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Riz Ahmed (born 1 December 1982), also known by his stage name Riz MC and birth name Rizwan Ahmed, is a British Pakistani actor, rapper, and activist. As an actor, he has won one Emmy Award, out of two Emmy nominations, and was also nominated for a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Independent Film Awards.

Tamara Lawrance was born on 15 July 1994 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Silent Twins (2022), Kindred (2020) and Boxing Day (2021).

Nikesh Patel was born on 17 October 1985 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Indian Summers (2015), London Has Fallen (2016) and Halal Daddy (2017).

Keith John Moon was born to working class parents in Wembley, London, England, on the 23rd August, 1946. At the age of 12, he had joined the Sea Cadet Corp and was given his first musical instrument, the bugle. He left school by 15 and was in his first band, The Beachcombers; this was around the summer of 1963. There was rumour that Keith was self-taught, but history says otherwise, he was shown how to play by the late Carlo Little (1938-2005), Carlo was the original drummer in The Rolling Stones and Screaming Lord Sutch's band, The Savages.

By the age of 18, he had joined a local London band, The High Numbers; this was to consist of what is now known as The Who.

With his own unique style of drumming, rolling the sticks along the skins as to banging the typical beat, he was to become extrovertly charismatic in his life as well as his playing. With a desire, a need if you like, to be the centre of attention, this hyperactive, and largely, self destructive, personality became his own worst enemy.

With a flair for theatrical and ridiculous behaviour, he was the centre point and self-publicist for, if they liked it or not, The Who.

In the meantime, he had fathered a daughter, Mandy, to Kim. He may have been the perfect showman, but behind the scenes, he was often a very aggressive man to live around and with. Kim soon left him, taking their young daughter with her.

He started to live the high life in California, with the likes of John Lennon, Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr, Ringo's son, Zak, was his godson, ironically, it was Zak who played with The Who in their later career, during the nineties and beyond.

While in California, he made his only solo album, Two Sides of The Moon, for MCA Records, a 1975 release, with many guest artists. Keith rarely played the drums while away from The Who, he sang on the album, and played the drums on only three of the tracks.

His on-stage aggression, destroying his drum kits while still playing them and wrecking hotel rooms, apart from being an obvious publicity stunt, was fuelled with an over use of drugs and alcohol. This addictive side to his nature flowed into the 70s, playing against the band, his family and friends. His drumming became irregular and unpredictable. He put on weight, so much so as to have him sit in a chair with the backrest toward the camera, to hide his paunch, on the cover of the last The Who album with Keith, the 1978 Who are You.

He died in September 7th, 1978; his death was an accident, by the overuse of the prescribed medicine that was designed to ease him off his drink addiction. He died in the same London apartment as Cass Elliot, from The Mamas and the Papas, who had died there some four years earlier.

Diana Churchill was born on 21 August 1913 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Housemaster (1938) and The History of Mr. Polly (1949). She was married to Mervyn Johns and Barry K. Barnes. She died on 8 October 1994 in Denville Hall, Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK.

Maxine Nightingale was born on 2 November 1952 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She is married to Minoru. They have one child.

Dimeji Ewuoso is a British-Nigerian actor, born in London, England. He is a film, theatre and television actor, known for his roles in A Song From The Dark (2023), Top Boy (2022) and Call The Midwife (2023).

A Song From The Dark has been collecting awards around the world, the most recent wins: Best Director and Best actor at the American Black FIlm Festival in Miami.

Dan Farrell was born on 31 March 1963 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He is an editor and actor, known for First Knight (1995), The English Patient (1996) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).

John Tavener was born on 28 January 1944 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Children of Men (2006), Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) and Savages (2012). He was married to Maryanna Schaefer and Victoria Maragopoulou. He died on 12 November 2013 in Child Okeford, Dorset, England, UK.

Joshua Ogbue was born on 3 April 2001 in Wembley, London, England, UK.

Dave Bassett was born on 4 September 1944 in Wembley, London, England, UK.

Denise O'Donoghue was born on 13 April 1955 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She is a producer and executive, known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988), Who Dares Wins (1983) and The Sleeping Dictionary (2003).

Colin Berry was born on 29 January 1946 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He is married to Sandra. They have two children.

Mary Gillingham was born in 1933 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), Comedy Matinee (1961) and In a Country Churchyard (1979). She was previously married to Giles Phibbs.

Peggy Batchelor was born on 26 November 1916 in Wembley, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Waiting Room (2007), My Hero (2000) and Blackout (2008). She died on 18 July 2020 in Leicester, England, UK.

Rohan Heath was born on 19 July 1964 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He is a composer, known for Urban Cookie Collective: The Key the Secret (1993), Urban Cookie Collective: High on a Happy Vibe (1994) and Urban Cookie Collective: Spend the Day (1995).

Georgie Bryant was born on 13 August 1996 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Chip Shop (2018).

Raymond Gosling was born on 15 July 1926 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He was married to Mary Warren Job. He died on 18 May 2015 in London, England, UK.

Victor Silvester was born on 25 February 1900 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Secret Agent (1964), Wei qing dian dao (1952) and Bright Young Things (2003). He was married to Dorothy Silvester. He died on 14 August 1978 in Le Lavandou, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

Jerry Roberts was born on 18 November 1920 in Wembley, London, England, UK. He was married to Mei Li. He died on 25 March 2014 in Liphook, Hampshire, England, UK.