The Madame Blanc Mysteries - Christmas Special 2024 - 8:00 pm Wednesday, December 17 on 5SELECT

Sally Lindsay (Actor) .. Jean White

Born: July 08, 1973 in Stockport

Quote: "Being on a soap is the best training you'll ever have."

Trivia: Lindsay performed as Dolly Parton on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes.

Best Known For: Coronation Street and Mount Pleasant.

Early-life: Sally was born in Stockport on July 8, 1973. She has a younger brother, Christopher, with whom she's very close - she was the best man at his wedding. Her first brush with showbusiness came when, as a member of the St Winifred's Choir, she two weeks at number one thanks to the song Grandma. After school, she studied English language and literature at Hull University.

Career: Lindsay performed stand-up before turning to acting. Her TV debut came in an episode of The Royle Family in 2000. A year later she made a brief appearance alongside close friend Peter Kay in his cult sitcom Phoenix Nights. A few months on, Lindsay played Shelley Unwin for the first time in Coronation Street, a role she played until 2006. Since then, she has starred in Reggie Perrin, Scott & Bailey, Mount Pleasant, Still Open All Hours and Ordinary Lies.

Steve Edge (Actor) .. Dom Hayfield

Alex Gaumond (Actor) .. Gendarme Caron

Sue Holderness (Actor) .. Judith Lloyd-James

Robin Askwith (Actor) .. Jeremy Lloyd-James

Born: October 12, 1950 in Southport

Best Known For: His naughty 'Confessions of' films in the 1970s.

Early-life: Born Ronald Askwiths on October 12, 1950, in Southport, Lancashire. He has two younger siblings. After he overcame polio as a boy, his family moved to Eastcote in Middlesex. He attended Merchant Taylors' School, Rickmansworth, until he was expelled. However, he had shown an aptitude for music and the stage, performing in several school productions, and later acquired an agent. He also studied English and drama at the University of Bristol.

Career: Askwith won parts in commercials before catching the eye of director Lindsay Anderson, who cast him in the classic film If..... After this, he was on TV and in films throughout the 1960s and 1970s. He is most famous for his role as Timothy Lea in the Confessions sex comedies. He also appeared in Carry On Girls. He was actually fourth choice for the lead role in the Confessions films; it was previously turned down by Richard Beckinsale, Richard O'Sullivan and Dennis Waterman. He's also appeared in more serious projects, including Pier Paolo Pasolini's version of The Canterbury Tales and Nicholas and Alexandra. Among his other films are Horror Hospital, The Flesh and Blood Show and Tower of Evil. His most recent TV work includes roles in Coronation Street, Benidorm, and Hollyoaks.

Quote: "I was at a dinner with some actor friends of mine one night, and there was a dig at some of the films I've made in my career, and Michael Winner said to them, 'Ah, yes… but when was the last time any of your films made any money?'"

Trivia: Still active on the stage, Askwith regularly appears in pantomimes.

Sue Vincent (Actor) .. Gloria Beauchamp

Tony Robinson (Actor) .. Uncle Patrick

Born: August 15, 1946 in London

Best Known For: Playing Baldrick in the Blackadder series and fronting Time Team.

Early-life: Tony Robinson was born in Hackney, London, on August 15, 1946, and brought up near Epping Forest. His father was a civil servant and his mother took part in amateur dramatics. He caught the acting bug at the age of 12 when he landed the role of the Artful Dodger in a West End production of Oliver! After leaving school with four O-levels, he studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Career: Robinson's first TV appearance was on the children's show Play Away in 1971, and he made his film debut in 1975, with a small part in the John Wayne movie Brannigan. He featured in Channel 4 satire Who Dares Wins in 1983, but his big TV break came that same year when he played Baldrick in The Black Adder, which ran for six years. In 1989, he wrote and starred in Bafta award-winning children's series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. Five years later, he began presenting Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team and has since hosted The Worst Jobs In History and documentaries about figures including Macbeth and Boudica. Away from TV, he has toured the country with his one-man show and is a prolific children's author.

Quote: "In the UK virtually all of our landscape has been continually worked and reworked by human beings for thousands of years. Our country is like a big trifle of history."

Phillipe Spall (Actor) .. Christian

Pavel Douglas (Actor) .. Frederick

Melanie Kilburn (Actor) .. Joanna

Lino Mintoff (Actor) .. Hans

Dermot Boyd (Director)

Jake Rollins (Producer)

Mike Benson (Executive producer)

Andy Morgan (Executive producer)

Caroline Roberts-Cherry (Executive producer)

The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Christmas Special 2024

8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Today on 5SELECT (46)

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