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Season 1, Episode 4
Margaret is forced to move away from Milton after tragedy strikes. However, when her godfather leaves her a substantial inheritance she makes a return to the North, where a twist of fate leads to an unexpected rendezvous
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Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Brendan Coyle
(Actor)
.. Nicholas Higgins
Tom Charnock
(Actor)
.. Williams
Richard Armitage
(Actor)
.. John Thornton
Daniela Denby-Ashe
(Actor)
.. Margaret Hale
Tim Pigott-Smith
(Actor)
.. Richard Hale
Pauline Quirke
(Actor)
.. Dixon
Sinead Cusack
(Actor)
.. Hannah Thornton
Will Tacey
(Actor)
.. Mr Latimer
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Fanny Thornton
Tim Faraday
(Actor)
.. Watson
Kay Lyon
(Actor)
.. Mary Higgins
Spencer Wild
(Actor)
.. Tom Boucher
Emma Ferguson
(Actor)
.. Edith Lennox
Lucy Brown
(Actor)
.. Ann Latimer
Brian Protheroe
(Actor)
.. Mr Bell
Jane Booker
(Actor)
.. Mrs Shaw
John Light
(Actor)
.. Henry Lennox
Isabel Pollen
(Actor)
.. Parson's wife
George Potts
(Actor)
.. Parson
Rupert Evans
(Actor)
.. Frederick
Brian Percival
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Producer)
Sandy Welch
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brendan Coyle
(Actor)
.. Nicholas Higgins
Tom Charnock
(Actor)
.. Williams
Richard Armitage
(Actor)
.. John Thornton
Born:
August 22, 1971
in
Leicester
Best Known For:
BBC period drama Robin Hood, and Spooks.
Early-life:
Richard Crispin Armitage was born on August 22, 1971, to parents John and Margaret, an engineer and secretary respectively. He was raised in Leicester and attended Pattison College in Coventry, before heading off to Budapest, Hungary, when he was 17 to join the circus. He eventually went to the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts to train as an actor. He also plays cello, guitar and flute.
Career:
Armitage's first appearance on screen was in Brit-flick This Year's Love, with several small roles in Doctors, Casualty and Spooks following shortly afterwards. He landed the part of Capt Iain Macalwain in ITV1's Ultimate Force in 2003, and his star rose even higher thanks to Cold Feet, where he played Lee, and a major role in costume drama North & South, based on the Elizabeth Gaskell novel. He's since starred in a TV version of Macbeth, The Golden Hour, George Gently and Robin Hood. Armitage also took over from Rupert Penry-Jones as the male lead in Spooks.
Quote:
On being asked what he knew of the Impressionist movement before starring as Claude Monet: 'I've eaten my dinner off placemats and sent Mother's Day cards with Monet's Water Lilies on them, but that was about it.'
Trivia:
He has provided the voiceovers for a number of TV and radio advertisements.
Daniela Denby-Ashe
(Actor)
.. Margaret Hale
Tim Pigott-Smith
(Actor)
.. Richard Hale
Born:
May 13, 1946
in
Rugby
Best Known For:
The Jewel in the Crown.
Early-life:
Tim Pigott-Smith was born on May 13, 1946, in Rugby. He graduated with honours from the University of Bristol (he frequently returns there as a guest drama lecturer) in 1967, and completed his acting training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. On leaving, he went straight into the theatre, appearing in numerous plays and winning supporting roles on the small and big screens, including a couple of Dr Who adventures and Clash of the Titans.
Career:
Pigott-Smith's big break came in 1984 when he landed one of the lead roles in ITV's Jewel in the Crown, the lavish miniseries which was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic. He's worked steadily ever since, most notably appearing in The Remains of the Day, The Chief and The Bullion Boys, as well as narrating documentaries, audio books, appearing on stage in such productions as The Iceman Cometh, alongside Kevin Spacey, and directing various plays. His credits also include appearances in a number of hit movies, including Gangs of New York, Johnny English, Alexander, V for Vendetta, Quantum of Solace and Alice in Wonderland.
Quote:
'If something isn't done very soon to draw people, especially young people, back into classical theatre, it could die out completely in the next 25 years.'
Pauline Quirke
(Actor)
.. Dixon
Born:
July 08, 1958
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Sharon in Birds of a Feather.
Early-life:
Pauline Perpetua Quirke was born on July 8, 1959, in London. Along with her siblings Sean and Kitty, she was raised by her mother Hetty in a tenement flat with no hot running water. At the age of nine, she joined a drama club arranged by her English teacher and started winning small parts in children's TV shows and Dixon of Dock Green. This led to bigger roles in series such as ITV's You Must Be Joking. In 1976 she was given her own show, Pauline's Quirkes.
Career:
In 1980 she made a brief appearance in The Elephant Man. Bigger roles came in Shine on Harvey Moon and Angels. In 1989, she was cast in the sitcom Birds of a Feather alongside best friend Linda Robson; it ran for nine years. In 1996, Quirke earned critical acclaim for her role in psychological drama The Sculptress, and was praised for her performance as a bereaved mother in Our Boy. She also appeared in Office Gossip, Real Women, Maisie Raine, Being April, Down to Earth and The Thieving Headmistress before having a two-year stint in Emmerdale. While appearing in the Yorkshire-based soap her character underwent the trauma of losing a son, which coincided with the actress losing six-and-a-half stone in weight. She's since starred in Broadchurch and the ITV revival of Birds of a Feather.
Quote:
On nearing her target weight of 11 stone: 'I won't put myself through any surgical procedures if there's an alternative. It's all manageable. I've never been hungry.'
Trivia:
Quirke suffers from osteoarthritis and has had a hip replaced. She suffers from stage fright. Her son, Charlie, plays Travis in Birds of a Feather.
Sinead Cusack
(Actor)
.. Hannah Thornton
Will Tacey
(Actor)
.. Mr Latimer
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Fanny Thornton
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.
Tim Faraday
(Actor)
.. Watson
Kay Lyon
(Actor)
.. Mary Higgins
Spencer Wild
(Actor)
.. Tom Boucher
Emma Ferguson
(Actor)
.. Edith Lennox
Lucy Brown
(Actor)
.. Ann Latimer
Brian Protheroe
(Actor)
.. Mr Bell
Jane Booker
(Actor)
.. Mrs Shaw
John Light
(Actor)
.. Henry Lennox
Isabel Pollen
(Actor)
.. Parson's wife
George Potts
(Actor)
.. Parson
Rupert Evans
(Actor)
.. Frederick
Brian Percival
(Director)
Kate Bartlett
(Producer)
Sandy Welch
(Writer)
