Father Brown: The Cat of Mastigatus
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Wednesday, April 15 on U&Drama (20)
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The Cat of Mastigatus
Season 6, Episode 8
An investigation gets under way when a girl is left for dead at a boys' school fete. Mark Williams stars in this drama, based on the stories by GK Chesterton
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Cast & Crew
Mark Williams
(Actor)
.. Father Brown
Sorcha Cusack
(Actor)
.. Mrs McCarthy
Emer Kenny
(Actor)
.. Bunty
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Insp Mallory
John Burton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Goodfellow
James Wilby
(Actor)
.. Sefton Scott
Daniel Gates
(Actor)
.. Sammy Moore
Robert Vernon
(Actor)
.. Jack Coll
Milo Twomey
(Actor)
.. Philip Hart
Toto Bruin
(Actor)
.. May Lewis
Alicia Charles
(Actor)
.. Sheila Barnett
Caroline Slater
(Producer)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
Piotr Szkopiak
(Director)
Mark Hiser
(Writer)
Bridget Colgan
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
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.
Emer Kenny
(Actor)
.. Bunty
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Insp Mallory
John Burton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Goodfellow
James Wilby
(Actor)
.. Sefton Scott
Born:
February 20, 1958
in
Rangoon, Burma
Best Known For:
His performances in Merchant Ivory films.
Early-life:
Born in 1958 in Rangoon, Burma (his father was an executive with the British Oxygen Company), but raised in England. He attended school in Cumbria and gained a maths degree from Durham University before studing at RADA. While there he starred in the 1982 film Privileged alongside Hugh Grant and Imogen Stubbs. After graduating he gained experience on stage, which led to the lead role in Ismail Merchant and James Ivory's adaptation of EM Forster's novel Maurice, again opposite Hugh Grant.
Career:
After impressing in his breakthrough role, Wilby subsequently appeared in a miniseries based on A Tale of Two Cities, and co-starred with Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in another acclaimed Merchant/Ivory adaptation of EM Forster, Howards End. Though the rest of Wilby's 1990s movies were not as impressively received, he continued to work regularly, turning up in Immaculate Conception, the First World War drama Regeneration, the children's movie Tom's Midnight Garden, and as the bitter lord of the manor in Ken Russell's TV project Lady Chatterley. Wilby reunited with Ismail Merchant in the producer's directorial effort Cotton Mary. He subsequently appeared among the distinguished ensemble populating Robert Altman's Oscar-winning period piece Gosford Park, Midsomer Murders, Poirot and The Great Train Robbery. He also continues to work on stage.
Quote:
'I am lucky enough to find learning my lines really easy. The trouble is that I can't remember anything else, and as soon as I start preparing for a role, telephone numbers, children's birthdays and the names of favourite wines just fly out of the window. It's a real curse.'
Trivia:
In his spare time, he enjoys yachting.
Daniel Gates
(Actor)
.. Sammy Moore
Robert Vernon
(Actor)
.. Jack Coll
Milo Twomey
(Actor)
.. Philip Hart
Toto Bruin
(Actor)
.. May Lewis
Alicia Charles
(Actor)
.. Sheila Barnett
Caroline Slater
(Producer)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
Piotr Szkopiak
(Director)
Mark Hiser
(Writer)
Bridget Colgan
(Writer)
