which was directed by Madonna. Coyle also has his own company, Arcola Theatre, which he runs with friend Rafe Spall.

Quote: 'Heroes are different today, they are not the same as the 1940s and 1950s with the Errol Flynn stuff. Heroes today can be insecure. They can worry too.'

Donald Sumpter (Actor) .. Gus Mullavey

Amita Dhiri (Actor) .. WDC Shaznay Kendall

Born: July 06, 1966 in Brighton

Best Known For: Playing Milly in This Life.

Early-life: Amita Emmanuelle Dhiri was born Brighton on July 6, 1966. She has two younger brothers, Viney and Sanjay. Her mother is French and her father is a Ugandan Indian who was expelled from the country by Idi Amin. She speaks fluent French, took singing and dancing lessons from an early age, and is proficient in ballet and modern dance. Before studying at the London Drama Centre, she sang in a cabaret group, doing Tina Turner impressions.

Career: Started out in theatre, most notably in Twelfth Night in Bedford. Her first TV appearance was as Milly in 1996's This Life. The drama about young lawyers became a huge hit and she, along with co-stars Daniela Nardini, Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln, were hailed as part of an exciting new generation of British actors. She says: 'Milly has helped me win roles that aren't written with Asian actresses in mind. But it's always going to be difficult to get equal treatment.' Dhiri then took guest roles in Casualty and McCallum, before going back to the stage. In 1999, she returned to TV in nuclear disaster drama The Last Train. More recently, she has starred in Silent Witness, Judge John Deed, Holby City, The Bill and Talking to the Dead.

Quote: On This Life: 'Swearing, drinking, an affair - it was a big risk for an Asian actress. Had the show bombed, it would have been hard to escape with any credibility.'

Trivia: After college, Dhiri's first job was with a man who wanted to make a Hindi version of Grease.

David Daker (Actor) .. Jack Turton

Kevin Dyer (Actor) .. Leon Pilger

Stuart Goodwin (Actor) .. Miles Turton

Pippa Haywood (Actor) .. ACC Rebecca Fenning

Born: May 06, 1961 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire

Best Known For: Playing Helen Brittas in The Brittas Empire.

Early-life: Philippa Haywood was born on May 6, 1961 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. She trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career: Haywood's TV career extends back to the 1980s, starting with a guest appearance in Brush Strokes. She later appeared in The One Game as Jenny Thorne. From 1991 to 1997, she played Helen Brittas in comedy series The Brittas Empire. She also voiced Mrs Kitchen in children's TV series Budgie the Little Helicopter from 1994 until 1996. Haywood then landed guest roles in such shows as Jonathan Creek, Goodnight Sweetheart, Holby City and My Family. She also had roles in Dalziel and Pascoe, Green Wing and Fear, Stress and Anger. Her film credits include If Only (2004), Tamara Drewe (2010) and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016). She also starred in BBC drama series Prisoners' Wives. Her recent TV credits include Scott & Bailey, Brief Encounters, Midsomer Murders and Loaded.

Trivia: Along with other members of the cast of Green Wing, she joined the junior doctors strike outside Northwick Park Hospital in 2016.

Moir Leslie (Actor) .. Monica Clements

Tim Preece (Actor) .. Neville Stalybrass

Michael Jenner (Writer)

Stephen Whittaker (Director)

Dalziel & Pascoe: A Sweeter Lazarus

11:40 pm - 01:40 am, Friday, May 1 on U&Drama (20)

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