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Cutting It star Ben Daniels swaps scissors for department store drama The Paradise

 

Robert de
Friday 24 May 2013 04:00 EDT
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Daniel Evans has been cast in The Paradise
Daniel Evans has been cast in The Paradise (Getty Images)

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Cutting It star Ben Daniels is joining the department store costume drama The Paradise for its new series.

The actor will play former soldier Tom Weston - the new husband of Katherine Glendenning, played by Elaine Cassidy.

The second series of the BBC1 show, inspired by a novel by French writer Emile Zola, begins a year after the events of the first series and sees the return of cast members including Joanna Vanderham, who plays Denise Lovett.

Daniels said: "I'm a huge Emile Zola fan and when Bill Gallagher said he was writing a new character for The Paradise and had me in mind for the role I knew I wanted to play Tom Weston before I'd even read a word of the script.

"Tom's a fascinating animal and will certainly be ruffling a few feathers (and silks!) along the way. I'm really looking forward to the next few months of filming."

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