Sally Bretton

Acting

Sally Bretton

Born April 23, 1980 · Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom (age 46)

Sally Davis, known professionally as Sally Bretton, is an English actress. She is best known for appearing as Lucy Adams in the long-running BBC television sitcom Not Going Out since 2007, and as Martha Lloyd in the BBC1 crime drama Death in Paradise between 2016 and 2017, a role she reprised in the spin-off Beyond Paradise in 2023.

Known For

OutlawOutlaw · 2007
Outlaw
5.42007
MovieActionCrime
A group of people who feel betrayed by their government and let down by their police force form a modern-day outlaw posse in order to right what they see as the wrongs of society.
Green Wing SpecialGreen Wing Special · 2007
Green Wing Special
10.02007
MovieComedyDrama
Feature length special doubling as the finale of the show. Alan and Joanna are on the run after a crime spree and the HR staff begin to riot. Meanwhile Caroline overhears Mac telling Guy his tragic news, and begins to think about whether she made the right decision with her love life.
Open WideOpen Wide · 2005
Open Wide
2005
Movie
A drama teacher starts work in a notorious prison with a classroom of hardened criminals and comes into conflict with the prison dentist after becoming romantically involved with the wrong woman
An Ideal HusbandAn Ideal Husband · 2018
An Ideal Husband
7.52018
MovieComedy
In An Ideal Husband, an ambitious government minister, Sir Robert Chiltern, is on an assured smooth ascent to the top. Until Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning proof of his previous financial chicanery, that is.
Goodbye Charlie BrightGoodbye Charlie Bright · 2001
Goodbye Charlie Bright
5.92001
MovieDrama
Following Charlie Bright and his friends over one hot summer on the South London housing estate where they live. With Tommy about to join the army and Francis having fallen in love, friendships and loyalties are tested as the friends drift in their own directions.
PeachesPeaches · 2000
Peaches
9.02000
MovieComedy
Frank leaves college and faces a Summer of discontent.
Can You Hear Me Thinking?Can You Hear Me Thinking? · 1990
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
8.51990
MovieDramaTV Movie
Real life husband and wife Judi Dench and Michael Williams star in this Screen One film as the parents of teenage boy diagnosed with schizophrenia
Sean Lock: Rogue LandlordSean Lock: Rogue Landlord · 2011
Sean Lock: Rogue Landlord
2011
Movie
A host of British actors and comedians have teamed up with Shelter to help spread the word about our campaign. Sean Lock, Mike Fielding, Oliver Chris and Sally Bretton star in a short film about the danger posed by rogue landlords. Despite the amusing script and characters, the horrifying conditions shown in the film are the sad reality for thousands of people in this country.

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SunburnSunburn · 1999
Sunburn
4.81999
SeriesComedyDrama
Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of holiday reps after watching the docusoap Holiday Reps. Bullen wrote most of the first series but scaled back his involvement in the second; most of that series' episodes were written by Lizzie Mickery and Sally Wainwright.

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