New Tricks: The Crazy Gang
11:15 pm - 12:35 am, Thursday, February 19 on U&Drama +1 (60)
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The Crazy Gang
Season 12, Episode 10
The team investigates the murder of a political activist 15 years earlier but, just as it is getting somewhere, Ted orders the investigation to be halted and Ucos is threatened with closure following its perceived mishandling of the Hanway case. However, the team refuses to give up, and finds evidence of a cover-up involving top officials and a multi-national drugs company. Guest starring Meera Syal and Lorraine Ashbourne
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Cast & Crew
Denis Lawson
(Actor)
.. Steve McAndrew
Nicholas Lyndhurst
(Actor)
.. Danny Griffin
Tamzin Outhwaite
(Actor)
.. Sasha Miller
Larry Lamb
(Actor)
.. Ted Case
Tracy-Ann Oberman
(Actor)
.. Fiona Kennedy
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. Robert Strickland
Geraldine Somerville
(Actor)
.. Cynthia Kline
Meera Syal
(Actor)
.. Baroness Samira Khan
Lorraine Ashbourne
(Actor)
.. Vicky Collins
Peter Bramhill
(Actor)
.. Greg Collins
Zara White
(Actor)
.. Rose Collins
Sarah Jane-Potts
(Actor)
.. Antoinette Pembury
Chris Murray
(Writer)
Huw Kennair-Jones
(Producer)
David Innes Edwards
(Director)
Myar Craig-Brown
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Denis Lawson
(Actor)
.. Steve McAndrew
Born:
September 27, 1947
in
Perthshire, Scotland
Best Known For:
Being Ewan McGregor's uncle.
Early-life:
Denis Stamper Lawson was born on September 27, 1947, in Perthshire, Scotland. His sister, Carol, is the mother of actor Ewan McGregor. Their parents hailed from Glasgow, but moved to Crieff to escape the poverty-stricken city. They later owned a watchmaker and jeweller's store. He remains very close to his family, and inspired Ewan to become an actor. Lawson left Crieff in the early 1970s to pursue his career in London.
Career:
Lawson's first big success was in West End musical Pal Joey. He also appeared in such memorable TV productions as The Merchant of Venice, Rock Follies and The Man in the Iron Mask. He had a small role in the original Star Wars trilogy, was in the acclaimed Local Hero in 1983, and took the lead in sitcom The Kit Curran Radio Show. He has rarely been out of work since, whether it's on stage, film or TV. Among his other projects are The Ambassador, Bob Martin, Hornblower, Holby City, Bleak House, Robin Hood, Enid, Just William, Marchlands and New Tricks. He's also a director and has worked with his nephew on the theatre production Little Malcolm and his Struggle Against the Eunuchs, and short film Solid Geometry.
Quote:
"The Star Wars films were one of the least important jobs I've ever done."
Trivia:
He voiced a character in the video game Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader.
Nicholas Lyndhurst
(Actor)
.. Danny Griffin
Born:
April 21, 1961
in
Emsworth, Hampshire
Best Known For:
Playing Del Boy's gangly brother Rodney Trotter.
Early-life:
Nicholas Simon Lyndhurst was born on April 21, 1961, in Emsworth, Hampshire. He was raised by his single mum Liz, but has described his father Joe as a "gentle man, very funny, very charming". Nicholas subsequently had little contact with Joe after turning 17. At the age of eight he decided he wanted to be an actor, and at 10 he began training while boarding at the Corona Stage Academy. Appearances in adverts paid for his studies.
Career:
Lyndhurst made his TV debut in an adaptation of Heidi in 1974. He followed this with roles in The Prince and the Pauper, and The Tomorrow People. In 1978, Lyndhurst began his transition into more grown-up roles by playing Ronnie Barker's son in Porridge spin-off Going Straight, and classic sitcom Butterflies, but it was Only Fools And Horses that made him a household name when it began in 1981. Since then, he's also starred in The Two of Us, The Piglet Files, David Copperfield, Gulliver's Travels, Goodnight Sweetheart, After You've Gone and Only Fools prequel Rock & Chips. He is now a regular in New Tricks.
Quote:
"The idea of achieving fame and fortune didn't cross my mind and I find it terrifying that being famous is the sole objective of so many young people today."
Trivia:
He enjoys underwater diving.
Tamzin Outhwaite
(Actor)
.. Sasha Miller
Born:
November 05, 1970
in
Ilford, Essex
Best Known For:
Playing Mel in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Tamzin Outhwaite was born on November 5, 1970, in Ilford, Essex. Her mother is Italian. She discovered her love of performing at a young age and would put on plays with her two younger brothers. She became involved with local amateur dramatics in her teens and admits that her schoolwork suffered, although she always did well in drama. After taking her O-levels at 16, Outhwaite signed up for a three-year acting course at the London Studio Centre, where she was voted Most Outstanding All-Rounder.
Career:
Outhwaite took small parts in various West End productions and also appeared on TV in The Bill and Men Behaving Badly. Her big break came in 1997, when dramatist Alan Ayckbourn spotted her in the chorus of a musical and offered her the lead role in his play Absent Friends. She then played the part of Melanie Healy in EastEnders for three years. Since leaving Walford, she has starred in the dramas Red Cap and Final Demand, and won rave reviews for her performance as a single mum in the improvised drama Out of Control. Other work includes an appearance in Fast Freddie, The Widow and Me, Doctor Who and Marple. She has also appeared on the stage in revivals of Boeing Boeing and Sweet Charity, and is the lead actress in New Tricks.
Quote:
"Fame's scary sometimes. I'm just thankful I'd had eight years as a jobbing actress before it happened to me. I'd have worried about my sanity if I'd been 19 or 20."
Larry Lamb
(Actor)
.. Ted Case
Born:
October 10, 1947
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Archie in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born in London in 1943, Lamb joined the oil industry, which resulted in him working in Libya and Canada, where he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. This developed his amateur interest in acting into a professional level, performing at Canada's Stratford Festival in 1975-1976. He returned to the UK, and became a regular cast member, along with Kate O'Mara, in the BBC's North Sea ferry based soap Triangle (1981-83), in which he played Matt Taylor, the ship's Chief Engineer.
Career:
Other credits include The New Avengers, The Professionals, Fox, Minder, Get Back, Lovejoy, Get Back, A Touch of Frost, Our Friends in the North, Taggart, Casualty, Kavanagh QC, Spooks, Midsomer Murders and The Bill. Lamb has also appeared in various films including the 1980s hit Buster also starring Phil Collins and Julie Walters, as Peter Chase in Essex Boys and in 1983, had a small speaking role in the blockbuster Superman III. Most recently, Lamb has been seen in Gavin & Stacey playing Gavin's father, Michael Shipman. In 2008, he began playing the part of twisted, manipulative Archie Mitchell in Eastenders.
Quote:
"Archie is two characters rolled into one - he is Mr Nice and Mr Nasty!"
Trivia:
He is the father of BBC 6 Music disc jockey, Celebrity Scissorhands and Big Brother's Little Brother presenter George Lamb.
Tracy-Ann Oberman
(Actor)
.. Fiona Kennedy
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. Robert Strickland
Geraldine Somerville
(Actor)
.. Cynthia Kline
Meera Syal
(Actor)
.. Baroness Samira Khan
Born:
June 26, 1961
in
Essington, near Wolverhampton
Best Known For:
Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at Number 42.
Early-life:
Born Feroza Syal on June 27, 1961, in Essington, a mining village near Wolverhampton. Her parents had moved there from India a year earlier. A tomboy as a child, she did well at school and later gained a double first in English and Drama at Manchester University. Her play, One of Us, won a trophy at the National Student Drama Awards. A theatre director spotted her in it at the Edinburgh Festival and she was offered her first professional job.
Career:
Syal spent seven years at the Royal Court Theatre before returning to writing and working on several BBC series. Her big break came when she penned acclaimed movie Bhaji on the Beach. Amid acting in series such as Kinsey and Holding On, she formed the Goodness Gracious Me team with friends, and their radio show went on to become a huge TV hit. Her star shined more brightly when she played grandmother Ummi in spoof chat show The Kumars at Number 42. She continues to work on stage and screen, making appearances in Doctor Who, Beautiful People and Holby City.
Quote:
"A lot of old Asian men don't like me very much. They throw tomatoes at me in Tesco."
Trivia:
Syal's written the novels Anita and Me and Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (both of which have been adapted for either film or TV) plus the story for West End musical Bombay Dreams.
Lorraine Ashbourne
(Actor)
.. Vicky Collins
Best Known For:
Her role as philandering female footballer Geraldine in TV's Playing The Field.
Early-life:
Born in Manchester in 1961, Ashbourne always dreamed of being an actress and on leaving school joined a local theatre. Her sister, Jayne, is also an actress who appeared in Coronation Street and New Street Law. While at drama school, Lorraine contacted Debbie Horsfield to say she would love to work with her. Her first acting job was in the Red Devils, a trilogy of plays by Horsfield, which formed the inspiration for new BBC One drama, True Dare Kiss.
Career:
After years of working in theatre, plus character roles in TV shows like The Bill, Casualty and London's Burning, she landed a part as the mother in Colin Firth movie Fever Pitch. She went on to star as Yvonne Mackey in City Central and as the fiery Geraldine Powell in the soccer drama Playing The Field. Other projects have included The Martins, King Kong, Jayne Eyre and Housewife, 49, True Dare Kiss, and The Street.
Quote:
"People think I just came from nowhere. But I've worked hard over the years and now it's all happening."
Trivia:
Her stage credits include Fool For Love, Othello and The Three Sisters.
Peter Bramhill
(Actor)
.. Greg Collins
Zara White
(Actor)
.. Rose Collins
Sarah Jane-Potts
(Actor)
.. Antoinette Pembury
Chris Murray
(Writer)
Huw Kennair-Jones
(Producer)
David Innes Edwards
(Director)
Myar Craig-Brown
(Executive producer)
