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Probably one of Britain's most underrated actors, Paul Freeman has accumulated literally hundreds of screen credits over several decades, most notably as the main villain in the Steven Spielberg classic Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and he has worked extensively in the theatre, but he has managed to avoid becoming a star or even a household name in his native UK. His hypnotic good looks and talent for accents have often seen him cast as villains.

He originally worked in advertising and then he trained as a teacher, while he participated in amateur dramatics as a pastime. As a professional actor he gained extensive experience performing in repertory in England and Scotland and landed small roles at the Royal Court Theatre. He is also a founding member of the Joint Stock Theatre Company. He acted at the National Theatre and began to get roles on British television. Films included The Long Good Friday (1980) (starring Bob Hoskins) and The Dogs of War (1980) (starring Christopher Walken). His work was noticed by American director Steven Spielberg, who cast Freeman as French archaeologist Rene Belloq, Harrison Ford's charismatic but utterly selfish rival in the blockbuster Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He had expected to appear in the next Indiana Jones movie, but Spielberg and George Lucas decided on a different story. Nevertheless, his portrayal of Belloq guaranteed him good work in the following years, during which he continued to showcase his command of dialects and chameleon-like ability to disappear into roles, such as the deliciously evil Professor Moriarty in the Michael Caine comedy Without a Clue (1988).

His notable television appearances have included Will Shakespeare (1978), Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981), Falcon Crest (1981), Inspector Morse (1987), and ER (1994). He has also continued to work as a stage actor.

Jamie Demetriou is one of the UK's leading comedy actors, writer-performers and character comedians.

His hit debut six-part series STATH LETS FLATS, which he wrote and stars in as the titular character, aired on Channel 4 in 2018 to critical acclaim. The series holds a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Jamie will start filming the second series of the show in May 2019. He was recently nominated for an RTS Award for Best Writer (Comedy) for the series (he wrote 3 episodes with Robert Popper and 3 alone) and earlier this year was nominated for a Broadcast Award for Best Comedy Programme.

He is currently writing, and will star in, PARIAHS - a 6 x 10' series - with Ellie White for BBC3, following a successful set of tasters that were broadcast on iPlayer.

Jamie has also had a feature film script commissioned by Film4 and he wrote and starred in his own Sky Halloween Comedy Short, OH GOD, in 2016.

As an actor, Jamie voiced Moriarty, opposite Johnny Depp's Sherlock, in Paramount's animation feature film SHERLOCK GNOMES. He also played the lead villain Mr Ahmad in the Netflix global-release feature GAME OVER, MAN! alongside the Workaholics team of Anders Holm, Adam Devine and Blake Anderson and from producers Seth Rogen and Scott Rudin.

Jamie played The Professor in Working Title's smash hit, PADDINGTON 2, and can soon be seen in the role of Dimidius in HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE MOVIE - ROTTEN ROMANS.

Jamie can soon be seen in a regular role in Hulu / MGM's FOUR WEDDINGS reboot.

Other recent television roles include Steve Coogan's THIS TIME WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE for BBC One, Julia Davis' hit series for Sky and HBO, SALLY 4EVER, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's phenomenon, FLEABAG, for the BBC.

Stephanie Beacham is without a doubt one of Britain's most talented, beautiful and well-known actresses. Despite becoming world famous and an icon of the 1980s due to her role as Sable Colby in the American soap operas Dynasty (1981) and The Colbys (1985) and going on to have starring roles in shows such as Sister Kate (1989), SeaQuest 2032 (1993), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) and Bad Girls (1999), Stephanie Beacham had already carved a solid acting career back in her home country. Born in Hertfordshire in southern England, one of the four children of an insurance executive and a housewife, Beacham began an interest in acting at a young age and studied mime at the respected and renowned school of Étienne Decroux in Paris before completing her studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London. Guest roles on British television followed in the late 1960s such as The Saint (1962) and UFO (1970), however Beacham's breakthrough was her starring role opposite Marlon Brando in the cult horror film The Nightcomers (1971) that brought her critical acclaim and widespread attention. She became a regular staple in British horror films for the remainder of the 1970s and early 1980s such as Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972), The Confessional (1976), Schizo (1976) and Inseminoid (1981), however she was still a commonly seen face on television, such as being given her own soap opera in Marked Personal (1973) as well as regular modelling work. It was in the 1980s however that Beacham's career became supercharged. She had starring roles in the acclaimed television series Tenko (1981) and Connie (1985), the latter gaining particular interest in the US. Beacham moved to Hollywood in the mid-1980s and was given the role of Sable Colby in the ABC soap opera The Colbys (1985), and then joined it's parent show Dynasty (1981) where she remained until the show's cancellation. Both shows made Beacham a household name on both sides of the Atlantic as the glamour-puss wife of Charlton Heston's character Jason and cousin of Joan Collins' Alexis, with the two regularly involved in a 'battle of the bitches' scenario. Following the cancellation of Dynasty, Beacham headlined the sitcom Sister Kate (1989) for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, before going on to have main roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) as Iris McKay, Steven Spielberg's SeaQuest 2032 (1993) as Dr. Kristen Westphalen and Countess Bartholomew in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) as well as film roles opposite Christopher Plummer in Secrets (1992) and Anthony Hopkins in To Be the Best (1991). Beacham maintained a regular presence on television and in theatre both in the US and the UK for the remainder of the 1990s until she played Phyllida Oswyn in the prison series Bad Girls (1999), a role she would play until the show's end in 2006. She would later have parts in films such as Love and Other Disasters (2006), Moving Target (2011) and Wild Oats (2016) and played Martha Fraser in Coronation Street (1960).

Tracy Reed was born on 21 September 1941 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), A Shot in the Dark (1964) and Casino Royale (1967). She was married to Christopher McCabe, Bill Simpson, Neil Hallett and Edward Fox. She died on 2 May 2012 in West Cork, Ireland.

Lucy Liemann was born on 24 November 1973 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The Strays (2023) and Hotel Babylon (2006). She has been married to Nigel Harman since 2011. They have one child.

Clive Mantle was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire. He was a chorister in St. John's choir, Cambridge for four years, and a member of the National Youth Theatre for five years, appearing in a total of eleven productions. He trained at R.A.D.A. and has worked steadily in films, plays and television. He is best known for playing Little John in Robin Of Sherwood and Mike Barratt in Casualty and Holby City.

Emma Lee Bunton was born on the 21st January 1976 in Finchley, North London to parents Pauline, a karate instructor, and Trevor, a milkman. They split up when Emma was 11, and she stayed with her mum. She also has a younger brother, P.J. (Paul) who she is very close to. Emma's career began at an early age when she started doing modeling work for such things as Mothercare, Mentadent P toothpaste and Polly Pocket. She attended the famous Sylvia Young Drama School in London, during which time she auditioned for several TV parts including that of "Bianca" in EastEnders (1985), but none of them really panned out. She can be seen briefly in both EastEnders (1985) and The Bill (1984), but only in minor parts. It wasn't long after she left Sylvia Young's that she joined the Spice Girls (after the original 5th Spice Girl, Michelle Stephenson, left). 2 albums, 8 No. 1 singles and a film later and the Spice Girls are still going strong. Emma is due to appear in the BBC musical drama Sleeping Beauty (1987), which is filming at the moment and will be out by the end of the year. The Spice Girls' 3rd album, "Forever", was released in November 2000 and reached the #2 spot on the UK charts. It also features the Spice Girls' 9th #1 single, "Holler/Let Love Lead The Way". Since then, the Spice Girls haven't worked together again. In April 2001, Emma released her first solo album, "A Girl Like Me", which featured her 1999 cover of Edie Brickell's "What I Am" and Emma's own #1 hit "What Took You So Long". In 2003, Emma released her second solo album, "Free Me", which includes her four hits "Free Me", "Maybe", "I'll Be There" and "Crickets Sing For Anamaria". Her promo tour lead her to the US in early 2005, where a remix of "Free Me" was a popular club track.

Babou Ceesay was born on 17 November 1978 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Free Fire (2016), Eye in the Sky (2015) and '71 (2014).

Tamara Smart was last seen starring in Rachel Talalay's "A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting", alongside Oona Laurence, Indya Moore and Tom Felton. Based on the bestselling book trilogy of the same name by Joe Ballarini, the film follows, babysitter Kelly Ferguson (Smart) who's charge is kidnapped by monsters. Kelly is recruited by a secret society of badass babysitters, who protect children destined to change the world. The film streamed on Netflix from October 15, 2020.

In 2020 Tamara was seen in Kenneth Branagh's "Artemis Fowl" alongside Ferdia Shaw and Lara McDonnell. The film is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Eoin Colfer. It is centered on Artemis Fowl (Shaw), a young criminal prodigy, who hunts down a secret society of fairies to find his missing father. Tamara will be seen as the role of 'Juliet Butler,' who is the Niece and protégé of Domovoi Butler (played by Nonso Anozie).

In 2019 she was seen in Nickelodeon's acclaimed reboot of the cult hit-series, "Are You Afraid of the Dark" alongside Lyliana Wray, Sam Ashe Arnold, Miya Cech and Jeremy Ray Taylor. The three-part series follows the lives of the Midnight Society and what happens to the group when the terrifying events of her story start to actually happen in their small town.

In 2018 Tamara was also as part of the BBC ensemble cast of the Hulu crime-drama mini-series, "Hard Sun" as the role of 'Hailey Hicks' alongside Jim Sturgess and Agyness Deyn. The series followed two detectives with opposing viewpoints are forced to work together in a pre-apocalyptic criminal world.

Tamara made her television debut in 2015 at the age of 10 staring in the BBC remake of the comedy series, "The Worst Witch" opposite Bella Ramsey, Clare Higgins and Raquel Cassidy. She was seen as the role of 'Enid Nightshade' one of the first-year witches at Cackle Academy, whose lives are filled with potions, spells and broomsticks -and one disaster after the next.

Tamara resides in London and has been trained in dance.

Blonde, beautiful and extremely likable are some of the many ways to describe Carol Hawkins.

She first appeared on the screen in The Body Stealers (1969) and in a few other films following her debut. However, it is for her 'Carry On...' film work which she is best remembered throughout the 1970s, together with her role as Sharon Eversleigh in the TV series, Please Sir! (1968).

Appearing in the very successful Carry on Abroad (1972) as Marge, her character was paired with 'Lily' played by Sally Geeson, both of whom go off to the Spanish Island, with the rest of the 'Carry On...' gang, looking for love. Her contribution to the film was an important one and her character is enjoyable to watch on-screen.

Her performance was so successful that she was asked back to be Sandra in Carry on Behind (1975). Although, not the best of the Carry On films she was certainly memorable.

In addition to appearing in two Carry On films, she had also appeared in Carry on Again Christmas (1970).

Carol also appeared as a supporting player in the Carry on Laughing (1975) television series. Her place in 'Carry On...' history as a supporting 'Carry Oner' is certainly sealed.

In recent years, and with the decline of the British film industry, Carol found work in television in comedy series like My Husband and I (1987). It is a shame that she has not done more work on television, however she did appear in Doctors (2000) in 2004 playing "Pam Jordan" in an episode called "Getting On".

In recent times, Carol has appeared at some of the memorabilia events at the NEC in Birmingham.

Elaine Paige, as an actress, recording artist, producer, and broadcaster, has made a major contribution to the modern musical that ensures her own chapter in the entertainment world and justifies the title "The First Lady of Musical Theatre".

She has starred in numerous West End productions and on Broadway and in concert internationally, sweeping to fame when she created her award winning performance as Eva Peron in "Evita". Shortly afterwards, she created the role of Grizabella in the original production of "Cats" and the classic song "Memory" became one of Elaine's many hit records.

Further theatre productions: "Hair", "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Grease", "Billy", "Chess" (with her record breaking number one hit "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson), "Anything Goes", "Piaf", "Sunset Boulevard" in London and Broadway, "The King and I", and "Sweeney Todd" (New York City Opera). She has worked twice with Sir Peter Hall's Theatre Company in "The Misanthrope" and Feydeau's "Where There's A Will".

Elaine has performed in concert worldwide from The White House to The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, from the Bolshoi to Sydney Opera House. She has appeared in many television roles including her own TV specials and Royal Variety Shows. She has recorded 18 solo albums (four multi-platinum and nine consecutive gold) and seven cast albums, and has been honoured with a number of awards: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actress in a Musical and Variety Club Award for Show Business Personality of the year (1978); Variety Club Award for Musical Artiste (1986) and Variety Club Award for Best Actress (1995); Gold Badge of Merit from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (1994); HMV Lifetime Achievement Award (1996); Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (1999); Order of the British Empire for services to Musical Theatre (1995), Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical (2004), and Variety Club Special Presentation for 40 Years on Stage (2009). In September 2012, Elaine was given an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of East Anglia and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts at a ceremony in London.

Elaine often takes time out of her busy schedule to tirelessly support various charities close to her heart including The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, The Children's Trust Tadworth, EveryChild, Breast Cancer Campaign, Noah's Ark Hospice, The Lady Taverners, St Thomas' Lupus Trust, and most recently, The Terence Higgins Trust.

2014 marks the 10th anniversary of the hugely successful weekly BBC Radio 2 show "Elaine Paige on Sunday". The programme, devoted to musical theatre and film music, continues to delight audiences of over 2.3 million listeners each week.

Television work has included Elaine appearing as herself in the BBC hit comedy programme Beautiful People; the role of Dora Bunner in Agatha Christie's Ms. Marple story A Murder is Announced for Granada/WGBH, and a guest star role in Where The Heart Is for Granada Television.

In 2005, she completed her triumphant concert tour of Australia, New Zealand, and the Far East and in 2006, she released her new album of songs from the stage entitled "Essential Musicals", followed by a sell-out concert tour of Scandinavia and the UK prior to taking her new show to China. In March 2007, she performed in concert at the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre.

Elaine returned to the West End stage in 2007 to critical acclaim in the title role of "The Drowsy Chaperone" at the Novello Theatre, London, for which she was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her performance in What's On Stage Awards, London. As well as performing in Europe and in the USA in concert, Elaine recorded a track with Secret Garden, "The Things You Are You To Me", for their number one quadruple-platinum selling album.

September 2008 marked the 40th anniversary of Elaine's West End debut and was celebrated with a book entitled "Memories" and a sell-out international celebratory concert tour across the world including Scandinavia, China, the UK, and Ireland (which resulted in a live CD release "Elaine Paige Live - Celebrating A Life On Stage"), and continued in October of 2009 across Australia and New Zealand where the Sydney concert was filmed for DVD release in March 2010 entitled "Elaine Paige Celebrating A Life On Stage".

On her return to the UK, Elaine sang "I Know Him So Well" with Susan Boyle on her TV special I Dreamed a Dream: The Susan Boyle Story. Elaine also performed at the 2010 Cheltenham Jazz Festival showcasing a brand new jazz set to an enthralled audience.

November 2010 saw the release of Elaine's brand new studio album, "Elaine Paige & Friends". Recorded in New York and produced by legendary record producer Phil Ramone for Rhino/Warner Bros Records, it features duets with 14 of her favourite musical performers, and entered the Top 20 in the UK, where Elaine was awarded a gold disc for sales over 100,000 by the end of the year.

Elaine return to the concert stage in February 2011 after which she flew to the US to star as Carlotta Campion in Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, receiving critical acclaim from reviewers and audiences alike.

Following an intimate concert at Chichester Cathedral as part of the 2011 festivities, Elaine returned to the USA to reprise her role in "Follies", this time on Broadway. "Follies" opened at the Marquis Theatre in New York on September 12, and once again the critics were unanimous in their praise for her performance; she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical.

2012 kicked off with Elaine performing two concerts at New York's Lincoln Center - her debut concert performances in New York, which the New York Daily News said "After 34 years, London theatre legend Elaine Paige finally got to sing 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' on a New York stage. It was worth the wait." After a short break, "Follies" moved to the West Coast of America in May to the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles for a limited six-week-only, sold-out engagement.

The year ended with a series of successful concert appearances in New Zealand, Australia, and the Far East, and two special concerts in the UK - one at Raymond Blanc's La Manoir in Oxford and the other for The Prince's Trust at the Central Hall Westminster in London.

As 2013 commenced, Elaine was nominated and won the 2012 BroadwayWorld Los Angeles Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Touring) and the original cast recording of "Follies", featuring Elaine, was included in the category Best Musical Theater Album in the 55th Grammy Award nominations. Following a tour of Scandinavia, Elaine completed her first ever concert tour of the USA, playing to sell out audiences and garnering rave reviews.

2014 kicked off with The Elaine Paige Show on Sky Arts TV. The series was a unique glimpse into the fascinating world of musical theatre and combined a mix of songs, performance, and interviews as Elaine was joined each week by a variety of guests from stage and screen. As the series went to air, a brand new Warner CD The Ultimate Collection was released to celebrate Elaine's 50th year in the business featuring hits, rare unreleased tracks and a brand new re-mix of "Be On Your Own" from the musical "Nine" by Almighty Records.

The year ended with a sell-out UK tour including a spectacular night at London's prestigious Royal Albert Hall accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra which was not only broadcast on BBC Radio 2, but was filmed and released in cinemas worldwide and later as a live DVD/CD as I'm Still Here.

2015 saw Elaine continue her 50th Anniversary tour, perform live at the V.E. Day 70 Concert at London's Horse Guards Parade Ground, top the bill at some summer festival dates in the UK, and take on two very different acting roles - one in the indie film Speed Love, which is a thriller based around a speed dating event due for release in 2016, and the other in Russell T. Davies' adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in which Elaine played the role of Mistress Quince, head of the mechanicals and director of the play within the play, which aired on BBC1 TV on Monday, 30 May 2016.

In early 2016, Elaine announced a series of weekend concerts entitled Stripped Back, which saw her perform her favourite tracks, from an array of contemporary songwriters with a small group of musicians, in some of the UK's most beautiful venues

And so with these recent projects, along with her continued success on BBC Radio 2 with "Elaine Paige On Sunday" and much more planned for the future, it's very fitting for the title of her most recent cinema and DVD release to be ... I'm Still Here!

Cariad Lloyd was born on 21 August 1982 in Barnet, Middlesex, London, England, UK. She is a podcaster and actress, known for Murder in Successville (2015), Peep Show (2003) and Drunk History: UK (2015).

Martin Crewes, was born in Barnet, London, England in the year 1968. At age ten, he moved to Perth, Australia. He graduated in 1990 from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Musical Theater. His father David, who was born in New Zealand, was a performing arts actor, participating in many plays in the UK and Australia, such as the Homecoming (1968). His younger sister Amanda Crewes is also an actress, and graduated from WAAPA in 1998 with a Bachelors in Performing Arts. She just finished performing in the Barking Gecko Theatre Company's production, The Rodeo Kid. His mother Elizabeth and aunt Marie were also performing arts actresses, and the Crewes family were part of Playlovers, an organization that features amateurs in theater in Floreat, WA Australia, for many years. Martin is mainly a Performing Arts actor. His Australian theater credits include: Barnum, The Wizard of Oz, Aspects of Love, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story.

Martin is also a TV actor, and has appeared in many Australian TV shows such as Neighbours, RFDS, Phoenix and The Newlyweds. In 1995 Martin went to Asia to perform the role of Lt. Joe Cable in the musical South Pacific in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In 1996, he played Marius in the international tour of Les Miserables performing in Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea and Cape Town. In 1997, Martin moved to and worked in the UK, and again performed the role of Marius in Les Miserables in London's West End. Martin also appeared in many other musicals while living in London, such as The Rink and Pal Joey .

Martin gained popularity in the UK when he spent two years in the hit Sky TV series Dream Team (1997), as the Hispanic player and manager Luis Amor Rodriguez. In this role, he gained recognition, because of the illicit love affair between his character Luis Amor Rodriguez, and the chairman's wife, Linda Block.

In 1999-2000, he played Anthony Sullivan in series 1 and 2 of ITV mini- series Daylight Robbery (1999). In December 2000 Martin performed the opening number of the Royal Variety Performance. Two years later, Martin portrayed the role of Kaplan in the film Resident Evil (2002). He returned to Australia in late 2001, and has done 3 musicals. "Oh! What a night", "Hair" and from August to October 2002, he portrayed the role as "The Man" Jim Ryan in "The Man from Snowy River Arena Spectacular", which was a huge success through out Australia. His most recent performance was when he played Marius in a concert tour of "Les Miserables" in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland in October and November 2002.

Londoner Paul Chapman was born in 1939,the younger brother of comedy writer John Chapman and nephew of the actor Edward Chapman. After attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art he graduated in the early 1960s and made his television debut in 1964 in the series 'Curtain of Fear'. Several regular slots in television shows followed,including as an inmate of 'Colditz',Sir Harwell Mincing in the children's period drama 'Return of the Antelope',the pompous - but cuckolded - father of the bride in 'A Bit of a Do', and in two episodes of 'Midsomer Murders'. However he will probably be best known for playing the hen-pecked brother-in-law in long-running sitcom 'As Time Goes By'.

Geoffrey Sax was born on 17 October 1949 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Stormbreaker (2006), Tipping the Velvet (2002) and White Noise (2005). He has been married to Karina Brewin since 1995. They have two children. He was previously married to Caroline Sax.

Geoffrey Chater was a much in-demand character actor whose unforced poise and lightly worn haughtiness made him a natural for figures of privilege and authority - from a British consul in Brideshead Revisited and school chaplain in Lindsay Anderson's If... to doctors, military officers and peers of the realm. Those same qualities also lent him a formidable presence on stage.

His father a composer for dance bands, his mother the actor Gwendoline Gwynne, Chater was born in Barnet, north London. Aged eight, he saw his mother in Merton Hodge's comedy The Wind and the Rain at the now demolished Scala Theatre and decided to become an actor. After boarding at Marlborough College, he joined the army in 1940 while still in his teens and rose to the rank of captain, spending the war in India and Burma where he became involved in morale-boosting revues.

Returning home, Chater began his professional career with Windsor rep and made his West End debut in Bruce Walker's thriller Master Crook at the Comedy Theatre (now Harold Pinter Theatre) in 1952. He spent a season at London's Old Vic in 1954 and caught attention in Giles Cooper's acerbic contemporary comedy Everything in the Garden and Thomas Middleton's Jacobean tragedy Women Beware Women with Peter Hall's nascent Royal Shakespeare Company at the Arts Theatre in 1962.

At the Cambridge in 1965, he played Yslaev, husband to Ingrid Bergman's Natalie Petrovna, in Michael Redgrave's revival of A Month in the Country, and appeared as Lord Froth in The Double Dealer at London's Royal Court in 1969. There, he also appeared in NF Simpson's absurdist morality comedy Was He Anyone? (1972), Howard Brenton's still topical political drama Magnificence (1973), and as his second Polonius to Jonathan Pryce's Hamlet in 1980, having previously played the role opposite Ian McKellen for Prospect in 1971.

Chater's belated National Theatre debut came as Dr Bradman alongside Elizabeth Spriggs' Madame Arcati in Harold Pinter's 1976 revival of Blithe Spirit. He appeared as Dr Frobisher in The Browning Version at the King's Head Theatre the same year. In 1978, he returned to the RSC for David Mercer's political satire Cousin Vladimir at the Aldwych Theatre.

A constant presence on television for more than 50 years, his credits include appearances in, among many other television shows, Crying Down the Lane (1962), Callan (1967), Mapp & Lucia (1985), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Bognor (1981), Devenish (1977), Emergency-Ward 10 (1957), Mogul (1965), Tales of the Unexpected (1979), Nanny (1981), Play for Today (1970), Blott on the Landscape (1985), Rumpole of the Bailey (1978), One Foot in the Grave (1990), The Thin Blue Line (1995), The Cleopatras (1983), and Midsomer Murders (1997).

The very image of the Establishment, he played ministers, lawyers, bankers and doctors from the early 1950s until 2005. His film credits included impressive entries such as Gandhi (1982), Endless Night (1972), If.... (1968), Barry Lyndon (1975), and O Lucky Man! (1973), as well as such unlikely miscellany as Reg Varney's drag-act monstrosity, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973).

Chater memorably played Christmas Humphreys, the QC who wrongly convicted Timothy Evans (played by John Hurt), absolving John Christie (Richard Attenborough) of murder, in 10 Rillington Place (1971).

Geoffrey Michael Chater Robinson was died on October 16 2021, aged 100. He was survived by his wife Jennifer Hill, their daughter and two sons.

The phrase has now been enshrined in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. "The time is a quarter to two," the announcer would intone. "This is the BBC Light Programme for mothers and children at home. Are you ready for the music? When it stops, Daphne Oxenford will be here to speak to you." "The music" - the Berceuse from Faure's Dolly Suite - was the signal for an audience of pre-school children across the country to settle down. Then, as a regular storyteller on the show from 1950 until 1971 (others were Julia Lang and Dorothy Smith), Daphne Oxenford would read the story of the day. "Few radio memories come as misty-eyed as this," noted the radio historian Paul Donovan. But Daphne Oxenford also appeared on television - notably in early episodes of Coronation Street. Between 1960 and 1963 she played Esther Hayes, making her debut in episode two. Although the character was a spinster with a criminal brother, she thought the role dull and left after a couple of years, finally returning for guest appearances in 1971 and 1972, when she was last seen at the wedding of Ernest Bishop to Emily Nugent. For 26 years Daphne Oxenford was also a regular voice on What the Papers Say, Granada Television's irreverent weekly survey of the British Press, in which she was required to articulate excerpts from publications ranging from the tabloids to The Daily Telegraph, often in assumed voices. The daughter of an accountant, Daphne Margaret du Grivel Oxenford was born on October 31 1919 at Barnet, north London. From school she trained at the Embassy School of Acting in Swiss Cottage, later the Central School of Speech and Drama, under Sybil Thorndike's sister Eileen. During the war she worked briefly in a bank and later as a censor, but hated having to read people's private correspondence and was relieved to join ENSA entertaining troops and, after VE-Day, spending time in Germany broadcasting for radio. Later in 1945 she appeared with Sonnie Hale and Nellie Wallace in the revue That'll Be The Day. Her first radio engagement was in Let's Join In! for schools radio in 1947, followed in 1949 by her television debut in Oranges and Lemons, a show in which she had worked at the Lyric (Hammersmith) and Globe Theatres. She also appeared in a television adaptation of Tuppence Coloured, the stage revue in which she had worked with Joyce Grenfell and Max Adrian at the Lyric and Globe in 1947. Although her regular radio work with Listen With Mother occupied her from 1950, Daphne Oxenford continued to develop her stage career. She had roles in productions at the Library Theatre, Manchester, of The Happiest Days Of Your Life, in which she was Miss Gossage, the games mistress played in the later film version by Joyce Grenfell, and Candida (both 1955). In 1969 she appeared in Spring And Port Wine and Relatively Speaking at the same venue. In 1979 she played Violet in a revival of TS Eliot's The Family Reunion, starring Edward Fox, at the Royal Exchange, Manchester, and at the Vaudeville when it transferred to the West End the following year. She appeared as Miss Prism in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest at the Nottingham Playhouse in October 1990, and returned to Manchester to play Emmy in The Doctors' Dilemma at the Royal Exchange in 1991. The following year, at the Library Theatre, she was Ethel Thayler in a stage version of the film On Golden Pond. From 1956 Daphne Oxenford made regular television appearances with her friend Joyce Grenfell in the comedienne's sketch show Joyce Grenfell Requests The Pleasure. She was the mother in John Mortimer's autobiographical A Voyage Round My Father (1969), and throughout the 1970s and 1980s appeared in numerous comedy series with Jimmy Tarbuck, Les Dawson and Dick Emery, dramas in the Play For Today slot and popular sitcoms including Some Mothers Do Have 'Em, Rising Damp and Man About The House. She played Mrs Patterson, the village grocer, in To The Manor Born (1979-81). She continued to make cameo appearances throughout the 1980s and 1990s in television series such as The Bill, Brookside and Casualty. In 2002 she played the Queen Mother in an American television biopic about the life of Prince William. Although she looked the part, she was dismayed by some of the lines, protesting that the Queen Mother would never have said "when the chips are down". However she was told that American audiences needed to comprehend the dialogue. Daphne Oxenford's feature film credits included parts in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), That'll Be The Day (1973), and as Mrs Pumphrey in All Creatures Great And Small (1974). She married, in 1951, David Marshall. They lived in Altrincham, Cheshire, until 2001 when they moved to Essex. After her husband's death in 2003 she moved to the actors' retirement home at Denville Hall, Northwood, from where she continued to do occasional television jobs, taking roles in The Royal (2003), Midsomer Murders (2004), Heartbeat (2004-05), and Doctor Who (2008). She lived until the age of 93.

Gary Grant was born in 1977 in Barnet, North London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Enemy Lines (2020), Giri/Haji (2019) and I Made This for You (2018).

Mark Kermode's trademark intense, often frightening rants about various films which he likes or dislikes has earned him something of a 'cult' following in the UK. He began his career in film journalism and broadcasting in the 1980s after studying English at Manchester University, where he wrote his Ph.D thesis on horror fiction. After starting work as a van driver (he claims he was appointed as a film critic after he crashed the van), he began working for magazines such as City Life, Time Out and the NME and since then has also worked for The Independent, The Guardian, Vox, Empire, Flicks, Fangoria, and Neon among others.

In the early 1990s he moved into radio broadcasting, contributing to and presenting various programmes and shows on BBC radio networks. He also worked as film critic and presenter for Channel 4's 'Extreme Cinema' strand, introducing notorious films such as Crash (1996) and Man Bites Dog (1992), and he wrote and presented many documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC such as On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000), and Scream and Scream Again: A History of the Slasher Film (2000), The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998) and The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000) etc.

Nigel Marven was born on 27 November 1960 in Barnet, London, England, UK. He is a producer and director, known for Wild Colombia (2012), Miniature Worlds (1987) and Primeval (2007). He has been married to Gillian Impey since 1 May 2004. They have one child. He was previously married to Jenny Hull.

Jamie Christopher was born in 1971 in Barnet, London, England, UK. He was an assistant director and producer, known for Black Widow (2021), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and The Fifth Element (1997). He was married to Carly. He died on 29 August 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Cindy Shelley was born on 23 March 1960 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Howards' Way (1985), The Young Ones (1982) and The Tripods (1984). She is married to Philip Shelley. They have four children.

Denyse Alexander was born on 28 June 1931 in Barnet, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Macbeth (1983), Orders to Kill (1958) and The Zero Option (1988). She was previously married to Jack Gold.

Tommy Duggan was born on 22 July 1909 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Superman II (1980), The Omen (1976) and Doctor Who (1963). He died on 2 November 1998 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Tony Palmer was born on 29 August 1941 in Barnet, London, England, UK. He is a director and editor, known for Testimony (1987), Great Performances (1971) and Wagner (1983). He is married to Michela. They have three children. He was previously married to Angela Huth.