Nathaniel Parker (born 18 May 1962) is a British actor most widely known for his role as Inspector Thomas Lynley, in the BBC television series based on the novels by Elizabeth George.

Susan Elizabeth George (born February 26, 1949) is an American author of a number of mystery novels set in Great Britain. Eleven of her novels featuring Inspector Lynley have been adapted for television by the BBC as "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries". She was born in Warren, Ohio, but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when she was eighteen months old. She was a student of English, receiving a teaching certificate. While teaching English in the public school system, …

Lesley Vickerage (b. 1961) in London. She is a British actress who has played Ellie in "My Good Friend", Helen Lynley in "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", Viv Casey in "Grafters" and he has also been in "The Bill", "Soldier Soldier", "Inspector Morse" and "Between The Lines".

Honeysuckle Weeks (b. 1 August 1979) is an English television and film actress. Weeks was born in Cardiff, Wales and grew up in Chichester, West Sussex. Her parents named her after honeysuckle flowers because they were in bloom when she was born. She was educated at Roedean School and Pembroke College, Oxford, where she read English (graduating with upper-second class honours). She has a younger brother and sister, Rollo and Perdita, …

Jonathan Firth (born 6 April, 1967) is a British actor. Jonathan Firth is the younger brother of Colin Firth and Kate Firth. He was born in Essex, England, and studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has acted in cinematic movies and also has some notable TV appearances, such as Fred Vincy in "Middlemarch" (1994), Sergeant Troy in "Far from the Madding Crowd" (1998) and Prince Albert in "Victoria & Albert" (2001).

Burn Gorman is an actor and musician, born in Hollywood, but brought up in London, where he lives and works. He is currently filming the second series of the Bafta Cymru winning science-fiction/crime drama "Torchwood" as Owen Harper, and has been filming (Sex,The City and Me) for the BBC and an episode of (Miss Marple) for ITV. Recently, he has worked with cult Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia on (The Oxford Murders), …

Jason Merrells is an English actor, who received his big break when he starred in "Casualty" for three years (1994 to 1997) as Matt Hawley. He has also starred in "Clocking Off", playing a factory employee called Martin Leach. Jason's biggest role to date is as stylist Gavin Ferraday in "Cutting It". Desperate to start a family with Allie (Sarah Parish), …

Robert Bierman is a film and television director. Bierman was originally scheduled to direct "The Fly" (1986), but due to personal tragedy was unable to commit to the project. In 1989 he directed "Vampire's Kiss". More recently his work has been in television, and he has directed episodes of "Waking the Dead", "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", and "The Bill". He has two daughters from his marriage to Saskia Wickham.

Catherine Russell (born 1966) is an English actress. Catherine Russell is the daughter of the actor Nicholas Smith and his wife Mary. She has led a successful film, stage and television career in a wide range of roles. She replaced Lesley Vickerage in the role of 'Helen Lynley' in the fifth series of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries on British television.

Debbie Wiseman is a composer for film and television. She studied piano and composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Her many credits for television include the theme music for "Jackanory", "Children's Hospital", "The Upper Hand", "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", "Doomwatch" (1999), "Tom’s Midnight Garden", "My Uncle Silias", "Warriors" and "Shrinks".

Penny Downie is an Australian actress, noted for her appearances on British television. She began her career in Australia, initially in Brisbane at Twelfth Night Theatre and Brisbane Arts Theatre. She trained at NIDA - National Institute of Dramatic Art, Sydney. After graduation she appeared in TV series such as "Bellbird", "The Box", "The Sullivans", "Prisoner" and "Learned Friends". She moved to the United Kingdom during the early 1980s.

Eve Best, is a British actress best known for her stage work. Best grew up in Ladbroke Grove and attended Wycombe Abbey Girls’ School before going on to Lincoln College, Oxford where she read English. Among her earliest public performances were with the the W11 Opera children's opera company in London at the age of nine. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London graduating in 1999, …

Lizzie Mickery is a British writer and actress best known for her role as Maggie Thorpe in the BBC television drama series "Tenko". Other TV credits include: "Emmerdale Farm", "Juliet Bravo", "Lovejoy", "Heartbeat", "Woof", "The Merryhill Millionaires", "Dogfood Dan and the Carmarthen Cowboy" and "Holby City". She now works as a writer, usually credited in this capacity as Lizzie Mickery, …

Peter Jukes is an author and screenwriter who has written books, articles, radio and TV scripts, including "Waking the Dead", "Sea of Souls", In Deep ("En immersion") and "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries" He attended Aylesbury Grammar School and Queens' College Cambridge University and then worked as a drama producer for BBC Radio Drama before becoming a freelance writer in 1986.

Matilda Ziegler (born in 1964) is an English actress. She is known mostly for her work on British television, in particular her roles as Donna Ludlow in BBC's "EastEnders" and Ruth in BBC's "Swiss Toni". Ziegler is also a veteran theatre actress—she has appeared in many stage productions across the UK. She is married to the actor Louis Hilyer and they have worked together on a number of projects.

George Costigan (born 1947) is a British actor. He has been on television since the late 1970s, but rose to fame in 1986 as adulterous businessman Bob in the comedy film Rita, Sue and Bob Too. He has since starred in many other television and film roles, though perhaps none as notable as his portrayal as Bob. These include Kavanagh QC, Murder Most Horrid, So Haunt Me, The Bill, Holby City, Dalziel and Pascoe, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries and Casualty.

Tanveer Ghani is a British Asian actor. He has appeared in various British television programmes and British films. One of his first roles was in the BBC hospital drama, "Angels" (1982). He is perhaps best known for playing the role of Rezaul Gabir in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" from 1986-1987.

Emily Joyce (born 1970) is an English stage and television actress.

Jodi Albert is an English actress and sometime Glamour model. She is probably best known for playing "Debbie Dean" in the British soap opera "Hollyoaks", on Channel 4 from 2002 to 2004. At the age of ten, Jodi played the part of Young Cosette in "Les Misérables" at London's Palace Theatre. She was also in the short-lived British girlband Girl Thing, who had a top ten hit in the United Kingdom in 2000 with the song "Last One Standing".

Kevin Clarke is an English television writer from Birkenhead. He trained to become a drama teacher at Leeds University before eventually going to work for the BBC as a writer. One of his earliest commissioned works was the script for the drama series "Casualty". After that, he wrote the script of "Silver Nemesis", the twenty-fifth anniversary story of the science fiction television series "Doctor Who".

Elizabeth Kelly (born 29 May, 1921 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) is a British actress. She started acting on television in the early 1970s. She played Edie Burgess in the popular ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" in 1971 and went on to have roles in many televised dramas such as "The Bill", "Boon", "Spender" and "Where the Heart is" among others.

Gerard Monaco is a British actor. He started acting playin the role of Gary in "As If" in 2001. He has since had parts in "The Great Dome Robbery", "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries", "Vera Drake", "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", "The Bill", "Holby City" and "Rome". He also played Nico Pappas in "EastEnders" in February 2006. His character's father was played by Peter Polycarpou.

Nathaniel Parker was born in England in 1962. The son of Sir Peter Parker and Dr. Jill Parker, he decided at the age of nine that acting would be his career of choice. His first public performances were with the National Youth Theatre, a breeding ground for many British actors. After attending The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA), Nathaniel became a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). Before exiting the stage for the screen, Nathaniel portrayed "Bassanio" in...

Elizabeth George, author of The Inspector Lynley Mysteries books, initially thought Sharon was too pretty to play Sgt. Barbara Havers on the series. She changed her mind when she saw how well Small portrayed the character.