Tom Goodman-Hill, who plays Miss Mardle’s clandestine lover, won’t forget the day he was offered the role of Mr Grove. ‘Believe it or not,’ says Tom, ‘I was standing in Selfridges. I’d been told three weeks previously that I hadn’t got the job. It’s why I’d decided to go on holiday with my girlfriend. She needed a bikini so we went to Oxford Street. I was next to the All Saints franchise when my mobile rang. I’d got the part; please could I attend the first read-through next Thursday?’ In the event, he was told he could miss that as long as he was there by the second day of rehearsals. ‘So I flew back from Thailand and went straight into work the day I landed. Incredible. And it was a six-month job.’

Mr Grove in Mr Selfridge TV Period drama was played by the actor Tom Goodman-Hill - photo ITV

Tom Goodman-Hill was born in 1968 in Enfield, Middlesex, England as Tom Hill. He is an actor, known for The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Ideal (2005) and Charlotte Gray (2001). Born in Enfield but raised in Newcastle-on-Tyne, he qualified as a teacher before turning to acting. He was nominated for an Olivier Award for playing Sir Lancelot in the Monty Python musical SPAMalot, in London's Palace Theatre. [May 2007]

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Mr Grove from TV period drama Mr Selfridge actor Tom Goodham-hill - photo ITV