New Tricks: Eyes Down for a Full House
11:00 pm - 12:20 am, Tuesday, March 10 on U&Drama +1 (60)
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Eyes Down for a Full House
Season 2, Episode 6
Standing loses £10,000 in a high-stakes poker game - but his opponent, a bookmaker, agrees to write off the debt if the detective can bring his father's killer to justice. Lane helps him uncover a connection with the case of a champion greyhound abducted in the 1980s, and a map comes to light that appears to lead to the missing dog's grave. Meanwhile, a widow mounts a protest outside the station
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Detective/Thriller
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Gillian Taylforth
(Actor)
.. Emma Winters
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Gerry Standing
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Brian Lane
Amanda Redman
(Actor)
.. Sandra Pullman
James Bolam
(Actor)
.. Jack Halford
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. DAC Robert Strickland
Imogen Bain
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Ackerman
Kieran O'Brien
(Actor)
.. Michael Jacobs
Philip Whitchurch
(Actor)
.. Peter Jacobs
Kenny Ireland
(Actor)
.. George Morton
Melanie Ramsey
(Actor)
.. Kathy
Jeremy Beckman
(Actor)
.. Dealer
Melanie Jessop
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Ian Bonar
(Actor)
.. Dog fan
Gary Cross
(Actor)
.. Poker player 1
Harry Miller
(Actor)
.. Poker player 3
Danny Miller
(Writer)
Roy Mitchell
(Writer)
Juliet May
(Director)
Tom Sherry
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Gillian Taylforth
(Actor)
.. Emma Winters
Born:
August 14, 1955
in
London
Best Known For:
EastEnders and Footballer's Wives.
Early-life:
Born 14 August, 1955, in London. She was brought up with four siblings, including former Family Affairs actress Kim Taylforth, in Islington, north London. Her parents were big movie fans who passed on their interest to their children. Taylforth enrolled at the Anna Scher theatre school at 17, where fellow students included Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson. Later, the lifelong Arsenal fan worked at a travel agency, as a solicitor's secretary and in the Radio Times photo library.
Career:
Taylforth's early career included small roles in The Long Good Friday, Shelley, Hi-de-Hi! and Minder. In 1985 she landed the part of Kathy Beale in EastEnders, which brought her national stardom. Thirteen years later she decided to leave Albert Square, only to return a year later. She left the soap for good in 2000. Since then she's appeared in TV series Big Cat, Lost In France, the acclaimed Messiah and short-lived sitcom The House that Jack Built. Her biggest recent hit has been glossy drama Footballers' Wives. She's also appeared in bus depot drama Jane Hall and played Sergeant Nikki Wright in The Bill. More recently, she played Sandy Roscoe in Hollyoaks.
Quote:
On turning 50: 'This industry can be ageist - you're always being scrutinised for bags and wrinkles.'
Trivia:
In early 2013, she entered the Celebrity Big Brother House. She was the fourth person to be evicted.
Dennis Waterman
(Actor)
.. Gerry Standing
Born:
February 24, 1948
in
Clapham
Best Known For:
The Sweeney, Minder, and New Tricks.
Early-life:
Born February 24, 1948, in Clapham, south London, the youngest of nine children, the son of a British Rail ticket collector. As a child he attended the Corona Theatre School and began his professional career with a role in Snowball, a 1960 Children's Film Foundation production. The same year he made Night Train to Inverness, and was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. Playing William in a TV series based on the Just William books made him a star. He then tried to break into Hollywood.
Career:
At 16, Waterman returned to Britain and concentrated on stage work until an acclaimed performance in 1968's Up the Junction led to more film roles. Low-budget movies (such as Scars of Dracula) and TV shows (including Colditz) followed until, in 1974, he co-starred with John Thaw in Regan, the pilot episode of iconic series The Sweeney, which became a major TV hit. A 10-year stint in comedy drama Minder followed. Other projects include TV shows On the Up, Stay Lucky, and Circles of Deceit. He's also worked on the stage, most notably in Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell, and My Fair Lady. As Gerry Standing, in BBC drama New Tricks, he has introduced himself to a new generation of fans.
Quote:
'If I am not such a hell-raiser any more, it isn't because I've given up. It's just that my energy levels have fallen. I haven't stopped looking at women. I'm not blind.'
Trivia:
He has made several records, including, famously, the theme tunes of several of his TV shows.
Alun Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Brian Lane
Born:
July 17, 1946
in
Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham
Best Known For:
New Tricks.
Early-life:
Alun Armstrong was born in Annfield Plain, near Stanley, Co Durham, on July 17, 1946. His father was from Cumberland and his mother was from Co Durham. He attended Consett Grammar School before going to Newcastle University. Unhappy in academia, he took a job as a gravedigger, where a colleague managed to get him an interview for a behind-the-scenes job with a theatre company. That in turn led to acting work.
Career:
Armstrong's screen debut came in the classic Michael Caine gangster movie Get Carter in 1971. Other early roles included parts in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Softly, Softly and The Sweeney. His many other TV roles include Austin Donaghue in Our Friends in the North, Detective Chief Inspector Frank Jefferson in In the Red, and George Mole in Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years, alongside Alison Steadman. Film credits include The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981), Krull (1983), American Friends (1991), Patriot Games (1992) and Braveheart (1995). He has won countless accolades for his classic stage roles. He is currently best known for playing the role of Brian Lane in popular BBC series New Tricks, a part he played for 10 series.
Quote:
'I'm more concerned about losing my marbles than losing parts - especially when it comes to learning lines!'
Trivia:
Armstrong originated the role of Thénardier in the London production of Les Misérables and won an Olivier Award for playing the title role in Sweeney Todd.
Amanda Redman
(Actor)
.. Sandra Pullman
Born:
August 12, 1957
in
Brighton
Best Known For:
At Home with the Braithwaites and New Tricks.
Early-life:
Amanda Jacqueline Redman was born in Brighton on August 12, 1957, the eldest of two children. She poured a saucepan of boiling soup over her torso and left arm when she was 18 months old and needed regular skin grafts until she was five. She studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She was shattered after her father died suddenly when she was 20.
Career:
Redman first attracted attention in 1981 with her steamy film debut in Richard's Things. Roles proved sporadic in that decade, but her career took off in 1991 when she played Roberta in Spender, and Sally in The Men's Room. Bigger roles followed, such as Dr Joanna Stevens in Dangerfield in 1995. She hit the headlines in 1998, first with Close Relations which featured a ménage à trois, then as Diana Dors for glossy drama The Blonde Bombshell. Her small-screen success was consolidated with roles as a teacher in Hope and Glory and as lottery winner Alison in At Home with the Braithwaites - but she has also appeared in the films Sexy Beast (2000) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2005). She starred in popular BBC drama New Tricks between 2003 and 2013. More recently, she starred in TV movie Tommy Cooper: Not Like That, Like This.
Quote:
'If you're seen as a strong woman, men think you don't need protecting. Yet, underneath it all, I'm quite vulnerable.'
Trivia:
Redman received an MBE in 2012.
James Bolam
(Actor)
.. Jack Halford
Born:
June 16, 1935
in
Sunderland
Best Known For:
Being a Likely Lad.
Early-life:
Born James Christopher Bolam on June 16, 1935, in Sunderland. His father died when he was young. The family left the North East when James was 12, and he attended school in Derby. There was no showbiz influence in his family, but Bolam went to the cinema every Saturday and that inspired him to try acting. He briefly worked as a trainee chartered accountant, before winning a place at the Central Drama School in London. He made his professional stage debut at the Royal Court in 1959.
Career:
Bolam appeared on stage alongside Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, then followed it up with films The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and A Kind of Loving, before being cast as cynical Terry Collier in The Likely Lads in 1964. He agreed to reprise the role in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads? nine years later. James went on to star in When the Boat Comes In, Only When I Laugh and Alan Plater's Beiderbecke trilogy. He has also appeared in Clockwork Mice, The End of the Affair, Born and Bred, Grandpa in My Pocket, To Kill a King and controversial feature-length drama Shipman, about serial killer doctor Harold Shipman. He starred in New Tricks between 2003 and 2012 and continues to appear on stage.
Quote:
'I'm suddenly popular again. I don't know why.'
Trivia:
He was awarded an MBE in 2009.
Anthony Calf
(Actor)
.. DAC Robert Strickland
Imogen Bain
(Actor)
.. Sylvia Ackerman
Kieran O'Brien
(Actor)
.. Michael Jacobs
Best Known For:
A string of roles.
Early-life:
Kieran was born in Oldham in 1973. He made his acting debut at a young age in the children's drama Jossy's Giants. Guest appearances followed in One by One, Bulman, Bellman and True and Gruey. He also had a role on Children's Ward, playing Lee Jones. In the early 1990s, he had recurring roles in Coronation Street and Cracker.
Career:
In 1999, O'Brien made his film debut in Virtual Sexuality. His other film credits include 24 Hour Party People (2002), 9 Songs (2004), Goal! The Dream Begins (2005) and Goal II: Living the Dream (2007). More recently, he has starred on the small screen in Bluestone 42, Silk, Grantchester, The Syndicate and Prey.
Quote:
On his graphic sex scenes in the film 9 Songs: 'To me they were just scenes we were shooting, and I was surprised how ordinary and how natural it was.'
Trivia:
In 2013, O'Brien toured in a UK stage production of The Full Monty.
Philip Whitchurch
(Actor)
.. Peter Jacobs
Kenny Ireland
(Actor)
.. George Morton
Born:
August 07, 1945
in
Paisley
Best Known For:
Being an actor and theatre director.
Early-life:
Kenny was born in Paisley in 1947. His first TV credit was an episode of crime drama Strangers in 1980. He went on to become a regular fixture on TV, popping up in the likes of C.A.T.S. Eyes, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Life Without George. He also starred on the big screen in Local Hero (1983).
Career:
Ireland had a notable career in the theatre, spending 10 years as the director of the Royal Lyceum Theatre Company in Edinburgh. His stage directing credits included Guys & Dolls, Much Ado About Nothing, Of Mice and Men, Waiting for Godot and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Always in demand as a character actor, his TV credits included guest appearances in Drop the Dead Donkey, House of Cards, Taggart, Monarch of the Glen, Heartbeat, New Tricks and Midsomer Murders. He played swinger Donald Stewart in ITV comedy Benidorm between 2007 and 2014. He died on July 31, 2014 at the age of 68 following a long battle with cancer.
Quote:
'Filming Benidorm is like a big holiday. All your friends want to come out and visit!'
Trivia:
When he was not directing or acting, Ireland enjoyed playing backgammon.
Melanie Ramsey
(Actor)
.. Kathy
Jeremy Beckman
(Actor)
.. Dealer
Melanie Jessop
(Actor)
.. Doctor
Ian Bonar
(Actor)
.. Dog fan
Gary Cross
(Actor)
.. Poker player 1
Harry Miller
(Actor)
.. Poker player 3
Danny Miller
(Writer)
Born:
January 02, 1991
in
Bredbury, Stockport
Best Known For:
Playing Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Daniel Benedict Miller was born in Bredbury, Stockport, on January 2, 1991 to Vincent and Andrea. He has a brother, Paul, and a sister, Lucy. Miller's first major acting role came in 2007 when he played Kyle Brown in BBC children's drama Grange Hill.
Career:
Miller's big break came in 2008 when he was cast as Aaron Livesy in Emmerdale. After leaving the soap in 2012, he appeared in panto and landed roles in ITV drama Lightfields and BBC drama Jamaica Inn. He also had a recurring role on Scott & Bailey. In 2014, he returned to Emmerdale.
Quote:
On his return to Emmerdale: 'It was like I'd been on holiday and come back.'
Trivia:
Miller has won a number of soap awards.
Roy Mitchell
(Writer)
Juliet May
(Director)
Tom Sherry
(Producer)
