▁only ▁a ▁small ▁number ▁of ▁cast ▁members ▁appearing ▁throughout ▁the ▁series ' ▁run . ▁The ▁only ▁three ▁cast ▁members ▁to ▁appear ▁in ▁every ▁series ▁were ▁Caroline ▁Lee - John son , ▁Tre vor ▁By field ▁and ▁Steve ▁T ouss aint . ▁The ▁series ▁also ▁adopted ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁different ▁formats : ▁while ▁the ▁early ▁series ▁inter sp ers ed ▁various ▁story lines ▁and ▁had ▁running ▁plots ▁across ▁the ▁series ; ▁later ▁series ▁adopted ▁a ▁multi - part ▁format ▁resulting ▁in ▁two ▁or ▁three ▁cases ▁per ▁series ; ▁while ▁the ▁final ▁series ▁adopted ▁a ▁stand - alone ▁week ▁by - week ▁format . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁ax ed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁following ▁poor ▁view ing ▁figures ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁series . ▁This ▁was ▁bl amed ▁on ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁several ▁main ▁cast ▁members , ▁a ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁format ▁and ▁the ▁overall ▁look ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁which ▁changed ▁dram atically ▁following ▁an ▁over ha ul ▁by ▁I TV ▁execut ives ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁Cast ▁ ▁Main ▁cast ▁ ▁Gu est ▁cast ▁ ▁Anthony ▁Valent ine ▁as ▁George ▁Web ster ▁( Series ▁ 1 — 2 ) ▁ ▁Ian ▁Bur field ▁as ▁Tommy ▁Mad dern ▁( Series ▁ 1 — 2 ) ▁ ▁Oliver ▁Tob ias ▁as ▁All an ▁De ▁Mont fort ▁( Series ▁ 2 ) ▁ ▁Alan ▁G ear ▁as ▁Swedish ▁Sea ▁Captain ▁( Series ▁ 2 - 3 ) ▁ ▁John ▁V ine ▁as ▁Jeff rey ▁Fa ul ds ▁( Series ▁ 2