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| The day Agatha Christie (Fenella Woolgar) went AWOL |
First broadcast May 17 2008
Average audience for story: 8.41m
REGULAR CAST
David Tennant (The Doctor) Born Apr 18 1971 Click here for David Tennant's entry on The Parting of the Ways
Catherine Tate (Donna Noble) Born Dec 5 1969 Click here for Catherine Tate's entry on Doomsday
GUEST CAST
Ian Barritt (Professor Peach) Born 1944
Career highlights
Ian debuted in A Family at War (1970), then Elizabeth R (1971), The Tomorrow People (1977), Blake's 7 (1980), Flesh and Blood (1980), The Gentle Touch (1982), Big Deal (1985), The Castle of Adventure (1990), Only Fools and Horses (1991), Between the Lines (1992), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), The Day Today (1994), ChuckleVision (1998), The Brides in the Bath (2003), Life on Mars (2006), Bear Behaving Badly (2007), Upstairs Downstairs (2010/12), Wolf Hall (2015) and Trying (2020).
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Ian debuted in A Family at War (1970), then Elizabeth R (1971), The Tomorrow People (1977), Blake's 7 (1980), Flesh and Blood (1980), The Gentle Touch (1982), Big Deal (1985), The Castle of Adventure (1990), Only Fools and Horses (1991), Between the Lines (1992), The Buddha of Suburbia (1993), The Day Today (1994), ChuckleVision (1998), The Brides in the Bath (2003), Life on Mars (2006), Bear Behaving Badly (2007), Upstairs Downstairs (2010/12), Wolf Hall (2015) and Trying (2020).
Facts
Here he is on Twitter.
Christopher Benjamin (Colonel Hugh Curbishley) Born Dec 27 1934
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970)
Played: Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)
Played: Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
Career highlights
Prolific character actor Christopher first appeared in Suspense (1962), and then popped up in The Man in Room 17 (1965), Orlando (1966), The Forsyte Saga (1967), Late Night Horror (1968), Ring of Bright Water (1969), Ace of Wands (1970), Jason King (1971), The Strauss Family (1972), Baffled! (1973), Father Brown (1974), Poldark (1975-76, as Sir Hugh Bodrugan), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Rooms (1977), Dick Turpin (1979-80, as Sir John Glutton), Shoestring (1980), Chintz (1981), Holding the Fort (1980/82, as Colonel Aubrey Sanderson), It Takes a Worried Man (1981/83, as the Old Man), Minder (1984), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), The Diary of Anne Frank (1987), Young Charlie Chaplin (1989), Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989), Campion (1990), Maigret (1992), The Tomorrow People (1994), Hard Times (1994), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Treasure Island (1999), Judge John Deed (2003/06, as Steve Gaydon), Angel (2007), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).
Facts
Christopher reprised the role of Jago in 2009 for Big Finish audios, alongside Trevor Baxter as Litefoot.
Doctor Who credits
Played: Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970)
Played: Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)
Played: Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
Career highlights
Prolific character actor Christopher first appeared in Suspense (1962), and then popped up in The Man in Room 17 (1965), Orlando (1966), The Forsyte Saga (1967), Late Night Horror (1968), Ring of Bright Water (1969), Ace of Wands (1970), Jason King (1971), The Strauss Family (1972), Baffled! (1973), Father Brown (1974), Poldark (1975-76, as Sir Hugh Bodrugan), When the Boat Comes In (1976), Rooms (1977), Dick Turpin (1979-80, as Sir John Glutton), Shoestring (1980), Chintz (1981), Holding the Fort (1980/82, as Colonel Aubrey Sanderson), It Takes a Worried Man (1981/83, as the Old Man), Minder (1984), Dempsey and Makepeace (1986), The Diary of Anne Frank (1987), Young Charlie Chaplin (1989), Anything More Would Be Greedy (1989), Campion (1990), Maigret (1992), The Tomorrow People (1994), Hard Times (1994), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Treasure Island (1999), Judge John Deed (2003/06, as Steve Gaydon), Angel (2007), The Merry Wives of Windsor (2011) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016).
Facts
Christopher reprised the role of Jago in 2009 for Big Finish audios, alongside Trevor Baxter as Litefoot.
Leena Dhingra (Miss Chandrakala) Born pre-1947
Doctor Who credits
Played: Miss Chandrakala in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
Played: Nani Umbreen in Demons of the Punjab (2018)
Career highlights
Leena's CV includes Moving Story (1994), London Bridge (1995), East is East (1995), The Chippendales Murder (2000), Silent Witness (2003), Prime Suspect 6 (2003), Grease Monkeys (2004), Coronation Street (2001/04), EastEnders (2007), Place of Execution (2008), Holby City (2009), Citizen Khan (2014), Stella (2016), Casualty (1996/2017/2019), Man Like Mobeen (2017) and Ackley Bridge (2021).
Doctor Who credits
Played: Miss Chandrakala in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008)
Played: Nani Umbreen in Demons of the Punjab (2018)
Career highlights
Leena's CV includes Moving Story (1994), London Bridge (1995), East is East (1995), The Chippendales Murder (2000), Silent Witness (2003), Prime Suspect 6 (2003), Grease Monkeys (2004), Coronation Street (2001/04), EastEnders (2007), Place of Execution (2008), Holby City (2009), Citizen Khan (2014), Stella (2016), Casualty (1996/2017/2019), Man Like Mobeen (2017) and Ackley Bridge (2021).
Facts
Leena is also a writer, and said that appearing in Demons of the Punjab "unexpectedly shifted an emotional block and released my writer self" (Leena herself came to the UK following the Partition of India in 1947). In 2021, she published her latest book, Exhumation: The Life and Death of Madan Lal Dhingra.
Charlotte Eaton (Miss Hart) Born May 14 1972
Career highlights
Debuted in Powers (1994), then Little Britain (2004), Love Soup (2005), Bad Girls (2006), Worm (2010), Gambit (2012), Benidorm (2015), Call the Midwife (2016), Witless (2016-17), True Horror (2018) and Hold the Sunset (2019).
Career highlights
Debuted in Powers (1994), then Little Britain (2004), Love Soup (2005), Bad Girls (2006), Worm (2010), Gambit (2012), Benidorm (2015), Call the Midwife (2016), Witless (2016-17), True Horror (2018) and Hold the Sunset (2019).
Tom Goodman-Hill (Rev Arnold Golightly) Born May 21 1968
Career highlights
Tom debuted in Coasting (1990), followed by roles in Licence to Live (1994), No Bananas (1996), Goodnight Sweetheart (1999), Jonathan Creek (1999), Barbara (2001), The Lost World (2001), Spooks (2002), The Office (2002), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Worst Week of My Life (2004), Fat Slags (2004), Broken News (2005), Beethoven (2005), Perfect Day (2005-06), Green Wing (2006), After You've Gone (2007), Never Better (2008), The Devil's Whore (2008), Moses Jones (2009), Glorious 39 (2009), Candy Cabs (2011), Spy (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), Dead Boss (2012), The Imitation Game (2014), Everest (2015), The Secret Agent (2016), Where Hands Touch (2018), Inside No 9 (2020), Rebecca (2020) and Homebound (2021). Regular roles include PC in 46 episodes of Ideal (2005-11), Mr Grove in 38 episodes of Mr Selfridge (2013-16), Joe Hawkins in 24 episodes of Humans (2015-18), and voicing Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter video games (2004-05).
Facts
Tom, who became a qualified teacher before entering the acting profession, is married to actor Jessica Raine (who appeared in Hide (2013) and played Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)). Here he is on Twitter.
Career highlights
Tom debuted in Coasting (1990), followed by roles in Licence to Live (1994), No Bananas (1996), Goodnight Sweetheart (1999), Jonathan Creek (1999), Barbara (2001), The Lost World (2001), Spooks (2002), The Office (2002), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), The Worst Week of My Life (2004), Fat Slags (2004), Broken News (2005), Beethoven (2005), Perfect Day (2005-06), Green Wing (2006), After You've Gone (2007), Never Better (2008), The Devil's Whore (2008), Moses Jones (2009), Glorious 39 (2009), Candy Cabs (2011), Spy (2011), The Hollow Crown (2012), Dead Boss (2012), The Imitation Game (2014), Everest (2015), The Secret Agent (2016), Where Hands Touch (2018), Inside No 9 (2020), Rebecca (2020) and Homebound (2021). Regular roles include PC in 46 episodes of Ideal (2005-11), Mr Grove in 38 episodes of Mr Selfridge (2013-16), Joe Hawkins in 24 episodes of Humans (2015-18), and voicing Peter Pettigrew in the Harry Potter video games (2004-05).
Facts
Tom, who became a qualified teacher before entering the acting profession, is married to actor Jessica Raine (who appeared in Hide (2013) and played Verity Lambert in An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)). Here he is on Twitter.
Felicity Jones (Robina Redmond) Born Oct 17 1983
Career highlights
Felicity made her screen debut at the age of 13 in The Treasure Seekers (1996), after which she landed the recurring roles of Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch (1998-99) and Weirdsister College (2001-02). Subsequent work includes Servants (2003), Northanger Abbey (2007), Meadowlands (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), SoulBoy (2010), Albatross (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Theory of Everything (2014), Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), The Aeronauts (2019), The Midnight Sky (2020) and The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021). Felicity also played the role of Emma Grundy in BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers between 1999-2010.
Career highlights
Felicity made her screen debut at the age of 13 in The Treasure Seekers (1996), after which she landed the recurring roles of Ethel Hallow in The Worst Witch (1998-99) and Weirdsister College (2001-02). Subsequent work includes Servants (2003), Northanger Abbey (2007), Meadowlands (2007), Brideshead Revisited (2008), SoulBoy (2010), Albatross (2011), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), The Theory of Everything (2014), Star Wars: Rogue One (2016), The Aeronauts (2019), The Midnight Sky (2020) and The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021). Felicity also played the role of Emma Grundy in BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers between 1999-2010.
Awards
2018: British Independent Film Variety Award
Facts
In 2012, Felicity appeared in print advertisements for Dolce and Gabbana's Kohl Collection for eyes and nails. In 2015, she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for her part in The Theory of Everything (she lost to Julianne Moore on all three counts). Felicity's uncle is actor Michael Hadley. She is married to film director and writer Charles Guard, and her brother is film editor Alex Jones.
Facts
In 2012, Felicity appeared in print advertisements for Dolce and Gabbana's Kohl Collection for eyes and nails. In 2015, she was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA for her part in The Theory of Everything (she lost to Julianne Moore on all three counts). Felicity's uncle is actor Michael Hadley. She is married to film director and writer Charles Guard, and her brother is film editor Alex Jones.
Felicity Kendal (Lady Eddison) Born Sep 25 1946
Career highlights
Felicity debuted in Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), then appeared in Boy Meets Girl (1967), Man in a Suitcase (1968), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968-69), The Woodlanders (1970), Jason King (1972), Dolly (1973), Valentino (1977), Wings of Song (1978), The Camomile Lawn (1992), Honey for Tea (1994), Parting Shots (1998), The Secret Show (2007), Inside No 9 (2017) and Pennyworth (2019). She is best known for her leading roles in series including Barbara Good in The Good Life (1975-78), Gemma in Solo (1981-82), Maxine in The Mistress (1985-87) and Rosemary Boxer in Rosemary and Thyme (2003-06).
Career highlights
Felicity debuted in Shakespeare-Wallah (1965), then appeared in Boy Meets Girl (1967), Man in a Suitcase (1968), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968-69), The Woodlanders (1970), Jason King (1972), Dolly (1973), Valentino (1977), Wings of Song (1978), The Camomile Lawn (1992), Honey for Tea (1994), Parting Shots (1998), The Secret Show (2007), Inside No 9 (2017) and Pennyworth (2019). She is best known for her leading roles in series including Barbara Good in The Good Life (1975-78), Gemma in Solo (1981-82), Maxine in The Mistress (1985-87) and Rosemary Boxer in Rosemary and Thyme (2003-06).
Awards
1976: Variety Club Most Promising Newcomer
1979: Variety Club Best Actress
1984: Variety Club Woman of the Year
1989: London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (Much Ado About Nothing & Ivanov)
1995: Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to drama
Facts
Felicity's first husband was actor Drewe Henley (their son Charley works in visual effects in Hollywood), while her second was Michael Rudman - she famously had an affair with playwright Tom Stoppard throughout the 1990s, but returned to Rudman afterwards. Her sister was actress Jennifer Kendal, who was married to Indian actor Shashi Kapoor. In 2010, Felicity was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Vincent Simone, coming eighth. Felicity was brought up in India, and speaks fluent Hindi. In 1981, she was voted Rear of the Year.
Facts
Felicity's first husband was actor Drewe Henley (their son Charley works in visual effects in Hollywood), while her second was Michael Rudman - she famously had an affair with playwright Tom Stoppard throughout the 1990s, but returned to Rudman afterwards. Her sister was actress Jennifer Kendal, who was married to Indian actor Shashi Kapoor. In 2010, Felicity was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with Vincent Simone, coming eighth. Felicity was brought up in India, and speaks fluent Hindi. In 1981, she was voted Rear of the Year.
Daniel King (Davenport) Born Apr 26 1984
Career highlights
Other work includes The Sun Seekers (2009) and Dust in the Wind (2011).
Facts
Here's Daniel, who's also an experienced puppeteer, on Twitter.
Career highlights
Other work includes The Sun Seekers (2009) and Dust in the Wind (2011).
Facts
Here's Daniel, who's also an experienced puppeteer, on Twitter.
David Quilter (Greeves) Born Jun 11 1942
Career highlights
Debuted in The Wars of the Roses (1965), followed by Bat Out of Hell (1966), The Avengers (1968), Menace (1970), Clochemerle (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Secret Army (1979), Buccaneer (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), Union Castle (1982), Morgan's Boy (1984), Remington Steele (1985), White Mischief (1987), Bomber Harris (1989), When the Whales Came (1989), Brass (1990), Underbelly (1992), Spender (1993), Have Your Cake and Eat It (1997), Murder in Mind (2001), Lilies (2007), Utopia (2014) and War and Peace (2016). Regular roles include PC Tanner in Softly Softly (1966-68), Flight Lieutenant Grant in Get Some In! (1975-77), Mr Arnold in Grange Hill (1994-2000) and Sergeant Thorald Fredo in Space Precinct (1994-95).
Facts
David's grandfather Lawrence Beesley was one of the lucky men who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with David here.
Career highlights
Debuted in The Wars of the Roses (1965), followed by Bat Out of Hell (1966), The Avengers (1968), Menace (1970), Clochemerle (1972), Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Secret Army (1979), Buccaneer (1980), Blake's 7 (1981), Union Castle (1982), Morgan's Boy (1984), Remington Steele (1985), White Mischief (1987), Bomber Harris (1989), When the Whales Came (1989), Brass (1990), Underbelly (1992), Spender (1993), Have Your Cake and Eat It (1997), Murder in Mind (2001), Lilies (2007), Utopia (2014) and War and Peace (2016). Regular roles include PC Tanner in Softly Softly (1966-68), Flight Lieutenant Grant in Get Some In! (1975-77), Mr Arnold in Grange Hill (1994-2000) and Sergeant Thorald Fredo in Space Precinct (1994-95).
Facts
David's grandfather Lawrence Beesley was one of the lucky men who survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912.
In 2013 Toby Hadoke released his Who's Round interview with David here.
Adam Rayner (Roger Curbishley) Born Aug 28 1977
Career highlights
Adam's debut came in At Home with the Braithwaites (2003), then Making Waves (2004), Vincent (2005), The Line of Beauty (2006), Sensitive Skin (2005/07), Mistresses (2008-10), Dragon Age: Redemption (2011), Hunted (2012), Miranda (2010/13), The Saint (2013), The Whale (2013), Tracers (2015), Notorious (2016), The Saint (2017) and Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2021). He also played Dr Steve Shaw in 20 episodes of Hawthorne (2010-11), Barry Al-Fayeed in 32 episodes of Tyrant (2014-16), Matthew Collier in The Fix (2019) and Morgan Edge aka Tal-Rho in Superman and Lois (2021).
Facts
Adam's wife is actress Lucy Brown (perhaps best known for her role as Jenny Lewis in Primeval).
Career highlights
Adam's debut came in At Home with the Braithwaites (2003), then Making Waves (2004), Vincent (2005), The Line of Beauty (2006), Sensitive Skin (2005/07), Mistresses (2008-10), Dragon Age: Redemption (2011), Hunted (2012), Miranda (2010/13), The Saint (2013), The Whale (2013), Tracers (2015), Notorious (2016), The Saint (2017) and Everything I Ever Wanted to Tell My Daughter About Men (2021). He also played Dr Steve Shaw in 20 episodes of Hawthorne (2010-11), Barry Al-Fayeed in 32 episodes of Tyrant (2014-16), Matthew Collier in The Fix (2019) and Morgan Edge aka Tal-Rho in Superman and Lois (2021).
Facts
Adam's wife is actress Lucy Brown (perhaps best known for her role as Jenny Lewis in Primeval).
Fenella Woolgar (Agatha Christie) Born Aug 4 1969
Career highlights
Ironically, Fenella debuted in Agatha Christie's Poirot in 2000, a series she returned to, playing a different character, in 2010. Other appearances include People Like Us (2001), The Way We Live Now (2001), Mr Charity (2001), Bright Young Things (2003), Stage Beauty (2004), He Knew He was Right (2004), Vera Drake (2004), Scoop (2006), Jekyll (2007), St Trinian's (2007), Agatha Christie's Poirot (2000/10), Case Histories (2011), Spies of Warsaw (2013), Mr Turner (2014), Home Fires (2015-16), War and Peace (2016), Whisky Galore (2016), Swallows and Amazons (2016), Harlots (2017), Victoria and Abdul (2017), Inside No 9 (2018), The Haunting of M R James (2018), Mr Jones (2019) and Unprecedented (2020). She regularly plays Sister Hilda in Call the Midwife (2018-21).
CREW
Susie Liggat (producer) Born 1968 Click here for Susie Liggat's entry on Human Nature/ The Family of Blood
Lindsey Alford (script editor) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
Gareth Roberts (writer) Born Jun 5 1968 Click here for Gareth Roberts' entry on Attack of the Graske
Graeme Harper (director) Born Mar 11 1945 Click here for Graeme Harper's entry on The Caves of Androzani
Susie Liggat (producer) Born 1968 Click here for Susie Liggat's entry on Human Nature/ The Family of Blood
Lindsey Alford (script editor) Click here for Lindsey Alford's entry on Daleks in Manhattan
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