Appears in:
Series 1, Series 2
Played By:
Mark Gatiss
Quickie Bio:
The owner of Royston Vasey's butcher shop (H. Briss and Son), he serves up his mysterious "special stuff" to select clientele only. Upon tasting it, his customers are hooked. His male-only clientele include important people in the town (the police, the magistrate, councilors, etc). In Series Two the town is hit by a mysterious plague of usually-fatal nosebleeds, and it is eventually discovered that Maurice's wife, Eunice, has been taking the special stuff and cutting it with her own paste, then selling the burgers from her stand. A sad but determined Hilary leaves his wife (who turns out to be a cow) and flees the country, setting up shop in Jamaica .
In Series 3, Geoff can be seen reading a newspaper with the headline "Caribbean Nosebleed Mystery" -- so I guess Hilary didn't leave his troubles behind in Royston Vasey...
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Series 1
Series 2
Appears in:
Series 1, Series 2
Played By:
Reece Shearsmith
Quickie Bio:
A local councillor and patron of Hilary's "special stuff". He appears to be one of Hilary's closest friends (if Hilary has such things). He succumbed to the nosebleed-plague in Series 2 -- no word on whether or not he survived.
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Series 1
Series 2
Appears in:
Series 1, Series 2
Played By:
Steve Pemberton
Quickie Bio:
Maurice is a magistrate who does not want to try the special stuff, even though Hilary and Sam keep trying to get him to take a taste. He resists temptation for quite a while, but Hilary (like a drug pusher) eventually manages to get him hooked. In Series 2 we discover that Maurice's wife, Eunice, has opened a sandwich shop (The Nibble Box), and that she has been using the special stuff in a mixture of her own making. It causes most townspeople to come down with nosebleeds, many of whom die. Although Maurice is afflicted with a nosebleed, he apparently survives the epidemic, because Eunice talks about him during her stint in Clitclink.
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Series 1
Series 2
Appears in:
Series 2, Series 3
Played By:
Helen Lambert
Quickie Bio:
She's married to Maurice. She opens a sandwich shop (The Nibble Box) where, unbeknownst to Hilary, she cuts Maurice's stash of special stuff with her own paste. Unfortunately, this is the true cause of the plague that hits Royston Vasey.
At the beginning of Series 3 we discover that Eunice is serving time in the HM Clitclink Women's Prison with Pauline. She's known as "The Royson Poisoner".
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Series 2
Series 3
Appears in:
Series 2
Played By:
Johnny Leeze
Quickie Bio:
Local policeman who is one of Hilary's "special" clients. He gets the first nosebleed we see. He later arrests Pauline (after her hostage crisis), but eventually gets arrested himself because of his involvement with Hilary and the plague.
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Series 2
Appears in:
Series 2
Played By:
Paul Popplewell
Quickie Bio:
He's too young for the special stuff. He threatens to go to the cops, but runs off when he sees how futile that would be.
Useless Trivia:
Collier is also the guy getting thrown out of the police station at the beginning of the episode in which he appears.
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Series 2
Appears in:
Series 2
Played By:
Amanda Hooley
Quickie Bio:
Woman who works for Eunice Evans at the Nibble Box.
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Series 2
Appears in:
Series 2
Played By:
Ian Ralph
Quickie Bio:
Police Officer looking for Hilary and his wife. He discovers the unique nature of Hilary's wife, but Hilary has evaded his capture.
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Series 2
Appears in:
Series 2
Played By:
Tim Beasley
Quickie Bio:
Police Officer who finds Sam and Maurice attempting to destroy the evidence.
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