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Boisterous British actor Brian Blessed is known for his hearty, king-sized portrayals on film and television. A giant of a man accompanied by an eloquent wit and booming, operatic voice, Brian was born in 1936 and grew up in the mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire. His father was a miner who wanted a better life for his son; Brian lost three uncles in the pit. At a young age, he displayed an acute talent for acting in school productions, but also had a penchant for boxing, a direction that would be short-lived.

Working various blue-collar jobs from undertaker's assistant to plasterer, Brian managed to attend the Bristol Old Vic and was off and running. He has lent his musical talents to several productions - from playing "Old Deuteronomy" in "Cats" to "The Baron" in the more recent "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". In the 1970s, he began appearing more and more on-camera with both classical and contemporary performances. In costumed television movies, he has played "Porthos" in The Three Musketeers (1966) and The Further Adventures of the Musketeers (1967), "Augustus" in I, Claudius (1976), and "Long John Silver" in Return to Treasure Island (1986) and has been a part of various reenactments including Catherine the Great (1995), Lady Chatterley (1993), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983) and Kidnapped (1995).

On film, he has appeared in robust support in several William Shakespeare adaptations, including Henry V (1989), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Hamlet (1996), Macbeth (1997) and the title role in King Lear (1999), which he also directed.

More recently, he appeared in Oliver Stone's epic-scale Alexander (2004) and in Kenneth Branagh's film version of William Shakespeare's As You Like It (2006).

In recent years, the octogenarian has been heard more than seen with voice work in video games, documentaries and such animated TV programs as Kika & Bob (2007) (as Bob); The Amazing World of Gumball (2011) (as Santa Claus); Wizards vs. Aliens (2012) (as the Necross King); Henry Hugglemonster (2013) (as Eduardo Enormomonster); and Peppa Pig (2004) as Grampy Rabbit.

He is married to British actress Hildegard Neil, who made an appearance with him in Macbeth (1997).

Keith has said that his fear of a sadistic school teacher turned him to acting as to get out of school he joined an amateur drama group then became a student at Sheffield Playhouse otherwise he would have very likely joined his family's wholesale business, At the playhouse he met Mary who was a scene painter They married and had a son and at one point used to own a restaurant.

Sally Carman was born on 9 May 1981 in Mexborough, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Tyrannosaur (2011) and Shameless (2004). She has been married to Joe Duttine since 15 July 2022. She was previously married to Ryan Pope.

Kenneth Haigh was an English actor who broke new ground with his original interpretation of Jimmy Porter, in John Osborne's 1956 play "Look Back in Anger". The play was to fundamentally change English theatre and coined the phrase used to describe Osborne (and later other contemporary playwrights) by the British Press as an "Angry Young Man". The following year, Haigh took the performance to Broadway, but the already established film credentials of Richard Burton saw the lead role change hands for the 1957 film adaptation. The role of Jimmy Porter came relatively early in Haigh's career and some commentators have argued that what followed in the next 50 years was something of an anti-climax for him. Apart from Porter, one of his best known roles was that of Joe Lampton in the TV series Man at the Top (1970), and the subsequent spin-off film Man at the Top (1973). Sadly, tragedy struck Haigh in 2003 when he swallowed a bone whilst eating in a restaurant in London's Soho. Deprived of oxygen his brain function was damaged and he was confined to a nursing home up until his death in 2018.

Hugh Walters was born on 2 March 1939 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for 1984 (1984), The Train Now Standing (1972) and Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984). He died on 13 February 2015 in London, England, UK.

Dean Sills was born on 27 May 1968 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Pond Life (2022), A Dollar to Die For (2022) and A Winter's Tale (2021).

Matthew Vaughan was born on 17 September 1964 in Mexborough, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Sugar Rush (2005), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and The Final Frame (1990).

Mike Hawthorn was born on 10 April 1929 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Glück und Liebe in Monaco (1959), Formula 1 (1950) and After Hours (1958). He died on 22 January 1959 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK.

Denzil Ellis was born on 21 December 1922 in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Z Cars (1962), The Newcomers (1965) and Suspense (1962). He died in 1998 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, UK.