Who Do You Think You Are?: Dame Harriet Walter
12:10 am - 01:10 am, Sunday, August 2 on BBC One London (1)
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Dame Harriet Walter
Season 23, Episode 7
In a journey from Whitehall to Italy and Australia, actor Harriet Walter discovers a colourful cast of ancestors, taking her from the debtor's court to the opera house via Italian nobility. While her paternal family are well documented for founding The Times newspaper, Harriet wants to know more about her mother's family, starting in Whitehall where Dr Helen Fry tells her more about her mother's job in naval intelligence in the Second World War
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Angela Griffin
(Narrator)
Harriet Walter
(Presenter)
Lucy Swingler
(Series producer)
Colette Flight
(Executive producer)
Rajveer Sihota
(Producer)
Mary Cranitch
(Director)
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Did You Know..
Angela Griffin
(Narrator)
Born:
July 19, 1976
in
Leeds
Best Known For:
Coronation Street and Cutting It.
Early-life:
Angela Mellissa Griffin was born in Leeds on July 19, 1976. She was brought up by her mum and stepfather on a council estate after her bus conductor father left home when the actress was four. She has two brothers. Angela began acting in youth groups while in her teens, where she was spotted by a talent scout. She had early roles in children's series Under the Bedclothes and Just Us. She was academic at school and had been expected to continue with her education, but after gaining nine GCSEs, decided to concentrate on acting.
Career:
Following a brief appearance in Emmerdale as a holiday village guest, Griffin landed the role of hairdresser Fiona Middleton in Coronation Street in 1992. She stayed with the soap for six years. She went on to join the cast of Holby City, which she quit after three years. Other acclaimed roles have come in BBC drama Babyfather, Cutting It and Down to Earth. She has also made a guest appearance in gritty crime drama Waking The Dead and presented The Ethnic Multicultural Media Awards. Other work includes two stints in Waterloo Road, her own chat show and Sky's Mount Pleasant. She joined the cast of Lewis in 2014. She has also set up her own production company.
Quote:
'I have still got so much to learn. I want to do new plays, where I get to cry a lot or shout a lot or be insane.'
Trivia:
Griffin voices Amy the vet in children's TV show Postman Pat.
Harriet Walter
(Presenter)
Lucy Swingler
(Series producer)
Colette Flight
(Executive producer)
Rajveer Sihota
(Producer)
Mary Cranitch
(Director)
