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2 unusual facts about Waking the Dead


Frankie Wharton

Frankie Wharton is a fictional character in the TV show Waking the Dead on the BBC.

Jemma Redgrave

In 2007, she portrayed the indolent Lady Bertram in Mansfield Park, and Sophie Wall in Waking the Dead.


Esther Hall

In 2005 Esther joined the main cast of Waking the Dead as Felix Gibson, replacing Holly Aird in the cast as the resident team pathologist, but the character lasted only one series.

Gregg Chillin

Chillin has appeared in many television shows such as BBC One's Inside Men, Waking the Dead and Zen playing the character of Pepe Spadola alongside Rufus Sewell.

Justin Bradley

He also appeared on camera on such films and programmes as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Dead at 17, Lassie, Who Gets the House?, Kart Racer, Waking the Dead, Mental Block, Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension, Eternal, One Eyed King, Redeemable in Merchandise, and Warm Bodies.

Keith Gordon

His other films include the 1992 anti-war film about a group of American soldiers in the Ardennes just before and during the Battle of the Bulge, A Midnight Clear, as well as Mother Night (adapted from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut), Waking the Dead, and the 2003 Robert Downey Jr. film The Singing Detective.

Mark Monero

He starred in the BBC comedy Gimme Gimme Gimme (2001) — where he played the long-lost son of Linda, played by Kathy BurkeCasualty (2002), Judge John Deed (2005), Waking The Dead (2005) and Doctors (2006).


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David Thacker

He has directed more than 30 TV productions, including episodes of The Vice, Silent Witness, Foyle's War and Waking the Dead.

Ed Whitmore

In 2003 he wrote the Waking The Dead episode Multistory, directed by Robert Bierman, which won the show an Emmy for Best International Drama Series.

Lorcan Cranitch

He appeared in several other British television dramas, including Deacon Brodie (with Billy Connolly), Shackleton (as Frank Wild) with Kenneth Branagh, Omagh, Hornblower (with Ioan Gruffudd), The Street, Waking the Dead, Spooks, Silent Witness and New Tricks.