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Cast Biographies
ERIC POTTS

Doctor Who’s Eric Potts has been a regular face on our TV screens for more than
20 years. Along with his time with the Time Lord, the Scottish-born actor has trod-
den the cobbles of Corrie, the streets of Yorkshire in that great trilogy of Tyke telly
Heartbeat, The Royal and Last of the Summer Wine, added Emmerdale to his CV,
and still had time to don a dog collar to play a priest in Hollyoaks.

On stage, the Bristol Old Vic-trained actor has played Touchstone in Shakespeare’s
As You Like It, Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night and Falstaff in The Merry Wives of
Windsor, taken on the roles of Oliver Hardy and Les Dawson, starred in Brassed
Off, Footloose and Charley’s Aunt, and has an impressive panto pedigree as both
a writer and performer. Oh, and he says he’s highly skilled at both badminton and
stage combat.
Follow him on Twitter: @comedypotts

JAKE ABRAHAM

Jake Abraham became a household name 20 years ago when he appeared in Guy
Ritchie’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

He has an extensive list of film and TV credits to his name stretching back three decades,
including 51st State, Game of Thrones, Justice, Red Dwarf, G.B.H and Moving On. Jake
recently played Manuel Noriega in a TV mini-series titled America’s War on Drugs,
and was once cast as ‘seedy bloke’ in Steve Coogan’s black comedy The Parole Officer.

On stage, his credits include On the Ledge, You’ll Never Walk Alone, The Ale House,
Twopence To Cross The Mersey and Council Depot Blues. Meanwhile when he was
13 he appeared in Brian Jacques’ Brown Bitter, Wet Nellies and Scouse at the Liv-
erpool Everyman alongside Mark McGann, John McArdle and Noreen Kershaw.
Cartoonist Bill Tidy designed the set.

Follow him on Twitter: @jakeabraham1
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