Father Brown - The Labyrinth of the Minotaur - 10:00 pm Friday, January 23 on U&Drama +1

Mark Williams (Actor) .. Father Brown

Born: August 22, 1959 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire

Best Known For: The Fast Show

Early-life: Born in Bromsgrove on August 22, 1959. As a teen he hoped for a career in academia, then read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University where he discovered a love of both acting and writing. He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company before proving himself a fine comic actor with early roles in Red Dwarf and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.

Career: Other early TV appearances came in Tumbledown, KYTV, Bottom and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Williams became a famous face thanks to his appearances in The Fast Show, where he played a number of memorable characters. The Canterbury Tales, Gormenghast and Shackleton followed, but it was his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise that made him recognisable worldwide. He has also appeared in successful films like Stardust and Shakespeare in Love and presented several documentary programmes, such as Mark Williams' Big Bangs.

Quote: "I'll get me coat."

Trivia: Away from showbusiness, he is an avid follower of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.

Nancy Carroll (Actor) .. Lady Felicia

Best Known For: Winning an Olivier award for her performance in After the Dance at the Royal National Theatre.

Early-life: Nancy was born in Bristol in 1974. She was three years old when she tap-danced at Brixton Town hall. She went on to study fine art but found the life of an artist too solitary. She ended up graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1998. Her first professional acting role was in the film An Ideal Husband (1999).

Career: Carroll's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Lady's Not for Burning, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Recruiting Officer, The Magistrate and After the Dance, for which she won an Olivier award. On the small screen, she has made guest appearances in Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Silent Witness. More recently, she played Lady Felicia Montague in the BBC daytime drama Father Brown. On film, she has also starred in Iris (2001).

Quote: "Sometimes it's lovely to leave moments as moments. Rather than milk them for every single ounce of life."

Trivia: Carroll spent a year in Italy learning how to mix her own paints and stretch canvasses.

Sorcha Cusack (Actor) .. Mrs McCarthy

Born: April 09, 1949 in Dublin

Best Known For: Being part of the Cusack acting dynasty.

Early-life: Sorcha was born in Dublin on April 9, 1949 to actors Cyril and Maureen Cusack. She is the sister of producer Padraig Cusack and fellow actors Paul Cusack, Sinead Cusack and Niamh Cusack, and the half-sister of actor Catherine Cusack. Her early TV roles in the 1970s include appearances in the mini-series Jane Eyre, and Napoleon and Love.

Career: Cusack went on to make guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Boon, Maigret, The Bill, Playing the Field, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and Dalziel and Pascoe. She has had recurring roles in Casualty, Coronation Street, Pete Versus Life and Father Brown. She also starred in the TV movie Lost Christmas. Her film credits include Angel (1982), Snatch (2000), and Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie.

Quote: "My father was a very strong personality and it took quite a long time to assert yourself as an individual."

Trivia: Cusack has starred in a number of radio plays, including Juno and the Paycock.

Emer Kenny (Actor) .. Bunty

Max Beesley Sr (Actor) .. Norman Vanderlande

Claudia Jessie (Actor) .. Joan Vanderlande

Frances Barber (Actor) .. Davina Malmort

Born: May 13, 1958 in Wolverhampton

Best Known For: A string of performances on the stage and the small screen.

Early-life: Born May 13, 1958, the fourth of six children from a working class family in Wolverhampton. She couldn't afford to go to drama school; instead, she did a postgraduate degree in theatre studies at Cardiff University. At one point considered working for the Samaritans: "I went to a Samaritans meeting and had an initiation period, but it wasn't for me."

Career: Started acting with Hull Truck Theatre Company, and by 25 had been accepted by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Had bit parts in Michael Palin comedy The Missionary, and A Zed and Two Noughts. Achieved a mainstream breakthrough in 1987 with the movies Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, and Prick Up Your Ears. Has worked steadily since, with highlights including epic miniseries Rhodes, John Thaw drama Plastic Man, and Michael Caine movie Shiner. Other projects have included the Pet Shop Boys' West End musical Closer To Heaven, and TV offerings Manchild, The IT Crowd, New Tricks, Where The Heart Is, Funland, Doctor Who, The Fattest Man in Britain, Silk, The Spa, and Psychobitches.

Quote: "It wasn't meant to happen to a girl from Wolverhampton."

Trivia: In 2005, she appeared alongside Ian McKellen in the Old Vic's pantomime production of Aladdin.

Caitlin Drabble (Actor) .. Ruby Jewel

Ed Cooper Clarke (Actor) .. Robert Malmort

Jonathan Ryland (Actor) .. Chester Logan

Jack Deam (Actor) .. Inspector Mallory

John Burton (Actor) .. Sgt Goodfellow

Philip Barker (Actor) .. Arthur Malmort

Jude Tindall (Writer)

Paul Gibson (Director)

Caroline Slater (Producer)

Will Trotter (Executive producer)

Father Brown: The Labyrinth of the Minotaur

10:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Friday, January 23 on U&Drama +1 (60)

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The Labyrinth of the Minotaur
Season 5, Episode 2

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