Third Generation
| Name | Actor | Series featured | Centric episodes |
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| Francesca "Franky" Fitzgerald | Dakota Blue Richards | 5 - 6 | 5.01, 6.04, 6.09 |
| Franky is described as a smart, creative girl. Franky comes to Roundview College from Oxford due to bullying from the other girls, as seen in photos on her social networking site in the first episode. Franky struggles to fit in at her new school, due to her androgynous dress-sense; but befriends Liv, Mini and Grace, though she is very wary of Mini. Despite making friends, Franky realises that popularity will cost her individual image and personality and reverts back to her old clothes. This causes a threatened Mini to turn her back on her and she forces Liv and Grace to shun Franky, though Grace goes against Mini and remains friends with both girls. Franky is shown to be a keen stop motion animator and is the adopted daughter of two army men, giving her a knowledge of guns and possession of an air revolver. In series 6, she undergoes relationship troubles with Matty, after losing her virginity to him; he is forced to remain in Morocco after a disastrous car crash which takes Grace's life, and Franky declares she hates him. She later enters into a violent relationship with Luke, the drug dealer responsible for Matty's road accident, and later Matty's brother, Nick. When Matty returns, the brothers clash over who Franky really belongs with, but ultimately she decides not to date either of them. She also reunites with her sister, Clara, who takes her on an emotional visit to see her mother, who is in a mental hospital.
Family: Adoptive fathers Geoff (Gareth Farr) and Jeff (John Sessions); Sister, Clara (Georgia King); Mother, Maria (Caroline Paterson) |
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| Aloysius "Alo" Creevey | Will Merrick | 5 - 6 | 5.06, 6.07 |
| Alo is a teenager who spends most of his time hanging out with Rich Hardbeck in his van. He owns a dog named Rags and has an interest in a wide variety of pornography from throughout the ages. He is seen as unlucky with women and fails to find a girlfriend. In his centric episode it is shown that Alo lives on a farm with his domineering mother and 'doormat' father, who are disappointed by his party lifestyle and low grades. After his father ends up in hospital Alo promises to work harder on the farm and in college so he isn't permanently pulled out. In series 6, he and Mini start a no-strings attached relationship resulting in Mini's pregnancy, unbeknownst to him until the penultimate episode of the season where he walks in on Mini having an ultrasound done. He is initially rejected by her, leading to his relationship with a 13 year-old girl. He initially did not want to have a baby, but after a talk with Rich decides to stand by Mini in her choice to keep the baby. He and Mini make up and end up together, and he is present for their daughter's birth by Mini's side.
Family: Father, Owen (Peter Gunn); Mother Catherine (Ingrid Lacey); Daughter, Grace |
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| Richard "Rich" Hardbeck | Alexander Arnold | 5 - 6 | 5.02, 6.02 |
| Richard "Rich" Hardbeck is a keen metalhead and the best friend of Alo. His taste in heavy metal music occasionally causes consternation between the friends. Rich is very stubborn about what kind of girl he wants, and is largely unwilling to compromise, which causes problems when he begins to feel attracted to Grace. Additionally, his dress sense, like Franky's, draws a dim view from Mini, which causes him to considered one of the "outcasts" of the show. However he starts dating Grace and in Alo's episode the two consummate their relationship. This forces Mini to accept him as part of the group. Later on in the series Rich proposes to Grace to protect her from her domineering father, but they soon decide to just stay boyfriend and girlfriend. In series 6, he has much trouble coping with Grace's death until the series finale where he learns to let go.
Family: Father, Kevin (Daniel Ryan); Mother Anita (Liza Tarbuck) |
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| Minerva "Mini" McGuinness | Freya Mavor | 5 - 6 | 5.03, 6.05, 6.09 |
| The start of the series introduces Mini as a Queen bee of her group of friends, Grace and Liv, and the most popular girl at Roundview College. She is very fashion-oriented, and has a very materialistic outlook on life. Her confident, bitchy personality acts as a security mechanism to hide her obsession over her weight and lies about losing her virginity. The series begins with her and Nick dating; later episodes show Nick's infidelity with Liv which leads to tension between herself and her boyfriend and best friend. Her arrogance and unpleasantness begins to fade later in the series, and she develops a very close friendship with Franky. Her protectiveness of Franky in the final episode leads Liv to imply that Mini may be attracted to Franky which was hinted at in the latter half of series 5. In series 6, she begins a no strings attached sexual relationship with Alo which she makes him promise not to tell anyone. This eventually results in Mini falling pregnant in episode 5 of series 6. After much decision making, she decides to keep the baby along with raising it and grows to love her unborn child (which she finds out is a girl) very much. She gives birth to her baby in the series finale, though she had complications with her pregnancy beginning in the ninth episode of the season.
Family: Mother, Shelley (Clare Grogan), Father Gregory (Alastair Mackenzie); Daughter, Grace |
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| Olivia "Liv" Malone | Laya Lewis | 5 - 6 | 5.04, 6.08 |
| Liv is introduced along with Mini and Grace as a clique of three, and is described in the show's publicity as a "party animal". She is considerably more impulsive than Grace or Mini, twice drinking a whole bottle of vodka just as a means of apology. In the third episode, she sleeps with Mini's boyfriend Nick and begins a short lived fling with him which damages her friendship with Mini. In her centric episode we discover that she has a sci-fi obsessed younger sister, a sister in jail and a new-age mother who often neglects her children. She later starts a relationship with Nick's brother Matty but feels threatened by his obvious feelings for Franky. After Grace's death, she isolates herself from the rest of the group once Mini refuses to talk about it. She finds comfort in Alex, and parties frequently with him to cope with her pain. Once he goes away for a week, she has even more difficulty accepting her current situations and experiences a physical manifestation in her side. She comes to full acceptance of her death in the finale however as well as reconciliation with Mini and the group.
Family: Mother, Agnes (Jaye Griffiths), Sisters Bella (Eloise Joseph) and Maude (Lola Mae Loughran) |
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| Grace Violet Blood | Jessica Sula | 5 - 6 | 5.07 |
| Grace is the third member of Mini's clique. She has come to Roundview College from an all-girls school and enjoys ballet and acting. Despite being told not to by Mini, Grace begins a friendship with Franky which causes tension amongst the group. She sympathises with Rich's plight to find a girlfriend, eventually showing her interest in him in the third episode. Further on in the series she begins a full-blown relationship with Rich. In her centric episode, Rich proposes to Grace after her father, who is revealed to be Professor Blood, tries to make her leave Roundview college to return to her previous school. Eventually her father gives up on her and she decides that she and Rich should remain a couple, but not get married yet. In the sixth series, Grace is killed in a car crash while the gang is on holiday in Morocco, and, having been the glue that held the gang together, her death fractures it. However, she continues to reappear in mysterious visions to the rest of the gang during their times of greatest need, particularly Rich (her boyfriend), Liv (who was her best friend) and Franky (who felt guilty for her role in Grace's death).
Family: Father, David (Chris Addison) Mother Sonia (Jenny Jules) |
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| Nicholas "Nick" Levan | Sean Teale | 5 - 6 | 5.05, 6.06 |
| Nick was Mini's boyfriend, and plays rugby for the school team. He begins the series in a relationship with Mini, and is frequently annoyed by her refusal to sleep with him. Eventually he sleeps with Liv whilst still in a relationship with Mini and seems to show strong feelings for her. We find out that Matty is his brother and they have a domineering father, a self-help coach, who views Nick as his favourite son. Nick eventually quits the rugby team and shuns his arrogant friends in favour of a lifestyle filled with partying. In series 6, he shares a kiss with new gay character, Alex. He also falls in love with Franky and has sex with her in episode 6. She officially ends the relationship, however, in the series finale and he is reunited with his brother.
Family: Father, Leon (Dorian Lough), Mother Siobhan, Brother Matty (Sebastian De Souza) |
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| Matthew "Matty" Levan | Sebastian de Souza | 5 - 6 | |
| Matty is introduced in the first episode, encountering a distraught Franky in an industrial estate and describing her as "beautiful". The first few episodes portray him as mysterious as he only makes a few brief appearances; his first significant role is in Liv's episode, where he is revealed to be Nick's brother. He and Liv begin a relationship but he cannot ignore his attraction to Franky. He moves back in to the family home, despite his judgemental father. Eventually it seems that Liv cannot handle his feelings for Franky and they decide to end their relationship on friendly terms the final episode. He is involved in Grace's death in series 6, causing his absence for the majority of the season and lots of troubles in his relationship with Franky and Nick. In the series finale, despite his feelings are reciprocated, Franky ends their relationship and he decides to hand himself into police accompanied by his brother.
Family: Father, Leon (Dorian Lough), Mother Siobhan, Brother Nick (Sean Teale) |
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| Alexander "Alex" Henley | Sam Jackson | 6 | 6.03 |
| Alex is introduced in Series 6. He lives with his grandmother, who seems to have Alzheimer's, although she dies at the end of his episode. He is very impulsive and lives his life by rolling dice and performing actions that correspond to the number he rolled. He is also gay and an "outlandish flirt". He quickly makes friends with Liv and is introduced to the rest of the group.
Alex kissed fellow character Nick Levan (Sean Teale) in Nick's episode. Sam Jackson said that during his first day on set he had to portray a scene in which Alex is masturbating. The director asked him to make more noise during the scene, which Jackson said served as an "ice breaker". Jackson said that his friends presumed he was playing a straight character, and said he expected to be "ripped" for playing a gay character even though he could "handle the banter". Family: Grandmother (now deceased), Miriam (Fenella Fielding), Father David (Karl Theobald) |
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