Trivia: Since performing in a play at the City of Leicester Boys School, Michael Kitchen has done practically all there is for an actor to do: motion pictures, TV films, TV miniseries, stage plays, radio plays, and audio cassettes. International film audiences probably know him best as Chief of Staff Bill Tanner in the Pierce Brosnan James Bond productions, although he has played major roles in other high-profile movies, such as Out of Africa (1985) and Mrs. Dalloway (1997). He is also well known to worldwide TV audiences for major roles in popular miniseries, including The Brontes of Haworth (1973), A Fall of Eagles (1974), Freud (1984), and Oliver Twist (1999). 2000 was a remarkable year for Kitchen -- incredibly, he completed the following productions during that year: Proof of Life, a major film in which he shared the screen with Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan; Lorna Doone, a three-hour TV miniseries; Always and Everyone, an eight-hour TV series resembling America's ER; The Secret World of Michael Fry, a TV miniseries; The Railway Children, a TV film shown in the U.K. and in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre; New Year's Day, a major motion picture; and Second Sight: Parasomnia, another TV film. For an encore in 2001, he played the title role in Foyle's War, an eight-hour TV series about a World War II-era detective, then played Foyle again in another eight-hour series in 2002. He also signed on for another James Bond film, his third. Between 1971 -- when he appeared in the film Unman, Wittering and Zigo -- and the present, Kitchen has never wanted for work. The reason, quite simply, is that he is one of Britain's finest and most versatile actors. He has walked across the stages of the most prestigious playhouses in England, performing the works of Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, and other important playwrights. In motion pictures, he has also acted parts in productions based on the works of Franz Kafka (The Trial, 1993), Robert Louis Stevenson (Kidnapped, 1995), John Le Carre (The Russia House, 1990), and Nevil Shute (Crossing to Freedom, 1990).

Trivia: Studied architecture at Manchester University before applying to drama school. Performed in the year-long international tour of Geometry of Miracles. Joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2000, performing in As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet and The Comedy of Errors. Played Paul Milner in Foyle's War from 2002 to 2010. In 2006, starred as Charles in the first stage adaptation of The French Lieutenant's Woman.

Trivia: His grandfather, Archie McLeod, was a professional football player with Derry City F.C. in Northern Ireland during the 1930s. Acted in school productions through primary and secondary school. As a teenager he wanted to join the actors' union Equity, which already had a person registered with his birth name (David McDonald); he adopted the stage surname Tennant, after Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. In 2005, became the tenth incarnation of the mysterious time traveller in the sci-fi cult favourite Doctor Who, the show that made him want to be an actor (when Tom Baker was playing the role in the 1970s). Was named 'Coolest Man on TV' in a Radio Times survey in 2007. In 2007, under his birth name, was added to the 159th edition of Who's Who, the United Kingdom's oldest biographical yearbook. Has provided voices for the audio-book versions of Cressida Cowell's How To Train Your Dragon series. Supports the Association for International Cancer Research and Headway Essex, a brain-injury charity. Was voted the third best dressed man in The UK in the GQ readers' poll in 2013. Is an ambassador for Worldwide Cancer Research. His wife is the daughter of Peter Davison who played the fifth Dr Who.

Trivia: On stage, the classically trained, stark-featured English character actor John Shrapnel wove a forceful, occasionally even scabrous dramatic undercurrent into his evocations of the figures inhabiting the great tragedies of literature. Maintaining a frequent presence at theaters such as The Aldwych, The Warehouse, and The Piccadilly, Shrapnel earned enthusiastic notices for his supporting contributions to productions of Julius Caesar, The Greeks, Hamlet, and innumerable others. On camera, the thespian built up a massive resumé beginning in the early '70s and emphasized both television and cinematic work. Filmed roles in the early years (such as that of Petya in the 1971 Nicholas and Alexandra, or that of Hector in the 1982 Troilus and Cressida) seemed primarily an offshoot of his theatrical stock, but by the late 1980s, he expanded his repertoire to include more commercial (Hollywood-oriented) fare. On that note, Shrapnel did effective supporting work in films as diverse as How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), 101 Dalmatians (1996), and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). Producers still often reserved him for classical and/or historical roles, however, per his portrayal of Lord Howard in Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007).

Trivia: Was spotted at Sunday School by an agent and began his acting career at the age of sixteen after auditioning for a role in Prime Suspect. Appeared in an advert for Coca-Cola in 1995. Voiced Kent Paul in the Grand Theft Auto franchise in 2002 and 2004. Appeared in The Twang's music video for their song "Two Lovers" in 2007. Became the Chairman of Greenwich Borough Football Club in 2007 and appointed friend and fellow The Business star Tamer Hassan as President. In 2009, played Sid Vicious in the play Kurt and Sid on the London West End. Published his autobiography, Straight Up, in 2011. In 2016, travelled to Freetown, Sierra Leone to meet with people in need for the charity Sports Relief. In a 2016 episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, research revealed his 15 x great grandfather to have been Thomas Cromwell, and his 14 x great grandmother to have been Elizabeth Seymour, who married Cromwell's son, Gregory. Published The World According to Danny Dyer: Life Lessons from the East End in 2016.

Trivia: A conservative, bourgeois vicar's daughter who reportedly made a concerted effort to avoid errant behavior as a young woman, the refined and genteel British actress Sophia Myles paradoxically found herself typecast, throughout her early years, in rebellious and "edgy" roles. Myles specialized in tackling parts in adaptations of the classics, and was particularly memorable, for example, as Agnes Fleming in Oliver Twist (1999), Kate in Nicholas Nickleby (2000), and Isolde in Tristan & Isolde (2005). With Myles' transition to Hollywood material, she branched out into more conventional buttered-popcorn fare, such as the effects-heavy sci-fi opuses Underworld: Evolution (2006) and Outlander (2008), and similarly essayed one of the main roles on the fantasy television series Moonlight (2007), playing a beautiful investigative reporter whose life is saved by the program's vampiric lead character. In the years to come, Myles would continue to find success on the small screen, particularly with the British series MI-5.

Trivia: English lead actress Cheryl Campbell has been onscreen from 1980.

Trivia: Was a member of London's renowned National Youth Music Theatre from 1993 to 1995. Nominated for the prestigious Ian Charleson Award for his part in the 2009 production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband at London's Vaudeville Theatre. Played Stanley Kowalski opposite Rachel Weisz as Blanche in the 2009 West End production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Swam 26 kilometers across Lake Zurich in Switzerland on August 7, 2011 to raise funds for the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, which provides care for premature babies at the London-based hospital. Stepped behind the camera for the first time in 2013, picking up a producer credit for the thriller Dreck, in which he also stars.