Ben Castle-Gibb is currently appearing in new BBC detective series The Hairdresser Mysteries. He is playing eager young village copper PC Adam Watson, who falls head-over-heels for salon assistant Clary Coombs, played by Coronation Street's Charlotte Jordan.
Where you've seen Ben Castle-Gibb before
Ben is best known for playing Toby in hit Netflix series You, Kane in Hollyoaks, Hotspurn in The Witcher, and House of the Dragon. The actor recently played Alex in star-studded movie The Moment, which featured Charli XCX, Alexander Skarsgård and Kylie Jenner.
About The Hairdresser Mysteries
The Jim Cartwright written show sees Lily Petal, played by Sally Phillips, a modern-day hairdresser with an all-consuming love for everything 1970s, leave behind her high-profile career in a trendy London salon for the charm of a small shop in a sleepy northern market town. However, Lily's quiet life is short-lived when murders begin happening right on her doorstep as she's forced to turn amateur detective with her brilliant assistant Clary. The duo are also joined by the town's local gossip Wincey and eager Police Constable Adam in their neverending investigations.
The new six-part series arrived in full on BBC iPlayer last week with episodes also available to watch weekly on Fridays at 2pm on BBC One.
Ben Castle-Gibb on his role
Talking about joining the show earlier this year, Ben said of what drew him to the project and role: "Adam is full of heart and ambition, which I immediately connected with. It’s that ambition and eagerness that leads him to miss some of these clues in the cases. He wants to do things by the book, and that causes him to overlook what Lily and Clary pick up."
Jim Cartwright was also a huge reason for me. He was someone whose work I read before I went to drama school, and I love this colourful world he’s created. There’s a beautiful contrast between the coldness of what are at times quite shocking crimes with the beautiful colour and variation that the residents of Blossom Vale exhibit. Every character has a real truth ingrained into them, and that’s the key to striking that balance.
