Father Brown: The Star of Jacob
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The Star of Jacob
Season 5, Episode 1
Canon Fox announces that the Duke of Frome will be staying with Lady Felicia at Montague and attending a full Christmas Mass at St Mary's. Father Brown and Mrs McCarthy set about making the arrangements, but when the donkey goes missing, laryngitis hits the choir and a tramp is found sleeping in the confessional box, it looks like Fox's plans are set to be thwarted. Lady Felicia welcomes her cousin the Duke, his wife and baby to the house, but later a nursemaid discovers that the infant is missing from his cot beside a heavily sleeping Nanny Langton. Mark Williams stars
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Cast & Crew
Sorcha Cusack
(Actor)
.. Mrs McCarthy
Roger May
(Actor)
.. Canon Damian Fox
Mark Williams
(Actor)
.. Father Brown
Nancy Carroll
(Actor)
.. Lady Felicia
Raymond Coulthard
(Actor)
.. John Langton
Zannah Hodson
(Actor)
.. Diana Langton
Harriet Layhe
(Actor)
.. Amy Jones
Isla Blair
(Actor)
.. Nanny Langton
Elliott Jordan
(Actor)
.. George Parkin
Colin Deaney
(Actor)
.. Hornby
Dean Andrews
(Actor)
.. Michael Negal
Christos Lawton
(Actor)
.. Basil Urquhart
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Insp Mallory
John Burton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Goodfellow
Maddy Hill
(Actor)
.. Hannah Parkin
Mary Keegan
(Actor)
.. Matron
Jude Tindall
(Writer)
Caroline Slater
(Producer)
Paul Gibson
(Director)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sorcha Cusack
(Actor)
.. Mrs McCarthy
Born:
April 09, 1949
in
Dublin
Best Known For:
Being part of the Cusack acting dynasty.
Early-life:
Sorcha was born in Dublin on April 9, 1949 to actors Cyril and Maureen Cusack. She is the sister of producer Padraig Cusack and fellow actors Paul Cusack, Sinead Cusack and Niamh Cusack, and the half-sister of actor Catherine Cusack. Her early TV roles in the 1970s include appearances in the mini-series Jane Eyre, and Napoleon and Love.
Career:
Cusack went on to make guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including Boon, Maigret, The Bill, Playing the Field, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, and Dalziel and Pascoe. She has had recurring roles in Casualty, Coronation Street, Pete Versus Life and Father Brown. She also starred in the TV movie Lost Christmas. Her film credits include Angel (1982), Snatch (2000), and Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie.
Quote:
"My father was a very strong personality and it took quite a long time to assert yourself as an individual."
Trivia:
Cusack has starred in a number of radio plays, including Juno and the Paycock.
Roger May
(Actor)
.. Canon Damian Fox
Mark Williams
(Actor)
.. Father Brown
Born:
August 22, 1959
in
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire
Best Known For:
The Fast Show
Early-life:
Born in Bromsgrove on August 22, 1959. As a teen he hoped for a career in academia, then read English at Brasenose College, Oxford University where he discovered a love of both acting and writing. He spent three years touring with The Mikron Theatre Company before proving himself a fine comic actor with early roles in Red Dwarf and Alexei Sayle's Stuff.
Career:
Other early TV appearances came in Tumbledown, KYTV, Bottom and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. Williams became a famous face thanks to his appearances in The Fast Show, where he played a number of memorable characters. The Canterbury Tales, Gormenghast and Shackleton followed, but it was his role as Arthur Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise that made him recognisable worldwide. He has also appeared in successful films like Stardust and Shakespeare in Love and presented several documentary programmes, such as Mark Williams' Big Bangs.
Quote:
"I'll get me coat."
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, he is an avid follower of both Aston Villa and Brighton & Hove Albion football clubs.
Nancy Carroll
(Actor)
.. Lady Felicia
Best Known For:
Winning an Olivier award for her performance in After the Dance at the Royal National Theatre.
Early-life:
Nancy was born in Bristol in 1974. She was three years old when she tap-danced at Brixton Town hall. She went on to study fine art but found the life of an artist too solitary. She ended up graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1998. Her first professional acting role was in the film An Ideal Husband (1999).
Career:
Carroll's stage credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Lady's Not for Burning, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Recruiting Officer, The Magistrate and After the Dance, for which she won an Olivier award. On the small screen, she has made guest appearances in Holby City, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe, and Silent Witness. More recently, she played Lady Felicia Montague in the BBC daytime drama Father Brown. On film, she has also starred in Iris (2001).
Quote:
"Sometimes it's lovely to leave moments as moments. Rather than milk them for every single ounce of life."
Trivia:
Carroll spent a year in Italy learning how to mix her own paints and stretch canvasses.
Raymond Coulthard
(Actor)
.. John Langton
Zannah Hodson
(Actor)
.. Diana Langton
Harriet Layhe
(Actor)
.. Amy Jones
Isla Blair
(Actor)
.. Nanny Langton
Elliott Jordan
(Actor)
.. George Parkin
Colin Deaney
(Actor)
.. Hornby
Dean Andrews
(Actor)
.. Michael Negal
Born:
August 06, 1963
in
Rotherham
Best Known For:
Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
Early-life:
Dean was born in Rotherham on August 6, 1963. His parents were publicans. He spent 20 years singing at holiday resorts and on cruise ships before his big break came when he successfully auditioned for a part in Ken Loach's The Navigators (2001), a film set in Sheffield.
Career:
Andrews went on to pick up guest roles in the likes of Buried, Clocking Off, No Angels, Casualty, Wire in the Blood and Shameless before landing his dream part as Ray Carling in the critically acclaimed Life on Mars. He played Carling in two series of Life on Mars and three series of spin-off show Ashes to Ashes. Since then, Andrews has rarely been off TV screens. He has starred in Marchlands, The Case, Being Eileen, Vera and Last Tango in Halifax.
Quote:
"I've been so lucky in my career as I was a late starter and I owe it all to film director Ken Loach."
Trivia:
In 2013, he got to sing in his first stage play, Victoria Wood's That Day We Sang at the Royal Exchange in Manchester.
Christos Lawton
(Actor)
.. Basil Urquhart
Jack Deam
(Actor)
.. Insp Mallory
John Burton
(Actor)
.. Sgt Goodfellow
Maddy Hill
(Actor)
.. Hannah Parkin
Born:
March 19, 1990
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Nancy Carter on EastEnders.
Early-life:
Madeleine Kate Hill was born in London on March 19, 1990. She has a brother. She graduated from Rose Bruford College with an acting degree in 2011. A year later, she made her TV debut in ITV drama Whitechapel.
Career:
Hill's big break came in 2014 when she joined the cast of EastEnders as Nancy Carter.
Quote:
On EastEnders: "You have to learn on the job because you're just thrown in at the deep end."
Trivia:
In 2014, she won Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards. She supports Arsenal FC.
Mary Keegan
(Actor)
.. Matron
Jude Tindall
(Writer)
Caroline Slater
(Producer)
Paul Gibson
(Director)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
