Gemma Whelan
Birthday: 1981-04-23 Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Synopsis
Acting
The Tower
A veteran beat cop and teenage girl fall to their deaths from a tower block in south-east London, leaving a five-year-old boy and rookie police officer Lizzie Griffiths on the roof, only for them to go missing. Detective Sergeant Sarah Collins is drafted in to investigate, working to find Lizzie before she comes to serious harm, but also to uncover the truth behind the grisly tower block deaths.
White House Farm
Factual drama based on the notorious White House Farm murders, and the ensuing police investigation and court case.
Emma.
In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.
Gentleman Jack
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, 1832. Anne Lister attempts to revitalize her inherited home, Shibden Hall. Most notably for the time period, a part of her plan is to help the fate of her own family - by taking a wife.
Surviving Christmas with the Relatives
Two sisters come together to spend Christmas with their families in their recently deceased parents’ falling down country house, with hilariously chaotic consequences, as ancient sibling rivalries flare up again to sabotage the hoped for season of good will.
The Moorside
A two-part drama about the search in 2008 for missing Yorkshire schoolgirl Shannon Matthews.
Upstart Crow
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Hetty Feather
In Victorian London, feisty heroine Hetty Feather is trapped in the Foundling Hospital, the strict institution ruled over by the formidable Matron Bottomley. Aided by friends and thwarted by enemies, Hetty battles to win her freedom and finally find her real mother. Based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson.
Mapp & Lucia
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
Mapp and Lucia
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
Almost Royal
Almost Royal is a tale of two young British aristocrats on their first trip around the United States, interacting with real-life Americans. Currently 50th and 51st in line to the throne, siblings George and Poppy Carlton are the latest Brits on the scene.
