Pomona Rewind

After moving to LA, the English actress and author Jill Gascoine kind of faded from view. Yet for a period in the 1980s, she broke convention as the star of Britain's favourite detective series 'The Gentle Touch'. Born in London in 1937,  she cut her teeth as an actor in the Dundee Repertory Theatre and in Leicester where she worked with Ken Loach at the Living Theatre. It was in Dundee that she would marry her first husband Bill Keith, a local hotelier with whom she would have two sons but it ended in divorce. Scraping a living and supporting her two sons, she graduated to television roles building a career with appearances in popular shows during the 1970s like 'Dr Finlay's Casebook', 'Z Cars', 'Dixon of Dock Green', 'Late Night Theatre' 'Six Days of Justice', 'General Hospital', 'Softly, Softly', 'Taskforce' and 'Within These Walls'. There was also a role in the raunchy 1975 Briti

Irrfan Khan was a massive star in India. He was so massive, it would be easy to settle for being a Bollywood celebrity. However Irrfan Khan was not the kind of actor to settle. And while he carved out a successful career in Hindi cinema, he was critical of Bollywood movie chiefs for lacking originality, he set his sights on building a career outside India as well. Khan began his career in an Oscar nominated movie by the American based Indian director Mira Nair but went onto work with the likes of Asif Kapadia, Michael Winterbottom, Wes Anderson, Danny Boyle, Ang Lee, Colin Trevorrow and Jon Favreau. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Jaipur in 1967, he spent his childhood in Tonk and was a promising cricketer. Khan wax so good he was selected for the prestigious under 23 CK Nayudu Trophy - a tournament that paved the way for many of the country's top professionals. However he could not afford to travel and the chance was missed. Luckily, he had an uncle

Brian Dennehy loved acting. He loved his chosen profession so much that he notched up 183 roles on the big and small screen. But he especially loved the company of fellow actors. Whether it was onstage or on a film set, he marvelled at the talent of his fellow cast members and was quick to encourage them. In the hours following news of his death, Dana Delany, with whom he worked in a Broadway production of Brian Friel's 'Translations' and in the 1999 film 'Sirens', recalled how his first love was theatre. "I met Brian in a bar, acted in a movie with him but the stage was what he loved," the 'China Beach' and 'Desperate Housewives' star tweeted. "In rehearsal he said: 'This is it, kid'. He was a fellow nutmegger, Mick and a Marine. They Don’t make his kind anymore. ❤️to his family." Dennehy was born in an Irish Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Hannah Mannion and her husband, Edward Dennehy

Tim Brooke-Taylor may have been one of the most underrated comic writers and performers of his generation. Best known for being part of the surreal English comedy troupe The Goodies, he rubbed shoulders with various members of Monty Python, Marty Feldman and Willie Rushden. He also got to know the great Hollywood actor and director Orson Welles, collaborating with him on two projects. But in later years, he was a firm staple of the tongue in cheek BBC Radio 4 panel show 'I'm Sorry, I Haven't A Clue' where he got to demonstrate his sharp wit alongside Barry Cryer, Jack Dee, Stephen Fry and Graeme Garden. Born in Buxton in Derbyshire in 1940, he attended Winchester College and later Cambridge University, after a brief spell teaching in a preparatory school. His mother was an international lacrosse player and his father was a solicitor. While studying economics and politics at Pembroke College in Cambridge, Brooke-Taylor started to dabble in writing and p