Characters

The Main Cast

Vicky Hill
An ambitious trainee newspaper reporter who dreams of becoming a famous investigative journalist but finds herself stuck writing obituaries for the Gipping Gazette. Vicky's also the daughter of legendary criminal, The Fog-a fact she must keep secret.

Annabel Lake
Vicky's voluptuous sexpot rival who uses her feminine wiles to bully, manipulate and outsmart our heroine. Currently Annabel is living with silver-haired lothario, Dr. Frost.

Topaz Potter/Ethel Turberville-Spat
Only known as Ethel to a select few, she inherited The Grange estate from her aunt but goes by the name of Topaz Potter, waitress at the Copper Kettle cafè. Topaz is enamored with Vicky and has aspirations to follow in her footsteps.

Barbara Meadows
The Gazette's long-time receptionist, a mine of local gossip and advice—especially when it involves the opposite sex.

D.S. Colin Probes
An attractive police officer and distant cousin of Topaz/Ethel.

Steve Burrows
Gipping's paramedic and loveable womanizer, determined to add Vicky to his list of bedroom conquests.


Characters we'll get to know better:

Douglas Fleming
A bit of a ladies man, now recently widowed.

Mrs. Evans
Vicky's new landlady and owner of a cleaning service called Doing-It-Daily.

Eunice Pratt
The dead man's sister and a born troublemaker obsessed with petitions.

Lieutenant Robin Berry
Vicky's new crush who just happens to be Eunice Pratt's nephew.

Sadie Evans
Mrs. Evans's wayward daughter who works as an exotic dancer in the city of Plymouth.

Chuffy McSnatch
A friend of Vicky's father from the criminal underworld.


And introducing ...

Olive Larch: Secretary of the Gipping Snail Racing Federation.