Age: 72
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John Sparkes (born 6 January 1954) is a Welsh comedian and actor. He portrayed Barry Welsh, presenter of the HTV Wales series Barry Welsh Is Coming. He has also had major roles in Naked Video, Absolutely, Fireman Sam, Shaun the Sheep, and Jeff Global's Global Probe, and is the narrator of the children's television show Peppa Pig.
He inherited his family's estate, his family's debts, and his family's very specific curse. The solicitor who handled the estate had known about all three for forty years. Edward Ashworth, 34, returns to his family's decaying Victorian estate in Yorkshire after a decade in London following his estrangement from his father. His father has died, leaving him the estate, its substantial debts, and a solicitor who has been managing the estate's affairs with unusual independence. As Edward begins to investigate the family finances, he discovers layers of concealment stretching back generations — and a specific room in the east wing that every Ashworth since 1847 has kept locked. The series is a Gothic mystery drama with psychological thriller elements, set between the present and extended flashbacks to the Victorian Ashworths who created whatever is being concealed. Season 1 — The Return Edward in Yorkshire. The estate's condition. The solicitor's management. The locked room. Season 2 — The Victorian Ashworths Extended flashback season. What happened in 1847. The decisions that locked the room. Season 3 — The Opening The room opened. The truth confronted. What Edward does with it.
