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Born in Yorkshire, Dean Jagger studied drama and theatre at The Actors Centre in London.

In 2016, Jagger made his TV debut in fan favorite role of Smalljon Umber in HBO's Game of Thrones. The role garnered him praise from critics.

The following year, Jagger was cast in a starring role in Cinemax's Bruce Lee inspired period action drama "Warrior," created and executive produced by Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) and Justin Lin. He plays Dylan Leary, an Irish ex-bare-knuckle boxing champion who's the head of the unofficial labor movement in San Francisco. The show premiered to rave reviews in the Summer of 2019 and has been picked up for a second season.

Jagger made his transition to film in the McG-directed Netflix film "Rim of the World," which follows four misfit teenagers who become unlikely allies when their summer camp experience is cut short by an alien invasion. Jagger played Captain Hawking, a marine commander fighting the aliens invading Earth in Los Angeles.

Aside from acting, Jagger and his brother Ben Jagger have launched their own production company, Jagger Brothers INC with the objective of developing features and series that focus on a variety of social issues.

Rebecca Callard was born on 3 June 1975 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Detectorists (2014), Fearless (2017) and Ordinary Lies (2015). She has been married to Gideon Turner since 24 July 2001. They have two children.

Mary Tamm was an English actress from Bradford, with Estonian and Russian descent. She is primarily remembered for portraying Romana I, the first incarnation of the female Time Lord Romana in the long-running science fiction television series "Doctor Who" (1963-1989). Tamm portrayed the character throughout the story arc "The Key to Time" (1978-1979). Her version of the character was well-educated, haughty, and somewhat arrogant, but inexperienced as an adventurer. Romana I was then replaced by Romana II (played by Lalla Ward), who was depicted as a more confident, and wittier incarnation.

She was the daughter of emigrant parents, who had fled Stalinist persecution in their native Soviet Union. Tamm's father was Estonian, and Tamm's mother was a Russian opera singer. Four of Tamm's paternal uncles died while serving prison sentences in the gulag labor camps. Tamm learned only the Estonian language at her home, and went on to attend Estonian-language school on Saturdays. She learned English as a second language, when enrolled in a primary school.

In 1961, the 11-year-old Tamm won a scholarship to attend the Bradford Girls' Grammar School, a private school active since 1875. She soon joined the city's Civic Theatre, as a child actress. By the time she reached adulthood, she wanted to become a full-time actress. She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) from 1969 to 1971.

In 1971, Tamm started regularly performing with the Birmingham Repertory Company. In 1972, she moved to London to secure a role in a musical at the city's stage. In 1973, Tamm made her BBC television debut as the character Sally Ross in "The Donati Conspiracy". She started regularly appearing in various film and television roles at this point. She portrayed the intended victim of a human sacrifice in the "Luau" segment of the horror anthology film "Tales That Witness Madness" (1973), and she portrayed the protagonist's victimized girlfriend in the neo-Nazi-themed spy thriller film "The Odessa File" (1974).

When initially offered to play the role of a female companion in "Doctor Who" , Tamm wanted to refuse. She felt that the companions of the series were damsels in distress with limited character development. She changed her mind when the producers assured her that Romana would be a member of the Doctor's own species, and as capable as the Doctor himself. Tamm was disappointed when she realized that Romana was essentially a sidekick, and often in peril. She decided to leave the series after a single story arc, though she left the show on relatively good terms. Tamm was annoyed when rumors about her supposed pregnancy were spread by a former producer of the show.

In the 1980s, Tamm had leading roles in several short-lived dramas and in the sitcom "The Hello, Goodbye Man". In the early 1990s, she was a regular guest panelist on the morning quiz show "Crosswits". From 1993 to 1996, Tamm portrayed a recurring character in the soap opera Brookside. In 2005, Tamm was cast as Pandora in the "Gallifrey" audio plays produced by Big Finish Productions. In the 2010s, she returned to the role of Romana in seven "Doctor Who" audio adventures. They were released posthumously in 2013.

In 2009, Tamm published the first volume of her autobiography, under the title "First Generation". She was working on a second volume at the time of her death from cancer in July 2012. The second volume was published posthumously in 2014. Tamm was survived by her only daughter, Lauren. Though long gone, Tamm remains popular in the science fiction fandom.

Kazia Pelka was born in 1962 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Family Affairs (1997), Coronation Street (1960) and Heartbeat (1992). She has been married to Brian Jordan since 24 September 1998. They have one child.

Valentine Pelka was born on 23 February 1957 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Pianist (2002), Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) and I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013).

Yvonne Gibb was born on 24 September 1950 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was previously married to Maurice Gibb.

Born in Batley, Yorkshire, Gordon Rollings began his career in radio in Israel, then progressed into the circus in Paris and trained as a clown. His first television appearance was in Play School (1964) (this was the very first broadcast on BBC2). He then went onto appear as Charlie Moffit in Coronation Street (1960). From there a progression of various television and film appearances occurred. He found late fame as Arkwright in the John Smith's Yorkshire Bitter ads with his beloved "Tonto". He died, after reaching a height of notoriety, of cancer in Bristol Royal Infirmary.

Randal Herley was born in 1923 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Taggart (1983), Crown Court (1972) and Poirot (1989). He was married to Marjorie H. Grainger. He died on 14 April 2013 in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK.

Penny Layden was born in 1969 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Libertine (2004), Broken (2012) and Supacell (2024).

Sayeeda Warsi was born on 28 March 1971 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Citizen Khan (2012), Taskmaster (2015) and Have I Got News for You (1990).

David Peace was born in 1967 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for The Damned United (2009), Occupied City and The Man in the Back Seat.

After graduating in English Literature, Philip Hinchcliffe worked for a travel company and as a teacher before becoming a script editor for the television company Associated Television. After extensive experience of working with writers and scripts for a number of shows, he began to set his sights on moving into the production side and gained experience as an associate producer.

In the spring of 1974 he joined the BBC to take his first full production job after the corporation's head of serials, William Slater, offered him the role of producer of the popular science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963). He teamed up with script editor Robert Holmes, an experienced television drama writer, and produced three seasons of the programme which were broadcast between January 1975 and April 1977. He led the show into darker, more dramatic storylines, which resulted in unprecedented levels of both popularity and controversy for the series. Television watchdog Mary Whitehouse became a frequent critic of the series during this period, considering it too violent and horrific to be shown at a time when children would be watching. The frequency of her complaints caused growing concern amongst Hinchcliffe's superiors at the BBC, although they publicly backed the producer as he was delivering consistently high viewing figures. After Whitehouse wrote a particularly strong letter to the BBC in November 1976 about the serial The Deadly Assassin, in which she accused the BBC of ignoring its own guidance on the portrayal of violence on television, an apology from BBC Director-General Charles Curran marked a change in the BBC's policy. Hinchcliffe and the BBC agreed that he should be moved on to producing other programmes at the end of that season and his successor, Graham Williams, was ordered to lighten the tone of Doctor Who (1963).

Hinchcliffe's next series was Target (1977), a police series that was intended as the BBC's answer to ITV's popular The Sweeney (1975), although it failed to capture the same degree of popularity and only lasted for two series. Nevertheless, Hinchcliffe would spend the next two decades as one of British television drama's most successful producers, working on series such as Private Schulz (1981) and the long-running Taggart (1983).

Although he has worked on numerous productions, Hinchcliffe is still most famous for his time on the legendary television series Doctor Who (1963), which is still considered the strongest period of the show by many fans. He also wrote novelisations of The Keys of Marinus, The Seeds of Doom and The Masque of Mandragora. Since retiring from television, Hinchcliffe has recorded numerous interviews and commentaries on DVD releases remembering his time on the show. With the death of Derrick Sherwin in 2018, Hinchcliffe became the last surviving producer of the original series of Doctor Who (1963).

Andrew Morton was born in 1953 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for 17 Carnations, Diana: Her True Story (1993) and Harry & Meghan: The Revelations (2021).

Beckett Bould was born on 28 September 1880 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Anna Karenina (1948), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Naked Lady (1959). He died on 25 September 1970 in Middlesex, England, UK.

Muriel Lawford was born on 4 July 1918 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), My Brother Jonathan (1985) and Crown Court (1972). She died on 26 March 2017 in Birstall, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Kenneth Midwood was born on 8 September 1921 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), The Fourth Protocol (1987) and The Quatermass Experiment (1953). He died on 22 January 2007 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Jacqueline Naylor was born in 1960 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Coronation Street (1960), Brassed Off (1996) and The Railway Children (2016).

Eddie Waring was born on 21 February 1910 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Goodies (1970), It's a Knockout (1966) and Look, Mike Yarwood! (1971). He died on 28 October 1986.

Frank Crawshaw was born on 4 September 1899 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Sherlock Holmes (1964) and Kathleen (1937). He died on 2 April 1984 in West Sussex, England, UK.

Josephine Douglas was born on 6 October 1926 in Earlsheaton, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was a producer and director, known for The Arthur Askey Show (1961), Love Story (1963) and Virgin of the Secret Service (1968). She was married to Christopher Doll and Pouton, Douglas. She died on 12 July 1988 in Slinfold, Sussex, England, UK.

Hatfield Christopher was born on 19 December 1960 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Group (2013).

Darren Parkin was born on 31 January 1972 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Nativity! (2009) and Nativity Rocks! (2018).

Michael Winder was born in 1938 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. Michael is a writer, known for The Avengers (1961), The Saint (1962) and Welcome to Blood City (1977). Michael has been married to Rosemary Mussell since 1961. They have one child.

Betty Boothroyd was born on 8 October 1929 in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, UK. She died on 26 February 2023 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

Joey Steel was born on 15 May 1996 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), End of Term (2021) and Bad Move (2017).