diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesImageProvider.cs
index 38251a5c0b..b4b950be1e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesImageProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesImageProvider.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.TheTVDB
                     VoteCount = image.RatingsInfo.Count,
                     Url = TVUtils.BannerUrl + image.FileName,
                     ProviderName = Name,
-                    Language = languages.FirstOrDefault(l => l.Id == image.LanguageId)?.Abbreviation,
+                    Language = languages.FirstOrDefault(lang => lang.Id == image.LanguageId)?.Abbreviation,
                     ThumbnailUrl = TVUtils.BannerUrl + image.Thumbnail
                 };
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesProvider.cs
index 6b124c96d9..342591da0f 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TheTVDB/TvdbSeriesProvider.cs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.TheTVDB
         /// <summary>
         /// The spacers
         /// </summary>
-        const string spacers = "/,.:;\\(){}[]+-_=–*";  // (there are not actually two - in the they are different char codes)
+        const string spacers = "/,.:;\\(){}[]+-_=–*";  // (there are two types of dashes, short and long)
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets the name of the comparable.
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.TheTVDB
             var sb = new StringBuilder();
             foreach (var c in name)
             {
-                if ((int)c >= 0x2B0 && (int)c <= 0x0333)
+                if (c >= 0x2B0 && c <= 0x0333)
                 {
                     // skip char modifier and diacritics
                 }
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV.TheTVDB
                     Type = PersonType.Actor,
                     Name = (actor.Name ?? string.Empty).Trim(),
                     Role = actor.Role,
-                    ImageUrl = actor.Image,
+                    ImageUrl = TVUtils.BannerUrl + actor.Image,
                     SortOrder = actor.SortOrder
                 };