The Inspector Lynley Mysteries - Deception on His Mind - 01:10 am Sunday, February 8 on U&Drama +1

Nathaniel Parker (Actor) .. Det Insp Thomas Lynley

Born: May 18, 1962 in London

Best Known For: His dashing TV roles.

Early-life: Born in London on May 18, 1962. He's the son of former British Rail Chairman Sir Peter Parker and his wife Jill. One of his brothers, Oliver, is also an actor and director. He was educated at Leighton Park School, where he developed a passion for horse racing. After starring with the National Youth Theatre he went to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (Lamda). On graduating, he already had his Equity card and landed a theatre job immediately.

Career: Following a spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Parker made his TV debut in 1988's Piece of Cake. He has worked constantly ever since, including a four-year stint abroad during which he appeared in Hollywood films Hamlet and The Bodyguard, although he didn't become a well-known face until ITV's 1998 adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd. Since then he's starred in the BBC's Vanity Fair, and took over from John Hannah in McCallum. Other notable projects include Othello (directed by his brother), Wide Sargasso Sea, The Haunted Mansion, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Stardust. More recently, he has starred in Merlin.

Quote: "I have always thought women were the superior sex. Witnessing childbirth confirmed it for me."

Trivia: His theatre work includes Quartermaine's Terms, The Audience, and Wolf Hall.

Sharon Small (Actor) .. Det Sgt Barbara Havers

Born: January 01, 1967 in Drumchapel, Glasgow

Best Known For: The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Mistresses.

Early-life: Sharon was born in Drumchapel, Glasgow on January 1, 1967. She studied drama at the Adam Smith College in Kirkcaldy and the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London. Her first TV credit was a guest role in an episode of Taggart in 1994.

Career: Guest parts followed in a number of TV shows until Small landed a lead role in BBC comedy drama Sunburn. This lasted for two series and she followed it up with the six-part drama Glasgow Kiss. She went on to star in About a Boy (2002) and Dear Frankie (2004) and had guest parts in Cutting It and Rebus before landing a lead role as DS Barbara Havers in BBC crime drama The Inspector Lynley Mysteries alongside Nathaniel Parker. The series ran from 2001 until 2008. More recently, the in-demand actress has starred in Murderland, Mistresses, Downton Abbey, Kidnap and Ransom, New Tricks, Silent Witness, Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise and Midsomer Murders.

Quote: "One of the fantastic things and joys of acting is looking for flaws in characters - if you are perfect or too likeable, you are not going to be believable, so hopefully, you bring in flaws as well."

Trivia: Small is a classically trained lyric soprano.

Emily Joyce (Actor) .. Emily Barlow

Saeed Jaffrey (Actor) .. Akram Malik

Amita Dhiri (Actor) .. Yumna Malik

Born: July 06, 1966 in Brighton

Best Known For: Playing Milly in This Life.

Early-life: Amita Emmanuelle Dhiri was born Brighton on July 6, 1966. She has two younger brothers, Viney and Sanjay. Her mother is French and her father is a Ugandan Indian who was expelled from the country by Idi Amin. She speaks fluent French, took singing and dancing lessons from an early age, and is proficient in ballet and modern dance. Before studying at the London Drama Centre, she sang in a cabaret group, doing Tina Turner impressions.

Career: Started out in theatre, most notably in Twelfth Night in Bedford. Her first TV appearance was as Milly in 1996's This Life. The drama about young lawyers became a huge hit and she, along with co-stars Daniela Nardini, Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln, were hailed as part of an exciting new generation of British actors. She says: "Milly has helped me win roles that aren't written with Asian actresses in mind. But it's always going to be difficult to get equal treatment." Dhiri then took guest roles in Casualty and McCallum, before going back to the stage. In 1999, she returned to TV in nuclear disaster drama The Last Train. More recently, she has starred in Silent Witness, Judge John Deed, Holby City, The Bill and Talking to the Dead.

Quote: On This Life: "Swearing, drinking, an affair - it was a big risk for an Asian actress. Had the show bombed, it would have been hard to escape with any credibility."

Trivia: After college, Dhiri's first job was with a man who wanted to make a Hindi version of Grease.

Tanveer Ghani (Actor) .. Azhar Taymullah

Tarek Ramini (Actor) .. Muneer Malik

Demelza Randall (Actor) .. Rachel Winfield

Anjali Jay (Actor) .. Shala Malik

Ronnie McCann (Actor) .. Trevor Ruddock

Matthew Wait (Actor) .. Gerry Devitt

Joe Shaw (Actor) .. Theo Shaw

Terence Hillyer (Actor) .. Basil Treves

Noah Huntley (Actor) .. Cliff Hegarty

Quill Roberts (Actor) .. Fahad Qamar

Thorston Manderlay (Actor) .. Klaus Reuchlein

James Howard (Actor) .. Male nurse

Anjalee Patel (Actor) .. Hadiyyah

Sophie Walker (Actor) .. TV reporter

Ruth Baumgarten (Producer)

Tim Leandro (Director)

Valerie Windsor (Writer)

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Deception on His Mind

01:10 am - 03:05 am, Sunday, February 8 on U&Drama +1 (60)

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Deception on His Mind
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