Trying - Little Steps - 11:05 pm Monday, March 16 on BBC One London

Rafe Spall (Actor) .. Jason Ross

Born: March 10, 1983 in London

Best Known For: Pete Versus Life.

Early-life: Rafe Joseph Spall was born March 10, 1983 in Dulwich, south-east London. His father is actor Timothy Spall. Rafe was named after the title character of The Knight of the Burning Pestle, which his dad played in a Royal Shakespeare Company production. He developed a passion for acting at an early age, but was too embarrassed to tell his folks. Timothy and wife Shane saw him in a school production of Bugsy Malone and suggested he audition for the National Youth Theatre. Rafe was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College and landed an agent after he was spotted in a stage production of Nicholas Nickleby.

Career: Spall made his film debut in the 2001offering Beginner's Luck. He went on to star in the projects Out of Control, The Lion in Winter, Shaun of the Dead, The Calcium Kid and Kidulthood. In recent years, he's rarely been out of the public eye, featuring in Cracker, the Russell Crowe comedy A Good Year, Wide Sargasso Sea, Hot Fuzz, a TV version of A Room with a View (in which he starred with his dad) and ITV1 drama He Kills Coppers. He's also appeared in Frankie Howard: Rather You Than Me, Desperate Romantics, and Channel 4 sitcom Pete Versus Life.

Quote: 'It's always nerve-wracking for a young actor to be around an established actor. Even if it is his father.'

Trivia: Spall married former Hollyoaks actress Elize du Toit in August 2010.

Esther Smith (Actor) .. Nikki Newman

Eden Togwell (Actor) .. Princess

Darren Boyd (Actor) .. Scott

Born: January 30, 1971 in Hastings

Best Known For: Spy, and Case Sensitive.

Early-life: Darren John Boyd was born in Hastings on January 30, 1971. As a teenager, he began acting in amateur theatre and local productions.

Career: Darren moved to London in his mid-twenties when he was cast in the West End production of Les Miserables. His big break came in 1998 when landed a role in BBC sitcom Kiss Me Kate. This led to parts in Hippies, Smack the Pony, Watching Ellie, Green Wing, and Saxondale. He starred in short-lived comedy Whites before having more success playing John Cleese in Holy Flying Circus. His recent work includes sitcom Spy, crime drama Case Sensitive and miniseries The Guilty. He has appeared on the big screen in High Heels and Low Lifes (2002), Magicians (2007), Four Lions (2010), The World's End (2013) and Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013).

Quote: 'I'm not a comedian, I don't want to depend on a singular box of tricks. I like story and characters, to take on world views that are not my own.'

Trivia: He made one series of quirky sitcom Los Dos Bros for Channel 4 - it won a Silver Rose for Best Sitcom at the Montreux Festival in 2002. He won a Bafta for best male comedy role in 2012 for Spy.

Karl Collins (Actor) .. Noah

Best Known For: Playing Louis Loveday on Hollyoaks.

Early-life: Born in 1971 in Nottingham. Karl grew up on the Clifton Housing estate. During his childhood, Karl was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop and appeared in the shows Your Mother Wouldn't Like It and Dramarama.

Career: Collins played DC Danny Glaze in The Bill from 1991 until 2003. After that, he appeared in TV series Grease Monkeys, as well as Silent Witness, By Any Means and the Doctor Who Christmas Special that aired in 2009. He also appeared in the film Attack the Block (2011). In 2015, he joined the cast of Hollyoaks as Louis Loveday.

Quote: 'You're always nervous as an actor because your position is so precarious in this business.'

Trivia: He was formerly known as Ricky Kwame.

(Actor) .. Karen Newman

Mickey McAnulty (Actor) .. Tyler

Tom Bennett (Actor) .. Martin

Andy Wolton (Writer)

Elliot Hegarty (Director)

Trying: Little Steps

11:05 pm - 11:35 pm, Monday, March 16 on BBC One London (1)

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Season 3, Episode 4

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