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Have Your Cake
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Have Your Cake
25 Jan - 29 Feb
Fridays 2.15pm
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Have Your Cake: Unusual Christening Cake - Link to Flickr
Have Your Cake is a delicious culinary drama created by Nicola Baldwin. Join Maggie (Lesley Sharp) and friends as they meet to bake and celebrate special occasions in their lives.
Image: Louis Milner
Every Friday afternoon Maggie and her friends - modern, witty, perfectionist, confused, brave, afraid - put the rest of their lives on hold to bake cakes. Not ordinary baking but spectacular, remarkable, unique, cakes - to celebrate special occasions in their lives.

To celebrate the series, why not add photos of your baking triumphs to the Have Your Cake Club group on flickr? Find out how.
6/6. Unusual Christening Cake

By Nicola Baldwin

The cake club is preparing for the christening of Chrissie's baby, but both Tess and Maggie are struggling with secrets that could change everything.

Maggie ...... Lesley Sharp
Tess ...... Tamsin Greig
Ray ...... Neil Dudgeon
Sabina ...... Nisha Nayar
Nicky ...... Matthew Dunster
Janice ...... Sheila Hancock
Chrissie ...... Stephanie Leonidas
Leanne ...... Loo Brealey
Matty ...... Joe Prospero

Producer Steven Canny. 
    Information and Cast List
    Lesley Sharp has many high profile TV credits to her name including the popular drama series Afterlife and Bob and Rose. She has starred in a number of feature films including the award-winning Vera Drake, From Hell and The Full Monty.
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    Sheila Hancock most recently received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Fraulein Schneider in the West End revival of Cabaret (for which she won an Olivier). She was Bafta nominated for her role in the TV drama series Bedtime. Other notable credits include the recent BBC adaptation of Bleak House, Feather Boy and Kavanagh QC.
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    Neil Dudgeon’s credits span film, theatre and television. Most recently he starred in the TV drama series Sorted and Roman’s Empire. Other notable credits include Jimmy McGovern’s The Street, Messiah and Between The Lines.
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    Stage and screen actor Tamsin Greig won Best Comedy Performance for her work on Green Wing. Other notable roles include Fran in Black Books, Alice Chenery in the comedy drama Love Soup and Debbie in The Archers. In 2007 she won an Oliver for her portrayal of Beatrice in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of Much Ado About Nothing.
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    Nisha Nayar has appeared in many TV series, with leading roles in Rose and Maloney, The Story of Tracy Beaker and the BBC adaptation of The Buddha of Suburbia. Her film credits include Bhaji On The Beach.
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    Leena Dhingra’s TV credits include the popular drama series, Cutting It and Grease Monkeys. She has starred in a number of feature films including Bend It Like Beckham and East is East.
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    Notable credits for stage and screen actor Stephanie Leonidas include Mina in the recent BBC adaptation of Dracula and the starring role in the Neil Gaiman film MirrorMask. Her stage credits include The Sugar Syndrome at the Royal Court.
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    Matthew Dunster is best known as a stage actor. He’s appeared in many critically acclaimed productions including Harvest and Toast at the Royal Court and The Permanent Way by David Hare at the Royal National Theatre. His TV credits include Vincent and Silent Witness. Matthew Dunster is also an Associate Director of The Young Vic.
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    Loo Brealey’s many TV credits include Casualty in which she played student nurse, Roxy Bird and the award-winning BBC dramatisation of Bleak House. She is soon to appear as Sonya in Peter Hall’s production of Uncle Vanya.
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    Notable credits for stage and screen actor Stephen Hogan includeThe Tudors and the BBC TV adaptation of The Line of Beauty. Recent stage credits include The Importance of Being Earnest at The Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Playboy of The Western World at the Liverpool Playhouse.
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    Joe Prospero appeared as Jack Llewelyn Davies in the hugely popular film Finding Neverland. His TV credits include My Dad’s The Prime Minister and My Uncle Silas.
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