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A leading man of prodigious talents, Peter O'Toole was born and raised in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, the son of Constance Jane Eliot (Ferguson), a Scottish nurse, and Patrick Joseph O'Toole, an Irish metal plater, football player and racecourse bookmaker. Upon leaving school, he decided to become a journalist, beginning as a newspaper copy boy. Although he succeeded in becoming a reporter, he discovered the theater and made his stage debut at age 17. He served as a radioman in the Royal Navy for two years, then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where his classmates included Albert Finney, Alan Bates and Richard Harris.

O'Toole spent several years on-stage at the Bristol Old Vic, then made an inconspicuous film debut in the Disney classic Kidnapped (1960). In 1962, he was chosen by David Lean to play T.E. Lawrence in Lean's epic drama Lawrence of Arabia (1962). The role made O'Toole an international superstar and received him his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role. In 1963, he played Hamlet under Laurence Olivier's direction in the premiere production of the Royal National Theater. He continued successfully in artistically rich films as well as less artistic but commercially rewarding projects. He received Academy Award nominations (but no Oscar) for seven different films.

However, medical problems (originally thought to have been brought on by his drinking but which turned out to be stomach cancer) threatened to destroy his career and life in the 1970s. He survived by giving up alcohol and, after serious medical treatment, returned to films with triumphant performances in The Stunt Man (1980) and My Favorite Year (1982). His youthful beauty lost to time and drink, O'Toole has found meaningful roles increasingly difficult to come by, though he remained one of the greatest actors of his generation. He had two daughters, Pat and Kate O'Toole, from his marriage to actress Siân Phillips. He also had a son, Lorcan O'Toole, by model Karen Brown.

On December 14, 2013, Peter O'Toole died at age 81 in London, England.

Keith Waterhouse was born on 6 February 1929 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Billy Liar (1963), A Kind of Loving (1962) and Whistle Down the Wind (1961). He died on 4 September 2009 in London, England, UK.

John Wainwright was born on 25 February 1921 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Under Suspicion (2000), The Grilling (1981) and Haute tension (1988). He died in September 1995 in the UK.

Brendan Sheerin was born on 23 February 1959 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK.

Rowena Ingram was born on 3 March 1924 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Kenilworth (1957), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969). She was married to William Lucas. She died on 17 March 2007 in Dacorum, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

Alan White was born in 1924 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Long Day's Dying (1968). He died in 2003 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Richard Hoggart was born on 24 September 1918 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for England, Our England (1964), Your Sunday Paper (1967) and Viewpoint (1959). He was married to Mary France. He died on 10 April 2014 in London, England, UK.

Jean Telfer was born in 1926 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Before the Fringe (1967), The Passing Show (1951) and The King's Breakfast (1963). She died on 9 January 2012 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

Austin Oates was born in Pottery Fields, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is known for Comedy Lab (1998) and Focus North (1999). He is married to Sandra ?.

Leslie Holland was born in 1899 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chamber of Horrors (1929). He died on 23 July 1934 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK.