Dalziel & Pascoe: The Wood Beyond
12:40 am - 02:45 am, Friday, April 24 on U&Drama +1 (60)
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The Wood Beyond
Season 3, Episode 4
Feature-length episode. The news of his grandmother's death sends Pascoe into mourning, and while sorting her belongings, he discovers his grandfather may have been a First World War deserter. Unable to accept this, he resolves to uncover the truth. Meanwhile, Wield and Dalziel investigate a raid by animal rights activists on a pharmaceutical company. Starring Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan, with Frances Barber, Shaun Dooley and Jimmy Reddington
subtitles
16x9
audio-description
Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Warren Clarke
(Actor)
.. Det Supt Andy Dalziel
Colin Buchanan
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Peter Pascoe
Susannah Corbett
(Actor)
.. Ellie Pascoe
David Royle
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Edgar Wield
Frances Barber
(Actor)
.. Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
Katie Blake
(Actor)
.. Ada Pascoe
Shaun Dooley
(Actor)
.. Robert Pascoe
Jimmy Reddington
(Actor)
.. Arthur Batty
David Blair
(Actor)
.. Herbert Batty
Ben Crompton
(Actor)
.. Olly
Steve Money
(Actor)
.. Davis
David Prosho
(Actor)
.. Jimmy Howard
Julie Hesmondhalgh
(Actor)
.. Wendy Walker
Thomas Russell
(Actor)
.. David Batty
Holly Newman
(Actor)
.. Lab Assistant
Edward Bennett
(Director)
Ed Whitmore
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Warren Clarke
(Actor)
.. Det Supt Andy Dalziel
Born:
April 26, 1947
in
Oldham
Best Known For:
Dalziel & Pascoe (he played Dalziel).
Early-life:
Born Alan Clarke on April 26, 1947, in Oldham, where his father's job involved putting stained glass in church windows. He left school at 15 and became a runner at the Manchester Evening News while doing amateur dramatics in his spare time. He changed his first name to Warren because a girlfriend admired Warren Beatty. After realising he wanted to act, he got his first break in a radio play for BBC Manchester.
Career:
Clarke made his TV debut in the late 1960s, and went on to appear in episodes of Coronation Street, The Avengers, Callan, and The Virgin Soldiers before getting his big break with a prominent role in the controversial A Clockwork Orange in 1971. A variety of TV and movie work followed, including Shelley, SOS Titanic, Ishtar (alongside his namesake, Beatty) and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. High-profile roles later came in The Manageress, ID, The Mystery of Men, The Deputy, and Down to Earth. He became a household name thanks to a starring role in Dalziel & Pascoe, which first aired in 1996. He also appeared in Bleak House, Christmas at the Riviera, The Invisibles, Red Riding, Just William, and In with the Flynns. He died peacefully in his sleep on November 12, 2014 at the age of 67.
Quote:
'My headmaster told me: 'Don't become an actor. It's a ridiculous job. Anyway, you can't even speak properly. Why don't you become a bus driver or something?''
Trivia:
He supported Manchester City.
Colin Buchanan
(Actor)
.. Det Insp Peter Pascoe
Susannah Corbett
(Actor)
.. Ellie Pascoe
David Royle
(Actor)
.. Det Sgt Edgar Wield
Frances Barber
(Actor)
.. Amanda 'Cap' Marvell
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.
Katie Blake
(Actor)
.. Ada Pascoe
Shaun Dooley
(Actor)
.. Robert Pascoe
Best Known For:
A string of roles.
Early-life:
Shaun was born in Barnsley in 1974 to Ann and Denis and went on to study at the Arden School of Theatre in Manchester. He made his acting debut in the 1997 short film Groove on a Stanley Knife. In the same year, he had a recurring role on Coronation Street and guest appearances followed in Casualty, Dalziel and Pascoe, Peak Practice and the TV movies Warriors and Shackleton.
Career:
Between 2001 and 2004, Dooley played the Rev Tom Stuart in EastEnders. Heavily in demand since then, he has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Foyle's War, Holby City, New Tricks, Murphy's Law, Rosemary & Thyme, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Red Riding, Hustle, Great Expectations, and South Riding. He has had recurring roles in Five Days, Married Single Other, Exile, Sugartown, Misfits, The Game, and Broadchurch. More recently, he has appeared in Ordinary Lies, This is England '90, and Cuffs. His film credits include Eden Lake (2008), The Awakening (2011) and The Woman in Black (2012).
Quote:
'I don't believe anybody is inherently evil or anything like that. I think we're all made up of our circumstances and the paths that we've taken.'
Trivia:
Dooley attends all of Barnsley FC's home games.
Jimmy Reddington
(Actor)
.. Arthur Batty
David Blair
(Actor)
.. Herbert Batty
Ben Crompton
(Actor)
.. Olly
Steve Money
(Actor)
.. Davis
David Prosho
(Actor)
.. Jimmy Howard
Julie Hesmondhalgh
(Actor)
.. Wendy Walker
Born:
February 25, 1970
in
Accrington, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Playing transsexual Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street.
Early-life:
Julie Claire Hesmondhalgh was born in Accrington, Lancashire, on February 25, 1970. She initially dreamed of becoming a social worker, though went on to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from 1988 to 1991, where one of her classmates was Benito Martinez, who went on to appear in US drama The Shield and Million Dollar Baby. On finishing her training, Julie spent several years with Arts Threshold, a small independent theatre in London.
Career:
Hesmondhalgh's career began to take off in the 1990s, with appearances in The Bill, The Dwelling Place and Dalziel and Pascoe, as well as acclaimed comedy drama Pat and Margaret, alongside Victoria Wood and Julie Walters. She got her big break playing Hayley in Coronation Street in 1998, where she became the first transsexual character on a British serial. She's also been a panellist on Loose Women, and in 2007 began a year-long break from Corrie to allow her to spend more time with her family. She returned in 2008, but left the soap in January 2014 following a gruelling and controversial storyline in which the much-loved Hayley committed suicide while battling terminal cancer. She's since returned to the stage.
Quote:
'I like to think I'm slightly more funky than Hayley, but there is definitely a bit of 'anorak' in me too. I try to strike a balance between being rock 'n' roll and real prefect material.'
Trivia:
Hesmondhalgh supports Manchester City.
Thomas Russell
(Actor)
.. David Batty
Holly Newman
(Actor)
.. Lab Assistant
Edward Bennett
(Director)
Ed Whitmore
(Writer)
