A Line in the Sand
02:00 am - 04:05 am, Thursday, February 5 on Talking Pictures TV (82)
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About this Broadcast
Season 1, Episode 1
Ross Kemp stars in a taut thriller adapted from the bestseller by Gerald Seymour, about a salesman whose contacts with the Middle East lead him into intrigue and danger. Recruited by MI6 to provide information about his clients, he is plunged into a nightmare when he's targeted by an international assassin, and forced to abandon his old life - but can he really escape? Saskia Reeves and Mark Bazeley co-star
subtitles
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Ross Kemp
(Actor)
.. Gavin Hughes/Frank Perry
Lesley McGuire
(Actor)
.. Janice Hughes
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Meryl Rogers
Mark Bazeley
(Actor)
.. Geoff Markham
Brana Bajic
(Actor)
.. Farah Asad
Paul Birchard
(Actor)
.. Littelbaum
Katy Cavanagh
(Actor)
.. Leanne
Jack Chissick
(Actor)
.. Gary
Stephen Critchlow
(Actor)
.. Rev Peter Wilson
Mike Dowling
(Actor)
.. Harry
Vincent Franklin
(Actor)
.. Sammy Cargill
Danny Greene
(Actor)
.. Tom (Aged 10)
Jake Greene
(Actor)
.. Tom (Aged five)
Elliot Henderson-Boyle
(Actor)
.. Stephen
Tam Hoskyns
(Actor)
.. Penny Flower
Ralph Ineson
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Bill Davies
Sean McKenzie
(Actor)
.. PC Joe Paget
Kayvan Novak
(Actor)
.. Vahid
Tim Pepper
(Actor)
.. Supt George Fairfax
James Puddephatt
(Actor)
.. PC Dave Rankin
Raad Rawi
(Actor)
.. Omid Torabi
Jimmy Roussounis
(Actor)
.. Mossad officer
Darren Saul
(Actor)
.. Winston
Jordan Smyth
(Actor)
.. Stephen (Aged six)
Nick Whitfield
(Actor)
.. Vince
Gerald Seymour
(Writer)
Tim Vaughan
(Executive producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Chris Kelly
(Producer)
James Hawes
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Ross Kemp
(Actor)
.. Gavin Hughes/Frank Perry
Born:
July 21, 1964
in
Barking, Essex
Best Known For:
Dodging the bullets on the field of battle and for playing EastEnders' hard man Grant Mitchell.
Early-life:
Ross James Kemp was born on July 21, 1964, in Barking, Essex. His mother was a hairdresser, his father a policeman. His brother Darren is a documentary producer. Kemp excelled at sports at school, but knew from an early age he wanted to be an actor after appearing as a shepherd in a nativity play. He later enrolled at the Webber Douglas Academy in London, making ends meet by working as a labourer and waiter.
Career:
Kemp has rarely been out of work since graduating in 1985. His first credited TV appearance was in Emmerdale in 1986. He also appeared in a string of Kellogg's adverts and featured in such series as Birds of a Feather and London's Burning, before landing the role of Grant in EastEnders - the part that made him a household name. He left in 1999 after nine years. He then appeared in A Christmas Carol, Ultimate Force, In Defence, Hero of the Hour, A Line in the Sand, and a TV remake of Spartacus. In 2005, he featured in an episode of Extras and made a brief, but much-publicised return to EastEnders. He has also hosted a number of hard-hitting documentaries for Sky1, including the Bafta-winning Ross Kemp on Gangs.
Quote:
"I never fail to get a buzz from setting off to work early in the morning and settling into that make-up chair. Mind you, I've done an awful lot of rubbish."
Trivia:
He has written several books, including the novel Moving Target.
Lesley McGuire
(Actor)
.. Janice Hughes
Saskia Reeves
(Actor)
.. Meryl Rogers
Mark Bazeley
(Actor)
.. Geoff Markham
Brana Bajic
(Actor)
.. Farah Asad
Paul Birchard
(Actor)
.. Littelbaum
Katy Cavanagh
(Actor)
.. Leanne
Born:
December 12, 1973
in
North Shields
Best Known For:
Playing Julie Carp in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Born Kathryn Sarah Collins in North Shields on December 12, 1973, Katy grew up in Bolton. She trained to be an actress at Rada. Her TV debut came in a 1997 episode of Wycliffe.
Career:
Cavanagh went on to make guest appearances in a number of shows, including Holby City, Peak Practice, Where the Heart Is, Judge John Deed, Shameless, Cracker and Blue Murder. She had recurring roles in The Cops and Dalziel and Pascoe. Since 2008, she has played Julie Carp in Coronation Street.
Quote:
On her Coronation Street character: "She's a throwback to a time when women behaved themselves, one of those old-fashioned women who'd do anything to keep her man happy."
Trivia:
Her film debut was a short cameo in GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009).
Jack Chissick
(Actor)
.. Gary
Stephen Critchlow
(Actor)
.. Rev Peter Wilson
Mike Dowling
(Actor)
.. Harry
Vincent Franklin
(Actor)
.. Sammy Cargill
Born:
November 03, 1966
in
Yorkshire
Best Known For:
A string of roles.
Early-life:
Vincent Warren Franklin was born in Yorkshire on November 3, 1966. While studying drama at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Vincent worked shifts in a Clifton restaurant. He made his TV debut in an edition of Sharman in 1996.
Career:
Franklin is best known for playing PR guru Stewart Pearson in The Thick of It. His other TV credits include The Office, Doc Martin, Twenty Twelve and the TV movie That Day We Sang. In 2015, he played his first lead role, in Channel 4 drama Cucumber. He has appeared in a number of films, including Topsy-Turvy (1999), From Hell (2001), The Bourne Identity (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Mr Turner (2014) and The Riot Club (2014). He also has extensive theatre credits.
Quote:
"I played a Tory party spin doctor for five years and nobody said to me, are you really a Tory? But as soon as you play a gay character, people want to know if you're really gay."
Trivia:
Franklin is a founder of the communications consultancy Quietroom.
Danny Greene
(Actor)
.. Tom (Aged 10)
Jake Greene
(Actor)
.. Tom (Aged five)
Elliot Henderson-Boyle
(Actor)
.. Stephen
Tam Hoskyns
(Actor)
.. Penny Flower
Ralph Ineson
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Bill Davies
Born:
December 15, 1969
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Playing Chris Finch in the sitcom The Office.
Early-life:
Ralph Michael Ineson was born in Leeds on December 15, 1969. He took Theatre Studies at Lancaster University and spent time as a teacher at York Sixth Form College.
Career:
Probably best known for his recurring role as Chris Finch in the sitcom The Office, Ineson has also starred in Playing the Field, Between the Sheets, Coronation Street, Suburban Shootout and Waterloo Road. More recently, he has starred in the miniseries Titanic, Game of Thrones, Case Sensitive, Prey and Peaky Blinders. A prolific character actor, he has more than 100 TV and film acting credits to his name.
Quote:
On his role in The Office: "Finch was such a tiny role - not much more than a week's work in the end. But he did amazing things for my career."
Trivia:
Ineson supports Leeds United.
Sean McKenzie
(Actor)
.. PC Joe Paget
Kayvan Novak
(Actor)
.. Vahid
Born:
November 23, 1978
in
London
Best Known For:
His mad-hatter characters of Fonejacker and Facejacker.
Early-life:
Born in Cricklewood, London, British-Iranian Novak was then privately educated at Highgate School.
Career:
Novak provided voiceovers for video games including Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, but it was the Bafta award-winning Fonejacker that he co-created with Ed Tracy which would go on to earn him big-time success. A while later, spin-off Facejacker followed, after Novak made appearances in Holby City, Spooks and the George Clooney movie Syriana. He impressed the critics in Chris Morris's comedy Four Lions, a project which also attracted Bafta gold.
Quote:
On his Facejacker make-up: "It's quite time consuming. Each character takes about three hours. But it's worth it, because the transformation is awesome."
Trivia:
He supports Liverpool FC.
Tim Pepper
(Actor)
.. Supt George Fairfax
James Puddephatt
(Actor)
.. PC Dave Rankin
Raad Rawi
(Actor)
.. Omid Torabi
Jimmy Roussounis
(Actor)
.. Mossad officer
Darren Saul
(Actor)
.. Winston
Jordan Smyth
(Actor)
.. Stephen (Aged six)
Nick Whitfield
(Actor)
.. Vince
Gerald Seymour
(Writer)
Tim Vaughan
(Executive producer)
Michele Buck
(Executive producer)
Chris Kelly
(Producer)
James Hawes
(Director)
