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Robert Oliver Reed was an English actor known for his well-to-do, macho image and "hellraiser" lifestyle. His notable films include The Trap (1966), playing Bill Sikes in the Best Picture Oscar winner Oliver! (1968), Women in Love (1969), Hannibal Brooks (1969), The Devils (1971), Revolver (1973), portraying Athos in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974); the lover/stepfather in Tommy (1975), The Brood (1979), Lion of the Desert (1981), Castaway (1986), The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Funny Bones (1995) and Gladiator (2000).

Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Snakedance: Part One (1983) (director Fiona Cumming later said she cast him because she was struck by his unusual looks and "Mick Jagger lips"). He then won a regular role in No Place Like Home (1983), a fairly traditional middle-class BBC sitcom starring William Gaunt.

Clunes' greatest breakthrough came with starring in British Men Behaving Badly (1992), an anarchic sitcom which proved to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s. He has since established himself as one of the UK's most consistently popular television actors, starring in the long-running Doc Martin (2004), recreating Leonard Rossiter's famous role in a new version of Reggie Perrin (2009) and playing Arthur Conan Doyle in Arthur & George (2015).

Victoria Hamilton is an English actress. After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Hamilton began her career in classical theatre, appearing in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. In 2002, she appeared in the London stage play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg alongside Clive Owen and later Eddie Izzard. She made her Broadway debut in 2003 when the production moved to New York, where she earned a Tony Award nomination. She won the Critics' Circle Theatre Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award for her performance in the play Suddenly, Last Summer, held in 2004 at the Lyceum Theatre.

Hamilton has often worked in the costume drama genre. During the 1990s, she had supporting roles in three Jane Austen adaptations: the 1995 serial Pride and Prejudice, the 1995 film Persuasion, and the 1999 film Mansfield Park.Hamilton won the role of Queen Victoria in the 2001 television production, Victoria & Albert, portraying the monarch in her early years. From 2008 to 2011, Hamilton was a cast member in the BBC1 series Lark Rise to Candleford. From 2016-17, she portrayed Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in the Netflix historical drama series The Crown.

Ben Miles trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, following next a memorable course of solid performances on both stage and screen, such as in the Old Vic's production of William Shakespeare's "Richard II" (as Bolingbroke) in 2005 alongside his father-in-law Gary Raymond and in Harold Pinter's "Betrayal" at The Harold Pinter Theatre in London's West End (known as Comedy Theatre at the time) with Kristin Scott Thomas and Douglas Henshall in 2011, directed by Ian Rickson. In 2014 Miles played Thomas Cromwell in the RSC (Royal Shakespeare Company) version of Hilary Mantel's novels "Wolf Hall" and "Bring Up the Bodies" in Stratford and at the Aldwych Theatre in London. In 2015 the RSC brought the plays to New York City, where his interpretation was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actor at the Tony Awards. Among others, his notable stage work in prolific plays also includes an acclaimed production of Alexi Kaye Campbell's "Sunset at the Villa Thalia" premiered in London at the National Theatre of Great Britain in May 2016, directed by Simon Godwin together with Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Crane, Pippa Nixon, Christos Callow, Glykeria Dimou and Eve Polycarpou in the brilliant cast.

Amara was born to Sri Lankan parents who had moved to England from Zambia to further her father's work opportunities. She went to the Wimbledon High School and, although she enjoyed drama, she regarded acting as a risky profession and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, graduating with a 2:1 degree. She then spent two years working in the City of London dealing in mergers and acquisitions. Whilst at Oxford she had directed and appeared in plays and finally decided to go to drama school. Within a month of graduation she was auditioning for Wes Anderson's film 'The Darjeeling Limited'.

Steve graduated from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in 1997. He says the program was more like boot camp than college. Out of 2000 applicants, only 33 were accepted and Steve-O was one of them. However, after graduation, 10 were selected for the circus and this didn't include him. So he went back home to Albuquerque, New Mexico to film himself doing dangerous and stupid stunts for submission to skateboarding companies. Steve-O's relationship with Big Brother Magazine began in 1997 when they ran a side-bar article about him catching his face on fire when their Big Brother tour came through Albuquerque. In 1999 he moved from New Mexico to Florida. For six months he worked as a performer on Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and was then offered a job at the Hanneford Family Circus as a clown. During this time he was featured in several more issues of Big Brother Magazine and even filmed a part for the Big Brother video "Boob". This is when he became involved with Jackass. He says he did all his filming for the first season of Jackass within three days.

Nova Pilbeam was a stage veteran as a child, and in her teen years was given a small but very important role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934). Hitchcock later put her in the starring role in Young and Innocent (1937). She was praised for her gifted role in the now-forgotten film about the Tudors Nine Days a Queen (1936), aka "Tudor Rose". After the filming of the true-story movie Pastor Hall (1940), she married Pen Tennyson, a movie director, who tragically was killed in a plane crash in WWII. Pilbeam went back to acting and did mostly World War II and crime movies before her final theatrical movie Counterblast (1948) (which was released in the U.S. as "The Devil's Plot"). Her final appearance was in the TV movie The Shining Hour (1951).

Actor, father, motorbike fanatic: Charley Boorman is the epitome of the modern adventurer in pursuit of fresh challenges away from the success of his personal life. Choosing two wheels as his preferred mode of transport, Charley harnessed the challenges of a 'round the World trip with Ewan McGregor. Now his sights are set on the unyielding sands of the desert.

Charley Boorman has been riding motorcycles since he was seven years old. The son of renowned film director John Boorman, he grew up on a farm in Ireland and used to ride through the fields on his first motorbike and took part in schoolboy motor cross and Enduro races. The bike bug remained with Charley and, for four years, he ran a motorcycle race team and spent the years riding with David Jeffries and Matt Llewelyn.

In 2004, Charley and his best mate Ewan McGregor came up with the madcap idea of circumnavigating the globe on motorbikes. After months of intense preparations when at times, it looked like the project would not get off the ground, the pair set off from London in April 2004.

Over the next three grueling months, they traveled through three continents and fifteen countries. Long Way Round (2004) was the realisation of a dream born out of two friends' love of motorbikes, the freedom of the open road, and the adrenaline rush of an extreme challenge. Their entire journey was filmed for Long Way Round (2004), a unique television series that was broadcast on Sky One in the UK and Bravo (USA) and spawned a best-selling DVD, book and CD soundtrack. It has now sold the world over into many territories including Australia, Canada, Japan, France, Spain, and Italy.

Following the overwhelming success of Long Way Round (2004), Charley has become an icon in the motorcycling world. On the Long Way Round (2004), UK Tour Charley visited motorcycle and adventure exhibitions plus BMW dealerships across the UK to talk about his adventures. Each event was a sell-out as crowds flocked to catch a glimpse of Charley and have their book or DVD signed. A similar tour of the southern hemisphere is to take place this winter.

Next up, Charley is taking on the desert with one of the World's harshest challenges: the Lisbon-Dakar Rally. This is not just a race out of Europe via the Iberian Peninsula and down through West Africa. This is one of the most physically and emotionally demanding battles across inhospitable terrain, alone, to achieve the impossible. But for Charley, it is, as for many others, one of the most romantic and dangerous races known to man.

It remains the only race open to both amateur and professional bikers and for a first time participant like Charley, finishing the race in Dakar will be the ultimate goal.

Julie T. Wallace (born Julie Therese Keir) trained at LAMDA and made her stage debut as the mother/teacher in 'Billy the Kid' at the Upstream Theatre, followed by 'The House of Usher' in Aberystwyth, and 'Beauty and the Beast' in Bristol. She made her London debut in 'Anne of the Worlds' at the Royal Court. She was BAFTA nominated for her role of Ruth in the BBC television production of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1986).

Davina McCall was born on 16 October 1967 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Dead Set (2008), Doctor Who (2005) and A Bear's Tail (2005). She was previously married to Matthew Robertson and Andrew Leggett.

Philippe Brenninkmeyer was born in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Mad Men (2007), Super Troopers (2001) and Reasonable Doubt (2014). He is married to Tara Lynn Orr.

Gillian Bailey was born on 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, South London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970), Blake's 7 (1978) and Poldark (1975).

Kate Humble was born on 12 December 1968 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She is an actress and assistant director, known for The Runner (1992), Nature (1982) and Coast to Coast (1995). She has been married to Ludo Graham since 1992.

Robin Hardy was born on 2 October 1929 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Wicker Man (1973), The Fantasist (1986) and Forbidden Sun (1988). He was married to Victoria. He died on 1 July 2016 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.

Adam Bond was born on 30 May 1981 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. (2015), Maleficent (2014) and Whiskey Cavalier (2019).

Paul's film and TV work includes: The multi Academy Award winning The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper, Secrets and Lies and Life is Sweet both written and directed by Mike Leigh, The Railway Children directed by Catherine Moorsehead, and Titanic Town directed by Roger Michell. On TV, regular roles in: Sharpe, A Many Splintered Thing, Cry Wolf, Crime Traveller, So Haunt Me, Vanishing Man, Big Meg Little Meg as well as guest leads in: Casualty, Eastenders E20, The Chief, Wexford, Cadfael, Sam's Game, The Count of Solar, House of Anubis, Teenage Kicks, Minder, Crime Stories, Holby City, My Family, Chef and The Bill.

Stage work includes Nottingham Playhouse's acclaimed production of The Ashes, Marriage and The Sisterhood both at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, the World Premiere production of 6 Actors in Search of A Director written and directed by Steven Berkoff at The Charing Cross Theatre, Child Z at Southwark Playhouse, Twelfth Night at Bolton Octagon and Ludlow Festival, The Three Musketeers and The Princess of Spain national tour for ETT, A Man For All Seasons at York Theatre Royal, I Caught Crabs in Walberswick at The Bush, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Golden Ass at Shakespeare's Globe, Les Liaisons Dangereuses for the RSC, Marya at The Old Vic and It's A Great Big Shame devised and directed by Mike Leigh.

Victoria Stilwell is a world-renowned dog trainer, best known as the star of the international hit TV series, It's Me or the Dog (2005), and CBS's Greatest American Dog (2008). Having filmed over 100 episodes of "It's Me or the Dog" since 2005, Stilwell is able to reach audiences in over 50 countries with her philosophy of positive training methods.

Her two best-selling books, "It's Me or the Dog: How to Have the Perfect Pet" and "Fat Dog Slim: How to Have a Healthy, Happy Pet", have been widely praised, and they detail her core reward-based training philosophy: "There's a Better Way to Train - Positively". Her highly anticipated third book, "Train Your Dog, Positively", will be released in the US in the spring of 2013. A passionate advocate for positive reinforcement dog training methods, Stilwell is the Editor-in-Chief of Positively.com, which features the world's leading veterinary behaviorists, dog trainers and behavioral scientists on her Positively Expert Blog. She is a vocal opponent of punitive, dominance-based training techniques which often result in "quick fixes" but ultimately cause more long-term harm than good while damaging the owner-dog relationship.

Stilwell is the CEO of Victoria Stilwell Positively Dog Training - the world's premier global network of positive reinforcement dog trainers. In addition to her globally available Positively Podcast series, she also produces several shows in her role as the director of training and behavior for the popular eHow Pets YouTube channel.

Stilwell is committed to helping the cause of animal rescue and rehabilitation and is heavily involved organizations around the world to increase awareness of puppy mills, dogfighting, animal abuse, pet overpopulation, dog bite prevention and other animal-related causes. A co-founder of the national Dog Bite Prevention conference series, Stilwell is also a National Ambassador for the American Humane Association and serves on the Advisory Boards of RedRover, DogTV, and Canine Assistants.

A regular guest on talk shows, news broadcasts and radio programs throughout the US, Europe and Asia, Stilwell was named 2009's Dog Trainer of the Year at the Purina ProPlan Dog awards and was the recipient of the prestigious 2011 Excellence in Journalism and Outstanding Contributions to the Pet Industry Award. Since its premiere in 2005, It's Me or the Dog has been the recipient of multiple honors including 2011 and 2012 Genesis Award Nominations and a 2009 People's Choice Award nomination. Stilwell is a regular columnist for several magazines, and she has been featured in numerous journals, magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Time.com, Oprah Magazine, Rachael Ray Everyday, MSNBC.com, Self Magazine, Shape Magazine, The Daily Mail, and The Sun.

Victoria resides in Atlanta with her husband, Van Zeiler, daughter and two rescue dogs, Sadie and Jasmine.

Sarah Tansey was born in 1972 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (1998), Beginner's Luck (2001) and Heartbeat (1992).

Charles Stewart Alexander Miller (Charlie to his friends) was born to Amanda and Philip Miller in 1983. At five years old he was the youngest person ever employed by the RSC to have a speaking role. He played Simon Russell Beale's page boy in "A Man of Mode" and amazed everyone with his professionalism when he kept in character through a nose bleed and a wig hair in his eye! His last professional stage role was as Macduff's son in Macbeth at the National Theatre (1993). He continued acting with local amateur dramatics groups and at St George's Medical School, where he performed in the student revue and tried his hand at writing, directing and producing for the first time. Charlie developed a love for live comedy when the St George's Medics Revue started taking their sketch shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and in 2003 he earned his first directing credit alongside his good friend Kate Holyhead, for their show "Sex, Lies and Surgical Tape". Charlie now works as a Biomedical Scientist, but continues to perform when he can.

Born to Jamaican parents in London, on January 14, 1965, Slick Rick, born Ricky Martin Lloyd Walters, is the most successful British-American rapper in music history. Brilliant word play, the effort-less ability to bring life to the stories he rhymed about, dead on pop-culture references and hilarious one-liners make him the wittiest rapper of all time.

He began his career in the late 80s, where he released a series of acclaimed recordings such as, "Children's Story", "La Di Da Di" and "Hey Young World." Slick Rick is best known for his British accent and his story telling innovations. His music has been frequently sampled and interpolated by other artists such as TLC, Talib Kweli, Eminem, Mos Def, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and many others; with many of these songs later becoming hit singles. Slick Rick is known as one of the architects of Hip-Hop.

These days, much of Slick Rick's story remains untold. The articles about his legal troubles may sell magazines, but they tend to overshadow the rapper's impressive and influential body of work. Rick has spent more than seven years in prison, three and a half paying his debt to society and over four years in a federal detention center while hassling with Immigrations Services over his residency in the US. Slick Rick has been in this country since his childhood and has become a productive member of our society.

Despite life's setbacks, Rick continues his commitment to his craft. Above all, Rick is very dedicated to his community. He regularly mentors the youth whenever he is given the opportunity to do so.

Lionel Belmore was born on 12 May 1867 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Frankenstein (1931), Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) and The Vampire Bat (1933). He was married to Emmeline Florence Carder. He died on 30 January 1953 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

John was wounded in WWII, while serving in the British Army "Desert Rats", in North Africa. Being a graphic artist, on return to England, he started as asst. art director at Pinewood Studio, with David Lean. Seeing a note on the studio notice board asking for cartoonists and artists to apply at GBA, Cookham, for work as animators, John applied, and was accepted. Here, under David Hand, (ex Disney director of Snow-White, Bambi), he worked for four years, becoming a first rate animator and director. GBA closed, John moved to US, and Disney, working on Peter Pan, and Lady & the Tramp, in Les Clark's unit. In 1954 he left Disney to start Fine Arts Films producing Petroushka (1956) with I. Stravinsky, winning five international awards, starting a new artistic direction in the use of animation. Journey to the Stars, (1961), seen by 7 million visitors to the Seattle World's Fair, was a major step, and animating Irma La Douce (trailer), for Billy Wilder, made it possible to enjoy the artistic merits of Paris hookers. He started John Wilson Prods., for Aussie TV in Melbourne, 1963, in a brief visit down under. Back with FAF, in '64, John got the Peabody award for NBC's Exploring, as the Best Kid's Show. This led to ten years work for US-TV, (CBS, ABC, NBC) in children's and primetime entertainment. In 1971 he produced and directed the animated feature Shinbone Alley (1970), a literary and musical success based on the works of poet Don Marquis. This received the Golden Phoenix Award at the Atlanta Film Festival, (Best of Fest). For the next ten years, John produced many award-winning TV series, (Madeline-DIC), Bucky O'Hare and Peter Pan for FOX-TV. Stanley the Ugly Duckling (1/2 Hour Musical for ABC-TV. Returning to OZ, in '83, John set Ferngully for AFC, as an animated feature, which successfully protected the rainforests, released by Warner Bros. At present, John is working on the musical version of Peer Gynt.

Kemi Badenoch was born on 2 January 1980 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. She has been married to Hamish Badenoch since 2012. They have three children.

Raymond Briggs was born on 18 January 1934 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Snowman (1982), Ethel & Ernest (2016) and When the Wind Blows (1986). He was married to Jean Taprell Clark. He died on 9 August 2022 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

Liz Richards was born in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Liz is known for Venom: The Last Dance (2024), Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) and Mulan (2020).