Where Do I Know That Actor?

THE TROUBLE WITH MAGGIE COLE originally ran in 2020. PBS NC reran the series a few weeks back and it is now being rebroadcast on the Explorer Channel Monday nights. Directed by Ben Gregor and written by Mark Brotherhood, TTWMC was an intriguing comedy drama, both light-hearted and intense. I would have thought a cast the size the program boasted would have more actors recognizable from other PBS NC fare. As it is, I only found three. True, many others had a guest spot here or there but it’s not really worth mentioning one appearance on MIDSOMER MURDERS (I mean, who hasn’t done that, right?).

Here are the actors you should know from elsewhere…

Dawn French starred in the title role as a village gossip who finds the spotlight far too uncomfortable. She’ll best be known as Geraldine Granger, the titular clergy, from The Vicar Of Dibley. She was also Caroline Arless in Lark Rise To Candleford and starred in various roles on the anthology comedy Murder Most Horrid.