Johnny
Vegas makes Ideal return to ´óÏó´«Ã½ THREE
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The cast
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Moz's rag-bag assortment of clients are played by some
of the best up-and-coming comic acting talent in the UK, many from
the North West of England.
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Nicki is played by Nicola Reynolds
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Nicki is Moz's strong-willed and feisty live-in girlfriend.
Moz endlessly disappoints her and they're always on the point of
breaking up.
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But Nicki is now pregnant and – unbeknownst to Moz – the
father could be any one of three men. Does this
spell the end of their relationship for good?
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About Nicola Reynolds
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Born in Pontypridd and brought
up in Cardiff
Age 33
First role was playing Little Billy Goat Gruff
on stage in Bolton
First TV job was in Coronation Street as a policewoman: "I
had to arrest Jim MacDonald for beating up his wife, Liz"
Has previously appeared in Little Britain and
´óÏó´«Ã½ TWO's
Murder alongside Julie
Walters.
Nicola is also a regular in C´óÏó´«Ã½'s
long running The
Story of Tracy Beaker
Became best friends with Johnny
Vegas when they had to do a dodgy sex scene in Sex Lives of the Potato
Men: "It meant we got
to know each other pretty well and very quickly!"
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PC is played by Tom Goodman-Hill
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PC is a Police Constable who supplies Moz with the hash
and weed he's busted from other dealers.
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He seems to spend very little
time on the beat, preferring to waste his afternoons smoking bongs
with Moz. He's also secretly in love with Nicki. Ìý
About Tom Goodman-Hill
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Born in Enfield but brought up
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Age 37
Qualified as a secondary school teacher but hated every
minute
First job was in An Inspector Calls in the West End
Appeared with Sean Connery in The League of Extraordinary
Gentlemen
He played Ben in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ ONE comedy The
Worst Week of My Life and also guest-starred in The
Office as Ray
Has
already had his obituary written, courtesy of Johnny Vegas, who describes
him as: "A
phenomenal drinker…"
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Judith is played by Joanna Neary
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Judith moves in as Moz's nervy new neighbour and potential
love interest. Judith wants to fit in and be normal
but it soon becomes obvious that she has various interests and hobbies
that might border on the socially unacceptable.
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About Jo Neary
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Born in Coventry and raised in Cornwall
Age 33
Nominated for the Perrier Newcomer Award in
2004 for her solo comedy character show, Joanna can also be seen
in the new series of Green Wing
Most memorable Ideal moment: "Being crammed
in a doorway with Johnny Vegas. As he pressed his stomach
against mine, he said, "anything you fancy, help yourself"
Would
like to be remembered for making up the
word 'Twonk', an insult which combines a range of unprintable words
Is an expert knitter
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Jenny is played by Sinead Matthews
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Jenny is the childminder from hell who regularly turns
up at Moz's flat to score hash, often with her infant charges in
tow. She seems to live in her own little dream world
and has zero sense of responsibility.
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About Sinead Matthews
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Born in Coventry
Age 25
Her first job was in the Mike Leigh film Vera Drake and
she recently played opposite Matthew Macfadyen in Pride and Prejudice
Is a mean dancer and can do the Samba, Foxtrot and Flamenco
"If
I wasn't an actress, I'd be an astronaut. Anything to do with space,
stars and planets fascinates me."
Despite appearing
in several episodes of Ideal,
all Sinead's scenes were shot in just two days between
stage commitments
Consequently,
her nickname with the rest of the Ideal cast was 'West
End Wendy'
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Stemroach is played by David Bradley
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Stemroach is a sinister gangland boss who employs Cartoon
Head and Psycho Paul as his henchmen. He's vicious
and ruthless and, due to a lack of vocal chords, talks through a hand-held
throat speaker.
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About David Bradley
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Born in Yorkshire
Age 63
David is one of Britain's most in-demand character
actors.
Although he is perhaps currently best known for his role
as Argus Filch in the Harry Potter films, he has a long and impressive
array of stage, film and TV credits, having appeared in Blackpool,
Wild West and Our Friends in the North
He was most recently
seen in Sweeney Todd playing Todd's father
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Psycho Paul is played by Ryan Pope
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Psycho Paul is Moz's rival hash dealer. In the new series,
he tries to embroil Moz in a dodgy kidnapping plan. Of
course, Moz doesn't want to know. But is it possible to refuse Psycho
Paul without causing offence and risking life and limb?
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About Ryan Pope
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Born in Manchester
Age 32
First acting job was in a film to promote The
Who's comeback Quadrophenia tour
He had to dress up as a Mod and
ride around on a Lambretta
He's been on a world tour with the RSC,
which called at Hong Kong, San Francisco and Ellesmere Port
He's
been a catwalk model for Prada. He got to keep the suit he was
wearing but managed to leave the trousers on a tube train
He recently
played policeman Chris Church in ´óÏó´«Ã½ THREE's disturbingly funny
thriller Funland,
which will be shown again on ´óÏó´«Ã½ TWO later this year
He is engaged
to actress Sally Carman who has appeared in Shameless Ìý
Colin is played by Ben Crompton
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Colin is a bouncy, childlike scally. Although
he's constantly reminding everyone that he's on probation, this doesn't
seem to stop him turning up at Moz's flat and trying to off-load an
endless stream of stolen goods.
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About Ben Crompton
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Born in Manchester
Age 31
Best known
for playing Barney Watson in Paul Abbott's Clocking Off
He also
recently starred in ´óÏó´«Ã½ THREE's Man Stroke
Woman
If acting dries up, he'd like to be a 'foot fairy' (his
description for a chiropodist) like his
auntie in Dorset
Ben on Johnny Vegas:"He
plays
Swing Ball on his own, drinks
herbal
tea, speaks Received Pronunciation
and
won't look you in the eye."
Prefers
pubs
that serve real ale and
still
have spittoons. Ìý
Asia is played Rebecca Atkinson
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Asia is a perennially cocky, stereotypical fashion student,
who is inseparable from her best friend, China.
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She only flirts with
Moz in order to get dope without having to pay for it – a strategy
that normally works, despite Moz's normal rule of 'no cash, no
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About Rebecca Atkinson
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Born in Salford
Age
22
Won the
Miss Dance of Great Britain title in 2003 after being put
through her paces in
ballet, tap and jazz
Is a qualified beauty therapist and
was close to opening a salon, specialising in acryllic nails, before
her acting career took off
Shameless was her first big break but
she was worried that, at 19, she would be too old to play 15 year
old Karen (who has an affair with Frank Gallagher)
She can also be
seen in Life on Mars (´óÏó´«Ã½ One) with John Simm Ìý
Cartoon Head is played by David Sant
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Cartoon Head is the menacing hit man who was responsible
for the death of Craig in
the first series of Ideal.
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He is never seen without his cute
yet sinister cartoon
mouse mask and never utters a single world – something
which reinforces his general air of pure evil! Ìý
About David Sant
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Born in Catalonia in Spain
Age 38
Hates Spanish theatre. "My finest moment was standing
up, shouting 'Rubbish!' and
walking out"
He's a member of the highly acclaimed physical comedy
theatre company Peepolykus and also provides a whole range of voices
for the much loved children's show, Pingu
Met his wife in London and
has lived there for 15 years
A fact about David that not even his
closest family know; "I'm
married!"
If he wasn't an actor, he would be a rollercoaster
designer. Ìý
Yasuko is played by Haruka Kuroda
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Yasuko suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
and always has a packet of Wet Wipes on hand to clean everything
and anything.
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Yet despite her squeaky clean image, Yasuko has a wild
past, having shared a threesome with Nicki whilst backpacking in
Thailand. Ìý
About Haruka Kuroda
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Born in Kyoto, Japan
Age 28
When not in Ideal, Haruka supplies the voice for Noodle – a
character in Damon Albarn's multi-million selling cartoon
pop band, Gorillaz
Is qualified to teach Stage Combat
so is a dab hand with sticks, swords and her bare
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Ian is played by Neil Bell
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Ian is a policeman who visits Moz's flat to install hidden
cameras for a surveillance operation but manages to mess up the whole
thing, with disastrous results for all concerned. Ìý
About Neil Bell
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Born in Oldham
Age 33
His first audition was for world famous film director
Danny Boyle - he got the part but never made it to the screen. His
role was left on the cutting room floor. However he does feature
heavily in Shane Meadows' multi-award winning Dead Man's Shoes
Finest moment: "I
gate crashed the wrap party for the first series of Ideal – even
though I wasn't in it. I was hoping to meet Johnny there but he'd
already gone so I ended up standing around awkwardly; with cast and
crew members asking me what I'd done on the show and why didn't they
remember me!"
Would like to be remembered as "He always got a round in!" Ìý
Steve is
played by Seymour Mace
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Steve is Craig's brother
who befriends Moz
and Cartoon Head as he tries to find what has happened to his brother.
Little does he know that Cartoon Head shot Craig at the
end of the first series.
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About Seymour
Mace
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Born in Newcastle but now lives in Manchester
Seymour used to be a clown
He counts Eric Morecambe,
Tommy Cooper
and Tony Hancock amongst his heroes
Was City Life Comedian of
the Year in 2004
Seymour has also worked for the Natural Theatre
Company as a street performer on various international projects Ìý
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