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Grafters
''Grafters'' was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series. ''Grafters'' relates the lives of the Purvis brothers Joe ( Robson Green) and Trevor (Stephen Tompkinson), who along with their younger cousin Simon (Darren Morfitt) run a successful building business. The show regularly received ratings of over 9 million viewers and at the time was among ITV's most popular drama series. Cast * Paul Carter – Dulwich Hill * Robson Green – Joe Purvis * Stephen Tompkinson – Trevor Purvis * Darren Morfitt – Simon Purvis * Emily Joyce – Laura * Neil Stuke – Paul * Carli Norris – Melanie * Marian McLoughlin – Pippa * Eva Pope – Janice * Luisa Bradshaw-White – Debbie * David Westhead – Nick Costello * Katherine Wogan – Clare Costello * Lesley Vickerage – Viv Casey * Patrick Baladi – Will * Maurice Roëves – Lennie * James Gaddas – Ray * Berwick Kale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Tompkinson
Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in '' Chancer '' (1990), Damien Day in ''Drop the Dead Donkey'' (1990–1998), Father Peter Clifford in ''Ballykissangel'' (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in ''Grafters'' (1998–1999), Danny Trevanion in '' Wild at Heart'' (2006–2013) and Alan Banks in ''DCI Banks'' (2010–2016). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films ''Brassed Off'' (1996) and '' Hotel Splendide'' (2000). Early life Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire and then to Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, where he grew up and attended St Bede's Roman Catholic High School in Lytham and St Mary's Sixth Form in Blackpool. Tompkinson's first lead was as a red admiral butterfly in ''The Plotters of Cabbage Patch Corner''. He went on to train at the Central School of Speech an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robson Green
Robson Golightly Green (born 18 December 1964) is an English actor, angler, singer-songwriter and presenter. His first major TV role was as hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series ''Casualty'' in 1989. He then went on to portray Fusilier Dave Tucker in the ITV military drama series ''Soldier Soldier'', between 1991 and 1995. Between 2002 and 2008 he played Dr. Tony Hill in the ITV crime drama series ''Wire in the Blood''. As a TV presenter he has fronted shows such as '' Extreme Fishing'', '' Extreme Fishing Challenge'', and '' Tales from Northumberland''. He currently plays Detective Inspector Geordie Keating on ITV's ''Grantchester''. He was one half of the singing duo Robson & Jerome, along with fellow ''Soldier Soldier'' actor Jerome Flynn, who had several No. 1 singles in the 1990s. Early life Robson Golightly Green was born on 18 December 1964 in Dilston Hospital in Hexham, Northumberland, and grew up in Dudley, a small mining village south of Cramlington. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Baladi
Patrick Bashir Baladi (born 25 December 1971) is an English actor and musician. He is best known for playing Neil Godwin in the BBC sitcom ''The Office'', Michael Jackson in the Sky 1 drama '' Stella'' and Stephen Holmes in the ITV thriller ''Marcella''. Early life and education Baladi was born in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands. His father was a Syrian gynaecologist and obstetrician, and his mother a midwife.Jones, Alison (2009"Patrick Baladi goes from The Office to Hollywood" ''Birmingham Post'', 3 June 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2011. Baladi grew up with his siblings, Sara, Charlotte, Sophie and Nicholas. He was educated at Stonyhurst College, where he was the first student to win the Charles Laughton Prize for his roles in ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (as Pharaoh) and ''Amadeus'' (as Mozart). After school he went on to train as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Career Baladi is known for his portrayal of David Brent's nemesis, Neil Godwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Joyce
Emily Sian Joyce (born 12 April 1969) is an English actress best known for playing the role of Janet Dawkins in the BBC comedy series '' My Hero'', between 2000 and 2006. Early life Joyce is the youngest of three sisters, all of whom are in the entertainment business in the UK. Their mother loved the theatre and took the three girls to shows constantly. Joyce decided to join the National Youth Theatre at the age of fifteen and worked for ''Vogue magazine'' for sustenance during this time before going to train at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. At the age of seventeen she formed, and was the lead singer, in the band In Spite of All That. Including the time in drama school, Joyce spent three years as a part of this band. Career highlights After drama school, Joyce joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first television role was in the ITV drama ''Cracker'', where she played the murderer in a 1995 episode. She also starred in another ITV1 drama series, ''Grafters'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Westhead
David William Logan Westhead (born 1 June 1963) is an English actor. Early life Westhead was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Ely, Cambridgeshire. He studied drama at University of Bristol, Bristol University before going on to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, RADA, from where he graduated in 1987, after which he joined the Actors' Touring Company. Career He is notable as having been a member of the regular cast of ''The Bill'', ''Criminal Justice (British TV series), Criminal Justice'', ''Blackeyes (TV series), Blackeyes'', ''Stanley and the Women'', ''Bramwell (TV series), Bramwell'', ''The Silence (2010 drama), The Silence'', ''Life Begins (TV series), Life Begins'', ''The Lakes (TV series), The Lakes'', ''Grafters'', ''The Time of Your Life (TV series), The Time of Your Life'' and ''W1A (TV series), W1A''. He has also had guest appearances in ''Wycliffe (TV series), Wycliffe'' (''W. J. Burley, Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat'' as Freddie Tremaine), ''Doctor Who'' (''The Shakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Chaplin (writer)
Michael Chaplin (born 1951 in County Durham) is an English theatre, radio, television and non-fiction writer and former television producer and executive. He grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne where he now lives and works again. After graduating from Cambridge University in 1973 with a degree in history he trained as a reporter on '' The Journal'' newspaper in Newcastle upon Tyne and then became the paper's Health Correspondent. In 1977 he moved to London, becoming successively a researcher, producer, director and executive producer in London Weekend Television's current affairs and documentaries department. Among his many credits there was as editor of the cult arts/lifestyle show ''South of Watford'' which helped to establish the TV careers of its successive presenters, Ben Elton and Hugh Laurie. He then produced the ITV drama series ''Wish Me Luck'' about female secret agents in France during World War II which aired on ITV between 1988-1990. In 1989 he became Head of Drama and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesley Vickerage
Lesley Francesca Vickerage is an English actress best known for her roles as WPC Jenny Dean in the television series '' Between the Lines'', as Lieutenant (later Captain) Kate Butler in ''Soldier Soldier'', as Helen Lynley in the television series ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', and as Aunt Jane in the television series '' Moonfleet''. She is an enthusiast of English folk music and is often seen at the annual Chippenham Folk Festival. She had a walk on part in 1991 in ''King Ralph'' as a woman in the shop near the end of the film. She played Ellie in ''My Good Friend'', Helen Lynley in ''The Inspector Lynley Mysteries'', Viv Casey in '' Grafters'', the space pilot Vornholt in the BBC series '' Bugs'' and she has also been in ''The Bill'', '' Silent Witness'', '' Sea of Souls'', ''Inspector Morse'', '' Holby City'', '' Law & Order: UK'', '' Midsomer Murders'', '' Doctors'', ''Lewis'', ''My Family'' ‘’The Murder Room’’ and '' Between The Lines''. Most recently, she pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Bradshaw-White
Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 9 December 1974) is a former English actress, known for playing Tina Carter in '' EastEnders'' and for her previous roles on '' Bad Girls'', '' Holby City'' and ''This Life''. She has also made appearances in television series such as ''Grange Hill'', '' Birds of a Feather'', ''The Bill'' and '' Doctors''. Career She first became known for playing Maria Watts in the long-running BBC children's programme ''Grange Hill'' (1991–1994). She went on to act in several other notable television programmes including ''The Brittas Empire'' (1997); '' London's Burning'' (2001), ''A Touch of Frost'' (1997), the ITV police drama ''The Bill'' (1995; 1996; 1997), '' Birds of a Feather'' (1997; 1998), and Lorna Rose in '' Bad Girls'' in 1999. In 1996, she played Kira in the popular BBC drama ''This Life''. Film credits include ''Wonderful World'' (1998), ''The Escort'', ''A Friendship in Vienna'' and playing Evita (the Hostess) in ''Mauvaise Passe'' (1999). Other n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gaddas
James Gaddas (born 17 June 1960) is an English actor best known for his roles in ''Coronation Street'', '' Bad Girls'', ''Doctors'', ''Emmerdale'' and ''Hollyoaks''. Career Gaddas played Eddie Ainsworth in the tenth episode of the seventh series of '' Heartbeat''. Since leaving ''Bad Girls'', Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in ''Billy Elliot the Musical'', productions of ''Peter Pan'' and ''Spamalot'' and Bill Anderson in '' Mamma Mia!'' in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on ''The Bill'', '' Between the Lines'', ''Tracy Beaker Returns'', ''Medics'', ''Dogtown'', ''Doctors'', '' Waterloo Road'' and in 2015, he acted in ''Emmerdale'', playing Ged, who is a prisoner awaiting trial for murder. In 2017 he played John in the musical '' The Girls'' at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. In 2020, he joined the cast of the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' as Cormac Ranger. In September 2021, it was announced that Gaddas would write and star in a new version of Bram St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Russell (musician)
Raymond 'Ray' Russell (born 4 April 1947) is an English session musician who is primarily a guitarist. He is also a record producer and composer. In 1973 he was a member of the band Mouse, which released a progressive rock album entitled ''Lady Killer'' for the Sovereign record label. His TV compositions have included ''A Touch of Frost'', '' Bergerac'', ''Plain Jane'', ''A Bit of a Do'', ''Rich Tea and Sympathy'', ''The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries'', '' Dangerfield'' and '' Grafters'', as well as many other British and American television programmes. He also played in the DVD ''Simon Phillips Returns'' with Simon Phillips and Anthony Jackson. With colleagues Mo Foster and Ralph Salmins, Russell gives musical seminars at UK educational establishments. In 2008 Russell, drummer Ralph Salmins, and sound engineer Rik Walton created Made Up Music, a music library that distributes music on its web site and by sending portable hard drives to music editors. The company sells musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Pope
Eva Rebecca Pope (born 16 November 1967) is an English actress, best known for her portrayal of longest-serving headmistress Rachel Mason in '' Waterloo Road'', and appearances in ''Coronation Street'', ''Dream Team'', '' Baby Boys'' and ''Hetty Feather''. Early life and education Eva Pope was born in Appley Bridge, Wigan, Lancashire on 16 November 1967. She trained to be an actress at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1988. Career Pope's first major role was playing the villainous Tanya Pooley in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' from 1993 to 1994. Since then, she has made appearances in '' Cold Feet'', ''The Bill'', '' Heartbeat'', ''Peak Practice'' (as Claire Brightwell), ''Men of the World'', ''Holby City'', ''Casualty'', '' Strictly Confidential'', ''Adventure Inc.'', ''Vincent'' (as Cathy Gallagher), '' Bad Girls'' as prison governess Frances Myers, ''Life on Mars'', '' Sorted'', '' Spooks: Code 9'' and the film '' Shadow Man''. From Nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carli Norris
Carli Jo Norris (born 23 June 1974) is an English actress, known for her roles as Anoushka Flynn in ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors'', Martha Kane in ''Hollyoaks'' and taking over the role of Belinda Peacock in ''EastEnders''. Career In June 1997, just before officially graduating from RADA, she was chosen to play Eliza Doolittle in ''Pygmalion (play)#Notable productions, Pygmalion'' at the Noël Coward Theatre, Albery Theatre, directed by Ray Cooney and produced by Marc Sinden for Bill Kenwright. They also produced her next show, which was for the Peter Hall (director), Peter Hall Company, when she appeared in the premiere and tour of Simon Gray's ''Just The Three of Us'' with Prunella Scales and Dinsdale Landen. On television, she first appeared as Alice McMahon in ''EastEnders''; the title character in Catherine Cookson's ''Tilly Trotter'' (1999); central characters in ''In Deep''; ''Grafters''; ''Roger Roger'' and ''The Mrs Bradley Mysteries'' as Prunella 'Plum' Fisher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |