The Famous Five: Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
5:25 pm - 6:50 pm, Friday, December 26 on CBBC HD (203)
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Mystery at the Prospect Hotel
Season 2, Episode 1
The first of two adventures in the reimagining of Enid Blyton's stories. On a visit to a grand hotel, the Famous Five are unexpectedly reunited with their old enemy Thomas Wentworth, who needs their help. He has had a vision of the future and believes someone is going to murder a famous jazz singer. But there are no shortage of suspects with likely motives
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Cast & Crew
Diaana Babnicova
(Actor)
.. George
Elliott Rose
(Actor)
.. Julian
Kit Rakusen
(Actor)
.. Dick
Flora Jacoby Richardson
(Actor)
.. Anne
Jack Gleeson
(Actor)
.. Thomas Wentworth
Maria Pedraza
(Actor)
Amir Wilson
(Actor)
Rita Tushingham
(Actor)
James Wilby
(Actor)
Jonathan Aris
(Actor)
Jamie Andrew Cutler
(Actor)
Jemima Rooper
(Actor)
Nicolas Winding Refn
(Executive producer)
Matthew Read
(Executive producer)
Will Gould
(Executive producer)
Frith Tiplady
(Executive producer)
Asim Abbasi
(Executive producer)
Tom Vaughan
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Diaana Babnicova
(Actor)
.. George
Elliott Rose
(Actor)
.. Julian
Kit Rakusen
(Actor)
.. Dick
Flora Jacoby Richardson
(Actor)
.. Anne
Jack Gleeson
(Actor)
.. Thomas Wentworth
Maria Pedraza
(Actor)
Amir Wilson
(Actor)
Rita Tushingham
(Actor)
Born:
March 14, 1940
in
Liverpool
Best Known For:
A Taste of Honey.
Early-life:
Rita Tushingham was born on March 14, 1940, in Garston, Liverpool. She attended the city's La Sagesse convent school and is the daughter of a greengrocer. Tushingham began her showbusiness career at The Liverpool Playhouse. She was working backstage when she saw an advert in a national newspaper for an unknown actress to star in a film version of Shelagh Delaney's play A Taste of Honey. Even though she'd never been to London, Tushingham went to the capital for a series of auditions and eventually won the role.
Career:
In 1961, the movie version of A Taste of Honey became a massive success and turned Tushingham into a star. She won a Golden Globe and a Bafta award for Most Promising Newcomer. A string of acclaimed movies followed, such as Girl with Green Eyes, Doctor Zhivago and The Bed-Sitting Room. She has worked constantly ever since, although during the 1970s, she appeared in many forgettable productions. She had a regular role in a series of sitcom Bread in 1988, and since then she's starred in a number of projects, including An Awfully Big Adventure, The Stretford Wives and Being Julia.
Quote:
"It's only when I look back on the 1960s that I realise what a special time it was. Everything was happening in the world of film, theatre, writing, fashion, music and art, and I was a part of it"
Trivia:
In 2009, Tushingham received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University.
James Wilby
(Actor)
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.
Jonathan Aris
(Actor)
Jamie Andrew Cutler
(Actor)
Jemima Rooper
(Actor)
Born:
October 24, 1981
in
London
Best Known For:
A string of TV roles.
Early-life:
Jemima was born in London on October 24, 1981. She wanted to be an actress from an early age and her first professional roles were in the films The Higher Mortals (1993) and Willie's War (1994). In 1996, she played George in a TV adaptation of Enid Blyton's The Famous Five. Roles followed in the miniseries Wives and Daughters and the TV movie The Railway Children before she landed the part of Nicki in Channel 4 comedy drama As If. It ran for 76 editions over four series until 2004.
Career:
Rooper made her Hollywood debut in The Black Dahlia (2006) and she played the lead role in the 2008 TV series Lost in Austin. She has also had recurring roles in Sinchronicity, Hex, The Time of Your Life, Bouquet of Barbed Wire and Atlantis. Her film credits also include Kinky Boots (2005) and What If (2013). On the stage, Rooper has starred in Me and My Girl, and One Man, Two Guvnors.
Quote:
"I'm an only child and I spent a lot of time alone. I played a lot of imaginary games. I just wanted to dress up and be weird, I suppose."
Trivia:
With the money she earned as a child actor, Rooper was able to buy her first home at the age of 19.
Nicolas Winding Refn
(Executive producer)
Matthew Read
(Executive producer)
Will Gould
(Executive producer)
Frith Tiplady
(Executive producer)
Asim Abbasi
(Executive producer)
Tom Vaughan
(Executive producer)
(Executive producer)
