History Recap / TheBrittasEmpireS7E7Exposed

* OneShotCharacter: Roger Ferguson, Brett Daniels, Angie and Dr. Simpson.

* MistakenIdentity: The staff end up believing that Dr. Simpson is actually Brett Ferguson after Brittas learns about the true nature of Ferguson. They only let him go after Helen notes that it isn't him.

* ImmoralJournalist: Ferguson, was was willing to have sex with Helen without telling her his real identity, which enraged Helen when she found out the truth, and who is much more interested in recording footage for high ratings than making any attempt at helping the people trapped in the squash court.

** Helen claims to be over Roger Ferguson, even as she is throwing knives at a picture of him.

* ImmoralJournalist: Ferguson shows some traits of this. He was willing to have sex with Helen without telling her his real identity, which enraged Helen when she found out the truth, and he seemed more interested in recording footage for high ratings than making any attempt at helping the people trapped in the squash court.

* MrFanservice: Brett certainly has a good physique and he has a ShirtlessScene when he gets into the pool. He's seen as this InUniverse as well, with Gavin being DistractedByTheSexy, and Brittas specifically getting him to serve as a more attractive double to Colin.

** [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E6SafetyFirst The time the centre burned down]] is briefly mentioned by Julie at one point.

* TheOtherDarrin: Happens to Colin InUniverse. Brittas believes that his appearance is not fit for [=TV=], so he ropes in a handsome-looking stunt double to cover for him.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Whilst Helen enthusiastically watches Ferguson's secret footage of the centre, right down to the part where she chases after him with an axe, she leaves the staff meeting room when then footage gets to the point where he gets attacked by a snake she put in his car.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Whilst Helen enthusiastically watches Ferguson's secret footage of the centre, right down to the part where she chases after him with an axe, she leaves the meeting room where he gets attacked by a snake she put in his car.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fates of the diseased locked in the squash courts and the result of the fire in Colin's basement are never explained.

** Helen claims to be over Roger Ferguson even as she is throwing knives at a picture of him.
** The staff become very insistent that "business as usual, everything's normal" when it is found that there is disease in the centre. Even as they attack the customers upon learning that they used the pool.

* ContinuityNod: [[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS2E6SafetyFirst The time the centre burned down]] is briefly mentioned by Julie at one point.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode title can refer both to the fact that the centre is being exposed for a documentary and to the fact that several of the customers are being exposed to an infectious disease.

* MisplacedRetribution: When the Bobular Fever initially breaks out, the staff blame Colin's agouti and make him put them down (although he ends up not doing so). It turns out to be Ferguson, who had been at the centre the day beforehand.

** ''The Ferguson File'', a hard-hitting documentary series which comes to the centre this episode.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Brittas' attempts to keep the Bobular Fever outbreak a secret as seen in the page quote. He's genuinely confused when the news show up anyway.

* YouDirtyRat: More agouti than rat, but Linda is horrified when Colin takes his agouti to the pool, especially when it does its business in the pool. It is subsequently blamed for causing an outbreak of bobular fever, although it turns out to not be its fault.

* RiseOfZitboy: PlayedWith, as it is a fictional PolkaDotDisease rather than a zit, but Brett is rather horrified when he finds a pot on his face.

* BlatantLies: Helen claims to be over Roger Ferguson even as she is throwing knives at a picture of him.

* DocumentaryEpisode: The episode has Crusader Television coming to the centre to do a documentary about the centre. HilarityEnsues when a disease breaks out.

* TheOtherDarrin: Happens to Colin InUniverse. Brittas believes that his appearance is not fit for [=TV=], so he ropes in a handsome looking stunt double to cover for him.

* ShoutOut: Carole mentions ''Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine''.
* ShowWithinAShow: ''The Ferguson File'', a hard-hitting documentary series which comes to the centre this episode.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Brittas' attempts to keep the Bobular Fever outbreak a secret as seen in the page quote.

* YouDirtyRat: Linda believes Colin's agouti is one.

* AnAxeToGrind: Helen, already an unstable and mentally damaged woman, goes on the rampage with a fire axe when she spots undercover reporter Roger Ferguson, with who she also had an affair.

* BlatantLies: Helen claims to be over Roger Ferguson as she is throwing knives at a picture of him.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: Colin is seen to own agouti (a Mid-to-Southern American species of rodent) in this episode.

'''Mr. Brittas''': All part of handling our friends in the media Julie. Nip it in the bud with some swift positive action. (Talking on the phone) Eh hem. Hello, ''Whitbury Evening News''? News desk please. Hello, Gordon Brittas, manager of Whitbury Leisure Centre. I'd just like to quell any rumours you might have heard about there being an outbreak of contagious disease here at the leisure centre. Oh and by the way, it's definitely not Bobular Fever.

At the following staff meeting, Brittas gives everyone their scripts, all with the exception of Colin. Brittas believes that what television wants are inoffensive, handsome actors, and he doesn't want Colin to be on tv as he believes him to be too ugly for it, instead of hiring a double for the duty. Afterwards, Colin takes his agouti out for a swim, much to Linda's annoyance. Unfortunately, the agouti takes a shit in
the pool...

As Brittas himself says: "Alright, so he caught us on an off day!"

* BlatantLies: Helen claiming to be over Ferguson as she is throwing knives on to a picture of him.

* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: Carole is forced to use her teeth to grab stuff when Brittas ties her hands together to ensure that they don't shoot out when she's introducing her to the interviewer.

* ImmoralJournalist: Ferguson shows some traits of this. He was willing to have sex with Helen whilst undercover, which enraged Helen when she found out the truth, and he seemed more interested in recording footage for high ratings then making any attempt at helping the people trapped in the squash court.

* MistakenIdentity: The staff end up believing that Dr Simpson is actually Brett Ferguson after Brittas learns about the true nature of Ferguson. They only let him go after Helen notes that it isn't him.

* MistakenIdentity: The staff end up believing that Dr Simpson is actually Brett Ferguson after Brittas learns about the true nature of Ferguson.

Brittas prepares for a television documentary recording at the centre and hires a model to stand in for Colin. However, a lethal disease breaks out.

* NoodleIncident: Colin apparently had an accident with his methane generator during a wedding at the centre.

** Roger was also the name of a OneShotCharacter in "[[Recap/TheBrittasEmpireS7E5TheDisappearingAct The Disappearing Act]]".

* PlagueEpisode: The centre suffers from an outbreak of Bobular Fever over the course of the episode, leading to mass quarantine of those who were in the swimming pool. Blame is initially placed on Colin's agouti, but it turns out to have come from Roger Ferguson.

-->'''Julie''': So what are you goin' t'do if the press get hold of this? You know how they made a mountain out of a molehill when t'centre burnt down.\\