Crookhaven: The Shilling Test
3:05 pm - 3:50 pm, Sunday, April 5 on BBC One London (1)
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The Shilling Test
Season 1, Episode 5
A spy wreaks havoc in the school, Gabriel's search for his parents leads him into the heart of Crookhaven, and Edgar will stop at nothing to win the shilling test
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Children's/Youth Programmes
Drama
Family
Movie/Drama
Mystery
Cast & Crew
Lucas Leach
(Actor)
.. Gabriel Avery
Keith Allen
(Actor)
.. Erasmus Sisman
Dougray Scott
(Actor)
.. Caspian Lockett
Amari Bacchus
(Actor)
.. Ade Okoro
Leila Khan
(Actor)
.. Amira Dhawan
Carmel Laniado
(Actor)
.. Penelope Lockett
Charlie Mann
(Actor)
.. Edgar Delacombe
Ti Barbosa
(Actor)
.. Leon
Genesis Lynea
(Actor)
.. Whisper
Kenneth Collard
(Actor)
.. Hector Delacombe
Emily Maitlis
(Actor)
.. Miss Clarke
Miltos Yerolemou
(Actor)
.. Palombo
Tipper Seifert-Cleveland
(Actor)
.. Nicki/Villette
Aerona Shi
(Actor)
.. Jia Ou
Sani Thabo
(Actor)
.. Ede Okoro
Alex Mugnaioni
(Actor)
.. Diego Velasquez
Rowan Mcintosh
(Actor)
.. Dorian McArthur
Mark Freeland
(Executive producer)
Lou Ramsden
(Writer)
Leon McGeown-Fee
(Producer)
Jamie Magnus Stone
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Lucas Leach
(Actor)
.. Gabriel Avery
Keith Allen
(Actor)
.. Erasmus Sisman
Born:
June 02, 1953
in
Gorseinon, near Swansea
Best Known For:
Being the bad boy of TV.
Early-life:
Despite his allegiance to the England football team, Keith Howell Charles Allen was born in Swansea, South Wales, in 1953. He supports Fulham FC. His brother Kevin is an actor, director and comedian. On leaving school, Keith had a variety of jobs, including coal mining (although he only completed three shifts), running the shooting gallery at a funfair and working in a chicken factory. His big showbusiness break came when he went down a storm at the Comedy Store in 1979.
Career:
Allen was in a number of Comic Strip Presents... programmes during the 1980s. He also appeared in an episode of The Young Ones and made his film debut in Crystal Gazing, which he co-wrote. Among his highest profile projects are Scandal, A Very British Coup, Carry On Columbus, The Young Americans, Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, Martin Chuzzlewit, De-Lovely, 24 Hour Party People and The Others. Allen featured in BBC reality show Art School, released football-themed single Vindaloo as part of the band Fat Les, has conducted often-controversial interviews for Channel 4, and was most recently seen playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. More recently, he has starred in The Body Farm, By Any Means, and My Mad Fat Diary.
Quote:
'I'm similar to Marmite in many respects. People either love me or hate me.'
Trivia:
He supports Fulham FC.
Dougray Scott
(Actor)
.. Caspian Lockett
Born:
November 25, 1965
in
Glenrothes, Scotland
Best Known For:
Mission: Impossible II.
Early-life:
Born Stephen Dougray Scott on November 25, 1965, in Glenrothes, Scotland. He studied at the Kirkcaldy College of Technology and the Welsh College of Music and Drama, where he was named the most promising drama student. He made his stage debut as Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird. On discovering there was already an actor registered with Equity called Stephen Scott, he adopted Dougray, his middle name and his French grandmother's surname.
Career:
Dougray made his TV debut in an episode of Taggart in 1992, the same year he also appeared in Lovejoy, Tell Tale Hearts and his first film, The Weak and Wide Astray. Three years later he got his big break when he was cast as Major Rory Taylor in Soldier Soldier. He followed that with The Crow Road and Twin Town before moving to Hollywood to make Ever After and Deep Impact. A well-known face on both sides of the Atlantic, Dougray's work also includes Mission: Impossible II, This Year's Love, Enigma and Ripley's Game. He was a frontrunner to replace Pierce Brosnan as James Bond before it eventually went to Daniel Craig. More recently, he has starred on TV in The Day of the Triffids, My Week with Marilyn, Hitman and United. He is constantly in demand.
Quote:
'I do what I feel is right at the time. Opportunities come along and I take them or I don't. I feel happy about what I'm doing, and I work instinctively.'
Trivia:
Dougray is a celebrity supporter of the British Red Cross.
Amari Bacchus
(Actor)
.. Ade Okoro
Leila Khan
(Actor)
.. Amira Dhawan
Carmel Laniado
(Actor)
.. Penelope Lockett
Charlie Mann
(Actor)
.. Edgar Delacombe
Ti Barbosa
(Actor)
.. Leon
Genesis Lynea
(Actor)
.. Whisper
Kenneth Collard
(Actor)
.. Hector Delacombe
Emily Maitlis
(Actor)
.. Miss Clarke
Miltos Yerolemou
(Actor)
.. Palombo
Tipper Seifert-Cleveland
(Actor)
.. Nicki/Villette
Aerona Shi
(Actor)
.. Jia Ou
Sani Thabo
(Actor)
.. Ede Okoro
Alex Mugnaioni
(Actor)
.. Diego Velasquez
Rowan Mcintosh
(Actor)
.. Dorian McArthur
Mark Freeland
(Executive producer)
Lou Ramsden
(Writer)
Leon McGeown-Fee
(Producer)
Jamie Magnus Stone
(Director)
