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Clara Hibbert - Helen Atkinson Wood
Theatre credits include: Candlelight and Dead Funny (Watford Palace), Far From The City (Almeida/ Edinburgh), Radio Active (Edinburgh/London/Australia/New Zealand), The Mouthtrap (Edinburgh/Lyric Hammersmith), Steaming and Loot (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), Blithe Spirit and Time and Time Again (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Twelfth Night (Theatre Royal, Stratford East), The Voysey Inheritance, The Moonstone, The Magistrate, Cold Meat Party, The Seagull and The Miser (Royal Exchange), Silly Cow (Haymarket), What the Butler Saw (Nottingham Playhouse), Present Laughter (National Tour), Penny Blue (Greenwich Theatre), Mr Wonderful (Chester Gateway Theatre), Falstaff (Glyndebourne Productions) and Robin Hood (Theatre Royal Norwich).
Television credits include: OTT, Consuela, Alas Smith and Jones, The Young Ones, The Lenny Henry Show, Who Dares Wins, Girls On Top, Happy Families, Black Adder III, KYTV, Your Cheating Heart, Tales from the Poopdeck, Jonathan Creek, Barbara, Kiss Me Kate, The Other Boat Race and Zip And Hollow.
Television presenting credits include: Private Lives, Style Trial and Good Life Gourmet Guide. Helen has also appeared as a guest on Q.I. and Have I Got News For You.
Radio credits include: Radio Active, Weekend, The Decameron, The Linthwaite Ladies, Grounded, The Oldest Member, Family Affair, Angry Old Men, Dear Diary, Rent, Guards Guards, Looking Forward to the Past, Glubslyme, Please Listen, Wordsmith of Gorsemere, Blood and Bruises, Omnibus, Philadelphia, Moonshine, A Walk in the Dark, The Papers of A.J. Wentworth, Where in the World, With Great Pleasure, The Maltby Collection and Sarah Millican's Support Group.
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David Lancaster - William Chubb
Previously seen at the Rose in Love’s Labour’s Lost. Other theatre credits include: Scenes from an Execution (National), The Madness of George III (National and New York), Mary Shelley (WYP/Nottingham Playhouse/Tricycle), Eden End (Northampton Theatre Royal/ETT),Yes, Prime Minister (Gielgud), Hay Fever (Haymarket), The History Boys (RNT at Wyndham’s), You Never Can Tell (Garrick), Whose Life Is It Anyway (Comedy Theatre), Man and Superman and Design for Living (Peter Hall Company/Theatre Royal Bath), Homebody Kabul (Cheek by Jowl/Young Vic), A Raisin in the Sun (Young Vic), Ghosts (ETT), He Stumbled and Judith (Wrestling School) and Time and the Conways (Old Vic/Toronto). Film credits include: Veer and Gladiatress. Television credits include: Law & Order, Silk, Trial and Retribution, Midsomer Murders, Justifying War, Holby City, Extremely Dangerous, The Ambassador, To Play the King and House of Cards.
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Bruce Fairlight - John Cummins
John trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Theatre credits include: Anne Boleyn, All’s Well That Ends Well and Henry VIII (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Reporter and The Alchemist (National), Eigengrau and Sixty-Six Books (Bush), The Good Soul of Szechuan (Manchester Library Theatre), A Stab in the Dark (Kings Head/Latitude Festival), Our Country's Good (Watermill), Edward II and Romeo and Juliet (B.A.C.), Pains of Youth (Belgrade) and The Beaver Coat (Finborough). Television credits include: The Hour, EastEnders, Holby City, Doctors and Banged Up Abroad. Radio credits include: London Calling, To Sicken and So Die, A Fare to Remember, Small Gods, Twice Brightly, Hold My Breath, The Voice of God, Troilus and Cressida, The Fountain Overflows, Agatha Rasin and Clare in the Community.
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Nicky Lancaster - David Dawson
David Dawson plays Nicky Lancaster. David was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Olivier Awards 2008 for his performance of Smike in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and for Best Supporting Actor at the 2010 Whatsonstage Theatregoers Choice Awards for his performance as Gethin Price in Comedians at the Lyric Hammersmith. Currently filming Peaky Blinders for Tiger Aspect, his recent television appearances includes Henry IV parts 1 and 2, Dancing on the Edge, Parade’s End, The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Luther.
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Pauncefort Quentin - James Dreyfus
James Dreyfus plays Pauncefort Quentin. James’s London recent theatre credits include Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Amongst Friends, The Common Pursuit at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Michael Frayn’s Donkey’s Years and the Emcee in Cabaret. He was first known for his roles in the BBC TV comedy series’ Gimme Gimme Gimme and The Thin Blue Line. Recent TV includes Mount Pleasant, Shameless, Midsomer Murders, Whitechapel, Double Time (in which he played both leading roles) and He Kills Coppers.
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Preston - Helen Fletcher
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Florence Lancaster - Kerry Fox
Florence Lancaster is played by Kerry Fox, whose film credits include An Angel at My Table, Shallow Grave, Bright Star and Intimacy. Most recently she has appeared in Jonathan Teplitzky’s Burning Man, Iain Softley’s Trap for Cinderella, PJ Hogan’s Mental and Andrew Adamson’s Mister Pip in which she plays Hugh Laurie’s wife. She was last on the London stage in Toby Frow’s production of Speaking in Tongues. Earlier this year she appeared in the Sydney Theatre Company production of Face to Face, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film of the same name.
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Tom Veryan - Jack Hawkins
Jack's credits include Otieno (Southwalk Playhouse), Levi in Birdsong (Comedy Theatre), and Hamlet in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Theatre Royal Haymarket). He has toured internationally with Cheek By Jowl as Soranzo in 'Tis Pity She's A Whore (BAM, New York; Barbican, London; Sydney Theatre; Les Gemeaux, Paris; Matadero, Madrid), and most recently played Jorgen Tesman in Hedda Gabler (Northampton Royal & Derngate). He appears in the feature film Bright Star.
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Helen Saville - Rebecca Johnson
Rebecca's theatre credits include The Way Of The World, The Importance Of Being Earnest (Chichester Festival Theatre), This Happy Breed (Theatre Royal Bath), Coram Boy, Mourning Becomes Electra, Edmond, Peter Pan (National Theatre), The Comedy Of Errors (Sheffield Crucible), Pedro The Great Pretender, House Of Desires, Tamars Revenge, The Dog In The Manager (Royal Shakespeare Company), Barbarians (Salisbury Playhouse) Macbeth (Sheffield's Studio Theatre), As You Like It, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Troilus & Cressida (Regents Park), Othello (Theatre Unlimited), Body And Soul (The Caird Company), Mrs Warren's Profession (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Front Page (Donmar Warehouse), What The Butler Saw (Sheffield Crucible), Lady Windermere's Fan (Manchester Royal Exchange And West End), Double Indemnity, The Long Mirror, The Rose Tattoo, Jane Eyre, A Christmas Carol (Clwyd Theatr Cymru), My Cousin Rachel (Windsor Theatre Royal), A Christmas Carol (Liverpool Playhouse), Jane Eyre (Playhouse Theatre, London), Inana, Lovers And Liars, Lizard In The Grass (Edinburgh Festival).
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Bunty Mainwaring - Sophie Rundle
Sophie trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. This is her professional theatre debut. Film credits include: Great Expectations. Television credits include: Peaky Blinders, Shetland, Bletchley Circle, Merlin, Episodes, Garrows Law and Titanic.
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