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Season 2, Episode 4
Gene fears a serial killer he brought to justice in the 1960s has resurfaced after a woman's body is found. The victim's resemblance to a family member triggers childhood memories for Sam, who goes undercover in middle-class suburbia to investigate. Drama, guest starring former Coronation Street actresses Eva Pope and Georgia Taylor, with Philip Glenister and John Simm
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
John Simm
(Actor)
.. DI Sam Tyler
Philip Glenister
(Actor)
.. Gene Hunt
Liz White
(Actor)
.. WDC Annie Cartwright
Dean Andrews
(Actor)
.. Ray Carling
Marshall Lancaster
(Actor)
.. Chris Skelton
Noreen Kershaw
(Actor)
.. WPC Phyllis Dobbs
Alexander O'Loughlin
(Actor)
.. Young Sam
Carissa Wistow
(Actor)
.. Gracie
Andy Hockley
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Georgia Taylor
(Actor)
.. Denise Williams
Nicholas Palliser
(Actor)
.. Roger Twilling
Eva Pope
(Actor)
.. Carol Twilling
Claire McGlinn
(Actor)
.. Mrs Luckhurst
Meryl Hampton
(Actor)
.. Edith Williams
Andrew Readman
(Actor)
.. Twilling's lawyer
Cameron Roach
(Producer)
Richard Clark
(Director)
Ashley Pharoah
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
John Simm
(Actor)
.. DI Sam Tyler
Born:
July 10, 1970
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Playing Sam Tyler in Life on Mars
Early-life:
Born John Ronald Simm on July 10, 1970, in Leeds. He was raised in Nelson, Lancashire, and attended Edge End High School. He's the eldest of three children. His father Ronald, a local musician, taught him how to play the guitar and together they toured the region's working men's clubs. In 1986, aged 16, John enrolled at Blackpool Drama College, and two years later moved to London to study Stanislavsky's acting methods at London's Drama Centre.
Career:
Simm made his TV debut in a 1992 episode of Rumpole of the Bailey. He also appeared in Heartbeat, TV movie Meat, Dalziel and Pascoe's first drama A Pinch of Snuff, Cracker and the film Boston Kickout. Simm became a familiar face thanks to acclaimed series The Lakes. He went on to appear in such projects as Human Traffic, 24 Hour Party People, Spaced, White Teeth, State of Play and Sex Traffic. Simm's performance as troubled cop Sam Tyler in BBC hit Life on Mars made him a household name. Since then he's appeared in Doctor Who, Mad Dogs, The Village, Mad Dogs and Prey. While continuing his work as an actor, during the 1990s he was also a founder member of the rock band Magic Alex.
Quote:
On why he chose to make Life on Mars: "The mad twist at the start appealed to me. I thought, if I can make that believable I can make anything believable."
Trivia:
He's also played alongside his friend, Echo and the Bunnymen star Ian McCulloch, on albums and live on stage.
Philip Glenister
(Actor)
.. Gene Hunt
Born:
February 10, 1963
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing gruff copper Gene Hunt in Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes.
Early-life:
Philip Haywood Glenister was born on February 10, 1963, in London. Showbusiness was in his blood from an early age, especially as his father, John, is a TV director and his elder brother Robert is an actor. He went to Hatch End Comprehensive School, worked as a film publicist, and later studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama for three years, before appearing in 1990 stage play Mad Forest.
Career:
Glenister's first professional role was as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet at the Lyceum, Edinburgh. He went on to star in Jonathan Harvey's acclaimed play Beautiful Thing at the Bush Theatre in London. On TV, Glenister honed his craft in Minder, Love Hurts, True Love, The Perfect Blue and Sharpe. However, it was roles in Clocking Off, The Hunt, State of Play and Island at War that boosted his profile. On the big screen he has appeared in ID, Calendar Girls, Kingdom of Heaven and Bel Ami. Award-winning BBC drama Life on Mars and its follow-up Ashes to Ashes turned him into a cult hero. He has also starred in the film Tuesday, and on TV in Cranford, Demons, Big School and Mad Dogs. He hosts the series For the Love of Cars.
Quote:
"The celebrity stuff really isn't me. I'm interested in the work: good writing, getting the part and the character right, pleasing the audience."
Trivia:
In 2008, he published a book on 1970s and 80s culture called Things Ain't What They Used to Be.
Liz White
(Actor)
.. WDC Annie Cartwright
Born:
November 05, 1979
in
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Best Known For:
Playing Annie Cartwright in Life on Mars.
Early-life:
Elizabeth White was born on November 5, 1979 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. She moved to Devon at age nine and then to Liverpool years later, when she went to train at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. Her earliest TV roles were in episodes of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Always and Everyone in 2002.
Career:
In 2003, White appeared in the TV series Teachers. Her first feature film role came the year after in Vera Drake (2004) and she also appeared in TV series A Thing Called Love. She played Annie Cartwright in two seasons of BBC drama Life on Mars from 2006 until 2007 and then played Jess Mercer in The Fixer in 2008. White then went on to appear in episodes of Agatha Christie's Marple, Doctor Who, Line of Duty and New Tricks as well as the films Franklyn (2008), The Woman in Black (2012), U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013) and Pride (2014). She also played Lizzie Mottershead in Our Zoo. More recently, she has had roles in The Halcyon, Call the Midwife and Ackley Bridge.
Quote:
On keeping a private personal life: "I like to be invisible anyway but I think it's a wise choice for an actor. The less people know about you as a person, the more they can believe you as someone else."
Trivia:
She teaches yoga.
Dean Andrews
(Actor)
.. Ray Carling
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.
Marshall Lancaster
(Actor)
.. Chris Skelton
Noreen Kershaw
(Actor)
.. WPC Phyllis Dobbs
Alexander O'Loughlin
(Actor)
.. Young Sam
Carissa Wistow
(Actor)
.. Gracie
Andy Hockley
(Actor)
.. Pathologist
Georgia Taylor
(Actor)
.. Denise Williams
Born:
February 26, 1980
in
Wigan
Best Known For:
Playing Toyah Battersby in Coronation Street and Ruth Winters on Casualty.
Early-life:
Born Claire Jackson on February 26, 1980, in Wigan. After leaving school, she went to Winstanley College in Wigan, where one of her subjects was Theatre Studies. Her first acting role was as a singer alongside Darren Day in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the Palace Theatre in Manchester.
Career:
Her big break came in 1997 when she landed the role of Coronation Street's Toyah Battersby, while still studying at college. She trod the famous Weatherfield cobbles for five years, picking up a British Soap Award along the way in 2001. Her first part after leaving Corrie was alongside Dennis Waterman in an episode of Where the Heart Is. Since then, Taylor has appeared in military drama Red Cap, Blackpool, The History Boys (on the big screen) and New Street Law. In 2007, she landed the part of junior doctor Ruth Winters in BBC medical drama Casualty, a role she played until December 2011. She joined the cast of Law & Order: UK in 2013.
Quote:
"I've never regretted my decision to leave the Street, even when I'm not working. I wasn't too worried about being typecast, because the girl who left was different from the one that arrived."
Trivia:
Her theatre credits include Christmas is Miles Away at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester.
Nicholas Palliser
(Actor)
.. Roger Twilling
Eva Pope
(Actor)
.. Carol Twilling
Born:
November 16, 1967
in
Appley Bridge, Lancashire
Best Known For:
Her bitchy man-eater roles in series such as Coronation Street and Peak Practice.
Early-life:
Eva Pope was born on November 16, 1967. She began acting as a pupil at St Peter's secondary school in Orrell, Wigan, but was expelled from college for not attending lessons. Undeterred, Pope won a place at London's prestigious Webber Douglas drama school, and supported herself by waitressing, doing bar work and cleaning.
Career:
She made her name in Coronation Street as wickedly flirtatious Tanya Pooley before starring in a variety of TV series, including Grafters, Four Fathers, and My Fragile Heart. She was also cast in the lead role in Oscar-nominated live-action short film Holiday Romance. The sultry actress set pulses racing as nurse Claire Brightwell in popular ITV medical drama Peak Practice. Eagle-eyed fans will remember Pope from previous episodes of Peak Practice, in which she played minor guest roles in 1997 and 2000. She's also played no-nonsense prison warden Frances Myers in Bad Girls and headmistress Rachel Mason in Waterloo Road.
Quote:
"I have a lot of creative energy and get really involved in things. I'm not good at doing nothing."
Trivia:
She is a regular performer on the stage.
Claire McGlinn
(Actor)
.. Mrs Luckhurst
Meryl Hampton
(Actor)
.. Edith Williams
Andrew Readman
(Actor)
.. Twilling's lawyer
Cameron Roach
(Producer)
Richard Clark
(Director)
Ashley Pharoah
(Writer)
