The series begins with the police looking into the mysterious death before interrogating chief operating officer Sam (Peake), who takes them through the last few months, starting with the arrival of newly-hired HR Director Maya (Rakhee Thakrar).<\/p>\n
Featuring a stellar cast, including Alison Steadman, Susan Wokoma, Callie Cook and Ben Batt, the four-part thriller is the gripping TV debut of writer Ruth Fowler \u2013 however, Peake has revealed that she thinks it\u2019s \u201cdefinitely a one-season<\/a>\u201d show.<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the cast of Rules of the Game and where you\u2019ve seen them before.<\/p> Who is Sam?\u00a0<\/strong>Sam is the chief operating officer of Fly, a sportwear company owned and run by the Jenkins family. Ambitious and ruthless, Sam doesn\u2019t mind playing along with the boys if it means she gets to the top.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Maxine Peake before?\u00a0<\/strong>Maxine Peake is best known for starring in dinnerladies, Shameless, Little Dorrit, Silk, The Village and Three Girls. She\u2019s also appeared in Black Mirror, The Bisexual, Inside No. 9, Talking Heads, Mandy and most recently Anne. As for her film career, Peake has taken on roles in The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister, Private Peaceful, The Theory of Everything, Funny Cow and Peterloo.<\/p>\n Who is Maya?\u00a0<\/strong>Maya is the new HR director at Fly, who moves to Manchester from London. She\u2019s a problem solver and a vegan who loves her cat Audrey and her job, but has a past she\u2019s trying to run from.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Rakhee Thakrar before?\u00a0<\/strong>Rakhee Thakrar began her acting career by taking on roles in Holby City, Doctors and EastEnders as Shabnam Masood, before joining the cast of Netflix\u2019s Sex Education as Emily Sands. Thakrar has also appeared in Mindy Kaling\u2019s romcom series Four Weddings and a Funeral, Criminal: UK and The Girl Before.<\/p>\n Who is Eve Preston?\u00a0<\/strong>Eve is a detective inspector who begins questioning Sam over the death of someone at Fly\u2019s headquarters.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Susan Wokoma before?\u00a0<\/strong>Wokoma is best known for her roles in Misfits, Chewing Gum, Crashing, Crazyhead, Porters, Year of the Rabbit, Enola Holmes and Truth Seekers.<\/p>\n Who is Gareth Jenkins?\u00a0<\/strong>Gareth is one of the heads of Fly Dynamic, running the company with his brother Owen. He\u2019s married to Carys, with whom he has one daughter.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Kieran Bew before?\u00a0<\/strong>Bew has appeared in Da Vinci\u2019s Demons, The Street, Alien vs. Predator, Doctor Who, Cold Feet, Liar, Warrior and The Bill.<\/p>\n Who is Owen Jenkins?\u00a0<\/strong>Owen runs Fly Dynamic with his brother Gareth, but has taken the lead with floating Fly Dynamic on the stock exchange. He is married to the glamorous Vanessa and the pair have a son.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Ben Batt before?\u00a0<\/strong>Ben Batt is best known for playing Joe Pritchard in Shameless, DC Kevin Lumb in Scott & Bailey as well as his roles in The Village, Sirens, Captain America: The First Avenger, Death in Paradise and Casualty. He has also appeared in W1A, Our Girl, The English Game and Vera.<\/p>\n Who is Tess Jones?\u00a0<\/strong>Tess is an employee at Fly Dynamic, who joined the company when she was 16. When Maya asks her about several instances at work, she begins to learn exactly why Tess has a drinking problem.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Callie Cooke before?\u00a0<\/strong>Cooke has appeared in Britannia, Blithe Spirit, Adult Material, The Stranger, Informer, Overshadowed and Strike.<\/p>\n Who is Anita?\u00a0<\/strong>Anita is the matriarch of the Jenkins family who keeps an eye on Fly Dynamic after the death of her husband.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Alison Steadman before?<\/strong> Alison Steadman is an Olivier Award-winning actress who\u2019s best known for her roles in Abigail\u2019s Party, Nuts in May, Fat Friends, Pride and Prejudice, Gavin & Stacey and Orphan Black. More recently, she\u2019s appeared in Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse, Life, The King\u2019s Man and Dad\u2019s Army.<\/p>\n Who is Vanessa Jenkins?\u00a0<\/strong>Vanessa is the high-maintenance wife of Owen Jenkins. Rude and snobbish, Vanessa is obsessed with looking young.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Zoe Tapper before?\u00a0<\/strong>Zoe Tapper has appeared in Foyle\u2019s War, Survivors, Mr Selfridge, The Musketeers, Safe House, Liar, Nightflyers and The One.<\/p>\n Who is Carys Jenkins?\u00a0<\/strong>Carys is the wife of Gareth Jenkins, with whom she has a young daughter. She has noticed Gareth has grown increasingly absent from their marriage and sets out to find out why.<\/p>\n Where have I seen Katherine Pearce before?\u00a0<\/strong>Pearce is best known for playing Lolly on Coronation Street as well as her roles in Girlfriends, Vera, England Is Mine, My Cousins Rachel and Three Girls.<\/p>\n By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 12:00 am Brand new drama Rules of the Game airs on BBC One tonight, with Maxine Peake starring as a company executive who becomes embroiled in the death of someone in the business\u2019 building. The series begins with the police looking into the mysterious death before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":9781,"template":"","categories":[5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/01\/meet-the-cast-of-bbc-ones-rules-of-the-game.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Lauren Morris Published: Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 12:00 am Brand new drama Rules of the Game airs on BBC One tonight, with Maxine Peake starring as a company executive who becomes embroiled in the death of someone in the business\u2019 building. The series begins with the police looking into the mysterious death before…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/9780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Maxine Peake plays Sam<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Rakhee Thakrar plays Maya Benshaw<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Susan Wokoma plays DI Eve Preston<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Kieran Bew plays Gareth Jenkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Ben Batt plays Owen Jenkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Zoe Tapper plays Vanessa Jenkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div> Katherine Pearce plays Carys Jenkins<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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