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Season 3, Episode 2
The team is asked to reinvestigate the 1975 death of a union leader, whose body was found in the Thames. As the detectives delve deeper into the case, a financial scandal involving misappropriated funds is uncovered and a Labour peer points the finger of suspicion at the victim's deputy, but Brian's increasingly erratic behaviour threatens to hamper the inquiry. Frances Barber, Kenneth Cranham and Dave Hill guest star
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Brian Lane
James Bolam
(Actor)
.. Jack Halford
Amanda Redman
(Actor)
.. Sandra Pullman
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Gerry Standing
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. DAC Robert Strickland
Leanne Lakey
(Actor)
.. Karen Benson
Kenneth Colley
(Actor)
.. Frank Benson
Martin Troakes
(Actor)
.. Joe Walsh
Frances Barber
(Actor)
.. Anita Walsh
Fiona Dolman
(Actor)
.. Kate Sutton
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Brendan Dyer
Maggie Steed
(Actor)
.. Rose Dyer
Kenneth Cranham
(Actor)
.. George McCready
Michael Howe
(Actor)
.. Mark Seroyan
Hannah Tointon
(Actor)
.. Young Anita Walsh
Damian Hunt
(Actor)
.. Young Mark Seroyan
Jeremy Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Police warehouseman
Daphne Cheung
(Actor)
.. Herbalist practitioner
Francis Matthews
(Producer)
Rob Evans
(Director)
John Martin Johnson
(Writer)
JC Wilsher
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Brian Lane
Born:
July 17, 1946
in
Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham
Best Known For:
New Tricks.
Early-life:
Alun Armstrong was born in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham, on July 17, 1946. His father was from Cumberland and his mother was from Co Durham. He attended Consett Grammar School before going to Newcastle University. Unhappy in academia, he took a job as a gravedigger, where a colleague managed to get him an interview for a behind-the-scenes job with a theatre company. That in turn led to acting work.
Career:
Armstrong's screen debut came in the classic Michael Caine gangster movie Get Carter in 1971. Other early roles included parts in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Softly, Softly and The Sweeney. His many other TV roles include Austin Donaghue in Our Friends in the North, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Jefferson in In the Red, and George Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years, alongside Alison Steadman. Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Krull (1983), American Friends (1991), Patriot Games (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He has won countless accolades for his classic stage roles. He is currently best known for playing the role of Brian Lane in popular BBC series New Tricks, a part he played for 10 series.
Quote:
'I'm more concerned about losing my marbles than losing parts - especially when it comes to learning lines!'
Trivia:
Armstrong originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
James Bolam
(Actor)
.. Jack Halford
Born:
June 16, 1935
in
Sunderland
Best Known For:
Being a Likely Lad.
Early-life:
Born James Christopher Bolam on June 16, 1935, in Sunderland. His father died when he was young. The family left the North East when James was 12, and he attended school in Derby. There was no showbiz influence in his family, but Bolam went to the cinema every Saturday and that inspired him to try acting. He briefly worked as a trainee chartered accountant, before winning a place at the Central Drama School in London. He made his professional stage debut at the Royal Court in 1959.
Career:
Bolam appeared on stage alongside Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, then followed it up with films The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and A Kind of Loving, before being cast as cynical Terry Collier in The Likely Lads in 1964. He agreed to reprise the role in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? nine years later. James went on to star in When the Boat Comes In, Only When I Laugh and Alan Plater's Beiderbecke trilogy. He has also appeared in Clockwork Mice, The End of the Affair, Born and Bred, Grandpa in My Pocket, To Kill a King and controversial feature-length drama Shipman, about serial killer doctor Harold Shipman. He starred in New Tricks between 2003 and 2012 and continues to appear on stage.
Quote:
'I'm suddenly popular again. I don't know why.'
Trivia:
He was awarded an MBE in 2009.
Amanda Redman
(Actor)
.. Sandra Pullman
Born:
August 12, 1957
in
Brighton
Best Known For:
At Home with the Braithwaites and New Tricks.
Early-life:
Amanda Jacqueline Redman was born in Brighton on August 12, 1957, the eldest of two children. She poured a saucepan of boiling soup over her torso and left arm when she was 18 months old and needed regular skin grafts until she was five. She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was shattered after her father died suddenly when she was 20.
Career:
Redman first attracted attention in 1981 with her steamy film debut in Richard's Things. Roles proved sporadic in that decade, but her career took off in 1991 when she played Roberta in Spender, and Sally in The Men's Room. Bigger roles followed, such as Dr Joanna Stevens in Dangerfield in 1995. She hit the headlines in 1998, first with Close Relations which featured a ménage à trois, then as Diana Dors for glossy drama The Blonde Bombshell. Her small-screen success was consolidated with roles as a teacher in Hope and Glory and as lottery winner Alison in At Home with the Braithwaites - but she has also appeared in the films Sexy Beast (2000) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2005). She starred in popular BBC drama New Tricks between 2003 and 2013. More recently, she starred in TV movie Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.
Quote:
'If you're seen as a strong woman, men think you don't need protecting. Yet, underneath it all, I'm quite vulnerable.'
Trivia:
Redman received an MBE in 2012.
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Gerry Standing
Born:
February 24, 1948
in
Clapham
Best Known For:
The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
Early-life:
Born February 24, 1948, in Clapham, south London, the youngest of nine children, the son of a British Rail ticket collector. As a child he attended the Corona Theatre School and began his professional career with a role in Snowball, a 1960 Children's Film Foundation production. The same year he made Night Train to Inverness, and was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. Playing William in a TV series based on the Just William books made him a star. He then tried to break into Hollywood.
Career:
At 16, Waterman returned to Britain and concentrated on stage work until an acclaimed performance in 1968's Up the Junction led to more film roles. Low-budget movies (such as Scars of Dracula) and TV shows (including Colditz) followed until, in 1974, he co-starred with John Thaw in Regan, the pilot episode of iconic series The Sweeney, which became a major TV hit. A 10-year stint in comedy drama Minder followed. Other projects include TV shows On the Up, Stay Lucky, and Circles of Deceit. He's also worked on the stage, most notably in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, and My Fair Lady. As Gerry Standing, in BBC drama New Tricks, he has introduced himself to a new generation of fans.
Quote:
'If I am not such a hell-raiser any more, it isn't because I've given up. It's just that my energy levels have fallen. I haven't stopped looking at women. I'm not blind.'
Trivia:
He has made several records, including, famously, the theme tunes of several of his TV shows.
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. DAC Robert Strickland
Leanne Lakey
(Actor)
.. Karen Benson
Kenneth Colley
(Actor)
.. Frank Benson
Martin Troakes
(Actor)
.. Joe Walsh
Frances Barber
(Actor)
.. Anita Walsh
Born:
May 13, 1958
in
Wolverhampton
Best Known For:
A string of performances on the stage and the small screen.
Early-life:
Born May 13, 1958, the fourth of six children from a working class family in Wolverhampton. She couldn't afford to go to drama school; instead, she did a postgraduate degree in theatre studies at Cardiff University. At one point considered working for the Samaritans: 'I went to a Samaritans meeting and had an initiation period, but it wasn't for me.'
Career:
Started acting with Hull Truck Theatre Company, and by 25 had been accepted by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Had bit parts in Michael Palin comedy The Missionary, and A Zed and Two Noughts. Achieved a mainstream breakthrough in 1987 with the movies Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and Prick Up Your Ears. Has worked steadily since, with highlights including epic miniseries Rhodes, John Thaw drama Plastic Man, and Michael Caine movie Shiner. Other projects have included the Pet Shop Boys' West End musical Closer To Heaven, and TV offerings Manchild, The IT Crowd, New Tricks, Where The Heart Is, Funland, Doctor Who, The Fattest Man in Britain, Silk, The Spa, and Psychobitches.
Quote:
'It wasn't meant to happen to a girl from Wolverhampton.'
Trivia:
In 2005, she appeared alongside Ian McKellen in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin.
Fiona Dolman
(Actor)
.. Kate Sutton
Born:
January 01, 1970
in
Findhorn, Moray
Best Known For:
The Royal Today, Heartbeat and Midsomer Murders.
Early-life:
Fiona Jane Dolman was born in Findhorn, Moray, on January 1, 1970 to Rosemary and Gordon. She is the youngest daughter of four children. Her father worked in the RAF and he moved his family to Gibraltar when Fiona was 15. In 1993, she made her TV acting debut in Crime Story.
Career:
Roles followed for Dolman on the small screen in Strike Force, A Touch of Frost, The Knock and Ultraviolet. In 1998, she joined the cast of Heartbeat playing Jackie Lambert. She went on to have a recurring role in The Royal Today. In 2011, she began playing Sarah Barnaby alongside Neil Dudgeon in Midsomer Murders.
Quote:
On working with the Barnaby's dog on Midsomer Murders: 'We have sausages strapped to bags and in pockets so the dog follows you around.'
Trivia:
At the age of 16 and 17 years, Dolman won awards at the Gibraltar RAF ladies windsurfing championships.
Dave Hill
(Actor)
.. Brendan Dyer
Maggie Steed
(Actor)
.. Rose Dyer
Kenneth Cranham
(Actor)
.. George McCready
Born:
December 12, 1944
in
Dunfermline
Best Known For:
Being a star of stage, TV and film.
Early-life:
Kenneth was born in Dunfermline on December 12, 1944 to Margaret and Ronald. He trained to be an actor at the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain and Rada. His breakthrough as an actor came in the 1960s when he starred in Joe Orton's Loot in the West End and on Broadway. He made his TV debut in an episode of City 68' in 1967.
Career:
Cranham's long career has seen him switch effortlessly between roles on TV, film and in the theatre. On the small screen, he is best known for playing the lead role in popular 1980s comedy drama Shine On, Harvey Moon! but he has numerous TV credits to his name. He has starred in Danger UXB, Brideshead Revisited, Inspector Morse, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, El C.I.D., Minder, Our Mutual Friend, Rome, and Doc Martin among many others. On the big screen, he has starred in Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988), Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), Born Romantic (2000), Layer Cake (2004), A Good Year (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Made in Dagenham (2010), and Maleficent (2014). He continues to be heavily in demand. On the stage, he is best known for playing Inspector Goole in An Inspector Calls, a play he performed in the West End and on Broadway.
Quote:
On Shine on Harvey Moon: 'It was very popular in Scotland. I always thought it was because it was very like The Broons.'
Trivia:
On the stage, he has a long association with the work of Harold Pinter.
Michael Howe
(Actor)
.. Mark Seroyan
Hannah Tointon
(Actor)
.. Young Anita Walsh
Born:
December 28, 1987
in
Southend
Best Known For:
Hollyoaks.
Early-life:
Hannah Marie Tointon was born in Southend on December 28, 1987 to Carol and Ken. Her sister Kara is also an actress. Hannah made her TV debut in CBBC sitcom Kerching! in 2003. Roles followed in Star, The Bill, Murder City and Dream Team.
Career:
Tointon's big break came in 2007 when she began playing Katy Fox in Hollyoaks. She stayed in the show for a year. Since then, she has appeared in Doctors, The Children, The Inbetweeners, Switch, The Hour, Midsomer Murders and Call the Midwife. In April 2014, it was announced that Tointon will be starring alongside her sister in the third series of ITV drama Mr Selfridge.
Quote:
'There is so much pressure on girls to look super-thin these days, it really is out of all control.'
Trivia:
Tointon won a British Soap Award in 2008 in the Spectacular Scene of the Year category. She shared the award with her Hollyoaks co-stars.
Damian Hunt
(Actor)
.. Young Mark Seroyan
Jeremy Fowlds
(Actor)
.. Police warehouseman
Daphne Cheung
(Actor)
.. Herbalist practitioner
Francis Matthews
(Producer)
Rob Evans
(Director)
John Martin Johnson
(Writer)
JC Wilsher
(Writer)
