Alison Steadman in the late Mike Stott's "My Mad Grandad" on BBC Radio 4. In Manchester in 1972, shooting his television film "Hard Labour", director Mike Leigh drove over to Liverpool to see Ted Whitehead's play "The Foursome", (Steadman was in the Liverpool Everyman cast). He asked Steadman to be in his film. "During the preparation of the film, Mike and Alison, as they both say, 'got together.'" They married in 1973 and had two sons, Toby (b. February 1978) and Leo (b. August 1981). The couple separated in 1995 and divorced in 2001. Steadman's present partner is Michael Elwyn;the couple live
Edward Hall (director) directed the 2012 two-part TV miniseries "Restless". Hall took over as Artistic Director of Hampstead Theatre in February 2010. Hall is the son of the theatre director Sir Peter Hall and his second wife, Jacqueline Taylor. He is half-brother of actress Rebecca Hall. Hall studied at Leeds University and Mountview Theatre School. He is married to Issy van Randwyck, a British comedian and actress, with whom he has two daughters. Edward Hall (director) Edward Hall (born 27 November 1966) is an English theatre and film director who founded Propeller Shakespeare in 1998 of which he is Artistic Director. He also