Main Characters
| Picture | Character | Actor | Series | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade | Ford Kiernan and Greg Hemphill | 1- | Jack Jarvis and Victor McDade have been friends for sixty years (since childhood) and now live on the same floor of Osprey Heights, their tower block. Both Jack and Victor are widowers, having lost their wives, Jean and Betty, over ten years earlier. They became friends after Victor saved a young boy's life who'd been knocked over by a tram in Glasgow, where Jack's father owned a shop; they afterwards became best friends. They don't see much of their families anymore; Jack's daughter Fiona lives near Toronto, Canada, with her husband Tony and her two sons Jack and Steven. Victor's son John lives in Johannesburg with his family. While Jack's daughter Fiona is supportive and often invites him to visit her, Victor's son John is very uncaring and often makes terrible exuses when Victor asks to visit him. John has appeared once, in 'Aff', when Victor pretends to be terminally ill in order to gain a response from John. Jack's daughter has appeared in 'Hoaliday' alongside her Canadian family and also appears in 'One In, One Out' on her own when Jack is in life threatening danger. | |
| Winston Ingram | Paul Riley | 1- | Winston Ingram is a good friend of Jack and Victor's. He is known for his attempts to make money. Sometimes, this is as simple as a bet at the bookies and sometimes it takes the form of less honest acts to make his life a little more comfortable. He has several enemies including Stevie the Bookie. In the episode "Scran", it was revealed Winston used to work in the Clyde shipyards, at Yarrows. His eighty-a-day cigarette habit caught up with him though, and led to him losing his right leg at the end of the third series. He is known to have a daughter and two grandchildren. In episodes "Dug" and "Holiday", he also pretended to have a relationship with Isa to fend off her ex-husband, Harry's attempts to get back with her; Winston often takes advantage of Isa's kindness in order to receive free food. In the earlier stage play, he talks about a brother living in Nevada and a son who died in a car accident in the 1960s but it is unknown if this is correct with the television series. He has a daughter Margaret and a grandson Thomas who is a tearaway. He also has another grandson Joe whom he managed for boxing but didn't succeed. In the episode "Wummin", he pretended to have a sore leg to earn himself a Home Help, but she found out and banned him from using the service, much to his horror. His dislikes include the local gossip Isa (portrayed by Jane McCarry), who will stop at nothing to find out anything - his annoyance is shown in the episode "Wireless", when Isa asks him to go to the local dance with her. He refuses as he has a sore leg, and she gets revenge by hinting to his home-help Mrs Begg that Winston is pretending in order to keep her. He is friends with Jack, Victor, Tam, Eric and sometimes Boaby the Barman, who works in the local pub Jennys, previously called the Clansman. | |
| Tam Mullen | Mark Cox | 1- | Thomas "Tam" Mullen is another resident of Craiglang and he can be a bit of an old miser at times. He is always conning people into giving him free belongings or buying him a drink and is known for being unapologetically greedy if he can get something for nothing. His softer side came out when he was introduced to Frances, the local librarian whom he fought with Winston over. He got married to her in the episode "Ring" but in the episode "Saucy", became attracted to her sister, Molly - a kindred soul and more experienced miser than himself. In the end, he decided he was happy with Frances and laid to rest his feelings for his sister-in-law. Tam is a DJ at Western General Hospital and often manages to con the terminally ill out of their valuable possessions. Tam's miserable attitude about money often causes a rift between himself and his wife, but at 70, Tam became a father of Tam Junior and Frances became Britain's oldest mum. Tam tends to be Winston's 'double act' partner, the latter was the best man at Tam's wedding. | |
| Isa Drennan | Jane McCarry | 1– | Isa Drennan is another resident of Osprey Heights. She is known as the local gossip and will stop at nothing in her quest to find out the latest tidbits. Isa also works as a cleaner in Navid's shop. Isa was also married to Harry, who left her and stole money from her. In "Scones", he returned, apparently changed, but eventually stole from her again. He then returned for a second time in "Dug" but was given a much less warm welcome by Isa, who told him that they were finished. It was revealed in "Scones" that Isa has a crush on the late Richard Whiteley. In "Dug" and "Hoaliday", she had a pretend relationship with Winston; although unrequited, Isa has a secret flame for Winston but her obsession with gossip and tendency to be nosy often sabotages her chances. Isa's husband Harry died in the series six episode "Hot Seat". Isa is heavily involved with community projects and charities, attends dance classes and helps others in the community – Winston maintains this is her way of keeping in touch with people to 'keep in tap with everyone's business'. Every year Isa cooks the Christmas dinner for the community centre while still making time to cook Christmas dinner for Jack and Victor. She briefly falls out with Jack and Victor in the Christmas special "Cold Turkey" when she overhears them telling Navid that they use her for the Christmas Dinner, but they later apologise and she forgives them. In the episode "Gairden", she mentions her son Colin, who bought her a mobile phone in case of an emergency. | |
| Navid Harrid | Sanjeev Kohli | 1- | Navid Harrid runs the local shop with his soap opera-loving wife Meena. Navid and Meena came to Craiglang in 1975 after having secretly eloped from India as Meena was due to be wed in an arranged marriage. Navid is full of witty one-liners but has to put up with Meena's constant nagging; although he and Meena spend most of their time verbally sparring, he occasionally reveals he is still in love with her and grows jealous when she goes to India to visit her sister but ends up instead visiting with an old flame. He is a Muslim who laments the fact that his religion forbids both gambling and the consumption of alcohol; in a series five episode, Navid has mid-life crisis and dyes his hair, begins flirting with all the local female pensioners, and goes against his religion by gambling and drinking in the Clansman, although in the end it is Meena who has to beat some sense into him. As a tribute to Maris Crane from the sitcom Frasier, Meena's face is never seen, and Meena mostly never speaks English on-screen (she speaks a short line of English to a customer in the episode where Navid has a mid-life crisis) Her lines in Hindi and Punjabi are usually subtitled. They have a daughter who got married in the first series. In the final episode of series four, a man who is supposedly Navid's illegitimate son is seen (also played by Sanjeev Kohli). Ford Kiernan has stated the name of Navid's shop 'Harrid's is a play on words of 'Harrods'. | |
| Boaby the Barman | Gavin Mitchell | 1- | Boaby (the Scots form of Bobby) is the landlord of Jenny's" (previously known as "The Clansman", even though it is regularly still referred to as such), the local pub. Boaby isn't a believer of the phrase, "the customer is always right", and prefers to hand out snide comments with his pints; not that the locals are the type of people to take them lying down. He always has a new nickname for Jack and Victor whenever they enter Jenny's but Jack and Victor always come back with a comment that puts Boaby in his place. It has been revealed that he had a brief career as a porn star, where he went under the name of "Troy the gardener". In the episode "Who's the Daddy", Boaby reveals he has been working behind the bar of the Clansman since he was eighteen. He usually has a grievance with either Winston (usually barring him for various antics), or Tam (who refuses to pay for his drinks). Although Boaby is sarcastic and mouthy by nature, he occasionally shows he has a charitable and honorable side, and shows respect for Isa, often finding grievance with anyone who does her wrong. | |
| Eric | James Martin | 1- | Eric - Eric is frustrated with his old body, he sees himself as "a young man trapped in an old man's body", Eric is often seen talking with Tam and Winston. Eric managed to save Winston from a potential relationship with Isa in "Hoaliday". He seems to spend all his time in The Clansman or else in the local bookies. In "Hot Seat" it is revealed he used to be a fireman. Often when Boabby can't be in the pub, Eric is chosen to cover for him, much to the joy of the regulars. Eric is played by James Martin. |
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