Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Toil and Trouble
4:20 pm - 5:20 pm, Monday, February 16 on U&Drama (20)
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Toil and Trouble
Season 1, Episode 5
Lu and Frank try to exonerate local criminal Billy the Brick when the local mayor is murdered in the dead of night. Comedy drama, starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner
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Cast & Crew
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Frank Hathaway
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Luella Shakespeare
Patrick Walshe McBride
(Actor)
.. Sebastian Brudenell
Ciaran Griffiths
(Actor)
.. William `Billy the Brick" Porters
Amber Aga
(Actor)
.. DI Marlowe
Roberta Taylor
(Actor)
.. Gloria Fonteyn
Polly Maberly
(Actor)
.. Victoria Cathness
Simon Manyonda
(Actor)
.. Moses Abiola
Isabella Marshall
(Actor)
.. Freya Elstob
Marjorie Yates
(Actor)
.. Edie Grimes
Kit Lambert
(Writer)
Ella Kelly
(Producer)
Piotr Szkopiak
(Director)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Frank Hathaway
Born:
November 16, 1965
in
Guisborough
Best Known For:
Northern Lights, and Waterloo Road.
Early-life:
Born on 16 November, 1965, in Guisborough in the North East, Mark hoped to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, actor Michael Gunn. Always the class clown, he fell in love with the theatre and spent many years trying to make a career out of acting. He was in the same drama class at the Stockton-Billingham Tech as actress Elizabeth Carling. Some of his early acting experience came with the Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.
Career:
Benton's big break came in the 1997 Mike Leigh film Career Girls. For the past decade he has barely been off our screens. He had a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law. He has starred with Vic and Bob in their remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers. He was comedy gold in Craig Cash's Early Doors and The Booze Cruise trilogy. His biggest role was alongside Robson Green in Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights and Clash of the Santas. He was also a regular on Waterloo Road and is the host of game show The Edge. In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
"I think sometimes you have to ask if you want to be an actor or do you want to be a celebrity? I was tempted to do Celebrity Mastermind but I couldn't think of a specialist subject."
Trivia:
Benton is a die-hard supporter of Middlesbrough FC and has featured in the club's official season ticket advertising campaign.
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Luella Shakespeare
Born:
February 23, 1978
in
Harlow, Essex
Best Known For:
Playing Tanya Branning in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born Joanne Mary Joyner on May 24, 1978, in Essex. She has an older brother called Dan. The family later moved to Oxfordshire, where she grew up. She says she always wanted to act, and after finishing her A levels, enrolled in the Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999 with a BA. She then spent a couple of years in Manchester looking for work, eventually honing her craft on the stage.
Career:
Joyner's big break came with the acclaimed drama Clocking Off. She went on to do a few other northern projects, including Fat Friends and Silent Witness, as well as the period miniseries North and South, before she bit the bullet and moved down to London. She then landed a role in nursing drama No Angels, and has been busy ever since. In 2005, Joyner played a Big Brother contestant in two episodes of Doctor Who, and also appeared in Spooks. She showed off her comedy skills in the sketch show Swinging (winning a Rose d'Or comedy award in the process), before landing the part of Tanya Branning in 2006. Despite her character taking a couple of prolonged breaks, she remains hugely popular with fans.
Quote:
On whether she'd like to go to Hollywood: "I couldn't lose the weight and take the pressure of it all being about looks! I'd love to do it when I'm 50 or 60, like Julie Walters or Brenda Blethyn. Then it's more about what you do and being a good actor."
Trivia:
Joyner has won two British Soap Awards.
Patrick Walshe McBride
(Actor)
.. Sebastian Brudenell
Ciaran Griffiths
(Actor)
.. William `Billy the Brick" Porters
Amber Aga
(Actor)
.. DI Marlowe
Roberta Taylor
(Actor)
.. Gloria Fonteyn
Born:
February 26, 1948
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Irene Raymond in EastEnders and Inspector Gina Gold in The Bill.
Early-life:
Born the illegitimate child of a bus conductor on 26 February, 1948, in London, Roberta was brought up by her mother, aunts and grandmother. She was always very close to her mum, and they lived in the same street in London before she died suddenly of bronchial pneumonia. Roberta documented her early years in the 2005 memoir Too Many Mothers. After attending drama school in London, she joined the highly acclaimed Glasgow Citizens' Company and worked for years in theatre.
Career:
Appeared in the projects Ladykillers, Inspector Morse, The Witches, Tom & Viv, Dangerfield and Silent Witness before being cast as Irene Raymond in EastEnders. She stayed with the hit soap for three years until 2000, then went on to appear in Doctors and Holby City. After four previous appearances in The Bill, she was finally cast as Gina Gold in 2002, and played the same character in spin-off series MIT: Murder Investigation Team. She also appeared in the BBC's 2005 critically acclaimed adaptation of Bleak House.
Quote:
"It's fantastic to play somebody like Gina (in The Bill). She is just so sarcastic with everybody. It takes people's breath away and she is not shocked by anything."
Trivia:
Away from acting, she is an active supporter of the Labour Party.
Polly Maberly
(Actor)
.. Victoria Cathness
Simon Manyonda
(Actor)
.. Moses Abiola
Isabella Marshall
(Actor)
.. Freya Elstob
Marjorie Yates
(Actor)
.. Edie Grimes
Kit Lambert
(Writer)
Ella Kelly
(Producer)
Piotr Szkopiak
(Director)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
