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Shaun was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, to Ann and Denis Dooley. He is an actor known for Misfits (2009).

He has two younger sisters, Stephanie Dooley and Kimberly Dooley.

Shaun is married to Polly Dooley.

Despite living in London, Shaun still attends all of Barnsley FC's home games.

Shaun won the RTS Northwest award for best actor in the award-winning film The Mark of Cain (2007).

Katherine was born and raised in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. As the daughter of Irish parents, Katherine spent much of her childhood in County Kerry, Ireland and was also schooled in America, where she lived for a number of years. Since graduating from the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), Katherine Kelly has consistently worked throughout theatre, television and film, showcasing her unique versatility.

Most recently, Katherine was seen in ITV's critically acclaimed "The Long Shadow" as Emily Jackson and played Angela Van Den Bogerd in "Mr Bates Vs The Post Office" (ITV). She also plays Vicky in the new ITVX comedy "Ruby Speaking".

Katherine's screen highlights include her leading role as 'DI Natalie Hobbs' in Netflix's International Emmy-nominated interrogation drama "Criminal: UK"; ITV's prime time crime drama "Innocent"; the second series of Chris Lang's hit psychological drama "Official Secrets" (eOne/IFC) also starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes and Matt Smith; the BIFA and Sundance Festival nominated "Dirty God"; "Liar" with Joanne Froggatt; 'Lady Mae' in ITV's "Mr Selfridge"; ITV four-part chilling drama "Cheat" opposite Molly Windsor; the BBC adaptation of John Le Carré's spy thriller "The Night Manager"; Sally Wainwright's multi award-winning "Happy Valley"; Sky One series "Strike Back"; TV mini-series "Him" with Fionn Whitehead; the Sky hit comedy "Bloods" alongside Jane Horrocks; "The Last Train to Christmas" (Sky Cinema) starring alongside Michael Sheen; BBC Dr. Who spin-off series "Class"; and playing the role of 'Elizabeth Sutherland' in the second series of historical BAFTA and RTS nominated drama "Gentelman Jack" (BBC/HBO).

Katherine began her professional career in theatre, with projects at the Chichester Festival Theatre and Manchester Royal Exchange before joining the esteemed Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in 2004/5. Credits following include Jamie Lloyd's critically acclaimed production of Oliver Goldsmith's "She Stoops To Conquer" at The National Theatre and Josie Rourke's "dazzling revival" of "City of Angels" at the Donmar Warehouse, "vamp-ooning to perfection as Alaura" (Variety).

The critically acclaimed fictional podcast "Curl Up and D.I." was launched in 2021. Written and directed by Tony Pitts and produced by Katherine Kelly, the comedy is set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Slatby Bay. It stars Jim Moir (Vic Reeves), Mark Benton, Morgana Robinson, Katherine Kelly and Burn Gorman, it quickly soared to the top of the fiction podcast charts, claiming the Number 1 spot. It was one of The Guardian's chosen Podcasts of the Year.

Katherine plays DCI Hannah Wheatley in the new ITV drama 'Protection' with Siobhan Finneran launching in 2024. And is working with Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith on their final series of Inside Number 9.

Kenny Doughty was born on 27 March 1975 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Vera (2011), Snowpiercer (2013) and Stella (2012). He has been married to Ashley Jensen since August 2023. He was previously married to Caroline Carver.

Like the character he played in the BBC series To Serve Them All My Days (1980), John Duttine hails from a mining town, but in Yorkshire rather than Wales. He was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, but raised in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, along with his 4 brothers, and his nephew Joe Duttine. He attended Buttershaw High School in Buttershaw, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. When he realised in his teens that "acting was the only thing I did well," he switched to drama, training at the Drama Centre in London. His first job after drama school was playing three characters in "Hamlet" for the Citizens Theatre Company in Glasgow, Scotland. On joining the Glasgow Repertory Company, he did most of the familiar repertory stints including Antony in "Antony and Cleopatra," Danton in "Danton's Death," and Danforth in "The Crucible."

By the mid-1970s, he had shifted mainly to television and film. Then in 1979-80 came the opportunity to play the hero of To Serve Them All My Days (1980), arguably one of the more demanding roles in his filmography. His main fear about playing David Powlett-Jones was the Welsh accent: "I was rather worried that I wouldn't hit the right note. I would be angry as hell if I heard a Yorkshire accent that was wrong." Clearly, John got the accent and just about everything else about this performance exactly right. As the New York Times noted upon the series' first American broadcast in 1982, "Mr. Duttine is, even in this talented company, exceptional."

Following that triumph, for which he won the TV Times magazine's Best Actor award, John appeared in numerous programmes and series for British television throughout the 1980s, drawing particular acclaim for The Day of the Triffids (1981), a sci-fi BBC series which has become a cult sci-fi favourite, and The Outsider (1983), a 6-part ITV series about a newspaper editor set in John's native Yorkshire. He also returned to the stage occasionally, and in 1989 was reunited with Charles Kay, his nemesis (Alcock) of To Serve Them All My Days (1980), for the original cast of "The Woman in Black."

In the early 1990s, John's life appeared to hit a rough patch. His relationship with long-time girlfriend Carolyn Hutchinson broke up (they had a son, Oscar, in 1981). John began a relationship with Mel Martin, with whom he had co-starred in the ITV film Talking to Strange Men (1992), and starred in the comedic BBC series Ain't Misbehavin (1994). In 1997, he and Mel bought an 18th century farmhouse with eight acres on land in Cornwall, England. In 1992 he played guest character Paul Melthorn in the long running, ITV drama series Heartbeat (1992), before playing the permanent character sergeant George Miller between 2005 to 2009.

Some other regular roles include playing DI Eric Temple in the BBC series Out of the Blue (1995), Michael Hawkins in the ITV series Touching Evil (1997), Mark Waters in the ITV series The Jury (2002), Gavin Street in the Channel 4 series The Courtroom (2004), Douglas Taylor in the BBC series WPC 56 (2013), and Eric Benton in the ITV series Paranoid (2016).

Today John continues to appear regularly in guest-starring roles on British television, as well as on stage. During 2003, he toured in the well-received "Art" with co-stars Les Dennis and Christopher Cazenove. John also does voice-over work for adverts and documentaries, as well as radio plays for the BBC, putting his versatile voice to very effective use.

After filming Kes he went on to make The Seaweed Children (1973) Absolution (1978) and had a bit part in Zulu Dawn (1979) After leaving school he adopted the stage name Dai Bradley and worked in the theatre, After near financial ruin from restoring an old church in the early 1990's he took up backgammon becoming a beginners class semi finalist in the world championships and then took up writing

Bryony Afferson was born on 9 March 1983 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for House of Anubis (2011), Law & Order: UK (2009) and The Shadow Line (2011).

Harold Goodwin (22 October 1917 - 3 June 2004) was an English actor born in Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England.

Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military.

He had significant parts in the war films The Dam Busters (playing Guy Gibson's batman, 'Crosby'), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and The Longest Day. He can also be seen in films such as The Ladykillers, Sea of Sand, Angels One Five and The Cruel Sea (in which he was the ASDIC operator).

He also made hundreds of British TV appearances in programmes such as Minder (as Dunning, episode Get Daley!, 1984) and a notable role in All Creatures Great and Small. Goodwin was a 'staple' of the popular 1980s sitcom, That's My Boy. His last major television appearance was playing the part of Joss Shackleton, father to Vera Duckworth, in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street (1960) in the early 1990s.

He also appeared in an episode of One Foot in the Grave (1990) as a window cleaner.

Alan Dobie was born on 2 June 1932 in Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968), The Disputation (1986) and War & Peace (1972). He was previously married to Maureen Scott and Rachel Roberts.

Michael Parkinson was educated at Barnsley Grammar School. He left at the age of 16 and his ambition of becoming a professional cricketer was dashed when he was rejected by Yorkshire County Cricket Club. He turned to journalism, worked on several local newspapers in Yorkshire before joining the Manchester Guardian. Michael covered all sorts, from chip pan fires in Oldham to political conferences. He joined the Observer to write about sport and became a columnist with The Sunday Times.

His first work in television was as a current affairs producer at Granada Television. He joined the BBC as a reporter for "24 Hours". In 1969 he became the presenter of Granada's Cinema series. In 1971 he presented Thames Television's regular afternoon show, Teabreak. The BBC decided to give the still relatively young broadcaster his own evening chat show, "Parkinson", the same year. With his working class accent, Michael Parkinson was a breath of fresh air and over the next 11 years he interviewed many of the leading celebrities of the time.

The programme established him as one of the best known faces on television, and his fame resulted in his writing for the first edition of the British Cosmopolitan Magazine and his appearance with Jon Pertwee on the front of the Radio Times. His relaxed chat show was axed in 1982. Parkinson moved to ITV and became part of the Famous Five that launched TV AM. In 1998 the BBC resurrected "Parkinson" and the ageing presenter found himself back on prime-time. He presents his own show on BBC Radio 2, during which he plays much of his beloved jazz music. He maintains notoriety for his outspoken comments about other television personalities, the Government and the state of British sport. Michael currently claims he will retire before he's 70 and set about writing the book of his life.

Freddie Fletcher is an English actor best known for playing Jud Casper, in Ken Loach's award-winning 1969 film Kes. Fletcher was born in Grimethorpe, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and attended Willowgarth Secondary School. Like many of the actors in Kes, Fletcher had no formal acting experience, but almost immediately found television work when the film was universally praised.

He had a regular television role as layabout Raymond Shepherd, one of Diana Dors's wayward sons in the popular comedy series Queenie's Castle. The show was first broadcast on bonfire night in 1970 and ran for two years. 18 episodes were made each lasting 30 minutes.

Shortly before Queenie's Castle came to an end in September 1972, in the January of that year he was seen as a football team captain in Jack Rosenthal's BAFTA nominated drama Another Sunday and Sweet F.A., which was part of Granada Television's Sunday Night Theatre series.

For the rest of the 1970s, Fletcher worked in various television plays, including four BBC Play for Today films between 1973-1978. He also made another successful movie, playing one of the ship's radio officers in the British thriller Juggernaut in 1974, starring Richard Harris and Anthony Hopkins.

In 1978, he appeared in the ITV movie Clouds of Glory, starring Felicity Kendal, written by Melvyn Bragg and directed by Ken Russell.

In November 1982, Fletcher played Chalkie Whitely's son Bob in two episodes of the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. By this time, actress Lynne Perrie was established in the show as Ivy Tilsley. Perrie had played Fletcher's mother in Kes and had worked alongside him in Queenie's Castle ten years before. Consequently, Fletcher had acted alongside Perrie's brother Duggie Brown in Another Sunday and Sweet F.A.

In December 1980, Fletcher appeared in four episodes of Emmerdale Farm as law breaking Derek Warner. He later reprised the role in 1984 for a further four episodes. When the character reappeared again in 1985, he was re-cast and actor Dennis Blanch took on the part until 1986.

In the 1990s, Fletcher continued to act regularly on television and in film. He had a regular role as Mr. Smithson in the ITV drama series Children's Ward. He also appeared as farmer Sam Carver in the "Bitter Harvest" episode of Heartbeat in 1992, and played George Milton in the "Tender" episode of Peak Practice in 1995.

Barry Hines was born on 30 June 1939 in Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Kes (1969), Threads (1984) and Play for Today (1970). He was married to Eleanor Mulvey and Margaret Croft. He died on 18 March 2016 in South Yorkshire, England, UK.

A successful comedian in the Northern clubs for over 30 years, he made his acting debut in The Price of Coal in 1976, then in Coronation Street, All creatures Great and Small and Last of the Summer Wine. He was married with 3 sons and 3 daughters and lived in Barnsley where hews born and bred,.

Dennis Lowe was born in March 1950 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a director, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Alien (1979) and Frankenstein (1994).

Audrey Freeman was born on 3 November 1931 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary (1953) and Love from Judy (1953). She was previously married to David Tomlinson.

Joann Fletcher was born on 30 August 1966 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for Mummy Forensics (2008), Secrets of the Pharaohs (2001) and Nova (1974).

Kelsey Ellison was born on 26 April 1992 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Sisters of House Black (2019), Parallel Sins: John (2018) and Parallel Sins: Emily (2018).

Gavin Blair was born on 22 September 1961 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is a writer, known for ReBoot (1994), ReBoot: My Two Bobs (2001) and ReBoot: Daemon Rising (2001).

Charlie Williams was born on 23 December 1928 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Ramblin'Man (1979), Man at the Top (1973) and Love Thy Neighbour (1972). He was married to Audrey Crump. He died on 2 September 2006 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK.

Lauren Annetts was born on 19 July 1996 in Barnsley. She is an actress, known for Slutty the Clown (2021), Carnal Mayhem (2023) and Grindsploitation 10: Milkin' It (2022).

Diane is an experienced scriptwriter, showrunner, script editor and producer. She was born Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Diane originally trained for 3 years as an actor at Manchester Metropolitan University, but since the late eighties has forged a successful career as a producer and screenwriter.

From 1995-1998 she successfully combined a writing career with running her own production company, Bite-Back Productions, producing a short film "Boom Boom Clap," as well as numerous plays and documentaries for BBC Radio 4. She sold her radio plays "Castlehill" and "Flights of Fancy," and has had several plays and series broadcast on BBC Radio. Her stage plays include "Castlehill," "Vegetable."

Her extensive screenwriting and producing credits include the award winning feature film Boston Kickout (1995) (co-written with director Paul Hills), along with the TV shows Home Farm Twins (1999) (writer), Big Meg, Little Meg (2000) (co-creator/writer/series producer), six years as a writer on BAFTA winning long running serial Grange Hill (1978), and two years as the series producer on long running ITV serial Children's Ward (1989).

She worked as development producer and head writer/showrunner on series 1 and 2 of the RTS and BAFTA nominated hit gothic teen drama, House of Anubis (2011), which Lime Pictures and Studio 100 produced for Nickelodeon US & UK, spun off from the top rated Belgian series. She also wrote a feature length special of the show along with episodes for series 3. She has worked with Studio 100 on a number of other feature and TV series ideas. Her previous work includes writing and producing for Granada Kids on shows such as Girls in Love (2003), The New Worst Witch (2005) and 24Seven (2001) as well as writing on BAFTA nominated series Topsy and Tim (2013).

Diane has had one children's novel published in 2007 titled "My Nana is An Alien" and has produced or executive produced three successful short films. She has a number of original series ideas in development and won development finance from Creative England to develop a book to film adaptation of "Girl, Missing" by Sophie McKenzie, which she will write and produce.

She co-created CBBC's drama series World's End (2015), and teen mystery series Evermoor (2014) for Lime Pictures/Disney. Diane has written multiple episodes across all series of the BAFTA-nominated CBBC drama Jamie Johnson (2016), and has also worked on popular pre-school animated series PJ Masks (2015). She was the showrunner on Hunter Street (2017) series 3 and 4 for Blooming Film TV & Nickelodeon. She has written for "Katie's Picture House" for New Moon TV and Channel 5, along with Bear Behaving Badly (2007) and The Worst Witch (2017). She also produced Jinx (2007) for Kindle Entertainment and Nickelodeon, then helping to develop the series which went on to be produced for CBBC.

As of September 2022 she is developing a new live action series for Nickelodeon and an original series idea with Rollem Productions. She also works as a consultant for Studio 100 (Belgium), and has various projects in development with Lime Pictures. Diane is also actively involved in Manchester theatre group JB Shorts who put on productions bi-annually at Joshua Brooks pub in Manchester.

Liam Swann is an award-winning animation writer from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. He studied at the University of Central Lancashire from 2011 to 2015, earning an MA in screenwriting and a BA (Hons) in film production. In 2016, he won the Matt Greenhalgh Award for Best Screenplay.

In January 2017, Liam joined Nickelodeon's 'Nella the Princess Knight' as a script assistant and started writing for the show in 2018. From 2019 to 2021, he worked at the BBC as a script editor and writer for the animated series 'JoJo & Gran Gran.' In 2021, he also wrote and edited scripts for 'Silly Sundays' at Cartoon Saloon, an Irish animation studio. Since 2023, Liam has been developing his own show for BBC Studios.

Peter 'Biff' Byford is a British vocalist for the heavy metal band Saxon. Born on 5 January 1951, in Barnsley, Yorkshire, Byford formed a group with guitarists Graham Oliver and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson and drummer Pete Gill in 1976. Prior to this, Byford had been the vocalist with Blue Condition from about 1970.

In 1978, the group became Saxon and released a self-titled album in 1979. Coinciding with the so-called New Wave of British Heavy Metal at the turn of the decade, Saxon had eight British Top 40 albums and five Top 40 singles between 1980 and 1986. After this Saxon declined in popularity, eventually leading to a split in 1995 with Oliver and Dawson forming a new band with the same name. Byford's Saxon maintained a recording and touring career centered on Germany for much of the 1990s before coming back into worldwide attention with 2007's The Inner Sanctum. In April the same year, Byford released his autobiography, entitled Never Surrender.

John Arden was born on 26 October 1930 in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Love and War (1967), Festival (1960) and Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (1965). He was married to Margaretta D'Arcy and Margaretta D'Arcy. He died on 28 March 2012 in Galway, Ireland.

Inga Brooksby was born on 29 October 1988 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Casualty (1986), Down to Earth (2000) and Doctors (2000).

Joanne Harris was born on 3 July 1964 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is a writer, known for Chocolat (2000), Selected Shorts (2018) and The Worlds of Fantasy (2008). She has been married to Kevin since 24 August 1988. They have one child.