The main characters Ben (Robert Lindsay), a dentist; Susan (Zoe Wanamaker), a tour guide and later an Art gallery owner; Nick (Kris Marshall), a total layabout; Janey (Daniela Denby-Ashe), a shallow clothes obsessive; And Michael (Gabriel Thomson), who is very intelligent. Other characters such as: Abi (Siobhan Hayes), Ben's cousin and is very dim-witted; Roger (Keiron Self), a fellow dentist and a complete annoyance to Ben; Alfie (Rhodri Meilir), a friend of Nick's who is a struggling musician; Kenzo (Tayler Marshall), Janey's son who often tries to outsmart his family; And Grace (Avril Elgar & Rosemary Leach), Susan's mother who is locked in psychological warfare with her. The show comes to an end in 2011, after 11 years of the Harpers.