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->'''Played By: Jett Moises, Aaron Ansari, Aiden Li'''
Rosie's second child, born in the first episode.
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!!Lincoln Lyons
->'''Played By: Jett Moises, Aaron Ansari, Aiden Li'''
Rosie's second child, born in the first episode.
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes'''
The eldest of the Lyons siblings and notable activist who has been working all around the world.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: After being exposed to a high amount of radiation while chronicling the aftermath of the strike at Hong Sha Dao, an interviewer on TV asks her about it and states that she probably has 20 years to leave.]] Edith neither confirms nor denies this, but her family take it as confirmation. It gets worse. [[spoiler: Bethany works out that with wind conditions, it's probably more like 10.]]
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes'''
The eldest of the Lyons siblings and notable activist who has been working all around the world.
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->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes'''
The eldest of the Lyons siblings and notable activist who has been working all around the world.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Believes this to be the case for him and Celeste.
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes'''
The second-born Lyons sibling and notable activist who has been working all around the world.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Enters a serious relationship with Fran.]]
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes'''
The second-born Lyons sibling and notable activist who has been working all around the world.
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* BiTheWay: [[spoiler: Enters a serious relationship with Fran.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler: After being exposed to a high amount of radiation while chronicling the aftermath of the strike at Hong Sha Dao, an interviewer on TV asks her about it and states that she probably has 20 years to leave.]] Edith neither confirms nor denies this, but her family take it as confirmation. It gets worse. [[spoiler: Bethany works out that with wind conditions, it's probably more like 10.]]
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* AccentSlipUp: Generally speaks with a posh London accent but in times of extreme stress her accent turns notably Jamaican. (Her mother is mentioned to be from Port Maria.)
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After [[spoiler: getting significant tech upgrades]] from her government job, her hair is much more manicured in contrast to her previously unkempt curls. This could either be due to working in a more professional environment or a signifier of her [[spoiler:feeling more at peace after reaching her life's goal of becoming transhuman.]]
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!!Fran Baxter
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->'''Played By: Sharon Duncan-Brewster'''
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->'''Played By: Creator/RussellTovey'''
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!!Edith Lyons
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!!Others
[[folder: Viv Rook]]
!!Vivienne Rook
->'''Played By: Creator/EmmaThompson'''
Initially a businesswoman who runs a political think tank, but eventually steps onto the stage and becomes a far-right politician.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: From an unknown panelist on Question Time who "doesn't give a fuck" about Israel and Palestine, to [[spoiler: prime minister of the UK, presiding over the introduction of ''concentration camps.'']]
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!!Viktor Goraya
->'''Played By: Maxim Baldry'''
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!!Others
[[folder: Viv Rook]]
!!Vivienne Rook
->'''Played By: Creator/EmmaThompson'''
Initially a businesswoman who runs a political think tank, but eventually steps onto the stage and becomes a far-right politician.
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* FromNobodyToNightmare: From an unknown panelist on Question Time who "doesn't give a fuck" about Israel and Palestine, to [[spoiler: prime minister of the UK, presiding over the introduction of ''concentration camps.'']]
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!!Viktor Goraya
->'''Played By: Maxim Baldry'''
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!!The Lyons Family
[[folder:Daniel]]
!!Daniel Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/RussellTovey'''
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* OnlySaneMan: In the opening of episode one, he is the only one of the Lyons family watching tv to see Viv Rook for what she is and what she could become.
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes''
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!!Stephen Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/RoryKinnear'''
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!!Rosie Lyons
->'''Played By: Ruth Madeley'''
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* StrugglingSingleMother: She has two sons with two different [[DisappearedDad disappeared dads]] and works in a school canteen.
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!!Muriel Deacon
->'''Played By: Anne Reid'''
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[[folder: Viv Rook]]
!!Vivienne Rook
->'''Played By: Creator/EmmaThompson'''
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!!Viktor Goraya
->'''Played By: Maxim Baldry'''
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!!The Lyons Family
[[folder:Daniel]]
!!Daniel Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/RussellTovey'''
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* OnlySaneMan: In the opening of episode one, he is the only one of the Lyons family watching tv to see Viv Rook for what she is and what she could become.
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!!Edith Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/JessicaHynes''
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!!Stephen Lyons
->'''Played By: Creator/RoryKinnear'''
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!!Rosie Lyons
->'''Played By: Ruth Madeley'''
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* StrugglingSingleMother: She has two sons with two different [[DisappearedDad disappeared dads]] and works in a school canteen.
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!!Muriel Deacon
->'''Played By: Anne Reid'''
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* TechnologyBlindElders: A mixed example, she does use video-chatting with her children and she owns a smart speaker with a virtual assistant... but she has to keep a note in the kitchen cupboard to remember what to call it.
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[[folder: Viv Rook]]
!!Vivienne Rook
->'''Played By: Creator/EmmaThompson'''
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!!Viktor Goraya
->'''Played By: Maxim Baldry'''
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