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Season 1, Episode 3
Chandler and the team desperately try to prevent the copycat killer from re-enacting Jack the Ripper's final murder. With modern policing techniques proving no use to the investigation, the officers are forced to rely on instinct to crack the case their 19th-century predecessors could not solve. Thriller, with Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton
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Cast & Crew
Rupert Penry-Jones
(Actor)
.. DI Joseph Chandler
Phil Davis
(Actor)
.. DS Ray Miles
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. Edward Buchan
Johnny Harris
(Actor)
.. DC Sanders
Sam Stockman
(Actor)
.. DC Kent
George Rossi
(Actor)
.. DC McCormack
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Dr Cohen
Alex Jennings
(Actor)
.. Cdr Anderson
Constantine Gregory
(Actor)
.. Mr Maduro
Sally Leonard
(Actor)
.. Frances Cole
Simon Tcherniak
(Actor)
.. Dr Phillips
Branko Tomovic
(Actor)
.. Antoni Pricha
Tameka Empson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Buki
Carrie Grace
(Actor)
.. Newsreader
Nick Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Heckler
Daniel Caren
(Actor)
.. Journalist
Ben Court
(Writer)
Caroline Ip
(Writer)
Sally Woodward Gentle
(Executive producer)
Marcus Wilson
(Producer)
SJ Clarkson
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Rupert Penry-Jones
(Actor)
.. DI Joseph Chandler
Born:
September 22, 1970
in
London
Best Known For:
Spooks, and Whitechapel.
Early-life:
Rupert William Penry-Jones was born on September 22, 1970, in London. He is the son of To the Manor Born star Angela Thorne and her theatre-actor husband, Peter Penry-Jones. His younger brother, Laurence, also became an actor, but has since quit the profession. Rupert was educated at Dulwich College in London, where he first trod the boards at the age of 13. After a brief spell as a model, he went to Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, but dropped out after two years.
Career:
Penry-Jones made his movie debut in 1994's Black Beauty. A role in Absolutely Fabulous came a year later. He gained bigger parts in Cold Comfort Farm, Cold Lazarus, and a TV adaptation of Jane Eyre. A part in acclaimed Stephen Poliakoff drama The Tribe made people sit up and take notice in 1998, the year before he won the prestigious Ian Charleson Award for his theatre performance in the RSC's Don Carlos. Projects since include Hilary and Jackie, Cambridge Spies, Charlotte Gray, The Four Feathers and the BBC drama Casanova. He's best known as MI5 agent Adam Carter in Spooks, which he left in 2008 in explosive fashion, but other projects include period drama Persuasion, Joe's Palace, The 39 Steps, Whitechapel, and Silk.
Quote:
"This job is only 25 per cent talent, the rest is luck and the ability to flirt at auditions."
Trivia:
He discovered on Who Do You Think You Are? that he had Indian ancestry.
Phil Davis
(Actor)
.. DS Ray Miles
Born:
July 30, 1953
in
Grays, Essex
Best Known For:
Bleak House.
Early-life:
Born Philip Davis on 30 July, 1953, in Grays, Essex. His father worked in the local soap factory; his mother was a hospital cleaner. He enjoyed three seasons at the National Youth Theatre in his mid-teens, then landed a part in Barrie Keefe's play Gotcha about troubled teens, which later transitioned to TV, and he came to the attention of casting directors. He was then cast in cult film Quadrophenia.
Career:
Davis's career took off and he played a huge range of roles throughout the 1980s and 90s. He was Prince John in the TV series Robin of Sherwood. He also took on Hollywood roles, starring in The Bounty, alongside Mel Gibson. In 2004 came Davis's much acclaimed performance in Vera Drake, the Oscar-nominated Mike Leigh film. He gained massive praise for his performance, and won the Best Actor award at the British Independent Film Awards. TV roles have included major hits like Inspector Morse, Bleak House, Fields of Gold, Sherlock, North Square, Rose and Malony, White Teeth, Doctor Who and Beau Brummell, and he is also an accomplished director.
Quote:
"I just do it. It's like asking a painter about painting. They dip the brush and put it on the canvas. All I know is that if something isn't brilliant, there's no reason that you can't deliver it to the best of your ability."
Trivia:
In 1980, Davis had a brief spell as a music artist when he recorded the song Blown It for Elton John's The Rocket Record Company.
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. Edward Buchan
Born:
September 01, 1967
in
Blackburn
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen and Benidorm.
Early-life:
Steve James Pemberton was born on September 1, 1967, in Blackburn, Lancashire. He first realised he wanted to be an actor while still at school, and his first role was playing Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Chorley Little Theatre - although he admits he was the only boy who auditioned. Following his A levels, he gained a Theatre Arts degree from Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire, where he met Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss who, along with Jeremy Dyson, became The League of Gentlemen.
Career:
Pemberton began his professional career on stage, but suffered a setback when he had a heart attack at the age of 25 while working in Germany. He went on to feature in Ken Russell's Alice in RussiaLand in 1995, but it was The League of Gentleman that was his first major success, first on radio, then on TV and film. He also appeared in the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Gormenghast, Shameless, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and Blackpool. The latter co-starred David Tennant, and the duo were reunited in 2008 for a two-part Doctor Who adventure. Other projects include the Woody Allen film Match Point, Lassie, Psychoville, and Benidorm.
Quote:
On his favourite League of Gentlemen character: "I miss Pauline from the job centre the most. It was scary when I put on the costume and the wig and the lips. It was like being possessed."
Johnny Harris
(Actor)
.. DC Sanders
Sam Stockman
(Actor)
.. DC Kent
George Rossi
(Actor)
.. DC McCormack
Paul Hickey
(Actor)
.. Dr Cohen
Alex Jennings
(Actor)
.. Cdr Anderson
Constantine Gregory
(Actor)
.. Mr Maduro
Sally Leonard
(Actor)
.. Frances Cole
Simon Tcherniak
(Actor)
.. Dr Phillips
Branko Tomovic
(Actor)
.. Antoni Pricha
Tameka Empson
(Actor)
.. Mrs Buki
Born:
April 16, 1977
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Kim Fox in EastEnders, and 3 Non-Blondes.
Early-life:
Tameka was born in London on April 16, 1977. She has a younger sister, Emilia. Tameka trained to be an actress at the Anna Scher Drama School in London. In 1996, she made her film debut in Beautiful Thing. A year later, she starred in Stephen Poliakoff's Food of Love. Her other film credits include Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), The Martins (2001), Silent Cry (2002) and Notes on a Scandal (2006).
Career:
In 2001, Empson starred alongside Davina McCall in the short-lived ITV sitcom Sam's Game. She played various characters in two series of the BBC hidden camera comedy 3 Non-Blondes. Empson has also appeared on TV in Beautiful People and Whitechapel. In 2009, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Kim Fox.
Quote:
"People tend to think that I am Kim, or that I'm playing myself. But I think she's more fit than me, because I couldn't get away with the clothes that she wears."
Trivia:
Empson voices Tickbird in Tinga Tinga Tales.
Carrie Grace
(Actor)
.. Newsreader
Nick Fletcher
(Actor)
.. Heckler
Daniel Caren
(Actor)
.. Journalist
Ben Court
(Writer)
Caroline Ip
(Writer)
Sally Woodward Gentle
(Executive producer)
Marcus Wilson
(Producer)
SJ Clarkson
(Director)
