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Adam Pearson is an award-winning campaigner, actor, presenter and speaker. Adam was nominated as UK Documentary Presenter of the Year at the 2016 Grierson Awards.

Adam worked as a researcher for the BBC and Channel 4 before becoming a strand presenter on the first series of Beauty And The Beast: The Ugly Face Of Prejudice on Channel 4. He was also one of the team who developed Beauty And The Beast and consulted on the Dutch version of the series. Adam has worked on all series of The Undateables (Channel 4) as the casting researcher.

Adam has fronted the critically-acclaimed documentaries Horizon: My Amazing Twin (BBC Two), Adam Pearson: Freak Show (BBC Three) and The Ugly Face Of Disability Hate Crime (BBC Three), as well as being a reporter on Tricks Of The Restaurant Trade Series 1-3 (Channel 4) and The One Show (BBC One).

Adam appeared in the BAFTA-nominated film, Under The Skin, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson. He also played himself in the independent feature, DRIB, which premiered at SXSW in 2017.

Adam is an experienced speaker and has given a TEDx talk. He is also an ambassador for Jeans For Genes and The Childhood Tumour Trust. Adam won a RADAR Award and a Diana Award for his campaigning work.

Peter Wilton Cushing was born on May 26, 1913 in Kenley, Surrey, England, to Nellie Maria (King) and George Edward Cushing, a quantity surveyor. He and his older brother David were raised first in Dulwich Village, a south London suburb, and then later back in Surrey. At an early age, Cushing was attracted to acting, inspired by his favorite aunt, who was a stage actress. While at school, Cushing pursued his acting interest in acting and also drawing, a talent he put to good use later in his first job as a government surveyor's assistant in Surrey. At this time, he also dabbled in local amateur theater until moving to London to attend the Guildhall School of Music and Drama on scholarship. He then performed in repertory theater in Worthing, deciding in 1939 to head for Hollywood, where he made his film debut in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939). Other Hollywood films included A Chump at Oxford (1940) with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Vigil in the Night (1940) and They Dare Not Love (1941). However, after a short stay, he returned to England by way of New York (making brief appearances on Broadway) and Canada. Back in his homeland, he contributed to the war effort during World War II by joining the Entertainment National Services Association.

After the war, he performed in the West End and had his big break appearing with Laurence Olivier in Hamlet (1948), in which Cushing's future partner-in-horror Christopher Lee had a bit part. Both actors also appeared in Moulin Rouge (1952) but did not meet until their later horror films. During the 1950s, Cushing became a familiar face on British television, appearing in numerous teleplays, such as 1984 (1954) and Beau Brummell (1954), until the end of the decade when he began his legendary association with Hammer Film Productions in its remakes of the 1930s Universal horror classics. His first Hammer roles included Dr. Frankenstein in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Dr. Van Helsing in Horror of Dracula (1958), and Sherlock Holmes in The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959).

Cushing continued playing the roles of Drs. Frankenstein and Van Helsing, as well as taking on other horror characters, in Hammer films over the next 20 years. He also appeared in films for the other major horror producer of the time, Amicus Productions, including Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and its later horror anthologies, a couple of Dr. Who films (1965, 1966), I, Monster (1971), and others. By the mid-1970s, these companies had stopped production, but Cushing, firmly established as a horror star, continued in the genre for some time thereafter.

Perhaps his best-known appearance outside of horror films was as Grand Moff Tarkin in George Lucas' phenomenally successful science fiction film Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986) was Cushing's last film before his retirement, during which he made a few television appearances, wrote two autobiographies and pursued his hobbies of bird watching and painting. In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions to the acting profession in Britain and worldwide. Peter Cushing died at age 81 of prostate cancer on August 11, 1994.

One of the more controversial supermodels, primarily because of her unusually low weight during the early part of her career. (she typified the "waif" models). Her unusual appearance (and possibly her willingness to appear nude, "It's just work") have, in a very short time, made her almost as widely recognized as Cindy Crawford.

Rohan Nedd was born on 17 November 1994 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Safe (2018), Blue Story (2019) and Harry Wild (2022).

Lionel Atwill was born into a wealthy family and was educated at London's prestigious Mercer School to become an architect, but his interest turned to the stage. He worked his way progressively into the craft and debuted at age 20 at the Garrick Theatre in London. He acted and improved regularly thereafter, especially in the plays of Henrik Ibsen and George Bernard Shaw. Atwill came to the US in 1915 and would appear in some 25 plays on Broadway between 1917 and 1931, but he was already trying his hand in silent films by 1918. He had a sonorous voice and dictatorial British accent that served him well for the stage and just as well for sound movies. He did some Vitaphone short subjects in 1928 and then his first real film role in The Silent Witness (1932) (also titled "The Verdict").

That voice and his bullish demeanor made Atwill a natural for a spectrum of tough-customer roles. As shady noblemen and mad doctors, but also gruff military men and police inspectors (usually with a signature mustache), he worked steadily through the 1930s. He had the chance to show a broader character as the tyrannical but unforgettable Col. Bishop in Captain Blood (1935). It's hard to forget his Inspector Krogh in Son of Frankenstein (1939), wherein he agrees to a game of darts with Basil Rathbone and proceeds to impale the darts through the right sleeve of his uniform (the character sported a wooden right arm). And he sends himself up with rolling and blustering dialogue as the glory-hog ham stage actor Rawitch in the classic To Be or Not to Be (1942) with Jack Benny. However, Atwill effectively ruined his burgeoning film career in 1943 after he was implicated in what was described as an "orgy" at his home, naked guests and pornographic films included--and a rape perpetrated during the proceedings. Atwill "lied like a gentleman," it was said, in the court proceedings to protect the identities of his guests and was convicted of perjury and sentenced to five years' probation.

He was thereafter kept employed on Poverty Row with only brief periods of employment by Universal Pictures, while the rest of Hollywood turned its collective back on him. He is more remembered for the horror films generally than for better efforts, but they have fueled his continued popularity and a bid by the Southern California Lionel Atwill Fan Club to petition for a Hollywood Blvd. star (he never received one).

Marian McLoughlin was born on 9 December 1952 in Croydon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Spice World (1997), Party Animals (2007) and Giro City (1982).

Susanna Reid is an award-winning English television presenter. She is best-known for fronting two long-running morning TV shows, Breakfast (2000) (2006-2013) and "Good Morning Britain" (2014-date).

She also appeared as a celebrity contestant on the 2013 series of "Strictly Come Dancing", finishing runner-up to Abbey Clancy.

In 2019, she took part in the annual "Soccer Aid" charity campaign as England's assistant manager, but she was defeated by her GMB co-presenter, Piers Morgan, who was co-managing the World XI team.

Aside from her TV journalism, Reid is also newspaper columnist for the Daily Mail.

Nicole Merry was born in 1980 in Croydon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Fifth Element (1997). She was previously married to Thierry Henry.

Barri Ghai was born on 10 February 1979 in Croydon, London, England, UK.

Judy Buxton was born on 7 October 1949 in Croydon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Get Real (1998), On the Up (1990) and Diary of a Nobody (1979). She has been married to Jeffrey Holland since 18 September 2004.

Alison Carroll is an actress known for her role of the Official Lara Croft for the prestigious Tomb Raider: Underworld video game. She had to undertake a series of courses which included SAS survival, combat and semi-automatic weapons training in Eastern Europe, and a crash course in world archaeology to prepare her for the action heroine role that would be Lara Croft.

Alison has been featured in films alongside Noel Clarke, Danny Dyer and Michael Madsen and has worked on numerous genres of the film industry making her a very versatile actress.

James Prowse was born on 9 July 1967 in Croydon, London, England, UK.

Born in London, England, Harry moved with his family at the age of ten to Sydney, Australia where he combined his school studies with acting classes at both NBYT, NIDA and Sydney Talent Company.

Prior to leaving the UK, Harry starred as The Artful Dodger in the Stagecoach London production of Oliver! and the title role of Bugsy Malone the following year.

Signing with a young talent agent at age 13, Harry worked in various commercials and theatre shows until 2009, when he made his film debut starring opposite Academy Award winner Geena Davis as her on-screen son in acclaimed film Accidents Happen (2009), proving him to be one of Australia's most exciting new young actors.

Further highlights of his career so far include starring alongside Peter Phelps and Ben Oxenbould as Archie Cox in cult thriller Caught Inside (2010), playing Susie Porter's nephew in the Logie Award winning children's series My Place (2009), working alongside Sam Neill and Bryan Brown in ABC TV Series Old School, and recently winning the Best Supporting Actor award at the prestigious FilmOut San Diego Film Festival for his role in feature film Drown (2015). In 2019, Harry also appeared in the ABC TV series Diary of an Uber Driver (2019).

His theatre work includes playing Banquo in Macbeth, the lead role of Tom in the Australian premiere of Mark Ravenhill's groundbreaking play Citizenship at Studio 1 at The Wharf in Sydney which was directed by Lee Lewis, Mark Cohen in Sydney's limited season of the Broadway smash hit RENT, and Duncan Brookes in Russetts at the International Playwright Festival in Cambridge, England. Harry also was part of Playlist 2018 & 2019 readings directed by Kate Gaul.

Harry's writing work includes contributions to The Huffington Post, The Big Smoke and The Guardian and his debut memoir, Pink Ink, was released by Finch/Harper Collins in September 2018 to rave reviews.

His young adult fiction novel: Fin & Rye & Fireflies released in August 2020 to rave reviews and is the first LGBTQI+ themed novel from Black and White Publishing's YA imprint Ink Road.

British film director, screenwriter, and producer Robert Crombie first stumbled into the movie business whilst working as a journalist in Russia in the 1990s; and after lucking through his first few TV commercials, he has never looked back.

Robert is a co-writer and a producer of the MGM action comedy Soldiers of Fortune, starring Christian Slater, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Dominic Monaghan and James Cromwell.

Robert is also the writer, director, and a co-producer of the drama Sappho. Sappho holds the box office record for a local movie in its home territory of Ukraine. Though a low-budget movie filmed without star name actors, Sappho has sold to over 50 countries, including USA and UK.

Robert is the writer, creative director, and a co-producer of the 2D animation feature The Good Soldier Shweik, based on Jaroslav Hasek's famous anti-war comic novel, The Good Soldier Svejk.

Robert is also the director of the Lionsgate-distributed woman in peril thriller Assassin's Run, starring Christian Slater, Cole Hauser, Angus Macfayden and Sofya Skya. The released version of the film has been heavily re-edited by the female lead, the wife of the film's financier.

Robert has also directed over 250 TV commercials for some of the world's leading consumer brands. After many years working in Eastern Europe, he is based in UK again. He studied at Oxford University, and he speaks fluent Russian and Italian and English with an English accent. He is a keen diver and anthropologist.

Born in Croydon, London England with mixed heritage. She is best known for her work in the film I Against I playing mother to the real son of the films director James Marquand, son of Richard Marquand. (Director of Return of the Jedi) Graduated from Arts Ed London drama school, performing in plays by Pinter, Coward, Shakespeare and favorites being restoration period dramas. Before that she attended the BRIT School, graduates include Adele and Amy Winehouse. Her debut performance was in the comedy horror film Doghouse, starring Danny Dyer and Stephen Graham. Then went on to star in the drama documentary Peter- A Study for a Portrait of a Serial killer. Based on the Yorkshire Ripper and won several film festival awards. She then became a member of Team Angelica, a multi-media production company owned by the award-winning director Rikki Beadle Blairs MBE. Playing roles in the original cast of his stage and film productions. She trained in the martial art Wing Chun Kung Fu, with an aim to do action and adventure films. She played supporting role to lead actress in the feature Pearls of Africa and stared in the British drama Perfect 10 which was part of the BFI London film festival 2019.

John McCarthy was born on 17 June 1930 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), Public Eye (1965) and The Electronic Monster (1958). He was married to Carolyn Mary Morgan and Shirley Burniston. He died on 6 December 2018 in St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.

Robert Dougall was born on 27 November 1913 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Danger Tomorrow (1960), Yes Minister (1980) and The Wednesday Play (1964). He was married to Nan Byam. He died on 19 December 1999 in Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK.

Morayo Adeagbo was born on December 22, 1999 in Croydon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Rapture (2023), Chairs (2023) and Teju's Tale (2021). She is of Nigerian and Kenyan descent.

She is of Nigerian and Kenyan descent. Growing up in London, her acting career began in 2016 when she became a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain.

Paul Sartin was born on 20 February 1971 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Morris: A Life with Bells On (2009), South at Six (1974) and Bellowhead Live: The Farewell Tour (2016). He was married to ennie Bailey. He died on 14 September 2022 in the UK.

Robin Scott was born on 1 April 1947 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is an actor and composer, known for Sing Street (2016), The Family (2013) and A Night at the Roxbury (1998).

Born in 1974 in Croydon, London, Mirza Javed studied art under the tuition of the wife of British production designer, Tony Burrough, whose fascinating profession inspired him to follow a similar line. His career started as a designer in classical animation, where he worked under the direction of outlandish Irish animator, Paul Donnellon and Richard Williams alumnus, Tony White. Rapidly he worked his way up through the ranks in various capacities ranging from conceptual artist to graphic designer and finally Art Director, where he branched out into CGI, interactive entertainment and visualization for architectural and structural engineering practices. Over the years, he has worked for companies such as 'Walt Disney Interactive', 'Sony Computer Entertainment', 'Virgin Interactive Entertainment' and 'Bill Melendez Productions'.

Clive Doig was born in 1940 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Jigsaw (1979), Turnabout (1990) and Eureka (1982).

David Rodgers was born on 28 December 1991 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Recall (2022), The ACE of Diamonds and XLight Comedy (2018).

Roy Hodgson was born on 9 August 1947 in Croydon, London, England, UK. He is a director, known for Crystal Palace vs Liverpool (2020), Match of the Day (1964) and 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy (2017).

Algy Ward was born on 11 July 1959 in Croydon, South London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), Action Point (2018) and Deadly Class (2018). He died on 17 May 2023 in Turnbridge Wells, England, UK.