History Characters / YearsAndYears

->'''Played By: T'Nia Miller'''

* RacistGrandma: Deconstructed. While Muriel does refer to Lincoln as a "Chinaman" in the first episode, and earns anger from Celeste and Rosie, it's a genuine mistake [[FairForItsTime due to her age]] and she's ''not'' an InnocentBigot, as she's extremely accepting of the Lyons' mixed family and is actually shown to be one of the most accepting family members.

* MoreHateableMinorVillain: He's even worse than Vivienne Rook, despite being a slimy opportunist rather than the actual mastermind behind the concentration camps. But he's a foul bigot and bully who [[LackOfEmpathy knows exactly what he's doing and doesn't care]], while Viv is strongly implied to be [[TheManBehindTheMan essentially a puppet]] who desperately wants to escape her 'strings' at this point in the story.

* MoreHatableMinorVillain: He's even worse than Vivienne Rook, despite being a slimy opportunist rather than the actual mastermind behind the concentration camps. But he's a foul bigot and bully who [[LackOfEmpathy knows exactly what he's doing and doesn't care]], while Viv is strongly implied to be [[TheManBehindTheMan essentially a puppet]] who desperately wants to escape her 'strings' at this point in the story.

* EvilIsHammy

->'''Played By: Sharon Duncan-Brewster'''

* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler: In Episode 5, she is augmented with state-of-the art cybernetic implants as part of her government job, including ElectronicEyes, a BrainComputerInterface, and [[RequiredSecondaryPowers subcutaneous finger sensors]] which allow her to operate a virtual keyboard]].]]

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Gender-flipped. She's pretty domineering over Stephen and her family (though not without good reason), and she has a shaved head.

* AssholeVictim: Since his behaviour is consistantly horrible [[spoiler: not to mention downright ''evil'' at times]], it's virtually impossible to feel any sympathy for him when Stephen [[spoiler: [[TheDogBitesBack shoots him in the leg]]]].

* BaldWoman: Averted. Her head is completely shaved but this isn't a comment on her femininity.

%%This is a red link. Replace with a trope that fits assuming you find one.* AFoolAndHisMoney: She spends ten thousand pounds, almost all the money that Stephen and Celeste have, on [[spoiler:eye implants that she, thankfully, doesn't get because they worked horribly.]]

* MixedAncestry: She's White British on her father's side and Caribbean British on her mother's.

* MixedAncestry: Like her sister - White British on her father's side and Caribbean British on her mother's.

* MixedAncestry: Mixed white British and Chinese but both Rosie and Daniel agree that they look 100% Chinese.

* BigDamnHeroes: Although it seems to be getting deconstructed in episode 1, when

* [[spoiler: PunchClockVillain]]: [[spoiler: During his time working for Woody's company, which is contracted by Viv Rook's quasi-fascist government to manage the "[[DeadlyEuphemism Erstwhile]] sites".

* FallenHero: Goes from being a well-loved, authoritative father and banker to a cheater who is barely scraping by and forced to work a brutal courier job, even becoming a ''lab rat''... [[spoiler: And out of desparation, ends up taking a job [[PunchClockVillain working for a company that oversees]] ''concentration camps''.

* FallenHero: Goes from being a well-loved, authoritative father and banker to a cheater who is barely scraping by and forced to work a brutal courier job, even becoming a ''lab rat''.

* Jerkass: Delights in making the desperate Stephen become his [[YesMan Yes-Man]] and proceeds to mock him at every possible opportunity. Muriel's comments in Episode 6 suggest he's [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp been like this since school]] as well.

* TheBully: Delights in making the desperate Stephen become his [[YesMan Yes-Man]] and proceeds to mock him at every possible opportunity. Muriel's comments in Episode 6 suggest he's [[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp been like this since school]] as well.

* HateSink: Woody is a thoroughly loathsome individual- a bullying, [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain misogynistic]] boor [[spoiler: who not only helps to operate the [[DeadlyEuphemism Erstwhile sites]] but is positively ''thrilled'' to win the government contract for doing so.]]

* LackOfEmpathy: Has no qualms whatsoever over [[spoiler: helping so send (presumably) thousands of refugees and illegal immigrants to their deaths in the Erstwhile camps.]]

[[folder:Viv Rook]]

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: They're assigned male at birth, but takes a real liking to hair ribbons after Edith dresses them up to help her do some undercover work at a corporate HQ during a Take Your Daughter To Work day. Nobody cares about the ribbons, least of all Rosie. By the end of episode six, they are fully presenting as female but still going by the name Lincoln. It's left unclear if Lincoln is a trans girl or simply likes to crossdress.

* BeingHumanSucks: Is very unhappy with her default state and will go to great lengths to upgrade.

* AFoolAndHisMoney: She spends ten thousand pounds, almost all the money that Stephen and Celeste have, on [[spoiler:eye implants that she, thankfully, doesn't get because they worked horribly.]]
* ElectronicEyes: In episode three, she [[spoiler: narrowly avoided being given malfunctioning camera eyes by a back alley doctor. Her friend wasn't so lucky.]]

* MixedAncestry: White British on her father's side and Caribbean British on her mother's.

* {{Transhuman}}: Comes out as trans to her parents, but she means this, not transgender. In later episodes, [[spoiler: she gets sub-dermal implants that allow her to use her hands to receive phone calls and then gets internet access installed into her brain.]]
* WorkingForABodyUpgrade: Implied to be part of why she works in the civil service.

* DaddysGirl: Implied by that she hugs Stephen after [[spoiler:his affair with Elaine is revealed]], which Bethany doesn't.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Is assigned male at birth, however takes a real liking to hair ribbons after Edith dresses them up to help her do some undercover work at a corporate HQ during a Take Your Daughter To Work day. Nobody cares about the ribbons, least of all Rosie.
** By the end of episode six, they are fully presenting as female but still going by the name Lincoln.

* YourCheatingHeart: Cheats on Celeste with [[spoiler:Elaine after they move to Manchester]].

* BadassGay: [[spoiler: Travels across a chaotic Europe to rescue the man he loves.]]