Pie in the Sky: The Mild Bunch


4:20 pm - 5:20 pm, Tuesday, July 7 on U&Drama +1 (60)

Average User Rating: 8.00 (2 votes)
My Rating: Sign in or Register to view last vote

Add to Favourites

About this Broadcast

-
The Mild Bunch
Season 2, Episode 8

Crabbe is ordered to track down two OAP fraudsters - but he seems more interested in getting his hands on their recipe for bread-and-butter pudding. Being lumbered with a temporary partner only complicates matters for the cuisine-loving policeman, and leads to friction with Cambridge. Guest starring Joan Sims, with Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed


subtitles
General Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

-

Richard Griffiths (Actor) .. Henry Crabbe
Maggie Steed (Actor) .. Margaret Crabbe
Malcolm Sinclair (Actor) .. Freddy Fisher
Bella Enahoro (Actor) .. Sophia Cambridge
Joe Duttine (Actor) .. Steve Turner
Samantha Womack (Actor) .. Nicola
Con O'Neill (Actor) .. PC Ian Lefebvre
Edwina Day (Actor) .. Florence Coverly
Joan Sims (Actor) .. Harriet Coverly
Peter Harding (Actor) .. Sidney Ruff
Lorraine Ashbourne (Actor) .. Maeve Cormack
Danny Hiller (Director)
John Milne (Writer)

More Information

-

No Logo

Did You Know..

-

Richard Griffiths (Actor) .. Henry Crabbe
Maggie Steed (Actor) .. Margaret Crabbe
Malcolm Sinclair (Actor) .. Freddy Fisher
Bella Enahoro (Actor) .. Sophia Cambridge
Joe Duttine (Actor) .. Steve Turner
Born: June 30, 1970 in Halifax
Best Known For: Playing Tim Metcalfe in Coronation Street.
Early-life: Joe was born in Halifax on June 30, 1970. He moved to London when he attended the Drama Centre London. In 1992, he made his TV debut in an episode of Between the Lines.
Career: Duttine has made a steady stream of guest appearances in a number of TV series over the years, including Lovejoy, The Buddha of Suburbia, Seaforth, A Touch of Frost, Dangerfield, Dalziel and Pascoe, Silent Witness, New Tricks, Life on Mars and Waterloo Road. For several months in 2010, he played detective Max Carr in Coronation Street. Three years later, he returned to the famous cobbles as a new character, Tim Metcalfe. His theatre credits include playing the lead in a touring version of The Elephant Man.
Quote: 'On stage you don't have the luxury of being in a make-up wagon for hours, you have to create it physically.'
Trivia: He is the nephew of actor John Duttine.
Samantha Womack (Actor) .. Nicola
Born: November 02, 1972 in Brighton
Best Known For: Playing Ronnie in EastEnders.
Early-life: Born Samantha Zoe Janus on November 2, 1972, in Brighton. Her aunt is George Best's ex-wife Angie, which makes their son, Calum, her cousin. Samantha's parents split when she was three, and her mother married a doctor before relocating to Edinburgh. She even lived on the QE2 with her grandmother for a short time. During her teens, Samantha claims she became a wild child, but eventually turned things around by attending the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Career: Samantha's first taste of fame came at 18 when she represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, eventually finishing joint 10th. But it's as an actress that she's now best known. She enjoyed success with sitcom Game On in the mid-1990s before appearing in The Grimleys, Up 'n' Under and Babes in the Wood. A successful run in a West End production of Guys and Dolls came just before she joined EastEnders in 2007. After being involved in a number of major storylines, she took a break from the soap in 2011. She went on to perform in a stage tour of South Pacific, and was also a subject of Who Do You Think You Are? In May 2013, it was confirmed that Samantha would return to EastEnders on a six-month contract.
Quote: 'I'm a jobbing actor again, and that's quite scary. I feel grateful to have had the EastEnders experience but I'm glad to be moving in another direction.'
Trivia: In 2005, she directed an anti-bullying music video for Liverpool band Just 3.
Con O'Neill (Actor) .. PC Ian Lefebvre
Born: August 15, 1966 in Weston-super-Mare
Best Known For: A string of stage and TV roles.
Early-life: Born Robert O'Neill on August 15, 1966 in Weston-super-Mare, Con's TV acting debut was a walk-on role in Willy Russell's coming-of-age drama One Summer. At the age of 22, he was cast in another Russell project, playing Mickey on the stage in Blood Brothers. His performance won him the 1988 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical and a Tony nomination for the Broadway version.
Career: O'Neill's other stage credits include The Awakening, A Tribute to the Blue Brothers, Telstar, Midnight Cowboy, The Caretaker, A View from a Bridge, and The Ladykillers. A regular on the small screen, O'Neill's TV credits include Brookside, Pie in the Sky, Tom Jones, Heartbeat, Waking the Dead, Moving Story, Criminal Justice, The Bible, Uncle, Banana and Cucumber. On the big screen, his credits include Dancin' Thru the Dark (1990), Telstar (2008) and Frank (2012). In early 2015, he starred in the 35th-anniversary staging of Educating Rita at the Liverpool Playhouse.
Quote: 'I think Blood Brothers is the most phenomenal musical, you can't help but be moved by it.'
Trivia: In 2011, he won the Manchester Theatre Award for Best Actor for his performance in A View from a Bridge at the Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Edwina Day (Actor) .. Florence Coverly
Joan Sims (Actor) .. Harriet Coverly
Born: May 09, 1930 in Essex
Best Known For: Her roles in the Carry On films.
Early-life: Irene Joan Marion Sims was born in Essex on May 9, 1930. She was the daughter of a railway station master and would often put on performances for waiting passengers. After failing a number of auditions, she was finally accepted into Rada and graduated in 1950.
Career: Sims went on to appear in a number of farces at Brian Rix's Aldwych Theatre but she preferred working on films. She made her first appearance on the big screen in 1953 opposite George Cole in Will Any Gentleman? She followed this up with roles in Trouble in Store and Doctor in the House. She continued her run in comedy films when she was offered a part in Carry On Nurse. She went on to become a regular in the Carry On series, appearing in 24, including Carry On Screaming, Carry On Henry, and Carry On Camping. After the Carry On films ended in 1978, Sims became a regular face on TV, making appearances in Worzel Gummidge, In Loving Memory, Doctor Who, Farrington of the F.O., Simon and the Witch, On the Up, As Time Goes By, and The Last of the Blonde Bombshells. She died on June 27, 2001, at the age of 71.
Quote: 'Men are put off by funny women.'
Trivia: Years of heavy drinking took their toll and she suffered with ill health in her later years. She had difficulty working with Frankie Howerd because they could not stop laughing.
Peter Harding (Actor) .. Sidney Ruff
Lorraine Ashbourne (Actor) .. Maeve Cormack
Best Known For: Her role as philandering female footballer Geraldine in TV's Playing The Field.
Early-life: Born in Manchester in 1961, Ashbourne always dreamed of being an actress and on leaving school joined a local theatre. Her sister, Jayne, is also an actress who appeared in Coronation Street and New Street Law. While at drama school, Lorraine contacted Debbie Horsfield to say she would love to work with her. Her first acting job was in the Red Devils, a trilogy of plays by Horsfield, which formed the inspiration for new BBC One drama, True Dare Kiss.
Career: After years of working in theatre, plus character roles in TV shows like The Bill, Casualty and London's Burning, she landed a part as the mother in Colin Firth movie Fever Pitch. She went on to star as Yvonne Mackey in City Central and as the fiery Geraldine Powell in the soccer drama Playing The Field. Other projects have included The Martins, King Kong, Jayne Eyre and Housewife, 49, True Dare Kiss, and The Street.
Quote: 'People think I just came from nowhere. But I've worked hard over the years and now it's all happening.'
Trivia: Her stage credits include Fool For Love, Othello and The Three Sisters.
Danny Hiller (Director)
John Milne (Writer)

Before / After

-

Tenko
3:20 pm
Lovejoy
5:20 pm