Tales of the Unexpected: The Last of the Midnight Gardeners
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm, Tuesday, May 5 on Sky Arts (350)
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The Last of the Midnight Gardeners
Season 7, Episode 6
A competition to find the best murder story attracts an unusually high level of attention. Jane Asher and Patrick Mower star
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Jane Asher
(Actor)
Born:
April 05, 1946
in
London
Best Known For:
Her cakes.
Early-life:
Born in Marylebone, central London, on April 5, 1946. Her father, Dr Richard Asher, was the first psychiatrist to identify Munchausen syndrome. Her mother Margaret taught at the Guildhall School of Drama and Music and counted Beatles producer George Martin among her pupils. Her brother Peter was a member of 1960s band Peter and Gordon, her sister Claire also dabbled in acting before becoming a teacher. She's a descendant of Richard III and is also distantly related to Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Career:
Asher made her film debut aged five in the film Mandy. By the age of 15 she had featured in eight movies, nine TV shows and numerous radio plays. She gained more grown-up roles during the 1960s in productions such as The Masque of the Red Death, Alfie and The Mill on the Floss. She also appeared in several episodes of The Saint, required a body double for the nude scenes in Deep End, was frightened to death in cult horror The Stone Tape, and starred in both Brideshead Revisited and the revamped Crossroads. She's also made various stage appearances.
Quote:
'Despite what you might think, my life is not perfect. There are socks in my fruit bowl at home.'
Trivia:
Away from acting she has a cake-making business, has written three novels and is President of the National Autistic Society and the Parkinson's Disease Society.
Patrick Mower
(Actor)
Born:
September 12, 1938
in
Oxford
Best Known For:
Playing Rodney Blackstock in Emmerdale.
Early-life:
Born Patrick Archibald Shaw on September 12, 1938, in Oxford, he was one of three sons to a Welsh father and English mother. He later discovered he had three half-sisters from his dad's previous marriage. After training as a draughtsman, he caught the acting bug and honed his craft at Rada. He changed his surname to Mower and by the 1960s became a regular face on TV in offerings such as Swizzlewick, Mary Barton, Front Page Story and The Avengers. Detective series Callan and Special Branch also boosted his profile.
Career:
Mower appeared in assorted movies, including Incense for the Damned, and The Devil Rides Out. His role as DS Steve Hackett in police series Target made him one of Britain's biggest sex symbols of the 1970s. He also featured in a host of cult shows, including Jason King, UFO, The Protectors, Space: 1999, The Sweeney, Minder and Tales of the Unexpected. He was also a regular panellist on the popular ITV game show Whodunnit. Mower joined the cast of Emmerdale in October 2000, as wheeler-dealer Rodney Blackstock, and has remained with the show ever since.
Quote:
'I am a Virgo and the only fault Virgos have is that they are always right.'
Trivia:
He featured in one of the last Carry On films, Carry On England (1976).
