Sir Norman Fry
Played by: David Walliams
Appearances: Since Series 3
Catchphrase: "As far as I'm concerned, that is the end of the matter. Thank you."
Sir Norman Fry is a Conservative MP who seems to be respectable, and has a wife (Camilla, played by Matt Lucas) and two children, possibly based on the real life ex-conservative Norman Fowler. He is always issuing statements to the press regarding compromising situations in which he has apparently been caught. His statements are written and delivered in a futile attempt to make his escapades sound wholly innocent and justifiable, using phrases such as "on entering the room, my clothes accidentally fell off" or "I followed the gentlemen into the toilet cubicle to discuss foreign policy", and to cover up his apparent homosexual tendencies, since all of his statements refer to encounters with other men.
He always makes his statements with his wife and children present and kisses his wife after the statement. At first his wife kisses back, but it is clear that she gets less keen on it, eventually even walking away before her husband gets a chance to kiss her.
An American counterpart of Sir Norman Fry called Senator White who is a Republican appears in episodes 5 and 6 of Little Britain USA. Fry is somewhat similar to Viz character Baxter Basics.
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