'Return a list of Person objects, from the string s; items
are assumed to be separated by the sep string.'

def _getPersons(self, s, sep='<br/>'):

    names = s.split(sep)
    pl = []
    plappend = pl.append
    counter = 1
    for name in names:
        pid = re_imdbID.findall(name)
        if (not pid):
            continue
        characters = _getTagsWith(name, 'class="char"', toClosure=True, maxRes=1)
        chpids = []
        if characters:
            for ch in characters[0].split('    /    '):
                chid = re_imdbID.findall(ch)
                if (not chid):
                    chpids.append(None)
                else:
                    chpids.append(chid[(-1)])
        if (not chpids):
            chpids = None
        elif (len(chpids) == 1):
            chpids = chpids[0]
        name = _unHtml(name)
        gt_indx = name.find('>')
        if (gt_indx != (-1)):
            name = name[(gt_indx + 1):].lstrip()
        if (not name):
            continue
        if name.endswith('...'):
            name = name[:(-3)]
        p = build_person(name, personID=str(pid[0]), billingPos=counter, modFunct=self._defModFunct, roleID=chpids, accessSystem=self.accessSystem)
        plappend(p)
        counter += 1
    return pl
