Celebrity Antiques Road Trip: The Battle of the Movie Stars
4:30 pm - 5:15 pm, Friday, March 6 on BBC One London (1)
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The Battle of the Movie Stars
Season 1, Episode 1
From the annals of road trip history, glittering stars of the silver screen Clare Grogan, Victoria Smurfit and Charles Dance take to the road in search of antique treasures
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Antiques/Collectibles
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Cast & Crew
Paul Laidlaw
(Contributor)
Natasha Raskin Sharp
(Contributor)
Philip Serrell
(Contributor)
Charles Dance
(Contestant)
Clare Grogan
(Contestant)
Victoria Smurfit
(Contestant)
Rosy Marshall-McCrae
(Executive producer)
Ami Anderson
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Paul Laidlaw
(Contributor)
Natasha Raskin Sharp
(Contributor)
Philip Serrell
(Contributor)
Charles Dance
(Contestant)
Born:
October 10, 1946
in
Redditch, Worcestershire
Best Known For:
The Jewel in the Crown.
Early-life:
Born Walter Charles Dance on October 10, 1946, in Redditch, Worcestershire. His engineer father died when Dance was four, after which he and his mother moved to Devon. She struggled to make ends meet, working in a café to support them both. After leaving school he enrolled at art college, but claims his heart wasn't in it. He took odd jobs to earn some cash, and spent his spare time doing amateur dramatics, prompting him to take acting lessons.
Career:
Dance spent five years with the Royal Shakespeare Company and made his TV debut in miniseries Edward the King in 1975, following it up with appearances in Tales of the Unexpected and Fatal Spring. His first film was 1981 Bond movie For Your Eyes Only, but his big break came in 1984 when he was cast in The Jewel in the Crown. He went on to star in White Mischief, Alien3, The Last Action Hero, Gosford Park, Ali G InDaHouse and First Born. Dance also produced, directed, and wrote the screenplay for the acclaimed film Ladies in Lavender. He was awarded an OBE in 2006. More recent projects include Your Highness, Strike Back, Secret State, Game of Thrones, and Dracula Untold.
Quote:
'If someone calls you suave and debonair you only get offered parts in a suit and a collar and tie. It just so happens I wear them reasonably well.'
Trivia:
Dance had no idea his Dracula Untold character was a resurrected Caligula until after the film was made.
Clare Grogan
(Contestant)
Victoria Smurfit
(Contestant)
Best Known For:
Ballykissangel, Trial & Retribution and Dracula.
Early-life:
Victoria was born in Dublin in 1974. Her family, headed by her uncle Michael, is one of the richest in Ireland. Victoria was educated at Saint Columbia's College, Dublin, and St George's School, Ascot. After completing an A Level in theatre studies, she studied acting at the Bristol Old Vic theatre school.
Career:
In 1997, Smurfit starred in BBC miniseries Ivanhoe, and a year later, she appeared in another period drama, Berkeley Square, before making a name for herself as Orla O'Connell in Ballykissangel. After two series of the BBC drama, the year 2000 saw Smurfit star on the big screen in The Wedding Tackle and The Beach and on the small screen in drama North Square and comedy Cold Feet. Her other credits include About a Boy (2002), Bulletproof Monk (2003), the lead role on TV in Trial & Retribution between 2003 and 2009, and Irish drama The Clinic. More recently, Smurfit has been playing glamorous society queen and vampire slayer Lady Jayne Wetherby in TV horror drama Dracula.
Quote:
On working with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in Dracula: 'He makes you very comfortable, which is great. He knows what he wants from a scene and he knows how to do it, and you trust him.'
Trivia:
Smurfit is a patron of children's charity World Vision Ireland.
Rosy Marshall-McCrae
(Executive producer)
Ami Anderson
(Series producer)
