{"id":4284,"date":"2021-09-13T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T12:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1348067"},"modified":"2021-09-13T15:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T13:14:12","slug":"meet-the-cast-of-help-on-channel-4-starring-jodie-comer-and-stephen-graham","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/meet-the-cast-of-help-on-channel-4-starring-jodie-comer-and-stephen-graham\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the cast of Help on Channel 4 starring Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Everything you need to know about the cast of Help \u2013 Channel 4&#8217;s one-off care home drama from His Dark Materials&#8217; Jack Thorne. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Morris\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 13 September 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n<p>Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham act opposite each other in Channel 4\u2019s new drama <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/help-release-date-channel-4\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Help<\/a> \u2013 a one-off film written by His Dark Materials\u2019 Jack Thorne.<\/p>\n<p>Set in April 2020, Help stars Killing Eve\u2019s Comer as Sarah, a young woman who gets a job at a Liverpool care home and forms a friendship with resident Tony (Graham) before the COVID-19 pandemic creates panic at Bright Sky Homes.<\/p>\n<p>With the likes of Before We Die\u2019s Lesley Sharp, Harry Potter star Ian Hart, The Royle Family\u2019s Sue Johnston and White Lines\u2019 Angela Griffin appearing in the two-hour film, Help is a gripping, star-studded drama that makes for a sobering watch.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Help and where you might have seen them before.<\/p>\n<h2>Jodie Comer as Sarah<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348113\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-8-4b35948.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Sarah\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Sarah?\u00a0<\/strong>Sarah is a young woman who\u2019d always been told she\u2019d amount to nothing, but finds a job at Bright Sky Homes, a care home in Liverpool. Despite spending her teenage years in and out of Pupil Referral Units, Sarah finds that she\u2019s a valued employee at Bright Sky with the power to make the residents\u2019 lives better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Jodie Comer before?\u00a0<\/strong>Emmy and BAFTA-winning actor Jodie Comer is best known for starring as Villanelle in BBC drama Killing Eve, Chloe Gemell in My Mad Fat Diary and Kate Parks in Doctor Foster. She recently appeared in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and Free Guy opposite Ryan Reynolds.<\/p> <h2>Stephen Graham as Tony<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348123\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/Screenshot-2021-09-13-at-13.00.10-542cf3b.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Stephen\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Tony?<\/strong> Tony is a middle-aged man with Early Onset Alzheimer\u2019s and a resident at Bright Sky Homes. Tony has no family left following the death of his overbearing mother and forms a friendship with new care worker Sarah.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Stephen Graham before?\u00a0<\/strong>Stephen Graham is best known for starring in the This Is England film series, Guy Ritchie\u2019s Snatch, Martin Scorsese\u2019s Gangs of New York and 2019\u2019s The Irishman. As for TV, Graham has appeared in <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/line-of-duty-season-7-release-date\/&quot;\">Line of Duty<\/a>, Save Me, Boardwalk Empire, White House Farm and Code 404. He\u2019s set to star in the upcoming new series of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/peaky-blinders-season-six-release-date\/&quot;\">Peaky Blinders<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Ian Hart as Steve<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348110\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-6-e0f9929.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Steve\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Steve?\u00a0<\/strong>Steve is the manager and owner of Bright Sky Care Home, which he inherited from his late mother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Ian Hart before?\u00a0<\/strong>Hart is best known for starring as Professor Quirrell in Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone and has appeared in My Mad Fat Diary, The Last Kingdom and Noughts + Crosses. He recently appeared in Tin Star, Urban Myths, Escape from Pretoria, Mary Queen of Scots and God\u2019s Own Country.<\/p>\n<h2>Sue Johnston as Gloria<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348116\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-9-daa679e.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Gloria\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Gloria?\u00a0<\/strong>Gloria is a resident at Bright Sky Care Home living with dementia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Sue Johnston before?\u00a0<\/strong>Sue Johnston is best known for playing Barbara Royle in BBC comedy The Royal Family and Grace in Waking the Dead. She\u2019s appeared in Brookside, Coronation Street, Downton Abbey and BBC One\u2019s Time.<\/p>\n<h2>Cathy Tyson as Polly<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348118\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-12-b740ed8.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Polly\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Polly?\u00a0<\/strong>Polly is a former English teacher with dementia, who still manages to recite and perform poetry despite having lost touch with reality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Cathy Tyson before?\u00a0<\/strong>Cathy Tyson has appeared in Night &amp; Day, Grange Hill, Doctors, The Sandman, CBBC\u2019s JoJo &amp; Gran Gran and McDonald &amp; Dodds.<\/p>\n<h2>Angela Griffin as Tori<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348111\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-4-3e294a6.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Tori\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Tori?\u00a0<\/strong>Tori is a care assistant at Bright Sky who cares deeply for the residents and isn\u2019t as by the book as her manager Tim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Angela Griffin before?\u00a0<\/strong>Angela Griffin is best known for playing Fiona Middleton on Coronation Street and Jasmine Hopkins in Holby City. She\u2019s since appeared in Cutting It, Waterloo Road, Postman Pat, Lewis, Midsomer Murders, Harlots, Turn Up Charlie and more recently, White Lines.<\/p>\n<h2>Lesley Sharp as Gaynor<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348129\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-2-2-43df3f2.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Gaynor\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Gaynor?\u00a0<\/strong>Gaynor is Sarah\u2019s mum, who loves her daughter but doesn\u2019t defend her from Bob, her overbearing husband.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Lesley Sharp before?\u00a0<\/strong>Lesley Sharp is best known for appearing in The Full Monty, Rita, Clocking Off, Bob &amp; Rose and Vera Drake. She starred as Janet Scott in ITV\u2019s Scott &amp; Bailey, and more recently Three Girls, Fate: The Winx Saga and Channel 4 drama Before We Die.<\/p>\n<h2>Andrew Schofield as Bob<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348128\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-2-255d7ac.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Andrew\" title=\"&quot;Helphelp-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Bob?\u00a0<\/strong>Bob is Sarah\u2019s father, the alpha male of the Berner family. Due to chronic back problems, the working class Liverpudlian has been out of work and has been particularly harsh to Sarah since she was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Andrew Schofield before?\u00a0<\/strong>Andrew Schofield is best known for starring as the Narrator in the original production of Willy Russell\u2019s Blood Brothers and has since appeared in Scully, Coronation Street, Maisie Raine, Sharpe, Murphy\u2019s Law and Liverpool Nativity.<\/p>\n<h2>Arthur Hughes as Tim<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348108\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-5-652a131.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Tim\" title=\"&quot;Helphelp-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Tim?\u00a0<\/strong>Tim is a senior care assistant at Bright Sky.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Arthur Hughes before?\u00a0<\/strong>Arthur Hughes has appeared in The Innocents and voiced Ruairi Donovan in BBC Radio 4\u2019s The Archers.<\/p>\n<h2>Steve Garti as Kenny<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348112\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-3-85a9e21.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Kenny\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Kenny?\u00a0<\/strong>Kenny is a Liverpudlian resident at Bright Sky in his 70s. He\u2019s best friends with Tony and is often visited by his son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Steve Garti before?\u00a0<\/strong>Steve Garti has appeared in The Pursuit of Love, Brassic, Ackley Bridge, Informer, Scott &amp; Bailey, In the Flesh, Coronation Street, Heartbeat and Emmerdale.<\/p>\n<h2>David Hayman as Hercules<\/h2>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" style=\"padding-bottom:\"> <img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1348107\" align=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2021\/09\/71738_1_S1_Ep1_Help-7-99967bd.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;Hercules\" title=\"&quot;help-channel-4-cast-jodie-comer-stephen-graham&quot;\" \/><\/div> <div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"> <span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>Channel 4<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Who is Hercules?\u00a0<\/strong>Hercules is an older man living at Bright Sky with dementia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen David Hayman before?\u00a0<\/strong>David Hayman has appeared in Trial &amp; Retribution, Taboo, The Nest, New Tricks and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.<\/p>\n<h2>Ellis Howard as Robbie<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Who is Robbie?\u00a0<\/strong>Robbie is Sarah\u2019s rude, entitled younger brother.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where have I seen Ellis Howard before?\u00a0<\/strong>Howard appeared in Sky Arts\u2019 Romeo &amp; Juliet and Catherine the Great.<\/p>\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\"><strong>Help airs on Thursday 16th September at 9pm on Channel 4. 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