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| The Wire (Maureen Lipman) goads the Doctor (David Tennant), Tommy (Rory Jennings) and Bishop (Sam Cox) |
First broadcast May 27 2006
Average audience for story: 6.76m
REGULAR CAST
David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler) Born Sep 22 1982 Click here for Billie Piper's entry on Rose
GUEST CAST
Jean Challis (Aunty Betty) Born May 22 1934
Career highlights
Jean made her debut in Harpers West One (1961), then The First Lady (1969), Nearest and Dearest (1969), Treasure Over the Water (1972), The Regiment (1973), Hi-de-Hi! (1981/83), Rainbow (1982), Are You Being Served? (1985), Bread (1987), Slinger's Day (1987), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), One Foot in the Grave (1992/2000), Midsomer Murders (2003), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), All About George (2005) and How Much for My Brother? (2010). Regular roles include Mrs Arnott in sitcom Dear John (1986-87) and Mum Matheson in She-Wolf of London (1990-91).
Career highlights
Jean made her debut in Harpers West One (1961), then The First Lady (1969), Nearest and Dearest (1969), Treasure Over the Water (1972), The Regiment (1973), Hi-de-Hi! (1981/83), Rainbow (1982), Are You Being Served? (1985), Bread (1987), Slinger's Day (1987), Goodnight Sweetheart (1993), One Foot in the Grave (1992/2000), Midsomer Murders (2003), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), All About George (2005) and How Much for My Brother? (2010). Regular roles include Mrs Arnott in sitcom Dear John (1986-87) and Mum Matheson in She-Wolf of London (1990-91).
Ron Cook (Magpie) Born Dec 1948
Career highlights
Ron debuted in Ballet Shoes (1975), then took roles in It's Getting Harder All the Time (1976), Will Shakespeare (1978), The Black Adder (1983), The Young Ones (1984), Girls on Top (1985), The Singing Detective (1986), Turbulence (1991), Boys from the Bush (1992), Hawkeye (1995), The Odyssey (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Quills (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Chocolat (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002), The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Casanova (2005), Funland (2005), Confetti (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Little Dorrit (2008), Personal Affairs (2009), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), Mrs Biggs (2012), The City and the City (2018), Les Miserables (2019), Chernobyl (2019), The Witcher (2019), The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) and Des (2020). Ron has also played Mr Crabb in 40 episodes of Mr Selfridge (2013-16).
Ron debuted in Ballet Shoes (1975), then took roles in It's Getting Harder All the Time (1976), Will Shakespeare (1978), The Black Adder (1983), The Young Ones (1984), Girls on Top (1985), The Singing Detective (1986), Turbulence (1991), Boys from the Bush (1992), Hawkeye (1995), The Odyssey (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), Quills (2000), 102 Dalmatians (2000), Chocolat (2000), Charlotte Gray (2001), 24 Hour Party People (2002), The Other Boleyn Girl (2003), Thunderbirds (2004), Casanova (2005), Funland (2005), Confetti (2006), Hot Fuzz (2007), Little Dorrit (2008), Personal Affairs (2009), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012), Mrs Biggs (2012), The City and the City (2018), Les Miserables (2019), Chernobyl (2019), The Witcher (2019), The Salisbury Poisonings (2020) and Des (2020). Ron has also played Mr Crabb in 40 episodes of Mr Selfridge (2013-16).
Facts
Despite having only played Mr Magpie in this one story, his character's legacy stretches further, with Magpie Electricals referenced in The Runaway Bride, The Sound of Drums, Voyage of the Damned, The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below, Vincent and the Doctor, Day of the Moon, The Magician's Apprentice, Before the Flood and The Lie of the Land, as well as various spin-offs (so far...).
Sam Cox (Detective Inspector Bishop)
Career highlights
Debuted in Mackenzie in 1980, then appeared in The Chinese Detective (1982), Dead Head (1986), Die Kinder (1990), The Punk (1993), Prime Suspect (1995), Backup (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), The Commander (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), The Juror (2015), Father Brown (2017), We Can Be Heroes (2017), Casualty (2019), The Singapore Grip (2020) and The House of Pianos (2021).
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Sam here.
Career highlights
Debuted in Mackenzie in 1980, then appeared in The Chinese Detective (1982), Dead Head (1986), Die Kinder (1990), The Punk (1993), Prime Suspect (1995), Backup (1995), Crime Traveller (1997), The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999), The Commander (2007), Anna Karenina (2012), The Juror (2015), Father Brown (2017), We Can Be Heroes (2017), Casualty (2019), The Singapore Grip (2020) and The House of Pianos (2021).
In 2017 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with Sam here.
Christopher Driscoll (Security guard) Dec 1945 to May 27 2015
Career highlights
Debuted in Doctor at Large (1971), then Shades of Greene (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Rooms (1977), The New Avengers (1977), Maggie and Her (1979), Quatermass (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Sorry! (1982), Studio (1983), Oliver Twist (1985), Prospects (1986), Hot Metal (1988), Grange Hill (1989), Never the Twain (1989), Between the Lines (1992), Shine On Harvey Moon (1995), A Touch of Frost (1996), No Bananas (1996), Captain Jack (1999), EastEnders (2003), Hustle (2010) and Gigglebiz (2009-13).
Career highlights
Debuted in Doctor at Large (1971), then Shades of Greene (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Rooms (1977), The New Avengers (1977), Maggie and Her (1979), Quatermass (1979), The Gentle Touch (1980), Sorry! (1982), Studio (1983), Oliver Twist (1985), Prospects (1986), Hot Metal (1988), Grange Hill (1989), Never the Twain (1989), Between the Lines (1992), Shine On Harvey Moon (1995), A Touch of Frost (1996), No Bananas (1996), Captain Jack (1999), EastEnders (2003), Hustle (2010) and Gigglebiz (2009-13).
Jamie Foreman (Eddie Connolly) Born May 25 1958
Career highlights
Debuted in Holding On (1977), then King of the Castle (1977), Sky Pirates (1977), Wings (1978), The Quiz Kid (1978), McVicar (1980), Kinvig (1981), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Letty (1984), London's Burning (1988), Tank Malling (1989), The House of Eliott (1994), Nil By Mouth (1997), The Hunger (1997), Bugs (1997), This Year's Love (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Gangster No.1 (2000), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist (2005), Botched (2007), Inkheart (2008), Ironclad (2011), Dead End (2012), Birds of a Feather (2014), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Birds of a Feather (2014-16), The Bromley Boys (2018), Once Upon a Time in London (2019) and Cold Sun (2021). He regularly played Chris Taylor in A Bunch of Fives (1977-78) and Derek Branning in more than 140 episodes of soap EastEnders (2011-12).
Facts
Career highlights
Debuted in Holding On (1977), then King of the Castle (1977), Sky Pirates (1977), Wings (1978), The Quiz Kid (1978), McVicar (1980), Kinvig (1981), Johnny Jarvis (1983), Letty (1984), London's Burning (1988), Tank Malling (1989), The House of Eliott (1994), Nil By Mouth (1997), The Hunger (1997), Bugs (1997), This Year's Love (1997), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Gangster No.1 (2000), Goodbye Charlie Bright (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Layer Cake (2004), Oliver Twist (2005), Botched (2007), Inkheart (2008), Ironclad (2011), Dead End (2012), Birds of a Feather (2014), The Hooligan Factory (2014), Birds of a Feather (2014-16), The Bromley Boys (2018), Once Upon a Time in London (2019) and Cold Sun (2021). He regularly played Chris Taylor in A Bunch of Fives (1977-78) and Derek Branning in more than 140 episodes of soap EastEnders (2011-12).
Facts
Jamie was for a time married to fellow actor Carol Harrison. Jamie's father was notorious 1960s London gangster Freddie Foreman, an associate of the Kray Twins who was jailed for disposing of the body of one of the Krays' victims. Freddie also admitted to being involved in the murder of two other Kray victims in the 1960s (he was acquitted of the murders) and the intimidation of witnesses to the killing of a third Kray victim. When Jamie was a child, the Kray twins used to babysit him, while "Great Train Robber" Buster Edwards is his godfather. Jamie went on the run with his father in the US in the early 1980s when a customs officer was killed in a bungled £20m drug-smuggling deal, masterminded by Freddie. Here's Jamie on Twitter.
Debra Gillett (Rita Connolly) Born 1959
Career highlights
Debra debuted in The Witches (1990), followed by Young Soul Rebels (1991), Chimera (1991), GBH (1991), Stay Lucky (1991), The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1995), Coogan's Run (1995), Breathtaking (2000), Cold Feet (2001), Spooks (2004/05), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Call the Midwife (2014) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). She also regularly played Mrs Johnson in Cranford (2007-09).
Facts
Debra's husband is writer Patrick Marber, most associated with writing material for comedian Steve Coogan. One of their children, Albie, is also an actor.
Career highlights
Debra debuted in The Witches (1990), followed by Young Soul Rebels (1991), Chimera (1991), GBH (1991), Stay Lucky (1991), The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1995), Coogan's Run (1995), Breathtaking (2000), Cold Feet (2001), Spooks (2004/05), Notes on a Scandal (2006), Call the Midwife (2014) and Bridget Jones's Baby (2016). She also regularly played Mrs Johnson in Cranford (2007-09).
Facts
Debra's husband is writer Patrick Marber, most associated with writing material for comedian Steve Coogan. One of their children, Albie, is also an actor.
Rory Jennings (Tommy Connolly) Born Jul 20 1983
Career highlights
Rory debuted aged 11 in Magic Grandad (1994), followed by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Fatherland (1994), Tom's Midnight Garden (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Jericho (2005), All About George (2005), Cass (2008), Shifty (2008), Ticking (2012) and Glue (2014). He also had a regular role as Toby (son of Competitive Dad) in The Fast Show (1996-2000) and Craig Dixon in soap EastEnders (2007).
Facts
Rory's CV has a gap in it at the start of the millennium as he took time out from acting to study politics at university. In 2006, he played the young Davros in the Big Finish audio I, Davros. Rory also appeared in the video for the Chemical Brothers' single The Salmon Dance in 2007. Nowadays he is a football commentator on YouTube.
Career highlights
Rory debuted aged 11 in Magic Grandad (1994), followed by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Fatherland (1994), Tom's Midnight Garden (1999), Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000), Jericho (2005), All About George (2005), Cass (2008), Shifty (2008), Ticking (2012) and Glue (2014). He also had a regular role as Toby (son of Competitive Dad) in The Fast Show (1996-2000) and Craig Dixon in soap EastEnders (2007).
Facts
Rory's CV has a gap in it at the start of the millennium as he took time out from acting to study politics at university. In 2006, he played the young Davros in the Big Finish audio I, Davros. Rory also appeared in the video for the Chemical Brothers' single The Salmon Dance in 2007. Nowadays he is a football commentator on YouTube.
Margaret John (Grandma Connolly) Dec 14 1926 to Feb 2 2011 (liver cancer)
Doctor Who credits
Played: Megan Jones in Fury from the Deep (1968)
Played: Grandma Connolly in The Idiot's Lantern TARDISode and The Idiot's Lantern (2006)
Career highlights
Margaret's first credit was The Prodigal Tenor (1957), and later How Green Was My Valley (1960), Badger's Bend (1963), Coronation Street (1965), Z Cars (1967), The First Lady (1968-69), The Challengers (1972), Emmerdale Farm (1972), New Scotland Yard (1974), Crown Court (1975), Last of the Summer Wine (1977), Blake's 7 (1978), International Velvet (1978), The Boy Merlin (1979), Breakaway (1980), Crossroads (1979-80, as Marian Owen), The District Nurse (1984, as Gwen Harris), Dear John (1987), B&B (1992), Mortimer's Law (1998), Fun at the Funeral Parlour (2001), Eyes Down (2003-04, as Kay), According to Bex (2005), Tea and Biscuits with Maggie Pritchard (2004-05), The Mighty Boosh (2005), Little Britain (2005), Run Fatboy Run (2007), Being Human (2010), Skins (2010) and Game of Thrones (2011). She also played Elsie Hepplewhite in High Hopes (2002-08) and Doris in Gavin and Stacey (2007-09).
Awards
2009: BAFTA Cymru Lifetime Achievement Award
Awards
2009: BAFTA Cymru Lifetime Achievement Award
Facts
Her husband Ben Thomas - who died aged 39 just three years after they married - was viola player with the London Symphony Orchestra and once performed with Frank Sinatra, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Sammy Davis Jr and Jerry Lee Lewis.
Marie Lewis (Mrs Gallagher)
Career highlights
Other work includes Outside the Rules (2002), Rocket Man (2005) and Coming Down the Mountain (2007).
Career highlights
Other work includes Outside the Rules (2002), Rocket Man (2005) and Coming Down the Mountain (2007).
Maureen Lipman (The Wire) Born May 10 1946
Career highlights
Maureen debuted in Up the Junction (1968), then School for Unclaimed Girls (1969), Codename (1970), The Lovers (1970), Gumshoe (1971), The Sweeney (1976), Cannon and Ball (1979), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), Smiley's People (1982), Educating Rita (1983), Absent Friends (1985), A Little Princess (1987), Re-Joyce!: A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell (1991), Carry On Columbus (1992), Captain Jack (1999), The Pianist (2002), Coronation Street (2002), Jonathan Creek (2003), Lighthouse Hill (2004), Where the Heart Is (2004), The Fugitives (2005), Sensitive Skin (2007), He Kills Coppers (2008), Skins (2009), Metamorphosis (2012), The Vicar of Dibley (2015), Bull (2015), The Job Lot (2015) and Plebs (2016-19). Regular roles include Sarah Lewis in Crown Court (1973-75), Marian Steinberg in Couples (1975-76), Jane Lucas in Agony (1979-81) and Agony Again (1995), Sheila Haddon in All at Number 20 (1986-87), Shani Whittle in the TV plays Eskimo Day (1996) and Cold Enough for Snow (1997), Irene Spencer in Ladies of Letters (2009-10) and Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street since 2018. She also had her own series, About Face (1989-91), in which she played a variety of characters. Maureen will also be remembered for playing Beattie in a series of commercials for British Telecom in the 1980s.
Awards
1985: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Comedy Performance (See How They Run)
1999: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
2020: Dame Commander of the order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to charity, entertainment and the arts
Facts
Maureen was married to acclaimed playwright Jack Rosenthal between 1973 and his death in 2004.
Ieuan Rhys (Crabtree) Born Dec 24 1961
Career highlights
Ieuan debuted in Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm playing Sergeant Glyn James between 1983-96; further appearances include The Mimosa Boys (1984), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Darklands (1996), Mortimer's Law (1998), Bomber (2000), Diamond Geezer (2005), High Hopes (2005), Masterpiece (2010), Zanzibar (2011), Stella (2012), Bernard and Knives (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2015), Hinterland (2016), 35 Awr (2019), Pitching In (2019) and Bryn (2020). He also played Sergeant Tom Swann in A Mind to Kill (2001-02), and Eurig Bell in 25 episodes of Gwaith/ Cartref (2016-18), as well as being presenter of the Welsh version of Mr and Mrs, Sion a Sian (1996-2001).
Facts
Ieuan has written several Welsh language children's books and is also master of ceremonies at Welsh banquets at Cardiff Castle. Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Ieuan debuted in Welsh language soap Pobol y Cwm playing Sergeant Glyn James between 1983-96; further appearances include The Mimosa Boys (1984), The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995), Darklands (1996), Mortimer's Law (1998), Bomber (2000), Diamond Geezer (2005), High Hopes (2005), Masterpiece (2010), Zanzibar (2011), Stella (2012), Bernard and Knives (2012), Da Vinci's Demons (2015), Hinterland (2016), 35 Awr (2019), Pitching In (2019) and Bryn (2020). He also played Sergeant Tom Swann in A Mind to Kill (2001-02), and Eurig Bell in 25 episodes of Gwaith/ Cartref (2016-18), as well as being presenter of the Welsh version of Mr and Mrs, Sion a Sian (1996-2001).
Facts
Ieuan has written several Welsh language children's books and is also master of ceremonies at Welsh banquets at Cardiff Castle. Here he is on Twitter.
Euros Lyn (director) Born Mar 1971 Click here for Euros Lyn's entry on The End of the World
Phil Collinson (producer) Born Aug 26 1970 Click here for Phil Collinson's entry on Rose
Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose
Helen Vallis (associate producer) Click here for Helen Vallis's entry on Rose
Simon Winstone (script editor) Born 1973 Click here for Simon Winstone's entry on Attack of the Graske
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