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The Irregulars
Bea
Beatrice "Bea" Cook
- Portrayed by: Thaddea Graham"My betters? My Betters! Just because you ride around in a fancy carriage and wear suits doesn't make you my better."
- Affectionate Nickname: Billy calls her Bumble.
- Corporal Punishment: She was beaten a lot during her time at the workhouse.
- Determinator: She is determined to figure out Watson's involvement with the supernatural and the mystery surrounding Sherlock Holmes.
- The Leader: Is the undisputed leader of the Irregulars, though this is not an official title.
- Parental Abandonment: She doesn't know who her father is, her mother died when she was young and her would-be step-father abandoned her and her half-sister after her mother's death.
- Private Detective: Though initially wary of Watson's offer she is very good at investigation and deduction and takes to the job rather well.
- Promotion to Parent: After her mother's death she and her sister are sent to a workhouse and Bea becomes Jessie's primary caretaker and protector.
- Street Urchin: Watson states this is the reason he wants to hire her as she can go to some of the more disreputable parts of London he and Sherlock can not go as gentlemen.
Billy
Billy
- Portrayed by: Jojo Macari"I don't want our story to be just about how we fought through all the horrible shit."
- The Brute: There's a combination lock, the code is the answer to the riddle. Rather than wait for the riddle to be solved Billy breaks the lock open.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Is clearly in love with Bea but struggles to tell her.
- Covered with Scars: Presumably from his time in the workhouse or from subsequent street fights.
- Corporal Punishment: He was beaten and abused badly for even minor infractions by the master of the workhouse growing up. Though Billy seems more traumatized by the beatings that Bea received because he felt that he should have been able to protect her despite the fact that he was only a child when they happened.
- Malicious Misnaming: Is repeatedly called "Little Bill" by the workhouse master that beat him as a child.
- Manly Man and Sensitive Guy: The Manly Man to Spike's Sensitive Guy.
- Parental Abandonment: His mother died when he was a baby and his father died in the army shortly after. This turns out to be a lie he was told as a child. His mother was a Scottish prostitute who gave him up to the workhouse as a baby.
- Street Urchin: A clear-cut example in his capacity as the scrappiest of the crew.
Jessie
Jessica "Jessie" Cook
- Portrayed by: Darci Shaw
- Break the Cutie: Is very sweet and kind and towards the beginning of the series even playful and romantic, but as her nightmares grow worse and her powers expose her to darker things she quickly becomes much less happy and optimistic.
- Everyone's Baby Sister: Because of her age, her sweet nature, and her nightmares the Irregulars are all extremely protective of her, especially Bea.
- Parental Abandonment: Like her older sister Bea, Jessie doesn't know her father, and her mother died when she was a baby. She later learns that her father is Sherlock Holmes, who abandoned her after her mother's death.
- Sherlock Scan: While not as observant as the trope namer, she does display a fair attention to detail. A hint that she has a connection to Sherlock.
- Street Urchin: After leaving the workhouse.
Spike
Spike
- Portrayed by: McKell David
- The Charmer: Often uses his natural charm to talk his way out of situations or to get information.
- Manly Man and Sensitive Guy: The Sensitive Guy to Billy's Manly Man.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He's only referred to as Spike, no other name is ever given.
- Parental Abandonment: Though he did not end up in the workhouse like the others, he still has no parents around to speak of. We don't have any information about what happened to them.
- The Power of Love: Uses this to break through the infatuation spell placed on Jessie long enough to get her out of immediate danger.
- Street Urchin: He grew up on the streets without parents.
Leo
His Royal Highness The Prince Leopold “Leo”
- Portrayed by: Harrison Osterfield
- Historical Domain Character: Prince Leopold was the real-life youngest son of Queen Victoria. He also had hemophilia and felt trapped by his family's protectiveness, he did not however run away to join a street gang of paranormal investigators....
- I Just Want to Have Friends: The main reason Leo wants to give up his life at the Palace to join the Irregulars.
- Innocent Blue Eyes: Sports the palest of blue eyes as per Real Life (inherited from his mother Queen Victoria) and having endured a childhood shut up inside the Palace, he’s sweetly naive and trusting.
- Royal Blood: He hides it from his new-found friends but Leo is the youngest son of Queen Victoria and therefore a royal prince.
- The Smart Guy: Due to being royal, his level of education goes far beyond his fellow Irregulars, though he lacks any street smarts.
Supporting Characters
Dr. John Watson
- Portrayed by: Royce Pierreson
The Irregulars' initial employer, who hires them to investigate crimes with supernatural elements.
- Adaptational Jerkass: He is much less of a gentleman than in the literary stories and more abrasive towards Bea and the others than you'd expect.
- Adaptational Sexuality: He is gay in the series, whereas the literary version wasn't.
Sherlock Holmes
- Portrayed by: Henry Lloyd-Hughes
The former famous detective, who has since become a recluse and left the public eye.
- Broken Ace: Years of grief and drug abuse have turned him into a broken shell of his past self.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: In the past, he had long, dark-brown hair. In the present, after years of substance abuse and grief, his head is shaved.
Inspector Lestrade
Inspector Lestrade
- Portrayed by: Aidan McArdle
A Scotland Yard detective.
- Fantastic Racism: He makes it clear he only tolerates Jessie because her abilities are useful and thinks everyone like her should be eradicated.
Alice Cook
- Portrayed by: Eileen O'Higgins
The late mother of Bea and Jessie.
- Big Bad Ensemble: She shares the role of Big Bad with The Linen Man, before becoming the Final Boss once he's killed.
- Fallen Hero: After having worked with Sherlock and Watson to fight supernatural threats, being trapped beyond the Rift by herself seemingly sends her over the edge, inspiring her to let the Rift open wide and destroy the world.
- Final Boss: She becomes the final antagonist after the Linen Man gets killed.
- Missing Mom: She is said to have died when Bea and Jessie were children.
- Walking Spoiler: Her past and the truth about her death are explored throughout the first season and play a crucial part in the overarching story.
Ipsissima
The Bird Master
Arthur Hilton, The Bird Master
- Portrayed by: Rory McCann
- The Beastmaster: He can control birds from a vast distance, though he primarily uses ravens.
The Tooth Fairy
Jean Gates, The Tooth Fairy
- Portrayed by: Sheila Atim
- Combo Platter Powers: She can breathe an anesthetic gas and grow clones of people from their teeth.
- Revenge: She wants to kill the Duke of Winchester for hiking rent prices and taking her father from her as a result.
- The Tooth Hurts: Her modus operandi is to steal all a victim's teeth while they sleep.
The Face Stealer
Clara
- Portrayed by: Eleanor Worthington Cox
- Doppelgänger: She can transform into people by cutting off and wearing their faces.
The Linen Man
- Portrayed by: Clarke Peters, Andre James (young)
A man from Louisiana with the same kind of powers as Jessie. After making contact with her through her dreams, he starts offering her advice on how to use the powers.
- Big Bad Ensemble: He shares the role of main antagonist with Alice.
- Disc-One Final Boss: He the first of the Big Bad Ensemble to go.
- Magical Negro: He rescues Jessica from the Plague Doctor with a magical cloud of butterflies, explains what she is and why she is seeing things, and advises her on how to figure out what is going on. But he can't solve her problems directly as Jessica is in London and he is in Louisiana. Subverted when he shows up in London for real and starts killing people.
- Mentor Archetype: He serves this role to Jessie.
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: He seems like a wise, kindly mentor figure until Episode 7, when his affability goes right out the window.
