GEORGE JACKOS - PAUL television includes for the BBC (Silent Witness, Judge John Deed), Yorkshire Television (Heartbeat) and Granada (Runaway Bay) in the UK. He has enjoyed a successful film career to date starring opposite Charlie Sheen in NAVY SEALS and Sean Bean in ESSEX BOYS.

Most recently George has completed TIMBUKTU a feature set in Morocco and directed by Alan Gilsenan.

His theatre credits to date include among many others a role in A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE at the Crucible theatre.

SARAH WATERIDGE - ZENA

Sarah trained at Carleton University in Canada and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.

Her work in television and film includes Hotel, Red Dwarf, The New Adventures of Robin Hood, Falling and The Lighthouse. She is just about to start filming the new Batman movie, Batman Begins, with director Chris Nolan.

Sarah has also worked extensively in the theatre. Her London West End credits include playing Joan Collins' daughter in Over the Moon at the Old Vic Theatre and Ray Cooney's production of The Chiltern Hundreds at the Vaudeville Theatre. She was recently seen in a trial run of Ray Cooney's new play, Tom, Dick and Harry, at the Theatre Royal, Windsor, with plans of a London run in the Spring of 2005. She played Hester Worsley in the national tour of A Woman of No Importance, appeared as Cecily Pigeon at Manchesters' Library Theatre, and played the lead role in the European premiere of Murder in Green Meadows at Viennas' English Theatre. She has also taken part in a number of play readings, most recently a reading of Bryan Forbes new play, The Moon's a Balloon, with Kenneth Brannagh.

Sarah was heard in Auntie Mame and Anne of Green Gables for BBC Radio, and has recorded numerous English-language tapes and talking books, including The Dive From Clausen's Pier.

During 2001 Sarah worked as a presenter on Royalty A - Z for Prince Edward's company - Ardent

BEN KEATON - SMELLY MAN

Theatre
Intimate Memoirs Of An Irish Taxidermist - Perrier
Award. Animal Crackers Royal Exchange Theatre and West
End - Olivier Nominee, American Buffalo, The Odd
Couple M.E.N. Award. The Play What I Wrote national
tour. A regular with The Comedy Store Players.
TV
FR Ted, Casualty, Doctors, Hubbub.
FILM
East Is East.

PETER POLYCARPOU - MAD GEORGE

Theatre

Original member of the RSC production of LES MISERABLES (1985)

Aaron the Moor in Deborah Warner's TITUS ANDRONICUS. THE JEW OF MALTA as Calymath, A QUESTION OF GEOGRAPHY as Micha and THE NEW INN by Ben Johnson. all at the RSC

created the role of John in MISS SAIGON at The Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Phantom in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Her Majesties Theatre.

Skip in THE HEIDI CHRONICLES by Wendy Wasserstein, David O’Selznick in FRANKLY SCARLETT and Ira Stone in the National Tour of LAUGHTER ON THE 23RD FLOOR. METROPOLIS KABARETT at the RNT Café. Roy Cohn in ANGELS IN AMERICA Library Theatre Manchester.

Ali Hakim in the critically acclaimed production of OKLAHOMA! directed by Trevor Nunn at The RNT and The Lyceum.

Recently critics praised his performance as Arturo Ui in THE RESISTIBLE RISE OF ARTURO UI at The Bridewell Theatre directed by Phil Wilmott and as Oscar Madison in THE ODD COUPLE at the Library Theatre Manchester where he was nominated for the Manchester evening news best actor award.

The Childcatcher in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG at The London Palladium.

He is currently playing God and Osama Bin Laden in Alistair Beaton’s new play FOLLOW MY LEADER which is at the Hampstead Theatre from 19th April 2004.

Radio

MELAS in THE GREEK INTERPRETER PART OF THE SHERLOCK HOLMES SERIES, MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, MACRUNES GUEVARA.

Currently developing a series for Radio 4, recording in 2005!

Television

Chris Theodopoulopoudos in the BBCTV sit-com BIRDS OF A FEATHER.

Noah on NOAH THE DELUGE AND THE ARK for BBC1

Guest appearances in HOLBY CITY (BBC) and THE BILL (ITV). Tony in AMERICAN VOICES (BBC). ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE and MILE HIGH for Channel 5.

Film

Domingo Mercante in EVITA directed by Alan Parker.

Ali Hakim in OKLAHOMA! directed by Trevor Nunn starring Hugh Jackman and Maureen Lipman.

Louis B Mayer in DE-LOVELY directed by Irwin Winkler starring Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd and directed by Irwin Winkler screening September 2004

ALISON PARGETER - SARAH

Sugar Daddies playing Sasha Alan and directed by Ayckbourn @ The Stephen Joseph & Touring Nominated 'Best Actress in a Touring Production' Manchester Eve. News Awards 2003

'Damsels In Distress' - Game Plan playing Kelly and directed by Alan Ayckbourn @ The Stephen Joseph & Touring

Flatspin playing Rosie and directed by Alan Ayckbourn @ The Stephen Joseph & Touring

Roleplay playing Paige directed by Alan Ayckbourn @ The Stephen Joseph & Touring (Transferred Duchess Theatre West End 2002)

Winner: 'Jack Tinker Best Newcomer' Critics Circle Awards, 'Best Actor' BBC Southern Counties Awards. Nominated: 'Outstanding Newcomer' Evening Standard Awards, 'Best Actress in a Touring Production' Manchester Evening News Awards, 'Best Supporting Actress' T.M.A Awards,

TV Courtroom Holby City Strange Dalziel & Pascoe Film Calendar Girls

Commercials John Smith Bitter

story

This eleven minute short film stars Peter Polycarpou (Birds Of A Feather, Evita, De-Lovely) as Mad George, a mini-cab driver and George Jackos (One Last Chance, Indiana Jones) as Paul, a well-known actor. It tells the story of one man's revenge and another's guilt. The two Cypriot characters are in the same cab again after three years and this sparks off memories for both of them. For George having Paul in his cab again is an important reminder of his failed marriage. For Paul travelling with this "crazy Greek bastard" again, is a risk he'd rather not have taken, but the cab is already half an hour late and he can't get another.

Through flash-back and reminiscences the character driven plot revolves around what has happened to both of them since they were last together. Zena (Sarah Wateridge - The New Adventures Of Robin Hood) is seeing an accountant (Ben Keaton - Holby City) and George doesn't want the accountant around his kids. What he does to keep him away is why he is called Mad George. Paul has left Sandra (Alison Pargeter - Calendar Girls) after lying to her just once too many times and being in the car with George reminds him of his failed marriage and the day mad george drove him to, "the biggest audition of my career!"