Teach You a Lesson
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TV series / 2013
WPC 56
Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The show focuses on WPC Gina Dawson's struggle to gain acceptance in the male-dominated police station whilst having to deal with the sexist attitudes that were commonplace at the time.
The story
Drama following WPC Gina Dawson, the first Woman Police Constable to join Brinford Constabulary, a fictional police force in the West Midlands, in 1956. The show focuses on WPC Gina Dawson's struggle to gain acceptance in the male-dominated police station whilst having to deal with the sexist attitudes that were commonplace at the time.
Cast
Charles De'AthSgt Sidney Fenton
John BowlerChief Superintendent Coulson · Asst Chief Constable Arthur Coulson
Jennie JacquesWPC Gina Dawson
James BarriscaleDesk Sergeant Swift
Mark HealyChief Inspector Walter Briggs
Rachel LeskovacSusie Nightingale
Liam JeavonsPC Tommy Perkins
Claudia JessieWPC Annie Taylor
Oliver RixDI Harry Sawyer
Chris OvertonPC Eddie Coulson
John LightChief Inspector Roger Nelson
Gerard HoranDesk Sgt Peter Pratt
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Justine Michelle CainCathy Sinclair
Philip Hill-PearsonFrank Marshall
Marianne OldhamDeborah Burns
Ben TurnerDI Max Harper
Jessica DuncanRebecca Jones
Charlotte LucasCharlotte Briggs
Matt KennardDavid Meyer
Tim PlesterLinus Brody
Martha Howe-DouglasAbigail Fenton
Danny SzamChris Hutton
Jack DergesBill Pearson
Emma CookeRosie Turner
Stephen CaseyWilliam Sheppard
Melissa JamesGloria DaCosta
Janet DibleyIris Hartley
Sean BakerDoctor Ellis
Daniel BrocklebankCarl Saunders
Akemnji NdifornyenDonald Palmer
Tom McLarneySam Pratt
Daniel OrmerodJohnny Harris
Jonty StephensJoe Dawson
Kathryn HuntBrenda Dawson
Richard HuwReverend Buckley
Mark Rice-OxleyGeorge Stern
Kieran BewDI Jack Burns
Michael RyanNed Garrett
Alicia CharlesLottie Harris
Laura Jean ClintonJazz Singer
Michael HiggsLenny Powell
Melanie KilburnLydia Taylor
Joanna HigsonVicky Hall
Sam KennardGabriel Meyer
Jo CassidyAnna Pearce
Lynne VerrallValerie Parker
Luke WilliamsKevin Dodds
Sarah Beck MatherSylvia Stewart
David MaybrickMr Stewart
Jennifer BeaLisa Harris
Adam SoppGerry Sullivan
Clare BurtMrs Buckley
Nigel TravisMichael 'Mike the Mallet' Maddock
Paul MoriartyBrigadier Graham Morris
Eileen BattyeMargaret Morris
Gemma ArrowsmithMrs Pemberton
Sophie EllerbyIrene Miller
Andrea MasonGladys Campbell
Jacqueline DefferaryJulie Nelson
Rolan BellRufus Jones
Kelly HottenMary Cook
Shaun PrendergastHenry Fuller
Mary Jo RandleGrace Fuller
Tom ThompsonYoung Pratt
Samuel YoungYoung Coulson
Nigel BoylePhilip Cook
Julien BallMr Walker
Michael HadleyJudge
Jim CreightonMr Lewis
Nick CavaliereSalvatore Angeletti
Jan HarveyHelena Cole
Sarah MoyleMiss Rosemary Lawrence
Kerry WashingtonBessie Cradditch
Alexandra WilsonJessica Mundy
Chris LarkinDr Hurley
Francis MageeBrendan McCormack
Nigel ListerDaniel Pembrook
Jack MontgomerySean McCormac
Leila MimmackTracey Nichols
Tom PhillipsGary Nichols
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