Can You Keep a Secret?
9:30 pm - 10:00 pm, Wednesday, January 7 on BBC One London (1)
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Season 1, Episode 1
Debbie has news for her son Harry. His dad William isn't actually dead. He's just been hiding up in the loft so the couple can claim on the life insurance and live out their golden years in peace. Will Harry join his parents in their scam? And more to the point, what will his wife, local police officer Neha, have to say? Comedy, starring Dawn French, Mark Heap, Craig Roberts and Mandip Gill
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Cast & Crew
Dawn French
(Actor)
.. Debbie Fendon
Mark Heap
(Actor)
.. William Fendon
Craig Roberts
(Actor)
.. Harry Fendon
Mandip Gill
(Actor)
.. Neha Fendon
Geraldine McNulty
(Actor)
.. Pamela Anderson
Shola Adewusi
(Actor)
.. Billie Codrington
Heather Seymour
(Actor)
.. Jean Cotterill
Paul Chahidi
(Actor)
.. Clive Trunge
Adam Drake
(Actor)
.. Marcus Marsden
Gregory Gudgeon
(Actor)
.. Pigfish
Mona Goodwin
(Actor)
.. Dr Samira Harper
Sam Battersea
(Actor)
.. PC Susan Hinkman
Tracy Graham
(Actor)
.. Rachel Pecker
Simon Mayhew-Archer
(Writer)
Simon Hynd
(Director)
Lauriel Martin
(Producer)
Joe Scantlebury
(Producer)
Kenton Allen
(Executive producer)
Toby Welch
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Dawn French
(Actor)
.. Debbie Fendon
Born:
October 11, 1957
in
Holyhead
Best Known For:
Her partnership with Jennifer Saunders.
Early-life:
Born Dawn Roma French on October 11, 1957, in Holyhead, Wales. She enjoyed a happy childhood, despite moving around a lot due to her father's various RAF postings. In her teens she won a scholarship to study in New York following a debating contest. She trained to be a drama teacher at the Central School of Speech and Drama, where she met Jennifer Saunders. They shared a house together in their final year and during that time developed their first comic characters.
Career:
French taught briefly at a London school before taking up comedy performance professionally with Saunders, and gaining valuable TV experience in The Comic Strip Presents. She co-wrote and starred in ITV sitcom Girls On Top in 1985 and appeared in early Ben Elton offering Happy Families. She went on to become a household name with the first series of French and Saunders in 1987. While Saunders focused on Absolutely Fabulous, French also went solo, starring in Murder Most Horrid and The Vicar of Dibley. Other projects include Sex and Chocolate, Let Them Eat Cake, Lark Rise to Candleford, Psychoville and Roger & Val Have Just Got In.
Quote:
"There are two kinds of women in the world: women who love chocolate and complete bitches."
Trivia:
Away from acting, she published an autobiography, Dear Fatty, in 2008, and the novels A Tiny Bit Marvellous, in 2010, and Oh Dear Sylvia, in 2013.
Mark Heap
(Actor)
.. William Fendon
Craig Roberts
(Actor)
.. Harry Fendon
Mandip Gill
(Actor)
.. Neha Fendon
Geraldine McNulty
(Actor)
.. Pamela Anderson
Shola Adewusi
(Actor)
.. Billie Codrington
Heather Seymour
(Actor)
.. Jean Cotterill
Paul Chahidi
(Actor)
.. Clive Trunge
Adam Drake
(Actor)
.. Marcus Marsden
Gregory Gudgeon
(Actor)
.. Pigfish
Mona Goodwin
(Actor)
.. Dr Samira Harper
Sam Battersea
(Actor)
.. PC Susan Hinkman
Tracy Graham
(Actor)
.. Rachel Pecker
Simon Mayhew-Archer
(Writer)
Simon Hynd
(Director)
Lauriel Martin
(Producer)
Joe Scantlebury
(Producer)
Kenton Allen
(Executive producer)
Toby Welch
(Executive producer)
