Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!

Mark Benton (Actor) .. Frank Hathaway

Born: November 16, 1965 in Guisborough

Best Known For: Northern Lights, and Waterloo Road.

Early-life: Born on 16 November, 1965, in Guisborough in the North East, Mark hoped to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, actor Michael Gunn. Always the class clown, he fell in love with the theatre and spent many years trying to make a career out of acting. He was in the same drama class at the Stockton-Billingham Tech as actress Elizabeth Carling. Some of his early acting experience came with the Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.

Career: Benton's big break came in the 1997 Mike Leigh film Career Girls. For the past decade he has barely been off our screens. He had a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law. He has starred with Vic and Bob in their remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers. He was comedy gold in Craig Cash's Early Doors and The Booze Cruise trilogy. His biggest role was alongside Robson Green in Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights and Clash of the Santas. He was also a regular on Waterloo Road and is the host of game show The Edge. In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Quote: 'I think sometimes you have to ask if you want to be an actor or do you want to be a celebrity? I was tempted to do Celebrity Mastermind but I couldn't think of a specialist subject.'

Trivia: Benton is a die-hard supporter of Middlesbrough FC and has featured in the club's official season ticket advertising campaign.

Jo Joyner (Actor) .. Luella Shakespeare

Born: February 23, 1978 in Harlow, Essex

Best Known For: Playing Tanya Branning in EastEnders.

Early-life: Born Joanne Mary Joyner on May 24, 1978, in Essex. She has an older brother called Dan. The family later moved to Oxfordshire, where she grew up. She says she always wanted to act, and after finishing her A levels, enrolled in the Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999 with a BA. She then spent a couple of years in Manchester looking for work, eventually honing her craft on the stage.

Career: Joyner's big break came with the acclaimed drama Clocking Off. She went on to do a few other northern projects, including Fat Friends and Silent Witness, as well as the period miniseries North and South, before she bit the bullet and moved down to London. She then landed a role in nursing drama No Angels, and has been busy ever since. In 2005, Joyner played a Big Brother contestant in two episodes of Doctor Who, and also appeared in Spooks. She showed off her comedy skills in the sketch show Swinging (winning a Rose d'Or comedy award in the process), before landing the part of Tanya Branning in 2006. Despite her character taking a couple of prolonged breaks, she remains hugely popular with fans.

Quote: On whether she'd like to go to Hollywood: 'I couldn't lose the weight and take the pressure of it all being about looks! I'd love to do it when I'm 50 or 60, like Julie Walters or Brenda Blethyn. Then it's more about what you do and being a good actor.'

Trivia: Joyner has won two British Soap Awards.

Patrick Walshe McBride (Actor) .. Sebastian Brudenell

Tomos Eames (Actor) .. DS Joe Keeler

Yasmin Kaur Barn (Actor) .. PC Viola Deacon

Jacqueline Boatswain (Actor) .. Odette Dixon

Born: June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England

Best Known For: Playing Simone Loveday in Hollyoaks.

Early-life: Born on June 22, 1962 in Bedford, England. As a child, Jacqueline showed a musical talent and joined a London ballet school at age 17. She sang and danced on the West End for 15 years before turning to acting.

Career: Boatswain's first acting role was in Doctors in 2001, although she had previously appeared in such TV series as Red Dwarf as a dancer. One of Boatswain's best known roles is that of Mrs Bassinger in Grange Hill, which she played between 2003 and 2005. After that, she had guest appearances in such TV series as Life on Mars, The Royal and Torchwood. She played Patreesha St Rose in Shameless in 2013 and also Victoria in Wolfblood from 2014 to 2016. In 2015, she joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Simone Loveday.

Quote: On changing from dancing to acting: 'In this country we don't see musical theatre as acting so I thought I had to retrain. That doesn't happen in the States as it's all one industry, but we do love a bit of inverted snobbery here!'

Trivia: She was nominated for Best Female Vocal Performance in a Video Game in a Supporting Role at the Behind the Voice Actors Awards 2016 for her performance in Bloodborne.

Sally Lindsay (Actor) .. Isobel Harris

Born: July 08, 1973 in Stockport

Best Known For: Coronation Street and Mount Pleasant.

Early-life: Sally was born in Stockport on July 8, 1973. She has a younger brother, Christopher, with whom she's very close - she was the best man at his wedding. Her first brush with showbusiness came when, as a member of the St Winifred's Choir, she two weeks at number one thanks to the song Grandma. After school, she studied English language and literature at Hull University.

Career: Lindsay performed stand-up before turning to acting. Her TV debut came in an episode of The Royle Family in 2000. A year later she made a brief appearance alongside close friend Peter Kay in his cult sitcom Phoenix Nights. A few months on, Lindsay played Shelley Unwin for the first time in Coronation Street, a role she played until 2006. Since then, she has starred in Reggie Perrin, Scott & Bailey, Mount Pleasant, Still Open All Hours and Ordinary Lies.

Quote: 'Being on a soap is the best training you'll ever have.'

Trivia: Lindsay performed as Dolly Parton on Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes.

Eleanor Fanyinka (Actor) .. Ruby Montano

Don Gilet (Actor) .. Winston Hoyte

Best Known For: Babyfather, EastEnders and 55 Degrees North.

Early-life: Born in Walsall in 1967, he was raised with two older sisters and always showed a love of drama. An early job was hosting a children's show called Playabout with Floella Benjamin. He also appeared in the video for Gabrielle's Out of Reach, before taking one-off roles in various TV dramas.

Career: Don's first TV acting job was on The Imaginitively Named Punt and Dennis Show, but his big break came in 2001 with Babyfather, a BBC TWO drama based on the books by Patrick Augustus. After getting his big break playing nice but daft Johnny Lindo, Don Gilet went on to front detective series 55 Degrees North. He joined the cast of EastEnders earlier this year and has admitted that he was considering giving up acting prior to landing the tole. His theatre credits include Orlando in As You Like It at the Royal National Theatre, and the lead role in a critically acclaimed production of Ben Johnson's The Alchemist at London's Riverside Studios. In 2014, he joined the cast of Holby City.

Quote: "The door has opened a little bit wider, but it hasn't been flung open. People haven't just gone and said, 'let's give loads of black people parts', but certainly people realise that we can do it."

Trivia: He has appeared in a number of pantomimes.

Tej Obano (Actor) .. Cassius Bennett

Daisy Martey (Writer)

Piotr Szkopiak (Director)

Caroline Slater (Producer)

Ceri Meyrick (Executive producer)

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!

5:20 pm - 6:20 pm, Tuesday, March 17 on U&Drama +1 (60)

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Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!
Season 3, Episode 6

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