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CBeebies Bedtime Stories

2009

Join a host of different celebrities for a different story read each night just before bedtime.

Philip Glenister

Philip Haywood Glenister is an English actor, known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in British television series Life On Mars and its sequel Ashes To Ashes. He also played DCI William Bell in State of Play (2003) and Reverend Anderson in Outcast (2016–2018). Glenister was born on 10 February 1963 in Harrow, Middlesex, and grew up in Hatch End. He is the son of director John Glenister and Joan Fry Lewis, and the younger brother of fellow actor Robert Glenister. He attended Hatch End High School. In his early career, he worked as a runner for the Robert Stigwood Organisation. Following this, he worked until the age of 23 as a film publicist, but developed an interest in acting after watching his brother perform in a student play about the Sex Pistols. With the encouragement of his then-sister-in-law, Amanda Redman, he pursued acting and attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. In the early 1990s, Glenister appeared in various TV series including Minder, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Heartbeat, The Chief, Dressing for Breakfast and Silent Witness. In 1997, he appeared in Sharpe's Justice as Richard Sharpe's half-brother Matt Truman. He played William Dobbin in the 1998 mini-series Vanity Fair. From 1998 to 1999, Glenister co-starred as a mini-cab driver who aspires to be a rock star in the series Roger Roger. He also played factory boss Mack Mackintosh in the first three series of Clocking Off from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, he appeared in two of the Hornblower TV films as Horatio's antagonist Gunner Hobbs. Glenister played the photographer who took nude photos for a Women's Institute fundraising calendar in the 2003 feature film Calendar Girls. Also in 2003, he appeared in the mini-series State of Play. Glenister played the German commandant, Baron Heinrich von Rheingarten, in the 2004 mini-series Island at War about the Occupation of the Channel Islands during World War II. In April 2006, Glenister read the Bedtime Story for the BBC's children's channel, CBeebies. He returned to the slot in February/March 2007. Glenister played social reformer and estate manager Mr Carter in the 2007 BBC costume drama Cranford, as part of a cast including Judi Dench and Francesca Annis. Glenister is probably best known for his role as DCI Gene Hunt in Life on Mars (2006–07), co-starring with John Simm as Sam Tyler, and its sequel Ashes to Ashes (2008–10), with Keeley Hawes as Alex Drake. Glenister also worked with Simm on State of Play and Clocking Off and the 2008 crime film Tuesday. Upon announcement of the film, Glenister joked that he and Simm were contractually obliged to work with each other once a year. Glenister starred as demon hunter Rupert Galvin in the 2009 ITV drama Demons. He used an American accent for the role, which received some criticism from reviewers. After the series was cancelled, he said he had problems with the role and felt that he may have been miscast. In 2010, Glenister had a small role (credited as 'Poker Friend') in Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, and he played Charles Forestier in a 2011 feature film of Guy de Maupassant's Bel Ami. He starred in the 2011 conspiracy thriller Hidden on BBC One.

Richard David-Caine

Richard David-Caine is an English actor, writer and voiceover artist. He plays the character of Line in the CBeebies series Swashbuckle. He is also part of the key ensembles in the BBC comedies Horrible Histories and Class Dismissed; for the latter he was nominated in the 2017 and 2019 RTS Awards for Best Performance in a Comedy.

Akiya Henry

Akiya Henry (born 1 January 1970) is a British actress who provided voices in Big World! Big Adventures! Voices. UK/US. She voiced Amma in the animated CBeebies series Bing, and Lil Sue in The Rubbish World of Dave Spud. She is also known for The Cunning (2022), Royal Shakespeare Company: Much Ado About Nothing (2022) and Bing (2014).

Chris McCausland

Cast · Known for Would I Lie to You?

Christopher John McCausland is a British stand-up comedian and actor, known to TV audiences for his role as Rudi in the Cbeebies show Me Too! He regularly appears at comedy venues around the UK, including The Comedy Store. In 2024, he won the twenty-second series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing. McCausland is blind due to retinitis pigmentosa.

Susan Jameson

Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941) is an English actress. She's best known for three roles: portraying Esther Lane in the BBC crime drama series New Tricks between 2003 and 2013, voicing Mrs Wibbsey opposite the Fourth Doctor Tom Baker in a series of Doctor Who audio dramas., and portraying Great Aunt Loretta in the CBeebies show Grandpa in My Pocket. She's married to fellow actor James Bolam, with whom she has appeared in numerous episodes of various television series, including The Likely Lads, New Tricks, Heartbeat (playing three different characters), When The Boat Comes In and Grandpa in My Pocket.

Ryan Dillon

Cast · Known for Sesame Street

Ryan Dillon (born May 25, 1988) is an American puppeteer who has played Elmo since 2013, replacing Kevin Clash. Dillon had previously worked as an ensemble muppeteer for the Jim Henson Company since 2005. He also played Cooper and Paul Ball, for the interactive series Sesame Street TV for Xbox Kinect, and appeared on all four seasons of the new CBeebies and co-production of Sesame Street, The Furchester Hotel, as Elmo.

Rosie Day

Rosie Day (born March 6 1995) is a British actress. She is known for playing Angel in Paul Hyett's feature film The Seasoning House for which she received great reviews. She is also known for playing Millie Bartham in ITV'S Homefront. She also played Nicolette in ITV's Bernard's Watch and Bernard. She provides the voice of Laura Large in the successful CBeebies show The Large Family. She was also seen playing Tess Elliot in ITV's medical drama: Harley Street playing the daughter of Suranne Jones. She played Naomi in box office hit 'Spur of the Moment' written by award winning playwright Anya Reiss at the Royal Court Theatre in London's West End. In 2012 she made her feature film debut in horror thriller "The Seasoning House" in the lead role of Angel, alongside Sean Pertwee, due for release in early 2013, with CineVue stating:'Equally clear, is that 18-year-old Rosie Day has a long screen career ahead of her, as she effortlessly carries the entire film on her slight shoulders' Rosie was chosen as one of Screen Internationals Stars of Tomorrow 2013. She is associated with the production company, Just John Films.