Nathan Barley

Hateful media brat from the pen of Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, Nathan rides his bike on the bus, raps while he shags, and lives for the multi-media moment where nothing is more important than looking cool and no outfit or haircut too farcical.

Nellie 'Ma' Boswell - Bread

Matriarch of the family at the heart of Liverpool's answer to Only Fools And Horses, Ma Boswell has brought up her large and unruly brood all but single-handedly and as a result is nobody's fool.

Nick Harper - My Family

The hapless eldest son of the Harper clan, he likes chasing girls he'll never get and painting himself in the nude. A sometime magician, shelf-stacker and drag-queen, his real ambition is to be on Who Wants To Be a Millionaire.

Norman Stanley Fletcher - Porridge

His portrayal of Norman Stanley Fletcher was perhaps the finest hour of the late, great Ronnie Barker. A dyed-in-the-wool criminal and cynic, Fletch is also a reluctant softie, torn between twin instincts - to keep his head down and avoid trouble, and to buck the system at Slade Prison wherever possible.