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Name | DI Jack Regan |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
Jack is very much a strong, white male in a position of authority. He is aggressive when challenged and shows that he is fit during the chase scene. He is in a heterosexual relationship with Jenny and it is during these scenes he shows a more relaxed approach to his representation – caring about his appearance in the mirror and wearing a floral dressing gown in the morning. |
Name | DS George Carter |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
George is a white heterosexual character who is from the area. He is very knowledgeable about the area of London in which the narrative is set. He seems very laid back and has some issues with authority (Haskins) while also respecting his own boss (Regan). He is athletic during the chase scene and very much conforms to the representation of a sidekick to our hero. |
Name | DCI Frank Haskins |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
Haskins is a very straight-laced superior to Regan and Carter and his costume and accessories help connote his sensible and calm approach to his job. He very much lives by the rules and is quick to monitor and question those who he believes stretch the rules. He respects the commander but has issues with our hero and the way in which Jack carries out his duties. |
Name | Jenny Peters |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Female |
Jenny is represented as a weak damsel-in-distress who is vulnerable to the aggressive approach by Brooker and Merrick. The iconography in her apartment of an iron, floral clothes and larger flowers as décor continues this very feminine representation. Jenny also provides the calm influence to Jack, she is protected by him but also is very much his subordinate as she takes a seat on the floor in the final scene while Jack remains in the chair. |
Name | Edi Driscoll |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Female |
Edi is represented as the put-upon housewife who is fed-up with her partner’s actions. This of course is a result of being visited by the police. She stays quite calm around Regan and Carter; possibly suggesting that this is regular. Her dialogue and behaviour with them suggests that she is not intimidated by authority, but respects the rules and laws that they are attempting to uphold. |
Name | Dave Brooker |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
Dave is represented as a tough, intelligent criminal who is the subordinate to Frank Kemble. He sports a flat cap; connoting his London roots and potentially suggesting he is trying to hide his actions. He is calm much of the time. |
Name | Stupid Hawes |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
Hawes is stereotyped as an un-intelligent sidekick and is even named so by the programme. The character seems subordinate to all others and controlled by Billy in particular. His appearance is quite unkempt, scruffy and could connote he struggles to look after himself. |
Name | Frank Kemble |
Race | White |
Sexuality | Heterosexual |
Gender | Male |
Frank is represented as a superior leader of a crime collective. His relaxed body language, smoking of a pipe and seating in a leather chair connotes his status within the collective. He always remains distanced from Brooker and Merrick. He smokes a pipe in comparison to the other characters who smoke cigarettes projecting his desires to be of a higher class. |