Advanced search

Jenna Coleman is best known for her BAFTA-nominated performance as Clara in 'Doctor Who' and for playing the title role in ITV's Emmy-nominated series 'Victoria'. She was most recently seen in a lead role as Marie-Andrée Leclerc in the dark crime drama 'The Serpent' for BBC and Netflix opposite Tahar Rahim, and in the critically acclaimed miniseries 'The Cry' for the BBC/Sundance. On-stage, she was most recently seen at The Old Vic in 'All My Sons' alongside Bill Pullman and Sally Field. Upcoming is Neil Maskell's feature debut 'Klokkenluider' and Warner Brothers'/Netflix anticipated series, 'The Sandman' as Johanna Constantine

David Thewlis was born David Wheeler in 1963 in Blackpool, Lancashire, to Maureen (Thewlis) and Alec Raymond Wheeler, and lived with his parents above their combination wallpaper and toy shop during his childhood. Originally, he came to London with his band Door 66, however he changed his plans and entered Guildhall School of Drama.

He had minor roles in films and TV until he took the main role in Naked (1993). The film won him several awards including the New York Critics Award. He has since been in many other films including DragonHeart (1996), Restoration (1995), Black Beauty (1994) and he took the part of Professor Remus John Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and its sequels.

Recently, he starred in the third season of FX's Fargo (2014).

He lived with the British actress Anna Friel from 2001-2010. They have a daughter, Gracie Ellen Mary, born July 9, 2005.

John Mahoney was an award-winning American actor. He was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, the seventh of eight children of Margaret and Reg, a baker. His family was evacuated to the sea-side resort to avoid the Nazi bombing of their native Manchester. The Mancunian Mahoneys eventually returned to Manchester during the war. Visiting the States to see his older sister, a "war bride" who had married an American, the young Mahoney decided to emigrate and was sponsored by his sister. John eventually won his citizenship by serving in the U.S. Army.

Long interested in acting, Mahoney didn't make the transition to his craft until he was almost forty years old. Mahoney took acting classes at the St. Nicholas Theater and finally built up the courage to quit his day job and pursue acting full time. John Malkovich, one of the founders of the Second City's distinguished Steppenwolf Theatre, encouraged Mahoney to join Steppenwolf, and in 1986, Mahoney won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves (1987).

Mahoney made his feature film debut in 1980, but he was best known for playing the role of the father of the eponymous character Frasier (1993) from 1993 until 2004. He later concentrated on stage work back in Chicago, and appeared on Broadway in 2007 in a revival of Prelude to a Kiss (1992).

John died on February 4, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois.

Born March 11 1976 Craig Parkinson was brought up in his native Blackpool and attended Blackpool and Fylde College before, at age 17, moving to London to study at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. After several years in bit parts on TV, he came to notice as impresario Tony Wilson in the 2007 film 'Control' about the Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, played by Sam Riley (with whom he would again work in 'Brighton Rock') and made some impact on television in the second series of 'Whitechapel' as twins who were possibly descended from the Kray brothers. Also on television he appeared in the 2013 ghost drama 'The Secret of Crickley Hall' with actress Susan Lynch, his real life spouse by whom he has a son. His theatre work has been varied, ranging from 'Measure For Measure' at the National Theatre to Mike Leigh's revival of 'Ecstasy.'

As Disney's lively lass Katie O'Gill, she was the freshness of spring. She could inspire you to dance a jig through a field of flowers. Her entrancing green eyes and catchy spirit had that kind of life-affirming effect. Cute, spunky, almond-eyed British actress Janet Munro was deemed to be an actress from day one as the daughter of Scottish stage and variety-hall comedian Alex Munro (1911-1986) (born Alexander Horsburgh). Janet Neilson Horsburgh was born in Blackpool (near Liverpool), Lancashire, England on September 28, 1934. Her entertainer father adopted the name Munro a few years after she was born. His wife, Janet's mother Phyllis, died when Janet was 8 and she was raised by his second wife, Lilias.

Janet first trained as a teenager in repertory theatre in the Lancashire area, and in the late 1950s she found popularity on British TV, even earning the title of "Miss Television of 1958" from a fan magazine. She also dabbled in films and had prominent roles in the breezy comedy Small Hotel (1957), the drama The Young and the Guilty (1959), and the creepy sci-fi/horror The Crawling Eye (1958) [aka The Trollenberg Terror].

Adaptable to both comedy and drama, the little charmer caught the eye of Walt Disney who saw big things for her, and she was signed to a five-picture deal in 1959. She made four. Appealing to a brand new generation of Britishers and Americans as the scrappy, brunette-banged ingénue of several box-office family films, she brightened up the screen with her performances in Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959), Third Man on the Mountain (1959), and Swiss Family Robinson (1960).

The Golden Globe winner for "most promising newcomer" eventually outgrew Disney and tried to move ahead by altering her wholesome image with some mature, spicier roles, but audiences didn't respond well to this sudden departure. The idea of an adult Janet Munro playing overly-sexy ladies and seriously downtrodden women did not take and her career quickly faltered. Despite a BAFTA nomination for her role in Walk in the Shadow (1962), she began to see life unraveling both personally and professionally right before her eyes.

Janet's marriages to actors Tony Wright and Ian Hendry fell by the wayside and two miscarriages, plus chronic medical ills, only deepened her suffering. Worse yet, she developed an acute alcohol problem. Semi-retired from acting between 1964 and 1968 while married to Hendry in order to raise her children, she found the going difficult when she tried to return full-time.

Ironically, one of Janet's last screen roles showed her at her dramatic best, a boozing pop star in the British film Sebastian (1968). Four years later Janet died under somewhat mysterious circumstances. Reports circulated that she choked to death at a London hotel while drinking tea. The immediate cause of her death was acute myocarditis; the underlying cause was chronic ischemic heart disease. The sun set all too soon on this lovely actress when she was only 38. She was survived by her daughters, Sally and Corrie Hendry.

Pauline Moran was born in 1947 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for A Little Chaos (2014), Poirot (1989) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977).

Tania Mallet was born in Blackpool, England. Her English-born mother, Olga Mironoff, was of Russian descent, and had been a beautiful chorus girl. Her father was a successful English car salesman, Henry Mallet. Her parents divorced and Olga remarried, to George Dawson, with whom she had three sons. George turned out to be a non-violent con man who was sent to prison for three years for committing fraud. Her older brother is actress Helen Mirren's father, making Mallet and Mirren first cousins. They grew up together. Helen wrote in her 2007 autobiography that her cousin "survived this extraordinary upbringing and came out miraculously a loyal and generous person." Tania took a course at the Lucy Clayton School of Modelling and started working as a model at just 16 years old.

In 1961, she appeared as herself in the documentary about models in Michael Winner's Girls Girls Girls! (1961). In 1963 she was considered for the role of the lead James Bond girl in From Russia with Love (1963). Although half-Russian, her provincial English accent deemed her unsuitable for the role of the Russian love interest, so she lost the role to Daniela Bianchi. However, the following year she was cast in the next Bond film, Goldfinger (1964) , playing the ill-fated Tilly Masterson. She agreed to appear in "Goldfinger" as an experiment. She was earning £2,000 a week as a model, and after much bargaining managed to secure only £150 a week as her fee for the film. She claimed that she could not afford to continue working as an actress, because she was earning more as a model. She was supporting her mother and putting her half-brothers thru school with her income as a model.

Tania had mixed feelings about her time on "Goldfinger". Filming was fun, but in her personal life her long-time boyfriend had died at the same time. She had no desire to pursue a career as an actress and went back to modeling. Her first marriage ended when she was still young. In 1976, she married her second husband, Simon Radcliffe, a management consultant. She became a stepmother to his children, including publicist Louisa Radcliffe. It was a marriage that lasted 40 years, when her husband died in 2016, leaving her a widow. She enjoyed a warm relationship with Mirren since childhood, as evidenced by the photos of the two smiling cousins in the latter's autobiography. Mallet continued to attend James Bond events and autographed her photographs at these events.

She died on March 30, 2019 at the age of 77 from undisclosed causes. A day later, Mirren publicly posted a loving tribute, calling Tania a "kind and generous" person and a "great optimist".

Caroline O'Neill was born on 13 December 1961 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Endeavour (2012), Queer as Folk (1999) and Robin Hood (2006).

Carol Royle was born on 10 February 1954 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Blake's 7 (1978), Life Without George (1987) and Storyboard (1983). She has been married to Julian Spear since 1977. They have two children.

Ricky Tomlinson was born on 26 September 1939 in Bispham, Blackpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Royle Family (1998), Formula 51 (2001) and Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001). He has been married to Rita Cumiskey since 4 January 2003. He was previously married to Marlene Clifton.

Cathryn Bradshaw was born in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is known for The Mother (2003), Venus (2006) and Blackpool (2004).

Judy Flynn is a British actress from Blackpool, England. She was born in 1963.

She is best known for her role as Julie in the BBC sitcom The Brittas Empire (1991).

She also appeared in two episodes of the sitcom dinnerladies (1998) with Victoria Wood.

She later appeared in several episodes of Holby City (1999).

A minor, but always fun to watch, sexploitation starlet. Pat Astley grew up in the seaside town of Blackpool, Britain's 'Las Vegas of the North'. By the early 1970s Astley, with a baby daughter in tow, relocated to London in pursuit of fame and fortune. She drifted into 'blue movies' (i.e. hardcore shorts) made by 'John Lindsay' and George Harrison Marks. These were of sort of home projection 8mm porn films that would later be referenced in mainstream movies like Get Carter and O Lucky Man. Promoted as a 'mind-blowing orgy of Lolita lust' End of Term (1971) is in keeping with John Lindsay's taboo theme of dressing 20 something aged actresses as schoolgirls with its story of a 'teenybopper' spending her holiday seducing a chauffeur and a Maid (Astley).

Astley's 'legit' debut came as an extra in 1976's I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976), a silly softcore comedy about a 'sex-ray' machine co-produced by an un-credited John Lindsay. After a few years working as a model for raunchy 'Men's Magazines', Astley bounced back in a surprisingly mainstream role as Young Mr Grace's Nurse in the 1977 run Are You Being Served? (1972). However the role was not to last and after 7 or 8 episodes she was replaced by Vivienne Johnson who was allocated dialogue and billing in the 'you have been watching' end credits, two attributes curiously denied to Astley.

For the rest of the seventies Astley was part of an almost repertory company of young actresses who were required to do little but run around naked in background scenes of sex films. She had 'nude walk on' roles in Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978), Adventures of a Plumber's Mate (1978),and The Stud (1978). 'Films and Filming magazine', a scholarly publication at heart who used racy images on their covers to increase sales, gave Astley an amusing career boost by name-checking and using a picture of her from the comedy Let's Get Laid (1978) for the cover of their Feb 1978 issue. The cover would seem to suggest that Astley was the star of the film, whilst in reality she appears in the film for all of eight seconds and isn't even billed in the end credits!

There are a few exceptions to the 'blink and you'll miss her' nature of Astley's film career. Disco/Soap Opera flop The World Is Full of Married Men (1979), is the only film that uses her as an actress rather than a nude, despite her role as one of Anthony Franciosa's disco dollies being dubbed. While in the amateurish Queen of the Blues (1979), Astley played a stripper who gets scared by a skeleton spectre and delivers a fair share of the film's lewd backstage dialogue. Many British Sex films (and horror films for that matter) used pre-release 'publicity shots' to perk the interest of the public with stronger images than appeared in the films themselves. Astley's most memorable appearance in this respect was in promoting 'murder thriller with thrilling bodies' The Playbirds (1978), where she was ghoulishly depicted rubbing stage blood on her breasts.

While many nudie actresses' career ended with the demise of the British Sex Film era, Astley's career stretched to one further movie. Don't Open Till Christmas (1984) was a cheapo horror film partly moneyed by a video distributor who wished to get into film financing after several of his tape releases had been prosecuted as 'Video Nasties'. Astley's Playbirds co-star 'Alan Lake' played a psychopath murdering anyone dressed as Father Christmas. Coincidently Astley's 'Are You Being Served' debut was in an episode entitled 'The Father Christmas Affair' and featured the Grace Brothers staff dressing up as Father Christmases as well. In the film Astley enjoys a semi-autobiographical role of a nude model who encounters the Santa hating psycho down a back alley. Sadly, 'Don't Open 'Til Christmas' did nothing for anyone's career, and Astley never acted again. She was last heard of working part time in a shop in Lancashire, at least avoiding the tragic legacies of several of her contemporaries.

Robert James Smith was born 21 April 1959 in Blackpool Lancashire, England to Alex and Rita Smith. He was the third of four children (Richard, 12 July 1946, Margaret, 27 February 1950, and Janet, 30 August 1960). Robert lived in Blackpool until he was three and then his family moved to Horley, Surrey, England where he later attended St. Francis Primary school and in March 1966 his family moved once again to Crawley Sussex, England, where he then attended St. Francis Junior School until 1970 where he spent two years at a middle school called Notre Dame which was an experimental school whose teaching methods were supposed to be revolutionary. From 1972 to 1977 he attended St. Wilfrids Comprehensive School where he also met Mary - the girl who would become his wife and also the inspiration behind so many of The Cure's songs.

In 1976 The Easy Cure was formed by Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey, Lol Tolhurst and Porl Thompson. It wasn't until 1978 that the band dropped Easy from the name - because Robert thought it sounded too Hippy/East Coast. Porl Thompson also left, as unfortunately the old name had been his idea. After rejecting the German record label, Hanza, The Cure met Chris Parry and decided to give Polydor a chance. It turned out that Parry was in the process of creating a record label of his own, and wanted The Cure to be the first on it's roster. So the new label, Fiction, was born and as well as signing up - The Cure even played a part in naming it.

In 1979 the single Killing and Arab was released and was soon followed by the band's debut album Three Imaginary Boys. While touring around the UK two more singles were released; Boys don't Cry and Jumping Someone Else's Train. By the end of the year Michael had left the band and was replaced my Bass Guitarist Simon Gallup, and keyboardist Matthieu Hartley. In 1980 the new four piece produced the dark, minimalist album titled Seventeen Seconds. This featured the band's first major cult classic single, A Forest. After touring Matthieu left the band and then there were three. 1981 saw the release of the somewhat funereal but enchanting album Faith. Though not a single, it's title track remains a mainstay of live performances and is highly regarded amongst fans to this day. It is also one of Robert's own personal favourites.

1982 saw the production of The Cure's 4th studio album - Pornography. The tour which followed was cut short in Berlin, due to complete disintegration of the band. Robert and Simon had a punch-up in a bar. This resulted in Robert going home and not talking to Simon for a year. Robert and Lol continued to record material - which led to the creation of the single Lets Go To Bed. 1983 saw the release of Japanese Whispers

• basically a compilation album of the singles produced by Robert &

Lol. In 1984 the band expanded to include base guitarist Phil Thornalley, drummer Andy Anderson and lead guitarist Porl Thompson. The Top was the first album resulting from this new line-up. Robert Smith would later describe The Top as being more like a solo album than a Cure album. This was followed by The Cure's first live album - Concert. This featured recordings from the band's 1984 UK tour. 1985 saw the departure of Phil and Andy, but the return of Simon Gallup. There was also a new addition - drummer Boris Williams. The 1985 album was titled The Head On The Door. This launched a massive tour, for the first time including the US. The band's commercial success exploded as a result. Following this, a compilation album of all the band's singles spanning the past decade was released in two formats. Simply titled Staring At The Sea (CD) & Standing On A Beach (vinyl LP). In 1986 The Cure released their concert film The Cure In Orange, directed by Tim Pope. This amazing performance was filmed live at the perfectly preserved Roman amphitheatre in Orange, Provence. Robert managed to cause much excitement by revealing his newly cropped hair on stage. In 1987 after months of recording in Miraval (France) & Nassau (Bahamas), The Cure unleashed the adventurous, flamboyant and beautiful double album Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me. This featured the newly acquired keyboardist Roger O'Donnell - poached from The Psychadelic Furs. The music video for the single Just Like Heaven features a very special appearance by Mary.

1988 was a year for members of The Cure to take a break and get married. On 13th August that year, Robert married his childhood sweetheart Mary Poole in a private ceremony at Worth Abbey, Sussex. In the autumn of 1988 work started on the recording of demos for the next album. Sadly during this time Lol Tolhurst was dismissed from the band, due to the devastating extent of his alcoholism, which had caused his input to taper off completely. The recording sessions between autumn 1988 & early 1989 would result in the creation of The Cure's most iconic, timeless, successful and inspirational album to date. In May 1989, The Cure released Disintegration. During early 1990 after a relatively short time with the band, Roger left and a former roadie, Perry Bamonte, was welcomed in. Perry would double up as guitarist and keyboardist until Roger's return in 1995. In 1990 Mixed Up was released, which was a compilation album of various remixes.

In 1991 The Cure won their first Brit Award. That same year they took part in the Great British Music Weekend at London's Wembley Arena. The band released a documentary video titled Play Out, which basically chronicled their 1991 UK tour & performances. In 1992 The Cure released Wish. This was their most commercially successful album in the UK and came in at No.1 on the US Billboard chart. Following the release of the album, the band launched the massive Wish tour. During the US leg of the tour, the band made their second concert film - Show. It featured a mix of their performances from two nights at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan, Detroit. This film and it's soundtrack [a 2-CD set also titled Show] were released in 1993. That same year another live album was released titled Paris. In 1994 the band produced music for the score of The Crow, in the form of the song Burn. They also released two different cover versions of the Jimmy Hendrix song Purple Haze. It was also that year Lol Tolhurst took the band to court, disputing ownership of the band's name. He was unsuccessful and the lengthy process was a drain on both sides - not just financially. Robert took no pleasure in defeating his old friend.

In 1995 The Cure found themselves looking for a new drummer, after the sudden departure of Boris Williams in 1994. The band placed an anonymous advert in the newspaper. It read "Very famous band seeking new drummer - No metalheads." Jason Cooper answered the advert and successfully passed the audition. Roger O'Donnell returned as the band's main keyboardist. The band contributed music for the Judge Dredd soundtrack. The song was titled Dredd Song. The band spent several months during 1995 - 1996 recording songs for their new album. They chose to hire a residential studio in St Catherine's Court, Bath. Out of those recording sessions came Wild Mood Swings. Wild Mood Swings was exactly what it said on the tin, and was hugely successful in Europe and the US.

In 1997 the band released their second singles compilation - Galore. This featured all the band's singles from the last 10 years. A compilation of the band's music videos from the same period was also released - also titled Galore. The same year Robert contributed a song for the X-Files soundtrack titled More Than This. This song would later be included in the 4-disc set Join The Dots, released in 2004. Robert also made a guest appearance [as himself] on an episode of South Park - one of his favourite programs. Also in 1997 Robert was invited by David Bowie to perform onstage with him at his 50th Birthday Celebration in Madison Square Garden, New York. 1997 saw The Cure's first collaboration with guitarist Reeves Gabrels on the single Wrong Number. Robert Smith also recorded the track Yesterday's Gone with Gabrels for Gabrels album Ulysses.

1999 was spent recording songs for the new album Bloodflowers. Once again the band were back at St Catherine's court, but this time there were also sessions at RAK Studios in London. Bloodflowers was released in 2000 and was followed by the extensive Dream tour. The album was very well received and won a Grammy Award. In late 2001, The Cure released their Greatest Hits album. This featured singles from 1979 to 2001. The box set included a DVD of the corresponding music videos and a cd featuring newly recorded acoustic versions of all the singles. The singles from 2001 being Cut Here & Just Say Yes. The original version of Just Say Yes featured Saffron, from the band Republica. She is also in the music video.

In 2002 The Cure were very busy. They played several concerts, kicking off with a particularly spectacular performance in London's Hyde Park, to a crowd of 20,000. This was followed by a concert in Belgium. Finally in November, The Cure played two nights at the Tempodrome in Berlin. These were the legendary Trilogy concerts. Both concerts were captured by HD cameras and the best of both were released as a 2 DVD set. The Trilogy shows were live performances of three albums in their entirety: Pornography, Disintegration & Bloodflowers. These three albums, Robert felt were some how bound together. Robert's inspiration to perform Trilogy came from seeing David Bowie perform his album Lodger.

Peter Chelsom is a member of the British Academy, the American Academy, The Directors Guild Of America, and The Writers Guild Of America. Peter was born in Blackpool in the North of England. He is a US and UK citizen. (Trivia: he is an Honorary Citizen of a small town in Tuscany, Italy, called Fivizzano). He is married with three sons. He trained at London's Central School of Drama and worked as an actor playing leading roles in TV, films, and in the theatre for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and the Royal Court Theatre. At 30, Peter became a film director/writer. His first film, Treacle, won a BAFTA nomination and invitations to festivals all over the world, including New York. His first full-length feature was the successful romantic comedy, Hear My Song. The film is a wild and highly entertaining tale inspired by the life of the charismatic Irish tenor, Josef Locke, played in the film by Ned Beatty. Locke disappeared in the late fifties to be secretly replaced by an imposter who passed himself off as the great man for thirty years. Hear My Song was praised universally by critics and was a hugely optimistic crowd-pleaser. Princess Diana attended its Royal Premiere, and the Evening Standard British Film Awards awarded the film Best Newcomer. Peter's second feature was Funny Bones, a film about comedy. Made for Hollywood Pictures and starring Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Leslie Caron, Freddie Davies, and newcomer Lee Evans, it once again won rave reviews in the States and the rest of the world. It won Best Picture at five European Film Festivals. Bigger, richer and darker than the first, it tells the story of two half brothers - one American and the other British - who will stop at nothing to get a laugh... even murder. Peter's third feature, The Mighty, was based on the best-selling book, Freak The Mighty. It stars Sharon Stone, Gillian Anderson, Gena Rowlands, and Harry Dean Stanton. It received two Golden Globe Nominations. Chelsom followed with Town and Country and Serendipity, which grossed $52m at the US Box Office. His next film, Shall We Dance, starred Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, and Stanley Tucci. The film grossed $170m worldwide. His next film, Hector and the Search for Happiness, had its US Premiere in a special presentation at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. It was distributed by Relativity Media, and the cast included Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Christopher Plummer, Toni Collette, Stellan Skarsgard, and Jean Reno. It is the story of a disillusioned psychiatrist traveling the world to research what makes people happy. Chelsom's latest film, The Space Between Us, will open on December 16th, 2016. It stars Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, and Carla Gugino. It tells the story of the first boy to be born on Mars. A love story wrapped in sci-fi.

Nicola Thorp was born on 30 September 1988 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. She is an actress, known for Doctor Who (2005), Coronation Street (1960) and Showtrial (2021).

Emily Skye is an award winning film director and cinematographer, who shot her short film "River" May 2020 and is currently on DUST with over 5 million views, which opened the doors for her debut feature on "River" (released July 13th 2021 by Gravitas Ventures), she filmed September 2020, during the pandemic.

Currently, Emily just finished directing and editing her latest feature film a Fox Tubi original, which is a highly anticipated thriller titled "Married to a Baller" based on a novel, set to be released this fall 2024. Emily is in talks to direct a feature film based on a worldwide best selling book series.

Chris Wiggins was born on 13 January 1931 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969), Friday the 13th: The Series (1987) and Rock & Rule (1983). He was married to Sandra Crysler-Wiggins. He died on 19 February 2017 in Elora, Ontario, Canada.

Lucy Fallon was born on 13 November 1995 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Sour Hall (2021) and Tom Jones (2023).

Blake Swift was born on 5 December 1991 in Blackpool, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise (2011), Abridgimon (2010) and Mashed (2013).

Hayley Tamaddon was born on 24 January 1977 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Unforgotten (2015) and Waterloo Road (2006).

Tim Barlow was born on 18 January 1936 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hot Fuzz (2007), Les Misérables (1998) and Automata (2014). He died on 20 January 2023 in the UK.

Zoë Ball was born on 23 November 1970 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Offspring (2010), Still Crazy (1998) and The Lily Savage Show (1997). She has been married to Fatboy Slim since 20 August 1999. They have two children.

Jacqueline Leonard was born in 1967 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Chaplin (1992), EastEnders (1985) and Maisie Raine (1998). She has been married to Alex Mansfield since 2000. They have one child. She was previously married to Graham Turner.

Keith Marsh was born in 1926 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Love Thy Neighbour (1972), My Cousin Rachel (1983) and George and the Dragon (1966). He was married to Madeleine Newbury. He died in January 2013 in England, UK.