Cast and character
biographies
Robin played by Robert
Webb
Robin is in his early thirties – and completely the wrong job. He is
too bright for it and easily bored – which is why he spends so much
of his time in the smoking room, just hanging around, seeing who might
pop by.
There's one person in particular he's always keen to see…
Robert Webb
Robert has recently been seen on The Peep Show, My Family, People Like
Us, The Gist, Ed Stone Is Dead and Bruiser which he also wrote.
He has two film credits to his name as well as many radio programmes
and has performed on stage in Progress In Flying Machines, Daydream
Believers, Tales of Exceptional Goodness and many Edinburgh Festival
shows.
Sharon played by Siobhan
Redmond
Sharon is the boss and she makes sure everyone knows it. There's a
balcony outside her office where she can smoke if she needs to, so there's
always an ulterior motive for her visits to the smoking room.
She hates having to interact with her workforce as much as they hate
her trying to.
Siobhan Redmond
Siobhan's recent television credits include Holby City, Sea Of Souls,
In The Red, Every Women Knows A Secret and Wokenwell.
She also starred in Throwaways, Deacon Brodie, Nervous Energy and Between
The Lines.
She has appeared in films such as Beautiful People, Captives and Duet
For One.
Siobhan's stage roles include Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Us And Them,
Perfect Days, Spanish Tragedy and Much Ado About Nothing for Royal Shakespeare
Company.
Lilian played by Paula
Wilcox
Lilian is in her fifties and recently divorced. She's enjoying her
new-found freedom, but deep down longs to meet someone new and start
again.
Things may not have worked out as she'd planned but she hasn't given
up hope just yet.
Paula Wilcox
Paula was offered her first television role in The Lovers after appearing
with the National Youth Theatre as a student. Her most famous television
character is Chrissy in Man About The House.
She has recently appeared in Merseybeat, Holby City, The Queen's Nose,
Footballers Wives and Peak Practice.
Other television credits include the Stalker's Apprentice, Coronation
Street, Life After Birth, Smokescreen, Blue Heaven, Casualty, Fiddler's
Three, Boon, Mrs Capper's Birthday and The Bright Side.
Her theatre work spans four decades and has taken her as far afield
as Hong Kong, Australia and America.
Did you know there is a song by Belle and Sebastian called Lazy Line
Painter Jane that mentions Paula?
Heidi played by Emma
Kennedy
Heidi is devoted to her domineering husband, Keith, and their little
baby, Dane.
They are all she ever wants to talk about. She's so deadly boring that
no-one noticed when she was away for six months on maternity leave.
Emma Kennedy
Upon graduating, Emma trained as a solicitor and for three years practised
in London.
She left the law in 1995 and has been writing and performing ever since.
Known as the face of the Heat magazine advert, Emma's most recent television
credits include The Lenny Henry Show, Rescue Me, People Like Us, Goodness
Gracious Me, Kiss Me Kate and Jonathan Creek.
Emma also starred in 91Èȱ¬ Radio 4's The Sunday Format which won four
awards.
Emma won the Comedy Lounge Award for Best Actress for her performance
in Bill Shakespeare's Italian Job in 2003 and was the runner-up world
conker champion in 1991!
Len played by Leslie
Schofield
Len may be a little gruff – and distinctly foul-mouthed – but he's
a decent man who raised his two sons on his own after his much-loved
wife, Diana, dropped dead.
He's something of a child at heart and is obsessed with the films
of Walt Disney.
He takes his work as a security guard very seriously.
Leslie Schofield
Leslie has been in television shows The Brittas Empire, EastEnders,
Holby City, Coronation Street, The Last Detective, Fall And Rise Of
Reginald Perrin and Heartbeat.
His film credits include Star Wars, The Moth, Night Of The Fox, Dead
Man's Folly, Lost In London, Doctor Who, Clockwise, Force 10 In Navarone
and Wild Geese.
Clint played by Fraser
Ayres
Clint is in a world of his own and is frequently carried away by his
own flights of fancy.
He always sees the best in things and is touchingly easy to please.
If there's one thing that annoys him it's when people in the smoking
room try to talk shop…
Fraser Ayres
Fraser's TV work has included Bella And The Boys, The Vice, London's
Burning, Unconditional Love, Dogma TV-Fierce and Trail Of Guilt.
He won Best Actor awards for his Edinburgh Festival performance in
The People Next Door and also starred in Ramayana, Workers Writes, Vurt,
Telling Tales, Four And Bluebird and Sandman.
His film work includes Revenger's Tragedy, Intimacy, It Was An Accident,
Rage, Speak Like A Child, Dinner For Two and Kevin And Perry.
Annie played by Debbie
Chazen
Annie sees herself as permanently hard done by, but whatever Annie
wants – be it a shoulder to cry on or a little cigarette - Annie gets.
As longs as she's the centre of attention, Annie's happy. It's when
she feels she's being ignored that the waterworks start…
Debbie Chazen
Debbie has been in Holby City, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Nicholas Nickleby,
Casualty, Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married, A Christmas Carol, The Bill,
Midsomer Murders, Tess Of The D'Urbervilles, Killer Net and The Lakes.
Her theatre credits include A Player For Owen Meaney and Mother Clapp's
Molly House for Royal National Theatre, understudying Dawn French in
A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice.
Films include Suzie Gold, Tooth, Beginner's Luck, Topsy Turvy and Rendezvous.
Sally played by Nadine
Marshall
Sally is no-nonsense and straight-talking – in her own words, 'rock
hard'.
She keeps her social life apart from work and doesn't take any crap
from anyone.
But she's soft at heart – just look at how she puts up with Annie.
Nadine Marshall
Nadine trained at the Rose Bruford College of Speech and Drama.
Since leaving drama school she has built up extensive experience working
for the Royal Shakespeare Company on productions such as Oroonoko, Timon
Of Athens, Henry VIII, Spanish Tragedy and Camino Red.
She was directed by Kathy Burke in Born Bad.
For television her credits include The Bill, Club Le Monde and Family
Affairs.
Janet played by Selina
Griffiths
Janet is the boss's long-suffering PA. She finds it difficult to bond
with the rest of the workforce but badly needs a friend she can share
all her troubles with.
If only her job didn't make her so short-tempered…
Selina Griffiths
Selina Griffiths trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama
and has been in plays including The Way Of The World, Miss Julie, The
Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, Peggy For You, Noises Off and Hotel In Amsterdam.
Her television work includes Doctor Finlay, Inspector Wycliffe, Underworld,
Scarlet Pimpernel, Drop The Dead Donkey and Trial By Fire.
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