Lewis - Expiation - 04:00 am Monday, December 22 on ITV3 +1 (Freeview)

Kevin Whately (Actor) .. DI Robert Lewis

Born: February 06, 1951 in Newcastle upon Tyne

Best Known For: Playing John Thaw's right-hand man Lewis in Inspector Morse.

Early-life: Kevin George Edward Whately was born on February 6, 1951, in Hexham, and grew up in the remote Northumberland countryside. His father was in the Navy, and Whately only saw him two or three times a year. He began acting at the age of four and it remained a passion throughout school, alongside a short-lived desire to be a doctor. When his careers teacher advised against acting, he went into accountancy for three years. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His brother, Frank, is a drama lecturer.

Career: Whately's TV debut came in a 1979 episode of Shoestring. Two years later he had a six-week stint on Coronation Street. His big break came in 1983, when he landed the role of Neville in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. In 1987, he made his first appearance as Sgt Lewis in Morse, and has since appeared in Peak Practice, the TV dramas Trip Trap, Gobble, and The Broker's Man, as well as Oscar-winning drama The English Patient. Other projects include Paranoid, Silent Cry, Murder in Mind, Purely Belter, Promoted to Glory and The Children. He's now the star of hit Morse spin-off Lewis.

Quote: On John Thaw: "John had a wonderful sense of humour which is belied sometimes by journalists' impression of him as irascible. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people."

Trivia: Married to actress Madeleine Newton, who appeared alongside him in both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Inspector Morse. They have two children, Kieran and Kitty. His daughter is an acclaimed opera singer.

Laurence Fox (Actor) .. DS Hathaway

Born: May 26, 1978 in Yorkshire

Best Known For: Lewis.

Early-life: Laurence Paul Fox was born in Yorkshire on May 26, 1978. Born into a theatrical family, he is the son of actor James Fox and the nephew of actor Edward Fox and theatre and film producer Robert Fox. Acting relatives also include his brother Jack and sister Lydia, and cousins Emilia Fox and Freddie Fox. Two years after leaving Harrow, Laurence developed a love of acting and enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada). During his time there, he appeared in a number of stage productions.

Career: Fox was still studying at Rada when he landed a role in his first feature film, 2001 horror-thriller The Hole. He went on to star in Gosford Park (2001), TV miniseries Island at War and TV movie Colditz. His big break came in 2006 when he was cast alongside Kevin Whately in Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis. Other credits include Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), W.E. (2011) and TV movie Fast Freddie, the Widow and Me. Fox has also featured in a number of stage productions, including Strangers on a Train at London's Gielgud Theatre.

Quote: "Acting can be a great job, but you do have to make up things to do when you're not working."

Trivia: Wed fellow actress Billie Piper in 2007.

Emma Croft (Actor) .. Rachel Mallory

Eva Sayer (Actor) .. Anna Mallory

James Wilby (Actor) .. Hugh Mallory

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.

Julia Joyce (Actor) .. Izzie Mallory

Adam Parkinson (Actor) .. Michael Haywood

Jonathan McCausland (Actor) .. Lucas Haywood

Vincent Regan (Actor) .. David Haywood

Lucy Robinson (Actor) .. Louise Haywood

Pip Torrens (Actor) .. Malcolm Croft

Born: June 02, 1960 in Bromley, Kent

Best Known For: Playing Dr Hexler in The Danish Girl.

Early-life: Philip Dean Torrens was born on June 2, 1960 in Bromley, Kent. He was educated at Bloxham School in Oxfordshire before going on to study English Literature at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Career: Torrens has appeared in a number of Hollywood films, including Pride and Prejudice (2005), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), The Danish Girl (2015) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He has also appeared in a number of British TV programmes, including Heartbeat, Doctor Who, The Brittas Empire, Green Wing and Silent Witness. More recently, he has had regular roles in Poldark, The Crown, Preacher and Versailles.

Trivia: He has appeared in two biopics about the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming. These are Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005) and Fleming (2014).

John Wood (Actor) .. Edward Le Plassiter

William Houston (Actor) .. George Stoker

Carolyn Pickles (Actor) .. Jane Templeton

Rebecca Front (Actor) .. Ch Supt Innocent

Born: May 16, 1964 in Stoke Newington

Best Known For: The Thick of It.

Early-life: Rebecca Louise Front was born in Stoke Newington on May 16, 1964. She comes from an artistic family - her father is an artist, her mother writes children's stories and her brother Jeremy writes (he and Rebecca often write together, most notably Radio 4's Incredible Women). Rebecca knew she wanted to act from the age of six or seven. After leaving school, she studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, where she began performing with the Oxford Theatre Group.

Career: Front's comedy career took off with the Radio 4 show The Bobo Girls, the second series of which was produced by Armando Iannucci, with whom she's worked with numerous times since, most notably on The Thick of It. Other comedy projects include On the Hour, The Day Today, Absolute Power, The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, The Spa and various Alan Partridge projects. Front has also dabbled in drama, with roles in The Rotters' Club, Kavanagh QC, Lewis, Jonathan Creek, and Humans.

Quote: "I'd love a role in Sherlock. Or maybe I could play a Doctor Who monster or something. That'd be brilliant."

Trivia: Front's father, Charles Front, designed the title logo for The Beatles album Rubber Soul.

Sanchia McCormack (Actor) .. Bella Shepherd

Josette Simon (Actor) .. Stephanie Fielding

Best Known For: Cry Freedom and Blakes 7.

Early-life: Josette Patricia Simon was born in Leicester in 1960, the youngest of four children. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. In 1980, she made her TV debut in an episode of the sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz, but she made a big impact in another show that year, sci-fi drama Blakes 7, playing Dayna Mellanby.

Career: Simon made her film debut in Cry Freedom (1987). A year later, she had a lead role in Milk and Honey. In 1992, she starred alongside Brenda Fricker in the TV movie Seekers. Her TV work includes appearances in Kavanagh QC, Dalziel and Pascoe, Lewis, The Bill, Skins, Minder, Casualty and Silent Witness. More recently, she has starred in New Tricks, Merlin, Death in Paradise and Suspects. On the stage, she has performed frequently with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Quote: On Blakes 7: "It was such a massive cult series. I still get letters about it now."

Trivia: In 1995, Simon received an honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Leicester. She was awarded an OBE for services to drama in 2000.

Jermaine Woods (Actor) .. Daniel Fielding

Wanda Ventham (Actor) .. Eleanor Mallory

Si Evans (Actor) .. Dr Martin Cook

Timothy Carlton (Actor) .. Harris

Clare Holman (Actor) .. Dr Laura Hobson

Phoebe Nicholls (Actor) .. Caroline Croft

Chris Sunley (Actor) .. Technical officer

Ben Peel (Actor) .. Student

Chris Burt (Producer)

Dan Reed (Director)

Michele Buck (Executive producer)

Ted Childs (Executive producer)

Damien Timmer (Executive producer)

Guy Andrews (Writer)

Lewis: Expiation

04:00 am - 05:45 am, Monday, December 22 on ITV3 +1 (Freeview) (58)

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