List of characters in The Brittas Empire

Below is a list of various other characters in The Brittas Empire, a British television sitcom that aired on BBC 1 in the 1990s. For information on the rest of the show's characters and any other information, visit: The Brittas Empire.

Gavin

Gavin is a fictional character portrayed by Tim Marriott in the British television sitcom, The Brittas Empire, that aired on BBC 1 between 1991 and 1997. He is a pool attendant (and later deputy manager) of Whitbury Leisure Centre, the fictional disaster-bound sports centre run by the chaos-causing manager Gordon Brittas.

Gavin is gentle and caring, and gets on with his job under Brittas, however develops a certain arrogance when being promoted to deputy manager. After this promotion, he occasionally clashes with Colin Weatherby, another if detached deputy manager, claiming he only "cleans toilets". The promotion causes a rift in his relationship with boyfriend Tim Whistler, and also causes him to pick up some of his boss's quirks, in the form of what he says and hand gestures. Gavin falls out with his boyfriend on many occasions, due to either keeping secrets from him or the jealousy and jumping to conclusions on Tim's part.

The relationship between Gavin and Tim provides a subplot, but also some humour, because Brittas, unable to pick up on subtle aspects of human beings, is always unaware the pair are homosexuals.

Linda

Linda is portrayed by Jill Greenacre, and she teaches and trains people in different sports, and is also a pool attendant. Linda also controls reception when Carole is absent.

Linda is co-operative, lively an enthusiastic, getting on with her job and obeying her boss's commands. She feels strongly about animal cruelty, evident in series six when she is against Brittas's dolphin day, thus staging a protest.

Linda is in most episodes of the show, except for two in series one. She is one of the smaller characters in the series, have her role is significantly larger after the first series.

Tim

Tim is portrayed by Russell Porter, and he is also a pool attendant at Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. Although a lively, confident worker, Tim is slightly troubled mentally, hence the psychiatrist reference in series five. He has mood swings and gets jealous easily, and finding Gavin giving attention to anyone but himself is unbearable for him. His slightly neurotic persona makes his relationship difficult with Gavin, and he is outraged when learning Gavin is working towards management at the centre.

The most extreme example of Tim's personality is in series six, when he holds the staff hostage in the rest room until he gets paid the same. Colin tries to escape, so Tim hits him with a baseball bat.

Like most staff members, Tim despises Brittas, however shows this more than most.

Tim is in all episode of the series.

Julie

Julie is portrayed by Judy Flynn, and replaces character Angie as Brittas's secretary. Julie is a loud-mouthed character, refusing to do any work, and insisting to tell her boss exactly what she thinks of him. Julie dislikes Brittas more than anyone at the sports complex, and when he asks her to do work, she moans the catchphrase "I'm busy!". She gets involved with criminal boyfriends and has contacts in the underworld.

Julie's fiery tongue provides some of the show's humour, and she is completely different in personality to Angie, the secretary in the first series, who didn't add much comedy to the show. Julie is in all episodes series two onwards, apart from the 1997 christmas special.