Inside No 9: The Stakeout
10:00 pm - 10:30 pm, Friday, June 5 on BBC Two England (2)
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The Stakeout
Season 5, Episode 6
Two police officers always have time to get to know each other while working on the night shift together. However, PC Thompson's previous partner died in a brutal attack less than a month previously, the forensic evidence has gone missing and PCSO Varney is beginning to ask a lot of awkward questions. The final instalment of the fifth series of the anthology of darkly comic tales, written by and starring The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville's Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, with Rebecca Callard and Malik Ibheis
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Reece Shearsmith
(Actor)
.. PCSO Varney
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. PC Thompson
Rebecca Callard
(Actor)
.. Controller
Malik Ibheis
(Actor)
.. DC Dobson
Guillem Morales
(Director)
Adam Tandy
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Reece Shearsmith
(Actor)
.. PCSO Varney
Born:
August 27, 1969
in
Hull
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen.
Early-life:
Born Reeson William Shearsmith on August 27, 1969, in Hull. He met the men who would join him in The League of Gentlemen - Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Jeremy Dyson - while studying drama at Bretton Hall. In 1995, they began performing a sketch show at London's Cockpit Theatre, soon afterwards landing a residency at the Canal Café pub theatre, which compelled them to create new material at a fast pace.
Career:
In 1997 the quartet won the Perrier Award, and their subsequent radio series, On the Town with The League of Gentlemen, set in the fictional town of Spent, won a Sony Award. In 1999 the League moved to TV - and Royston Vasey - with subsequent series in 2000 (including a typically sinister Christmas special) and 2002; plus a film, The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse, in 2005. Outside of the League, Shearsmith has appeared alongside Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer in the comedies Catterick and House of Fools. He also popped up in Spaced and TLC. His other work includes Eric and Ernie, The Widower and Chasing Shadows on the small screen, and Burke and Hare, The World's End and A Field in England on the big screen. He has also appeared on the stage in Art, The Producers and Betty Blue Eyes. He re-teamed with fellow League star Steve Pemberton for Psychoville and Inside No 9.
Quote:
'I think League of Gentlemen drew on our experiences growing up in northern towns, not that they were as weird and remote as Royston Vasey was. But it pervaded our material.'
Trivia:
In 2006, he appeared in the West End as Leo Bloom in The Producers.
Steve Pemberton
(Actor)
.. PC Thompson
Born:
September 01, 1967
in
Blackburn
Best Known For:
The League of Gentlemen and Benidorm.
Early-life:
Steve James Pemberton was born on September 1, 1967, in Blackburn, Lancashire. He first realised he wanted to be an actor while still at school, and his first role was playing Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank at the Chorley Little Theatre - although he admits he was the only boy who auditioned. Following his A levels, he gained a Theatre Arts degree from Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire, where he met Reece Shearsmith and Mark Gatiss who, along with Jeremy Dyson, became The League of Gentlemen.
Career:
Pemberton began his professional career on stage, but suffered a setback when he had a heart attack at the age of 25 while working in Germany. He went on to feature in Ken Russell's Alice in RussiaLand in 1995, but it was The League of Gentleman that was his first major success, first on radio, then on TV and film. He also appeared in the remake of Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased), Gormenghast, Shameless, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and Blackpool. The latter co-starred David Tennant, and the duo were reunited in 2008 for a two-part Doctor Who adventure. Other projects include the Woody Allen film Match Point, Lassie, Psychoville, and Benidorm.
Quote:
On his favourite League of Gentlemen character: 'I miss Pauline from the job centre the most. It was scary when I put on the costume and the wig and the lips. It was like being possessed.'
Rebecca Callard
(Actor)
.. Controller
Best Known For:
Being the daughter of Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard.
Early-life:
Born Rebecca Jayne Atkinson in Dewsbury in 1977, but took her stepfather's surname when her mother, Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard, married Steven Callard in 1989. As a child, Rebecca lived in Pudsey, Leeds. She was also a child star, appearing on TV in the likes of All Creatures Great and Small, Children's Ward, The Borrowers, Bonjour la Classe and The Return of the Borrowers.
Career:
Callard went on to land recurring roles in September Song, Band of Gold, Plotlands, The Grand and Sunburn. In 2011, she starred in 32 Brinkburn Street and had a spell on Coronation Street. More recently, she has starred in the BBC drama Ordinary Lies.
Quote:
'I was the sort of child that was quite comfortable in my own company with my make-believe characters. I always had a big imagination.'
Trivia:
In 1997, Callard was nominated for National Television Award for her performance in The Grand.
Malik Ibheis
(Actor)
.. DC Dobson
Guillem Morales
(Director)
Adam Tandy
(Producer)
