who plays paul blart?
Kevin James
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 Guest appearances in the first series are made by Richard Wilson ( as Peter 's old university tutor in episode four ) , Robert Bathurst ( as a cross @-@ dressing husband in episode five ) , Lynsey De Paul as Sheila Larsen , who drowns in her own swimming pool , Joss Ackland ( as an Auschwitz survivor in episode six ) , and Rory Bremner ( as a vicar , also in episode six ) . Bremner , known more for satire than acting , has joked that he played the vicar " as " Michael Howard and Rowan Williams and that his character 's name was " Jane " , due to an error in the script . Wilson returned for the second series , which also includes roles by Lucy Benjamin and Richard Briers , and Diana Quick . Local residents appear as background extras and in crowd scenes . Guest stars confirmed for the third series include Pippa Haywood , James and Oliver Phelps , June Whitfield , Peter Sallis , Colin Baker , Sandi Toksvig , Jack Dee , Miriam Margolyes , Adrian Scarborough , Sophie Winkleman , Anna Massey and Jaye Griffiths . 

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 Moffat remains a writer for Hartswood Films even after his appointment as show @-@ runner for Doctor Who . During their journeys from London to Cardiff for Doctor Who , Moffat and Mark Gatiss conceived a contemporary update of Sherlock Holmes , called Sherlock . Benedict Cumberbatch was cast as Holmes , with Martin Freeman as Dr Watson . A 60 @-@ minute pilot , written by Moffat , was filmed in January 2009 . The pilot was not broadcast , but three 90 @-@ minute episodes were commissioned . Moffat wrote the first of these , " A Study in Pink " , which was broadcast on 25 July 2010 on BBC One and BBC HD . A second series was broadcast in January 2012 , for which Moffat wrote the episode " A Scandal in Belgravia " , with a third following in January 2014 . 

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 A second series of six episodes was commissioned and began airing in January 2010 . Adrian Hodges returned to oversee the project , and Julie Graham , Paterson Joseph , Zoe Tapper , Philip Rhys , Robyn Addison , Chahak Patel , and Max Beesley returned to their roles for the next series . 

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 Guest appearances included Phil Davis as Jefferson Hope , Paul Chequer as DI Dimmock , Zoe Telford as Sarah , Gemma Chan as Soo Lin Yao , John Sessions as Kenny Prince , Haydn Gwynne as Miss Wenceslas , Deborah Moore as one of Moriarty 's victims and Peter Davison as the voice @-@ over in the planetarium . Series two 's " A Scandal in Belgravia " featured Lara Pulver as Irene Adler , while " The Hounds of Baskerville " featured Russell Tovey as Henry Knight . In the final episode of series 2 , the role of Rufus Bruhl was played by Edward Holtom , while Katherine Parkinson played journalist Kitty Riley . The first episode of series 3 featured Derren Brown . 

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 Dave Goelz and David Barclay as Sir Didymus 
