This Life: Fantasy Football
10:00 pm - 10:40 pm, Wednesday, April 1 on BBC Four (9)
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Fantasy Football
Season 1, Episode 5
Miles urges Delilah to have an HIV test and Egg, deeply embarrassed at having caused a scene, seeks advice from Warren's therapist. Anna worries she isn't getting enough work at the chambers and hits on the bright idea of using her feminine charms to drum up business
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Cast & Crew
Jack Davenport
(Actor)
.. Miles
Amita Dhiri
(Actor)
.. Milly
Jason Hughes
(Actor)
.. Warren
Andrew Lincoln
(Actor)
.. Egg
Daniela Nardini
(Actor)
.. Anna
Geoffrey Bateman
(Actor)
.. Hooperman
Charlotte Bicknell
(Actor)
.. Delilah
Luisa Bradshaw-White
(Actor)
.. Kira
David Mallinson
(Actor)
.. O'Donnell
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Graham
Steve John Shepherd
(Actor)
.. Jo
Christopher Bramwell
(Actor)
.. Mr Webb
Keith-Lee Castle
(Actor)
.. Truelove
Clare Clifford
(Actor)
.. Sarah
Michael Elwyn
(Actor)
.. Montgomery
Gillian McCutcheon
(Actor)
.. Therapist
Maria McErlane
(Actor)
.. Mrs Webb
Jane Fallon
(Producer)
Audrey Cooke
(Director)
Richard Zajdlic
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jack Davenport
(Actor)
.. Miles
Born:
March 01, 1973
in
Merton
Best Known For:
Playing Miles in This Life.
Early-life:
Jack Arthur Davenport was born on March 1, 1973, in Suffolk. He claims he never intended to become an actor, despite being the offspring of thespian parents Nigel Davenport and Maria Aitken. After attending his father's old school, Cheltenham College, he studied film and literature at the University of East Anglia. His lucky break came when he wrote to John Cleese asking for work experience on Fierce Creatures and ended up landing a part in the movie.
Career:
Davenport became a sought-after actor and heart-throb after starring as Miles in hit series This Life. Projects such as Talos the Mummy, Macbeth, and Ultraviolet followed, before he made his Hollywood debut in The Talented Mr Ripley in 1999. Since then, he's returned to TV to star in acclaimed sitcom Coupling and made little-seen movies such as Offending Angels, The Bunker, Look, and Gypsy. His biggest film role to date came in The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. He also appeared in The Boat That Rocked, and was a cast member of US shows FlashForward and Smash. Davenport returned to the UK to make ITV series Breathless.
Quote:
'People tell me Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.'
Trivia:
He married actress Michelle Gomez in 2000.
Amita Dhiri
(Actor)
.. Milly
Born:
July 06, 1966
in
Brighton
Best Known For:
Playing Milly in This Life.
Early-life:
Amita Emmanuelle Dhiri was born Brighton on July 6, 1966. She has two younger brothers, Viney and Sanjay. Her mother is French and her father is a Ugandan Indian who was expelled from the country by Idi Amin. She speaks fluent French, took singing and dancing lessons from an early age, and is proficient in ballet and modern dance. Before studying at the London Drama Centre, she sang in a cabaret group, doing Tina Turner impressions.
Career:
Started out in theatre, most notably in Twelfth Night in Bedford. Her first TV appearance was as Milly in 1996's This Life. The drama about young lawyers became a huge hit and she, along with co-stars Daniela Nardini, Jack Davenport and Andrew Lincoln, were hailed as part of an exciting new generation of British actors. She says: 'Milly has helped me win roles that aren't written with Asian actresses in mind. But it's always going to be difficult to get equal treatment.' Dhiri then took guest roles in Casualty and McCallum, before going back to the stage. In 1999, she returned to TV in nuclear disaster drama The Last Train. More recently, she has starred in Silent Witness, Judge John Deed, Holby City, The Bill and Talking to the Dead.
Quote:
On This Life: 'Swearing, drinking, an affair - it was a big risk for an Asian actress. Had the show bombed, it would have been hard to escape with any credibility.'
Trivia:
After college, Dhiri's first job was with a man who wanted to make a Hindi version of Grease.
Jason Hughes
(Actor)
.. Warren
Andrew Lincoln
(Actor)
.. Egg
Born:
September 14, 1973
in
London
Best Known For:
This Life and The Walking Dead.
Early-life:
Andrew James Clutterbuck was born in London on September 14, 1973 to a civil engineer and a South African nurse. He grew up in Hull and moved with his family to Bath when he was 10. He attended Beechen Cliff Secondary School. Andrew showed a flair for drama after being cast as a leper in a school production of Jesus Christ, Superstar. He was inspired to take up acting professionally by the RSC's production of A Clockwork Orange, ending his dreams of being a vet. He moved to London at the age of 18 to study at Rada and his career took off less than a year after graduating.
Career:
In 1994, Lincoln made his TV debut in Drop the Dead Donkey. He appeared in TV series N7 and the movie Boston Kickout (1995) before cult BBC drama This Life helped turn him into a celebrity in 1996. The actor got on so well with This Life co-star Jack Davenport, he was best man at his wedding in 2000. Lincoln went on to appear in The Woman in White, Mersey Blues, Human Traffic and Offending Angels before landing another hit, starring in and directing the odd episode of cult Channel 4 comedy drama Teachers. He has also appeared in The Canterbury Tales, Afterlife, This Life: 10 Years On and Wuthering Heights. His movie credits include Love Actually (2003), Enduring Love (2004) and These Foolish Things (2006) and Made in Dagenham (2010). His career took off in America in 2010 when he started playing Rick Grimes in AMC's hugely popular horror drama The Walking Dead.
Quote:
On The Walking Dead: 'I go to work, I wear a Stetson, I put cowboy boots on and I shoot zombies for a living.'
Trivia:
In 2010, Lincoln signed up for a potential six years on The Walking Dead.
Daniela Nardini
(Actor)
.. Anna
Born:
April 26, 1968
in
Largs, Scotland
Best Known For:
Portraying self-destructive Anna in This Life.
Early-life:
Daniela Nardini was born on April 26, 1968 in Largs, Scotland, the only-daughter of an Italian ice-cream selling family. She has described her childhood as happy, but tragedy struck when she was 16 and her elder brother Pietro died in a car accident in Italy. Her original ambition was to be a doctor, but she was later bitten by the acting bug and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy Of Music And Drama. One of her earliest acting jobs involved dressing up as a Tetley tea man and being driven around Edinburgh on a float.
Career:
Nardini worked in the theatre for several years before achieving overnight fame with the success of the TV series This Life in 1996. Since then, she has appeared in several TV dramas, including Big Women, Rough Treatment, Undercover Heart, Love In The 21st Century and Sirens. On the big screen, she has starred in Elephant Juice and Festival. Her extensive stage career includes an appearance in A Streetcar Named Desire in 2009 at the Donmar Warehouse in London. She reprised the role of Anna in the 10th anniversary reunion episode of This Life, called This Life +10.
Quote:
'I wouldn't like an actor for a boyfriend, because if he was doing love scenes I'd get jealous. I'd be asking: 'What was she like?''
Trivia:
She won a Scottish Bafta in 2009 for her role in comedy drama New Town.
Geoffrey Bateman
(Actor)
.. Hooperman
Charlotte Bicknell
(Actor)
.. Delilah
Luisa Bradshaw-White
(Actor)
.. Kira
Born:
December 09, 1974
in
London
Best Known For:
This Life, Holby City and EastEnders.
Early-life:
Luisa was born in London on December 9, 1974. She has an older sister, Sasha. She got into acting at a young age and portrayed Maria Watts in Grange Hill between 1991 and 1994.
Career:
Bradshaw-White's first break came in 1996, when she played Kira in popular BBC drama This Life. She went on to make guest appearances in A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Birds of a Feather and London's Burning. She had recurring roles in Bad Girls and Holby City. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Tina Carter.
Quote:
'I was only 19 when I was in This Life and all the attention was mental. There were all these parties. It was full on and it was very difficult to keep grounded.'
Trivia:
She is a vegetarian.
David Mallinson
(Actor)
.. O'Donnell
Cyril Nri
(Actor)
.. Graham
Steve John Shepherd
(Actor)
.. Jo
Best Known For:
EastEnders and This Life.
Early-life:
Born in London in September 1973, Steve first became known to TV audiences in 1996 when he played the role of Jo, the law clerk, in two series of BBC Two drama This Life.
Career:
Shepherd went on to star alongside Pauline Quirke in two series of Maisie Raine, and made guest appearances in episodes of The Knock, Spine Chillers, The Last Chancers, New Tricks, Cold Blood, Lilies, Taggart and Waking the Dead. He has also starred on the big screen in From Hell (2001), Boudica (2003), Layer Cake (2004) and The Best Man (2005). In 2009, he began playing the part of Charlie in BBC Three sitcom Lunch Monkeys. His biggest role to date came in 2010 when he was cast as Michael Moon in EastEnders, a part he played until November 2013.
Quote:
On playing Michael in EastEnders: 'I feel extremely privileged to have had this amazing experience and want to thank everybody - most importantly the fans of the show - for taking Michael and his numerous flaws into their hearts.'
Trivia:
Shepherd once dated The Knock co-star Martine McCutcheon.
Christopher Bramwell
(Actor)
.. Mr Webb
Keith-Lee Castle
(Actor)
.. Truelove
Clare Clifford
(Actor)
.. Sarah
Michael Elwyn
(Actor)
.. Montgomery
Gillian McCutcheon
(Actor)
.. Therapist
Maria McErlane
(Actor)
.. Mrs Webb
Jane Fallon
(Producer)
Audrey Cooke
(Director)
Richard Zajdlic
(Writer)
