The Judas Tree (Jonathan Creek) Jonathan Creek, Sheridan Smith as his crime-solving partner Joey Ross and Stuart Milligan as his boss, magician Adam Klaus. Doreen Mantle guest-stars as Mrs Gantry, in a role created specially for her by Renwick, with whom she worked on his BBC comedy series "One Foot in the Grave". Paul McGann plays Hugo Dore, and Sasha Behar appears as his wife Harriet. Behar had auditioned for and been offered a role in the series before, but ultimately turned it down in favour of playing Maya Sharma in the ITV soap opera "Coronation Street". In 2009, the BBC came under criticism for
Doreen Sloane Doreen Sloane Doreen Sloane (24 February 1934 in Birkenhead – 8 April 1990 in Liverpool) was an English actress, best known for playing Annabelle Collins, one of the original characters in the soap opera "Brookside" on Channel 4. She trained at the Elliott Clarke Theatre School in Liverpool and appeared in repertory theatres before being cast in the first of four roles in "Coronation Street". Sloane also appeared in the films "Yanks" and "Chariots of Fire". Other TV appearances include "Nearest and Dearest", "Last of the Summer Wine" and "How We Used To Live" and in the soap operas "Coronation