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* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly in his head, but sometimes in person.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Mostly in his head, but sometimes in person. Jez brings it out of him more than anyone else.



* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Mark]] decides NOT to call off [[spoiler:his engagement to Sophie]] so he can get to live in her grandmother's cottage.

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* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Mark]] decides NOT to call off [[spoiler:his accidental engagement to Sophie]] so he can get to live in her grandmother's cottage.



** ...but perhaps he's really just FeigningIntelligence, as he seems to get caught out whenever he meets a real history buff, like Professor [=MacLeish=] and Jeremy's mother's new boyfriend ("Marr? Don't you find him a little light? I mean, he's good for an overview...")
** Mark is incredibly witty and has a great sense of humour. This is something the viewer is aware of because of the nature of the show, but it doesn't get much attention in-universe until the first episode of Season 6, when Mark's normally hostile colleagues erupt into laughter during his satirical play, and afterwards discuss among themselves how great it was and how [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Mark should be on television]].
** Mark is also quite articulate when he wants to be, effortlessly debunking Ben's take on ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' in defense of Jeremy, and it's shown throughout that he does possess a certain charisma that makes him attractive to women, even if he inevitably ends up ruining it.

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** ...but perhaps he's really just FeigningIntelligence, as he seems to get caught out whenever he meets a real history buff, like Professor [=MacLeish=] and Jeremy's mother's new boyfriend ("Marr? Don't you find him a little light? I mean, he's good for an overview...")
"). Still, his passion is entirely sincere and he is positively gleeful whenever he gets a chance to show it.
** Mark is incredibly witty and has a great sense of humour. This is something the viewer is aware of because of the nature of the show, but it doesn't get much attention in-universe until the first episode of Season 6, when Mark's normally hostile colleagues erupt into laughter during his satirical play, and afterwards discuss among themselves how great it was and how [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall Mark should be on television]]. \n He can also charm women with it as well on occasion.
** Mark is also quite articulate when he wants to be, effortlessly debunking Ben's take on ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' in defense of Jeremy, Jeremy and giving an impressive impromptu best man speech at his green card wedding to Nancy, and it's shown throughout that he does possess a certain charisma that makes him attractive to women, even if he inevitably ends up ruining it.it.
** There are a few occasions when Mark will actually show some backbone and stand up against bullies, not backing down when Jeff crashes Sophie's night in a clear effort to start something and later even standing up to his dad when Dan goes too far and pushes Dobby away. One can only imagine how different his life would be if Mark could be more assertive when it really mattered.



* KavorkaMan: Say what you will, despite his neurotic socially awkward personality, he's able to get with a surprising number of women, such as a Valerie, Sophie, making out with Sally, Dobby, Cathy and April. Deconstructed in that these are often unhealthy relationships and he's never truly happy in the end.

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* KavorkaMan: Say what you will, despite his neurotic socially awkward personality, he's able to get with a surprising number of women, such as a Valerie, Sophie, making out with Sally, Dobby, Cathy and April. Deconstructed in that these are often unhealthy relationships and he's never truly happy in the end. end, ruining it with his own neuroses, selfishness and general screwed up nature.



* NoSocialSkills: One of his defining character traits.

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* NoSocialSkills: One of his defining character traits. He can get by well enough to at least have a good career and some chances at romance but his narration shows that he is completely baffled by most forms of social interaction and is constantly treating every conversation like a battle.



** He also proves to be surprisingly capable at telephone sales, easily making his way to the top of the office sales chart in only a few hours and enjoying the work despite his initial apprehension. He seems genuinely upset when the company goes under and he can't work there anymore.

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** He also proves to be surprisingly capable at telephone sales, easily making his way to the top of the office sales chart in only a few hours and sincerely enjoying the work and office setting despite his initial apprehension. He seems genuinely upset when the company goes under and he can't work there anymore.



* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks of himself as a musical genius and superstar in the making. He isn't, to put it simply.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Thinks of himself as a musical genius and superstar in the making.making as well as a ladies man of epic proportions who can charm anyone he wants to without breaking a sweat. He isn't, to put it simply.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As she explains in her introductory scene, her real name is Debbie, but nobody else in the show ever calls her that.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: As she explains in her introductory scene, her real name is Debbie, but nobody else in the show ever calls her that. You could be forgiven later for not even knowing what her name is.



%%* BrainlessBeauty

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%%* BrainlessBeauty* BrainlessBeauty: She's very attractive but not especially bright.



* ItsAllAboutMe: "You love me and Gail loves me. Shit, everyone loves me!"

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* ItsAllAboutMe: "You love me She's very self-involved, even more so than Jeremy, not seeming to care at all about the damaging effect of her infidelity on Jeremy and Gail loves me. Shit, everyone loves me!"or showing any indication of seeing them as existing for any reason beyond her own pleasure.



* Hypocrite: He insists the family didn't have enough money for Pam to pursue a new career but bought a new car that same year which would have cost even more which Dobby is quick to point out, much to Mark's horror.



* PerpetualFrowner: His default expression is an angry scowl to reflect just what a grumpy, unpleasant arsehole he is.



* CoolOldLady: She's very laid-back and chill, openly discussing sex and becoming fast friends with Super Hans and sharing his ribald sense of humor.



* {{Jerkass}}: She's very self-involved.

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: With Mark, being flighty, self-absorbed and hedonistic while he is...well, Mark but he's at least more down to earth.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's very self-involved. It's very telling when Mark is the more mature one.


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* PetTheDog: She argues hard on Mark's behalf in the custody hearings with Sophie. Granted, it just makes things worse but it's noticeably one of the few times she's ever genuinely tried to help him or anyone else.
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* PointyHairedBoss: Debatable. He's competent and doesn't suffer fools, but he's also highly aggressive and egotistical, willing to throw innocent employees to the wolves to save himself, and Mark not inaccurately describes him as part of a group of, 'literally the worst men in the world'.

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* PointyHairedBoss: Debatable. He's competent and doesn't suffer fools, but he's also highly aggressive and egotistical, aggressive, willing to throw innocent employees to the wolves to save himself, and Mark not inaccurately describes him as part of a group of, 'literally the worst men in the world'.

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* CatchPhrase: "She's the one!".

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* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "She's the one!".



** Mark is also quite articulate when he wants to be, effortlessly debunking Ben's take on ''Literate/WutheringHeights'' in defense of Jeremy, and it's shown throughout that he does possess a certain charisma that makes him attractive to women, even if he inevitably ends up ruining it.

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** Mark is also quite articulate when he wants to be, effortlessly debunking Ben's take on ''Literate/WutheringHeights'' ''Literature/WutheringHeights'' in defense of Jeremy, and it's shown throughout that he does possess a certain charisma that makes him attractive to women, even if he inevitably ends up ruining it.



* ItsAllAboutMe: His entire conduct regarding Sophie [[spoiler: and later Dobby.]]

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* ItsAllAboutMe: His entire conduct regarding Sophie [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and later Dobby.]]



!!Jeremy ‘Jez’ Usborne

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!!Jeremy ‘Jez’ 'Jez' Usborne



-->'''Jez''': Potatoes aren't veg, are they? I mean they kind of are... but not really. I mean tomatoes are fruit but potatoes are like... bread?

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-->'''Jez''': -->'''Jez:''' Potatoes aren't veg, are they? I mean they kind of are... but not really. I mean tomatoes are fruit but potatoes are like... bread?



-->'''Jez''': I'm his one.

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-->'''Jez''': -->'''Jez:''' I'm his one.



* [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Spell My Name With A U]]: He appreciates that Mark got his last name right (it's actually spelled "Usbourne") for his fake certificate.



* WideEyedIdealist
-->'''Mark''': At some point he's going to find out what goes in sausages.

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* WideEyedIdealist
-->'''Mark''':
WideEyedIdealist:
-->'''Mark:'''
At some point he's going to find out what goes in sausages.



---> Look, you've obviously got a lot of serious...stuff going on. And I'm not gonna make it any worse.

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---> Look, -->Look, you've obviously got a lot of serious...stuff going on. And I'm not gonna make it any worse.



* PointyHairedBoss: Debateable. He’s competent and doesn’t suffer fools, but he’s also highly aggressive and egotistical, willing to throw innocent employees to the wolves to save himself, and Mark not inaccurately describes him as part of a group of, ‘literally the worst men in the world’.

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* PointyHairedBoss: Debateable. He’s Debatable. He's competent and doesn’t doesn't suffer fools, but he’s he's also highly aggressive and egotistical, willing to throw innocent employees to the wolves to save himself, and Mark not inaccurately describes him as part of a group of, ‘literally 'literally the worst men in the world’.world'.



* TheSocialDarwinist: Believes the weak should make way for the strong. Reaches borderline-fascistic levels at [[spoiler: Gerrard's]] funeral.

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* TheSocialDarwinist: Believes the weak should make way for the strong. Reaches borderline-fascistic levels at [[spoiler: Gerrard's]] [[spoiler:Gerrard's]] funeral.



* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies of flu in the first episode of Season 8]].

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Dies [[spoiler:Dies of flu in the first episode of Season 8]].



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A friend of Jeremy’s and a musician. He’s a slightly more successful (and psychotic) version of Jeremy, and influences him in a variety of negative ways.

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A friend of Jeremy’s Jeremy's and a musician. He’s He's a slightly more successful (and psychotic) version of Jeremy, and influences him in a variety of negative ways.




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-->'''Jeremy:''' So, I like your barn, Ian.
-->'''Ian:''' It's full of crap no one has any use for. Maybe that's why I feel so at home here. Ha.

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-->'''Jeremy:''' So, I like your barn, Ian. \n-->'''Ian:''' \\
'''Ian:'''
It's full of crap no one has any use for. Maybe that's why I feel so at home here. Ha.




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A kooky, ‘liberated’ small-town American girl who Jeremy falls in love with. She later marries him for visa reasons, and is in general something of a hypocritical free-spirit.

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A kooky, ‘liberated’ 'liberated' small-town American girl who Jeremy falls in love with. She later marries him for visa reasons, and is in general something of a hypocritical free-spirit.



Posh, a little stupid, very attractive and very sweet, Big Suze is Jeremy’s ex-girlfriend. He’s still in love with her, and has an excellent plan to ‘get her high and put my hand up her jumper’.

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Posh, a little stupid, very attractive and very sweet, Big Suze is Jeremy’s Jeremy's ex-girlfriend. He’s He's still in love with her, and has an excellent plan to ‘get 'get her high and put my hand up her jumper’.jumper'.



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* GutturalGrowler: Has an impressively gruff, proper sounding English accent.
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* UltimateJobSecurity: Mark inexplicably doesn't get sacked despite bungling his presentation for Alan Johnson in Season 4. Subverted when Johnson sacks him in Season 9 for gross negligence.
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** Several of Jez's love interests become fond of him as well. Big Suze and he get on well.
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* UndiscriminatingAddict: very heavy polysubstance user.

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* AnythingThatMoves: Jeremy once told Mark that he was aroused by chairs.



* {{Hypocrite}}: Acts like a devout Christian...and is also too kinky for [[AnythingThatMoves Jeremy.]] It's probably in keeping with her own, self-styled religion.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Acts like a devout Christian...and is also too kinky for [[AnythingThatMoves Jeremy.]] Jeremy. It's probably in keeping with her own, self-styled religion.
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!Mark's Family & Associates

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!Mark's Family & Associates
Family



!Sophie's Family & Associates

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!Sophie's Family & Associates
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[[folder:Merry]]
!!Merry
->'''Portrayed By:''' Meredith [=MacNeill=]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Not all there.

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[[folder:Merry]]
!!Merry
[[folder:Big Mad Andy]]
!!Big Mad Andy
->'''Portrayed By:''' Meredith [=MacNeill=]

by:''' Liam Noble

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: AxCrazy: Mainly in his first episode.
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a return in Series 8, having not been seen since his first episode in Series 3.
* SanitySlippage:
Not all there.the most stable guy to begin with, but by the time he returns in Series 8 he's clearly gone even more 'mad' (if less violent).



[[folder:Pedge]]
!!Pedge
->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A

* TheGhost: He's spoken of every so often (usually in reference to a NoodleIncident or some on-going predicament) but he's never actually seen.

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[[folder:Pedge]]
!!Pedge
!Mark's Family & Associates

[[folder:Dan]]
!!Dan Corrigan
->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A

Clive Merrison
Mark's father.

* TheGhost: AbusiveParents: Mark lives in utter terror of him, and for good reason: he's domineering and emotionally abusive to the extreme. Everyone seems to walk on eggshells when he's around.
* BerserkButton: Cauliflower '''is''' traditional!
* FreudianExcuse:
He's spoken a living excuse for Mark's behaviour. It's amazing Mark and Sarah didn't turn out ''worse''.
* HateSink: He's a sullen, sexist bully who treats his family horribly and is just awful to be around in general. He's one
of every so often (usually the few characters on the show to have absolutely no redeeming traits.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much everyone, especially his family who understandably loathe him. He revels
in reference to a NoodleIncident or his poor behaviour.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dan shows
some on-going predicament) but he's never actually seen. misogynistic tendencies; his most despicable moment in his one-episode appearance comes when he tells Mark to put a "muzzle on your woman" when Dobby makes an innocuous statement disagreeing with him.



[[folder:Mr. Patel]]
!!Mr. Patel
->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A

* TheGhost: He's talked about (usually in Mark's POV) but never actually seen.

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[[folder:Mr. Patel]]
!!Mr. Patel
[[folder:Pam]]
!!Pam Corrigan
->'''Portrayed By:''' N/A

* TheGhost: He's talked about (usually in
Lynn Farleigh
Mark's POV) but never actually seen.mother.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Writes sexually explicit plays, gives Mark sexually explicit socks as a Christmas present, and suggests ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' in a round of Charades.



[[folder:Big Mad Andy]]
!!Big Mad Andy
->'''Portrayed by:''' Liam Noble

* AxCrazy: Mainly in his first episode.
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a return in Series 8, having not been seen since his first episode in Series 3.
* SanitySlippage: Not the most stable guy to begin with, but by the time he returns in Series 8 he's clearly gone even more 'mad' (if less violent).

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[[folder:Big Mad Andy]]
!!Big Mad Andy
[[folder:Sarah]]
!!Sarah Corrigan
->'''Portrayed by:''' Liam Noble

By:''' Eliza L. Bennett

Mark's sister who has an on and off again relationship with Jez.
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* AxCrazy: Mainly AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason she gets with Jez.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted - Sarah argues much more forcefully
in Mark's favour over his first episode.
* TheBusCameBack: Makes a return in Series 8, having not been seen since his first episode in Series 3.
* SanitySlippage: Not the most stable guy to begin with, but by the time he returns in Series 8 he's clearly gone
and Sophie's custody battle, even going too far (arguing that Sophie is an unfit mother because she drinks and smokes) in the hopes of getting more 'mad' (if less violent).reasonable demands. All this does is make the discussion more heated than it needs to be.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's very self-involved.
* ParentalFavoritism: Beneficiary of this - gets a holiday and a cashmere jumper for Christmas, while Mark gets some novelty socks and a used paper shredder.



!Mark's Family & Associates

[[folder:Dan]]
!!Dan Corrigan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Clive Merrison
Mark's father.

* AbusiveParents: Mark lives in utter terror of him, and for good reason: he's domineering and emotionally abusive to the extreme. Everyone seems to walk on eggshells when he's around.
* BerserkButton: Cauliflower '''is''' traditional!
* FreudianExcuse: He's a living excuse for Mark's behaviour. It's amazing Mark and Sarah didn't turn out ''worse''.
* HateSink: He's a sullen, sexist bully who treats his family horribly and is just awful to be around in general. He's one of the few characters on the show to have absolutely no redeeming traits.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much everyone, especially his family who understandably loathe him. He revels in his poor behaviour.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dan shows some misogynistic tendencies; his most despicable moment in his one-episode appearance comes when he tells Mark to put a "muzzle on your woman" when Dobby makes an innocuous statement disagreeing with him.

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!Mark's !Sophie's Family & Associates

[[folder:Dan]]
!!Dan Corrigan
->'''Portrayed
[[folder:Ian]]
!!Ian Chapman
->'''Played
By:''' Clive Merrison
Mark's father.

Paul Clayton

Sophie's quietly bitter, self-loathing father.
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* AbusiveParents: Mark lives in utter terror AlcoholicParent: Ian has started to self-medicate with alcohol.
* AxCrazy: Burns down his neighbour's barn when he suspects him
of him, sleeping with his wife.
* CrazyJealousGuy: See AxCrazy.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has a very dry, self-deprecating wit that comes from a combination of being the OnlySaneMan
and for good reason: a GrumpyOldMan.
-->'''Jeremy:''' So, I like your barn, Ian.
-->'''Ian:''' It's full of crap no one has any use for. Maybe that's why I feel so at home here. Ha.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As he himself admits, he may be a homophobe...but
he's domineering and emotionally abusive no badger baiter.
* GrumpyOldMan: Being in a loveless marriage will do that
to a man.
* GutturalGrowler: Has an impressively gruff, proper sounding English accent.
* HappyMarriageCharade: With Penny. They put on a facade, but both of them are deeply miserable.
* OnlySaneMan: He's very aware of
the extreme. Everyone seems to walk on eggshells when fact that he's around.
* BerserkButton: Cauliflower '''is''' traditional!
* FreudianExcuse: He's
in a living excuse for Mark's behaviour. It's amazing Mark loveless marriage and Sarah didn't turn out ''worse''.
* HateSink: He's a sullen, sexist bully who treats his family horribly and is just awful to be
everyone around him acts in general. He's one of the few characters on the show to have absolutely no redeeming traits.
their own selfish interests.
* Jerkass: Cruel to pretty much everyone, especially his family who understandably loathe him. PapaWolf: He revels in his poor behaviour.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Dan shows some misogynistic tendencies; his most despicable moment in his one-episode appearance comes when he tells Mark to put a "muzzle on your woman" when Dobby makes an innocuous statement disagreeing with him.
doesn't care about anything but Sophie's happiness.



[[folder:Pam]]
!!Pam Corrigan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Lynn Farleigh
Mark's mother.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Writes sexually explicit plays, gives Mark sexually explicit socks as a Christmas present, and suggests ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' in a round of Charades.

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[[folder:Pam]]
!!Pam Corrigan
->'''Portrayed
[[folder:Penny]]
!!Penny Chapman
->'''Played
By:''' Lynn Farleigh
Mark's mother.

Cheryl Campbell

Sophie's friendly yet adulterous mother.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Writes sexually explicit plays, gives Mark sexually explicit socks as a Christmas present, and suggests ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' HappyMarriageCharade: With Ian. They're in a round of Charades.loveless marriage rife with infidelity and sexual dysfunction.
* MrsRobinson: She seduces the much younger Jeremy with little to no effort.



[[folder:Sarah]]
!!Sarah Corrigan
->'''Portrayed By:''' Eliza L. Bennett

Mark's sister who has an on and off again relationship with Jez.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason she gets with Jez.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted - Sarah argues much more forcefully in Mark's favour over his and Sophie's custody battle, even going too far (arguing that Sophie is an unfit mother because she drinks and smokes) in the hopes of getting more reasonable demands. All this does is make the discussion more heated than it needs to be.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's very self-involved.
* ParentalFavoritism: Beneficiary of this - gets a holiday and a cashmere jumper for Christmas, while Mark gets some novelty socks and a used paper shredder.

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[[folder:Sarah]]
!!Sarah Corrigan
!Mark's Love Interests

[[folder:April]]
!!April Danecroft
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Eliza L. Bennett

Mark's sister who has an on
Catherine Shepherd

A student
and off again relationship with Jez.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason she gets with Jez.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted - Sarah argues much more forcefully in Mark's favour over his and Sophie's custody battle, even going too far (arguing that Sophie is an unfit mother because she drinks and smokes) in the hopes of getting more reasonable demands. All this does is make the discussion more heated than it needs to be.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's very self-involved.
* ParentalFavoritism: Beneficiary of this - gets a holiday and a cashmere jumper for Christmas, while
shoe salesgirl; Mark gets some novelty socks pretends to be doing the same course as her at university in order to meet her.

* {{Bookworm}}: Studied history at university.
* TheBusCameBack: Came back in Series 9.
* NiceGirl: In her early appearances, she's friendly
and approachable to Mark.
** TookALevelInJerkass: By Series 9, like every other character, she's become something of
a used paper shredder.bitter, unsatisfied failure.



!Sophie's Family & Associates

[[folder:Ian]]
!!Ian Chapman
->'''Played By:''' Paul Clayton

Sophie's quietly bitter, self-loathing father.

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!Sophie's Family & Associates

[[folder:Ian]]
!!Ian Chapman
[[folder:Sally]]
!!Sally Slater

->'''Portrayed By:''' Liz May Brice

One of the few friends that Mark had and his old School Crush.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The likeley reason she's married to Mark's former high school bully.
* NiceGirl: She treated Mark well at school. Mark and her shared some happy moments.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Not above having an affair with Mark and would have gone through with it had her husband not showed up impromptu.
* TheOneThatGotAway: One of the few people at Mark's old school who treated him well and who Mark developed a crush on.
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!Jeremy's Love Interests

[[folder:Nancy]]
!!Nancy
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"I come from America, I've seen the problems race brings up. Now fuck me and pretend I'm your mom!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Paul Clayton

Sophie's quietly bitter, self-loathing father.
Creator/RachelBlanchard

A kooky, ‘liberated’ small-town American girl who Jeremy falls in love with. She later marries him for visa reasons, and is in general something of a hypocritical free-spirit.



* AlcoholicParent: Ian has started to self-medicate with alcohol.
* AxCrazy: Burns down his neighbour's barn when he suspects him of sleeping with his wife.
* CrazyJealousGuy: See AxCrazy.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has a very dry, self-deprecating wit that comes from a combination of being the OnlySaneMan and a GrumpyOldMan.
-->'''Jeremy:''' So, I like your barn, Ian.
-->'''Ian:''' It's full of crap no one has any use for. Maybe that's why I feel so at home here. Ha.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As he himself admits, he may be a homophobe...but he's no badger baiter.
* GrumpyOldMan: Being in a loveless marriage will do that to a man.
* GutturalGrowler: Has an impressively gruff, proper sounding English accent.
* HappyMarriageCharade: With Penny. They put on a facade, but both of them are deeply miserable.
* OnlySaneMan: He's very aware of the fact that he's in a loveless marriage and everyone around him acts in their own selfish interests.
* PapaWolf: He doesn't care about anything but Sophie's happiness.

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* AlcoholicParent: Ian has started BitchInSheepsClothing: Depending on how you [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation view]] her.
* BrainlessBeauty: She's beautiful, and she ''is'' intelligent in some ways but certainly not in others.
* CitizenshipMarriage: With Jeremy.
* CloudCuckooLander: She adheres
to self-medicate with alcohol.
* AxCrazy: Burns down his neighbour's barn when he suspects him of sleeping with his wife.
* CrazyJealousGuy: See AxCrazy.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has
a very dry, self-deprecating wit bizarre, hippie-esque religion that comes from a combination seems to be some mix of being Christianity and every single cult in the OnlySaneMan and 60s.
* GranolaGirl: Very much so, but also (by her word anyway)
a GrumpyOldMan.
-->'''Jeremy:''' So, I
devout Christian.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Acts
like your barn, Ian.
-->'''Ian:'''
a devout Christian...and is also too kinky for [[AnythingThatMoves Jeremy.]] It's full of crap no one has any use for. Maybe that's why I feel so at home here. Ha.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: As he himself admits, he may be a homophobe...but he's no badger baiter.
* GrumpyOldMan: Being
probably in keeping with her own, self-styled religion.
* MsFanservice: In
a loveless marriage will do that to a man.
* GutturalGrowler: Has an impressively gruff, proper sounding English accent.
* HappyMarriageCharade: With Penny. They put on a facade, but both of them are deeply miserable.
* OnlySaneMan: He's very aware of the fact that he's in a loveless marriage
DVD commentary, Mitchell & Webb and everyone around him acts in their own selfish interests.
* PapaWolf: He doesn't care
Armstrong & Bain comment about the novelty of a sexy Hollywood actress coming over to do a low-budget British sitcom in "shitty Croydon".
* ThePollyanna: To an extent that gets rather creepy, given that she chirps about family crises and year-long spells of drug addiction as brightly as
anything but Sophie's happiness.else.



[[folder:Penny]]
!!Penny Chapman
->'''Played By:''' Cheryl Campbell

Sophie's friendly yet adulterous mother.

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[[folder:Penny]]
!!Penny Chapman
[[folder:Big Suze]]
!!Big Suze
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"This is quite a weird date, Jeremy. It's even weirder than when you took me to Laser Quest and tried to hump me in the dark."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Cheryl Campbell

Sophie's friendly yet adulterous mother.
Creator/SophieWinkleman

Posh, a little stupid, very attractive and very sweet, Big Suze is Jeremy’s ex-girlfriend. He’s still in love with her, and has an excellent plan to ‘get her high and put my hand up her jumper’.



* HappyMarriageCharade: With Ian. They're in a loveless marriage rife with infidelity and sexual dysfunction.
* MrsRobinson: She seduces the much younger Jeremy with little to no effort.

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* HappyMarriageCharade: BewareTheNiceOnes: She rather cheerfully suggests tying a burglar up in the bath, then burning him with cigarettes to extract information.
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted. She's actually more intelligent than she appears to be, due to her cheerful attitude. However, she also repeatedly hooks back up with Jez and Johnson even after they've wronged her countless times.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Just about everyone's reaction to her, with good reason.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly gets back together with Jez and Johnson in spite of how they've treated her in the past.
* MsFanservice: Ultrafemme and frequently in skirts with low cut tops.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's never been referred to as anything other than Big Suze. We don't even know if 'Suze' is short for Susan or Suzanne.
* ShipTease:
With Ian. They're Mark in the Series 3 episode 'Sistering'; after they spend time alone together Mark develops a loveless marriage rife with infidelity crush on her but she is ObliviousToLove, though the end of the episode, where Mark 'dumps' her for the sake of Jez hints she ''might'' have had a soft spot for Mark after all.
* NiceGirl: Has a very sweet demeanor.
* StatuesqueStunner: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hence the name.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Treats Mark
and sexual dysfunction.
* MrsRobinson: She seduces the much younger
Jeremy with little passive aggressively bad way in Series 7, although they've done more than enough to no effort.warrant it.
* UnseenNoMore: References to the character weere made from the very first episode, but she only started appearing in person in Series 3.
* UpperClassTwit: Very posh, but not very smart.



!Mark's Love Interests

[[folder:April]]
!!April Danecroft
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->'''Portrayed By:''' Catherine Shepherd

A student and shoe salesgirl; Mark pretends to be doing the same course as her at university in order to meet her.

* {{Bookworm}}: Studied history at university.
* TheBusCameBack: Came back in Series 9.
* NiceGirl: In her early appearances, she's friendly and approachable to Mark.
** TookALevelInJerkass: By Series 9, like every other character, she's become something of a bitter, unsatisfied failure.

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!Mark's Love Interests

[[folder:April]]
!!April Danecroft
[[folder:Zahra]]
!!Zahra
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->'''Portrayed ->'''Played By:''' Catherine Shepherd

A student
Camilla Beeput

An intellectual woman whom Jeremy meets in a hospital waiting room while her boyfriend Ben is in a coma. Ben regains consciousness
and shoe salesgirl; Mark later employs Jeremy, in a role which Jeremy uses as a means to try and get close to, and eventually seduce Zahra, even though she affects an interest in many refined subjects that are beyond him, such as foreign films and classic literature like Frankenstein, which he pretends to know about and be doing the same course as her at university interested in in order to meet her.

* {{Bookworm}}: Studied history at university.
* TheBusCameBack: Came back in Series 9.
* NiceGirl: In her early appearances, she's friendly and approachable to Mark.
impress her.
** TookALevelInJerkass: By Series 9, like every other character, ----
* FeigningIntelligence: At first, she seems quite clever. With each passing episode, it becomes clearer that she bases intelligence on 'refined' subjects and is merely better at faking it than Jeremy.
* {{Hipster}}: Most certainly, due to her big fashionable glasses, and feigned interest in obscure, artsy subjects.
* MenAreUncultured: Averted. She's just as uncultured as everyone else,
she's become something of a bitter, unsatisfied failure.merely better at hiding it.



[[folder:Sally]]
!!Sally Slater

->'''Portrayed By:''' Liz May Brice

One of the few friends that Mark had and his old School Crush.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The likeley reason she's married to Mark's former high school bully.
* NiceGirl: She treated Mark well at school. Mark and her shared some happy moments.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Not above having an affair with Mark and would have gone through with it had her husband not showed up impromptu.
* TheOneThatGotAway: One of the few people at Mark's old school who treated him well and who Mark developed a crush on.

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[[folder:Sally]]
!!Sally Slater

[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe
->'''Portrayed By:''' Liz May Brice

One of the few friends that Mark had and his old School Crush.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: The likeley reason she's married to Mark's former high school bully.
* NiceGirl: She treated Mark well at school. Mark and her shared some happy moments.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Not above having an affair
Bart Edwards

Megan's boyfriend. Jeremy has sex
with Mark and would have gone through with it had her husband not showed up impromptu.
* TheOneThatGotAway: One of
him on an impulse which results in an ongoing relationship between the few people at Mark's old school who treated him well and who Mark developed a crush on. two.




!Jeremy's Love Interests

[[folder:Nancy]]
!!Nancy
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"I come from America, I've seen the problems race brings up. Now fuck me and pretend I'm your mom!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/RachelBlanchard

A kooky, ‘liberated’ small-town American girl who Jeremy falls in love with. She later marries him for visa reasons, and is in general something of a hypocritical free-spirit.
----
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Depending on how you [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation view]] her.
* BrainlessBeauty: She's beautiful, and she ''is'' intelligent in some ways but certainly not in others.
* CitizenshipMarriage: With Jeremy.
* CloudCuckooLander: She adheres to a bizarre, hippie-esque religion that seems to be some mix of Christianity and every single cult in the 60s.
* GranolaGirl: Very much so, but also (by her word anyway) a devout Christian.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Acts like a devout Christian...and is also too kinky for [[AnythingThatMoves Jeremy.]] It's probably in keeping with her own, self-styled religion.
* MsFanservice: In a DVD commentary, Mitchell & Webb and Armstrong & Bain comment about the novelty of a sexy Hollywood actress coming over to do a low-budget British sitcom in "shitty Croydon".
* ThePollyanna: To an extent that gets rather creepy, given that she chirps about family crises and year-long spells of drug addiction as brightly as anything else.
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[[folder:Big Suze]]
!!Big Suze
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[[caption-width-right:299:''"This is quite a weird date, Jeremy. It's even weirder than when you took me to Laser Quest and tried to hump me in the dark."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Creator/SophieWinkleman

Posh, a little stupid, very attractive and very sweet, Big Suze is Jeremy’s ex-girlfriend. He’s still in love with her, and has an excellent plan to ‘get her high and put my hand up her jumper’.
----
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She rather cheerfully suggests tying a burglar up in the bath, then burning him with cigarettes to extract information.
* BrainlessBeauty: Averted. She's actually more intelligent than she appears to be, due to her cheerful attitude. However, she also repeatedly hooks back up with Jez and Johnson even after they've wronged her countless times.
* HeadTurningBeauty: Just about everyone's reaction to her, with good reason.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Repeatedly gets back together with Jez and Johnson in spite of how they've treated her in the past.
* MsFanservice: Ultrafemme and frequently in skirts with low cut tops.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: She's never been referred to as anything other than Big Suze. We don't even know if 'Suze' is short for Susan or Suzanne.
* ShipTease: With Mark in the Series 3 episode 'Sistering'; after they spend time alone together Mark develops a crush on her but she is ObliviousToLove, though the end of the episode, where Mark 'dumps' her for the sake of Jez hints she ''might'' have had a soft spot for Mark after all.
* NiceGirl: Has a very sweet demeanor.
* StatuesqueStunner: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Hence the name.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: Treats Mark and Jeremy passive aggressively bad way in Series 7, although they've done more than enough to warrant it.
* UnseenNoMore: References to the character weere made from the very first episode, but she only started appearing in person in Series 3.
* UpperClassTwit: Very posh, but not very smart.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zahra]]
!!Zahra
[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/download_003.jpg]]
->'''Played By:''' Camilla Beeput

An intellectual woman whom Jeremy meets in a hospital waiting room while her boyfriend Ben is in a coma. Ben regains consciousness and later employs Jeremy, in a role which Jeremy uses as a means to try and get close to, and eventually seduce Zahra, even though she affects an interest in many refined subjects that are beyond him, such as foreign films and classic literature like Frankenstein, which he pretends to know about and be interested in in order to impress her.
----
* FeigningIntelligence: At first, she seems quite clever. With each passing episode, it becomes clearer that she bases intelligence on 'refined' subjects and is merely better at faking it than Jeremy.
* {{Hipster}}: Most certainly, due to her big fashionable glasses, and feigned interest in obscure, artsy subjects.
* MenAreUncultured: Averted. She's just as uncultured as everyone else, she's merely better at hiding it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joe]]
!!Joe
->'''Portrayed By:''' Bart Edwards

Megan's boyfriend. Jeremy has sex with him on an impulse which results in an ongoing relationship between the two.
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* OnlySaneMan: Yes, it's a show where the only sane man happens to be a drug addict but in a weird way, he is. He has more moral standards than Mark and Jeremy and by the end of the show, marriage falling apart aside he's able to stablise his life and is generally better at holding down a job.

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** Tries surprisingly hard not to react to Mark's goading him, as he can tell Mark is just lashing out after a tough week. While he does punch Mark, it was only after he keeps getting in his face, and walks away after Mark tries to get him to do it again.
---> Look, you've obviously got a lot of serious...stuff going on. And I'm not gonna make it any worse.



* OopNorth: A Scouser.

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* OopNorth: A Scouser.Scouser with a prominent accent.
* PetTheDog: Tries surprisingly hard not to react to Mark's goading him, as he can tell Mark is just lashing out after a tough week. While he does headbutt Mark, it was only after he keeps getting in his face, and walks away after Mark tries to get him to do it again.
---> Look, you've obviously got a lot of serious...stuff going on. And I'm not gonna make it any worse.

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* TheUnfavourite: It's clear from his dad's poor presents and general attitude to Mark that he prefers Sara. But only slightly.

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* TheUnfavourite: It's clear from his dad's poor presents and general attitude to Mark that he prefers Sara.Sarah. But only slightly.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Refuses to have sex with Sara on Christmas, given his love of the holiday.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Refuses to have sex with Sara Sarah on Christmas, given his love of the holiday.



* FreudianExcuse: He's a living excuse for Mark's behaviour. It's amazing Mark and Sara didn't turn out ''worse''.

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* FreudianExcuse: He's a living excuse for Mark's behaviour. It's amazing Mark and Sara Sarah didn't turn out ''worse''.




* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Writes sexually explicit plays, gives Mark sexually explicit socks as a Christmas present, and suggests ''Film/{{Emmanuelle}}'' in a round of Charades.



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!!Sara Corrigan

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[[folder:Sara]]
!!Sara
[[folder:Sarah]]
!!Sarah
Corrigan


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* BigBrotherInstinct: Inverted - Sarah argues much more forcefully in Mark's favour over his and Sophie's custody battle, even going too far (arguing that Sophie is an unfit mother because she drinks and smokes) in the hopes of getting more reasonable demands. All this does is make the discussion more heated than it needs to be.


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* ParentalFavoritism: Beneficiary of this - gets a holiday and a cashmere jumper for Christmas, while Mark gets some novelty socks and a used paper shredder.
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** Tries surprisingly hard not to react to Mark's goading him, as he can tell Mark is just lashing out after a tough week. While he does punch Mark, it was only after he keeps getting in his face, and walks away after Mark tries to get him to do it again.
---> Look, you've obviously got a lot of serious...stuff going on. And I'm not gonna make it any worse.
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* UnseenNoMore: References to the character weere made from the very first episode, but she only started appearing in person in Series 3.
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* UpperClassTwit: Very posh, but not very smart.
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* ChristmasCake: As Jeremy finds out.
-->'''Mark:''' She's not out of ''Series/{{Hollyoaks}}'', Jeremy, she probably had a ration book!
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Briefly in one between Jeremy and Gail, though it's quickly made clear that Jeremy is case of FriendsWithBenefits rather than a genuine romantic rival.
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->'''Played By:''' Rachel Blanchard

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->'''Played By:''' Rachel Blanchard
Creator/RachelBlanchard

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