Career: A long association with the Royal Shakespeare Company began in 1966. Stewart's first small-screen role came in 1974's A Fall of Eagles, and his movie debut a year later in Tilney. His subsequent TV roles include I, Claudius, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Star Trek: The Next Generation, which made him a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. He returned to the stage when the series ended in 1994. Stewart has since appeared in the Star Trek movies Generations, First Contact, Insurrection and Nemesis. He's also starred in Conspiracy Theory and the blockbusting X-Men films. He made a memorable appearance in Extras, starred alongside David Tennant in Hamlet.

Career: Gough made her debut TV appearance in Casualty. After that, she got guest roles in such TV series as The Bill, Waking the Dead, Silent Witness and Holby City. She also appeared in the films Outlanders (2007), The Kid (2010) and Robin Hood (2010). Gough then went on to get recurring roles in the TV series Stella and Titanic: Blood and Steel, as well as a role in Ken Loach's Jimmy's Hall (2014). More recently, she starred in the BBC Two series Paula. Gough has had more success on stage than on screen and has appeared in such plays as Our New Girl, The Painter, Messiah V: The Rapture and People, Places and Things. She has also been a voice actress in such games as Divinity: Dragon Commander, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Mass Effect: Andromeda.