Characters
| Character | Actor | Series | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barney | Barney Harwood | 1-4 | A television presenter who presents television shows for the BBC. He is the owner of the flat where himself, Nev and Crazy Keith live. He and Beatriz have an on-off romantically involved relationship. He often Seems oblivious to the chaos Nev and Keith cause and although he thinks Mr Prank is odd has never realized that Nev, Keith, Melanie and Mr Prank are enemies. He is often unintelligent and crazy, as he got Beatriz daffodils from the bins. His aunties are Barbara and Alice, his uncle is Rupert and his cousin is Melanie. He is the only character whose actor plays themselves. |
| Neville Nev, Nevvie | Ross Mullan | 1-4 | A small, blue, bear who likes ice cream and his snuggly ducky duck duck. He has patches in places and is missing part of his ear. Nev has trouble with pronouncing certain words and when scared or intimidated, he growls, just like a real bear would. He once had a sword fight with Mr Prank. He stopped Mr Prank a few times from losing his job and twice from going to jail. |
| Crazy Keith | Simon Buckley | 1-4 | An illegal immigrant Koala from Brisbane who lives under the floor boards of Barney's flat with his inanimate girlfriend Doris, of whom he ironically involves himself in conversation with on a regular basis. He is Nev's best friend, but often ropes him into hare-brained schemes, usually with the intention of stealing Mr Prank's secret ice cream stash. His existence is unknown to all the characters except Nev, Beatrice and Barney.As shown in Curse Of The Were-bear he is part were-bear. He can speak a prehistoric language as shown in Cave-bear and he has not had a bath for years. He mentioned 3 times that koalas are an endangered species and he's very greedy. He adores Ice-Cream and pizza and often over-eats, meaning he becomes so fat he gets stuck. |
| Beatriz | Allyson Brown | 1- 4 | A college student and part-time ice cream van assistant, also known for her baking talent. She lives in the flat next to Mr Prank. She and Barney have an on-off romantically involved relationship. She appears in two episodes in series 3. She is allergic to Daffodils. |
| Andrew Andy Prank | Glen Davies | 1-4 | The caretaker of the block of flats that Barney and Nev live in. He is also the owner of the local ice cream business, of which he tries to disguise from Aunt Barbara (presumably because he is supposed to be attending to his caretaker duties). He is arch-enemies with Nev, who also causes his allergies to arise, as he is allergic to blue bears. As shown in The Strange Case Of Mr Prank he probably has German ancestry as Dr Gunter Von Prank has his surname, probably his ancestor. Although he would do anything to get rid of Nev, in Sing A Song Of Secrets he loves Nev and would miss him. He has a brother called Martin, who visited in one episode in series 1 and in series 2, Crazy Keith mentioned he has a cousin called Benny who set his pants on fire. He once had a sword fight with Nev. |
| Postie | Beverly Hills | 1-4 | The local postwoman, who has an on-off love relationship with Andy Prank. She is also best friends with Beatriz. She once nearly married Prank, only to discover he was attempting to fleece her of her lottery win money which was only a £5 voucher which Mr Prank gave to Aunt Barbara to replace the flowers he damaged. |
| Aunt Barbara | Bella Emberg | 2-4 | Aunt Barbara is Barney's aunt, and Uncle Rupert's and Aunt Alice's sister. She has a grudge against Prank, due to the fact he is, as she calls him, "a useless caretaker". She also has a sight problem, often referring to Nev as a dog. She also has a crush on Bill Oddie. |
| Melanie | Shyanne Sanders | 2-4 | Melanie is Aunt Barbara's niece, and subsequently, she is second cousins with Barney. She often helps Nev and Crazy Keith carry out acts of revenge on Prank even though she never has heard of Keith . She is a school student with a passion for sports. |
| Uncle Rupert | Geoffrey Whitehead | 2, 4 | Uncle Rupert is the owner of the block of flats which Barney and Nev live in. Barney has a picture of Rupert on the wall of his kitchen. Rupert has a stash of treasure which will be bequeathed to Barney when he dies. |
| Snugly Ducky Duck Duck | A Stuffed Toy | 1-4 | Snugly Ducky Duck Duck is Nev's Soft Duck which snuggles with in bed he would do anything to save him if he got caught or stolen (except be nice to Andy Prank for the rest of his life). |
| Mr Cuddly Wuddly | A Stuffed Toy | 1-4 | Mr cuddly wuddly is just like Snugly Ducky Duck Duck just that Mr cuddly wuddly is owned by Barney and looks a lot like Nev. |
| Bouncer Boy | Gregory Foreman | 1 | Bouncer Boy is Prank's nephew. He is the original owner of Bandit, however, when he left the country with his mother to go travelling, Prank ended up looking after him. |
| Bandit | Gregory Foreman and sound FX | 1-4 | Bandit is a large, orange tabby cat, formerly owned by Bouncer Boy. He now resides with Prank. He is responsible for the damage caused to Nev's ear. |
| Doris | Stuffed Toy | 2-4 | Doris is a small pink and purple bunny rabbit, who is in a relationship with Crazy Keith. Doris originally resided in Australia with Keith. Although she is not, Keith likes to pretend she is real. Despite her muteness, she seems to be very persuasive, as Keith will often go great lengths to impress her. Often told ironically by Keith "not to move a muscle". |
| Squeakles | Sound FX | 1 | Squeakles are some of Keith's toy buddy's like Doris but did not appear when Doris was around as Keith either ditched them or they left, probably because Doris might be scared of them or there just wasn't enough space for them in Keith's tiny lair. |
| Chops | A dog and Sound FX | 2-4 | Chops is Aunt Barbara's dog which lives inside a handbag and came out of the handbag twice, The first time chops came out of the handbag everybody loved him more than Nev so Nev got him in the handbag but Bandit was inside as well so Nev got Bandit out off the—handbag, Nev came out with Chops and got congratulated. |
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