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Season 14, Episode 2
A game show contestant is stabbed during filming of the series's grand finale. In a baffling turn of events, the victim is murdered in mid-air while hurtling down a zip line. As various members of the TV crew come under suspicion, Mervin surprises his colleagues by signing a contract to prolong his stay on Saint Marie. However, he and Selwyn clash when it becomes clear Mervin has an ulterior motive for extending his visit. It also turns out that Selwyn has secrets of his own. Drama, starring Don Gilet and Don Warrington
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Cast & Crew
Don Gilet
(Actor)
.. DI Mervin Wilson
Don Warrington
(Actor)
.. Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Shantol Jackson
(Actor)
.. DS Naomi Thomas
Ginny Holder
(Actor)
.. Officer Darlene Curtis
Elizabeth Bourgine
(Actor)
.. Catherine Bordey
David Avery
(Actor)
.. Dale Buckingham
Adam James
(Actor)
.. Rick Mayhew
Simon Lennon
(Actor)
.. Jonny Feldon
Bhavna Limbachia
(Actor)
.. Chaz Simons
Sofia Oxenham
(Actor)
.. Lisa Bulmer
Joy Richardson
(Actor)
.. Brianna Clemetson
Tom Nash
(Writer)
Ray McBride
(Producer)
Jennie Paddon
(Director)
Sue Howells
(Series producer)
Tim Key
(Executive producer)
Amy Rodriguez
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Don Gilet
(Actor)
.. DI Mervin Wilson
Best Known For:
Babyfather, EastEnders and 55 Degrees North.
Early-life:
Born in Walsall in 1967, he was raised with two older sisters and always showed a love of drama. An early job was hosting a children's show called Playabout with Floella Benjamin. He also appeared in the video for Gabrielle's Out of Reach, before taking one-off roles in various TV dramas.
Career:
Don's first TV acting job was on The Imaginitively Named Punt and Dennis Show, but his big break came in 2001 with Babyfather, a BBC TWO drama based on the books by Patrick Augustus. After getting his big break playing nice but daft Johnny Lindo, Don Gilet went on to front detective series 55 Degrees North. He joined the cast of EastEnders earlier this year and has admitted that he was considering giving up acting prior to landing the tole. His theatre credits include Orlando in As You Like It at the Royal National Theatre, and the lead role in a critically acclaimed production of Ben Johnson's The Alchemist at London's Riverside Studios. In 2014, he joined the cast of Holby City.
Quote:
"The door has opened a little bit wider, but it hasn't been flung open. People haven't just gone and said, 'let's give loads of black people parts', but certainly people realise that we can do it."
Trivia:
He has appeared in a number of pantomimes.
Don Warrington
(Actor)
.. Commissioner Selwyn Patterson
Born:
May 23, 1951
in
Trinidad
Best Known For:
Playing Philip Smith in ITV sitcom Rising Damp.
Early-life:
Born Don Williams in Trinidad on May 23, 1951. He has an older brother. His father, Basil Kydd, died suddenly in Trinidad at the age of 48 in 1958 when Don was six. His mother, Shirley, decided to make a new life for herself in England while Don and his brother were looked after back in Trinidad by his grandmother. Shirley settled in Newcastle with a job at a metal factory and returned to Trinidad to collect her two sons. When Don was 12, his mother left for America to retrain as a nurse. Don and his brother were then looked after in England by his Auntie Lena. Don was 17 when he landed his first job as an assistant stage manager at Newcastle's Flora Robson Playhouse. He moved to London to train at the Drama Centre and then landed the role that made him famous.
Career:
Warrington began playing Philip Smith in ITV sitcom Rising Damp in 1974 alongside Leonard Rossiter and Richard Beckinsale. The hugely popular series ran until 1978 and led to a spin-off film. Decades later, Warrington directed the first UK stage tour of Rising Damp in 2013. He has also starred in Triangle, Crown Court, CATS Eyes, To Play the King, Grange Hill, Manchild, Holby City and The Crouches. More recently, he has appeared in Doctor Who, New Street Law, Casualty, Waking the Dead, Lewis and Death in Paradise. He has also performed with the National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Bristol Old Vic. He competed in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing with professional dancer Lilia Kopylova. They were eliminated in week five.
Quote:
'My brother and I were the only black kids in our school. The way you survive in those circumstances is to become like the locals, so I became a Geordie who was good at football.'
Trivia:
Warrington was awarded an MBE in 2008.
Shantol Jackson
(Actor)
.. DS Naomi Thomas
Ginny Holder
(Actor)
.. Officer Darlene Curtis
Elizabeth Bourgine
(Actor)
.. Catherine Bordey
David Avery
(Actor)
.. Dale Buckingham
Adam James
(Actor)
.. Rick Mayhew
Born:
September 09, 1972
in
United Kingdom
Best Known For:
Playing Cleveland O. Petty in Band of Brothers.
Early-life:
Born September 9, 1972 in the United Kingdom to actress Polly James. Adam trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama alongside Dominic West and Daniel Evans. He graduated in 1996.
Career:
After graduating, James started playing small roles in various TV series, including The Bill, Let Them Eat Cake and The 10th Kingdom, as well as such TV films as Sharpe's Regiment (1996). In 2001, he came to prominence in TV series Band of Brothers. He has made guest appearances in Holby City and he also played Pete Guildford for 17 episodes of Casualty in 2005. His other notable TV credits include Doctor Who, Extras, Ashes to Ashes and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. He has also appeared in a number of plays, such as The Pride, King Lear and Much Ado About Nothing. He played the Prime Minister in a production of King Charles III that was performed in the West End and on Broadway. James also played the Prime Minister in the TV version of King Charles III.
Quote:
'In my experience the writing is often better in theatre than in TV, so inevitably I am drawn there more.'
Trivia:
In 2010, he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor.
Simon Lennon
(Actor)
.. Jonny Feldon
Bhavna Limbachia
(Actor)
.. Chaz Simons
Sofia Oxenham
(Actor)
.. Lisa Bulmer
Joy Richardson
(Actor)
.. Brianna Clemetson
Tom Nash
(Writer)
Ray McBride
(Producer)
Jennie Paddon
(Director)
Sue Howells
(Series producer)
Tim Key
(Executive producer)
Amy Rodriguez
(Executive producer)
