Ben Miles trained at the Guildhall: ?None of my immediate family were in the theatre, although my aunt was a dancer at the Palladium until she met her diplomat husband. On my mother?s side there was some connection with the Welsh circus way back.? Since appearing in the second series of COUPLING, Ben played the part of Fay Ripley?s boyfriend in the third series of COLD FEET and had a major role in the THE FORSYTE SAGA.