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Kika Markham was born in 1940 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Outland (1981), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008). She was previously married to Corin Redgrave.

Marshall Lancaster was born on 5 October 1974 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Life on Mars (2006), Coronation Street (1960) and Ashes to Ashes (2008).

While a teenager Barlow won a national talent search Festival4Stars. In 2008, Barlow took part 'The Stobart Factor' a talent competition, which was judged by The X Factor judge Louis Walsh. Walsh gave Barlow positive comments on her singing and told her she had 'style'. Alice went on to win the competition and won £10,000, in which she put towards an Invisalign to straighten her teeth.

In October 2009, Alice made her television debut as Rae Wilson in Channel 4, Soap-opera, Hollyoaks. While at Hollyoaks, Barlow won an All About Soap award for "Best Love Triangle", along with Kieron Richardson and Emmett J. Scanlan. In early 2011, Alice decided to leave the serial and her character was killed off in the late night spin-off Hollyoaks Later, which aired in September 2011. Alices departure was kept a secret until her exit scenes were aired. While starring in the show she also presented linked project The Hollyoaks Music Show. In 2012 Alice secured the role of Bella in ITV drama series Crime Stories.

On 15 February 2013, Digital Spy reported that Alice had auditioned on the second series of The Voice UK and has got through to the next round with Danny O'Donoghue as her coach. Alice was defeated in the battle rounds (unjustly) by Andrea Begley, the eventual winner of the show.

Following her elimination from the talent contest Alice vowed to continue her ambition of a career in music.

On 10 July, Alice's management announced that she had secured the role of Sara in a new E4's comedy titled Drifters. In 2014, Barlow filmed a guest appearance for the medical drama Casualty. For 2015, Alice secured a recurring role in ITV comedy Benidorm and a guest role in Russell T Davies' series Banana.

As of 2018 Alice is venturing into the world of theatre making her debut in the new dusty Springfield musical son of a preacher man playing the role of Kat (which she does exceptionally well).

Connie Hyde was born on 15 November 1969 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Bill (1984), Coronation Street (1960) and Lost Christmas (2011). She has been married to Finlo Corrin since July 1997. They have one child.

Dominic Brunt was born on 15 April 1970 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), Evie (2023) and Before Dawn (2013). He has been married to Joanne Mitchell since April 2003.

Michael Bertenshaw was born on 15 June 1945 in Macclesfield, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Da Vinci Code (2006), Bellman and True (1987) and Doctor Who (2005).

Ian Curtis was born in Old Trafford, Manchester, at the Memorial Hospital. He grew up listening to The Who and The Rolling Stones, and other heroes of his teenage years included David Bowie, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, and James Dean. He especially liked musicians whose lyrics spoke of death, or those who had died at their peak. He attended the King's School in Macclesfield, where he took his first overdose with a friend. During their customary "social services" hours on Wednesdays, they would visit the homes of elderly pensioners, and would usually take drugs out of their medicine cabinets. With friend Oliver Cleaver, Ian took an accidental overdose of chlorpromazine hydrochloride, brand name Largactil, which was used to treat schizophrenia. Both had their stomachs pumped, and were kept from being expelled when Oliver said he had been trying to kill himself.

Ian met his future wife Deborah in 1972. After he quit school and his family moved to New Moston, Manchester, Ian stopped experimenting with drugs. He and Deborah were married on August 23, 1975. During several moves from different houses, Ian and Deborah spent short periods of time living in his grandparents' basement. On 20 July 1976, Ian saw the Sex Pistols play at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall. He had missed their first show, but was inspired just as much by the second. Always having been a music fan, Ian felt driven to join a band. After moving back to Macclesfield, Ian found his place in the band Joy Division, then called Warsaw. The band consisted of Bernard Sumner on guitar, Peter Hook on bass, and Stephen Morris on drums. During the years of 1977-1980, the band took off and became a part of Tony Wilson's label, Factory records. They released one EP, "An Ideal for Living," in January 1977, and two official albums: "Unknown Pleasures" in June 1979, and "Closer," released posthumously in July 1980. Ian first discovered that he suffered from epilepsy in December 1978, while his wife was pregnant with their daughter Natalie. The pills he took to help his epilepsy are believed by many to be the cause of Ian's intense depression from that point up until his death. Another major contributing factor was Ian's ongoing affair with a woman named Annik Honore, who he first met in late 1979. With a wife and daughter at home, Ian usually saw Annik at Joy Division gigs and on their tours, where wives were not allowed. On April 7, 1980, Ian took an overdose of Phenobarbitone, which he announced to his wife. She rushed him to the hospital. He had his stomach pumped, and was pronounced not suicidal. The day following his suicide attempt, he performed with Joy Division at Derby Hall, Bury. Ian had only sung two songs when a riot broke out. Tony Wilson found Ian crying upstairs, and to comfort him, reminded him about the Lou Reed gig at the Free Trade Hall where there had also been a bottle-throwing riot. The last Joy Division performance was May 2, at Birmingham University. Ian spent the last few months of his life moving back and forth between other people's houses, rarely staying at home. When he did return home, it was to watch the film Stroszek (1977), by one of his heroes, Werner Herzog. He had been living with his parents at the time, and wouldn't want to upset them by watching such a dark film. He wrote a letter to his wife Deborah, which spoke of the troubles in his life, and the love he felt for her and Natalie. He did write that he wished he was dead, but did not speak of any intentions to kill himself. After this, he is believed to have taken photographs of his daughter and wife down to look at, and to have listened to Iggy Pop's "The Idiot." He was discovered in the morning by his wife, Deborah, having committed suicide by hanging. The date of his death was May 18, 1980.

John Mayall was born on 29 November 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for City by the Sea (2002), Legend (2015) and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978). He was married to Maggie Mayall and Pamela Mayall. He died on 22 July 2024 in California, USA.

Keith Washington was born on 16 February 1945 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is a director and actor, known for Jonathan Creek (1997), Special Branch (1969) and The Knock (1994).

Charlotte Wakefield is a twice Laurence Olivier Award nominated British Actress who receives critical acclaim for her work on stage and screen. Her acting career began at just 10 years old when she starred as May in the British film An Angel For May. Since then she has worked consistently in television where she is best known for her performance as Holly Cullen in the BBC hospital drama Holby City.

Charlotte's stage career is equally impressive. In 2008, she was cast in her first West End show where she starred as Wendla Bergman in the Tony Award winning Musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening. She received huge critical acclaim and went on to receive her first Laurence Olivier Awards Nomination for "Best Actress In A Musical" aged 19.

Since then she has worked extensively in London's West End as well as regionally, including working under the direction of Roxana Silbert for the Royal Shakespeare Company and starring as Sophie in both the International Tour and West End productions of Mamma Mia!

In 2013, Charlotte starred as Maria Rayner in the Regents Park Open Air Theatre production of The Sound Of Music, again, receiving huge critical acclaim. For her performance, she was nominated for her second Laurence Olivier Award for "Best Actress In A Musical". She was also nominated in the same category at the Evening Standard Awards.

She continues to build her career on stage and screen.

Robert Longden was born on 5 October 1951 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973), Danger UXB (1979) and Agatha (1979).

Daniel James Gosling is an English actor and writer.

He was born in England and studied at Bretton Hall College.

He made his London stage debut playing Lucius in a fringe theatre production of Shakespeare's tragedy Titus Andronicus at The Courtyard Theatre in King's Cross. Following on from this he formed his own theatre company, producing and starring in plays at The Union Theatre, The Southwark Playhouse and The Cochrane Theatre in London as well as at venues on tour across the UK.

He went on to spend two years touring the UK and Europe performing Shakespeare in the open air, before making his West End debut in 2004.

Gosling made his West End debut, taking over the lead role of Christian in Festen at the Lyric Theatre. The production, directed by Rufus Norris, was nominated for five Olivier Awards in 2005. It also won both the Evening Standard and Critics Circle Best Director Awards and the Evening Standard Best Designer award, in addition to the Whatsonstage Theatregoer's Choice Award for Best New Play.

Following Festen, Gosling appeared in Phaedra's Love, Sarah Kane's modern adaptation of Seneca's Phaedra. Produced by the Young Vic, this was to be the first professional production of this controversial play since it premiered, directed by the author, in 1996 at London's Gate Theatre.

Gosling has performed in plays at The Barbican, Bristol Old Vic, The Arts, The Tristan Bates, The New End, The Battersea Arts Centre, Theatre 503, The Pleasance in London and in productions at the Edinburgh Festival.

In 2010 he performed with the National Theatre in Thea Sharrock's multi award winning revival of Terence Rattigan's After the Dance. The production, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for 6 Olivier Awards in 2011, wining 4, including Best Revival.

In 2013 he played Sir Peter Teazle in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play, 'The School for Scandal', directed by Jessica Swale - part of the inaugural season at The Park Theatre, London, England

On screen, notable film appearances include; Ridley Scott's: All the Money in the World; Abner Pastoll's: Homicide: Division B, which was selected by Jason Reitman as a finalist in the Project Direct! film competition and Harold's Going Stiff - Keith Wright's refreshing take on the zombie movie, which won the Narrative Feature Award at the Austin Film Festival in 2011. In 2019 he worked once more with Abner Pastoll on Oscar Nominated writer Ronan Blaney's: A Good Woman is Hard to Find, about a recently widowed young mother who will go to any lengths to protect her children, as she seeks the truth behind her husband's murder, staring Sarah Bolger. He will shortly be seen in Philipa Lowthorpe's: Misbehaviour, about a group of women who hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London, starring Keira Knightley.

He made his television debut playing the Young Issac Newton in the BBC TV Mini-Series Light Fantastic and has gone on to appear in the long running British daytime soap opera Doctors; the BBC Television Movie adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Lady Vanishes and the BBC America series The Musketeers. He played David Walker in Series 2 of the BAFTA Award winning ITV Drama Unforgotten and Hugo in Sam Yates, Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar. In 2020 he will appear alongside Olivia Colman and Tobias Menzies in Season 4 of The Crown.

As a writer Gosling in one half of the writing partnership that is Rusty Goose, developing television and radio comedy with fellow actor Russell Bentley. He also has a number of feature films in development.

Gosling lives with Director Jennie Paddon. They have a son and a daughter.

Martin Oldfield was born in September 1945 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Accused (2010), The Quest (2002) and Casanova (2005).

This hugely popular former Liverpool, Spurs, Stoke and England footballer called time on his playing career in July 2019 and joined Gabby Logan and John Bishop in hosting 'Back of the Net'. He finished his playing career at the highest level, rising from humble beginnings in non-league football before going on to play for many different teams around the country in the Premier League.

In fact, he played for 14 teams in a career that lasted 19 years, scoring 108 goals in the Premier League which puts him in an elite bracket of strikers to have broken the 100+ mark. In 2017, he broke Alan Shearer's record for most headed goals in Premier League history.

Peter started his career as a trainee at Tottenham Hotspur before going out on loan to teams such as Dulwich Hamlet and IFK Hässleholm (in Sweden) before signing permanently for QPR in July 2000. After a one-year stint with The Hoops he played for various other teams such as Portsmouth, Aston Villa and Norwich before finally making a name for himself at Southampton in the 2004-05 season where he scored 12 goals in 18 starts. That quickly caught the eye of one of the most prestigious clubs in world football - Liverpool FC.

Although his first 22 games passed without him scoring a goal, he finally grabbed his first for the club against Wigan Athletic and went on to score a total of 42 goals across all competitions for Liverpool in a 3-year spell in which he helped win the FA Cup and the FA Community Shield.

He played for England 42 times, scoring a remarkable 22 goals which gives him one of the best goals-per-game ratios of any England striker in history.

Since hanging up his boots, he has been involved in several successful media ventures including: 'Back of the Net', punditry, 'That Peter Crouch Podcast', has authored two books and has a Ted Baker clothing line.

Stephen Paul David Morris is an English drummer who is best known for his work with the rock band New Order and, previously, Joy Division. He also wrote and performed in The Other Two, a band consisting of Morris and his girlfriend and later wife, Gillian Gilbert. Morris also participated in the New Order spin-off band Bad Lieutenant.

Nick Robinson was born on 5 October 1963 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is a producer and actor, known for On the Record (1988), Bodyguard (2018) and This Week Next Week (1984). He has been married to Pippa Markus since 1991. They have three children.

Guy Edwards was born on 30 December 1942 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.

Forbes Robinson was born on 21 May 1926 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Manon Lescaut (1983), Salome (1957) and The Love of Three Oranges (1980). He died on 13 May 1987 in London, England, UK.

Johnny Maxfield was born on 12 August 1930 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Onedin Line (1971), Blood & Peaches (1995) and Coronation Street (1960). He died on 9 April 2002 in Manchester, England, UK.

Andrew Lavelle was born on 19 November 1989 in Macclesfield, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Lords of Chaos (2018), Deep Cuts (2015) and Waiting for Leonard Green (2017).

Abby Hadfield was born in Macclesfield, Chester, England, UK. She is known for Coronation Street (1960), Moody and Pegg (1974) and Play for Today (1970).

Greg Scott was born in 1969 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Adam's Family Tree (1997), The Slammer (2006) and Quizmania (2005).

Judi Johnson was born on 20 May 1946 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Gadzooks! It's All Happening (1965), That's for Me (1964) and Search for a Star (1964).

Michael Jackson has been a senior television executive in the UK and US - as Controller of BBC One and BBC Two; Chief Executive of Channel Four; President of Programming at USA Entertainment (where he was responsible for USA and Syfy); Chairman of Universal Television; and President of Programming for IAC. He has commissioned programs including Our Friends in the North, This Life, Queer As Folk, Monk, and Battlestar Galactica. At Two Cities TV, Michael executive produced Patrick Melrose (5x60') for Sky Atlantic and Showtime, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Hugo Weaving. The series was adapted by David Nicholls from the Edward St Aubyn novels, and was directed by Edward Berger. It won four BAFTAs, including Best Mini-Series and Best Leading Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch, and was also nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards.

Ben Ainslie was born on 5 February 1977 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK. He has been married to Georgie Thompson since 20 December 2014. They have one child.