Cockroaches. Image shows from L to R: Tom (Daniel Lawrence Taylor), Suze (Esther Smith). Copyright: Big Talk Productions
Cockroaches

Cockroaches

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV2
  • 2015
  • 6 episodes (1 series)

Romantic comedy set after a nuclear war. Daniel Lawrence Taylor and Esther Smith star. Created by Bad Education's Freddy Syborn. Stars Daniel Lawrence Taylor, Esther Smith, Tom Davis, Jessica Emily Rose, Jack Whitehall and more.

Character guide

Cockroaches. Tom (Daniel Lawrence Taylor). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Tom

Tom is a childish, cynical, action film addict who's bored by the end of the world.

He's never happier than when he's getting drunk and telling his daughter Laura all about Steven Seagal.

Tom knows he's punching way above his weight with Suze.

Cockroaches. Suze (Esther Smith). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Suze

Played by: Esther Smith

The ever optimist, Suze goes into every situation with an open heart, only to get bewildered and/or annoyed by the insane remnants of civilization.

If at all possible, Suze wants Laura to have a normal childhood (it's not possible). Though she has little to no success at 'improving' him, Suze remains a sucker for Tom.

Cockroaches. Felix (Tom Davis). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Felix

Played by: Tom Davis

Felix is a jovial, tattooed, carjacking West Country BFG. He survived the bombs because he was doing something odd in a basement with the Swindon Town first XI.

He is little Laura's best friend, an ardent fan of Tom's and self-?styled sister to Suze.

Cockroaches. Laura (Jessica Emily Rose). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Laura

Laura is the child of Tom and Suze. She is having to grow up in a world where the idea of a doll is a skull and chocolate is rather hard to come by.

Cockroaches. Oscar (Jack Whitehall). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Oscar

Played by: Jack Whitehall

Oscar went to school with Tom and Suze. She and Oscar even went out briefly, much to Tom's disgust.

Oscar's a South London poser-turned-psychopath who will stop at nothing to get Suze back. He speaks in a bizarre patois and went mad a long, long time ago.

Cockroaches. Jennifer (Rebecca Humphries). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Jennifer

Jennifer used to be the Prime Minister's assistant. Now she holds his chain.

Cockroaches. Prime Minister (Robert Bathurst). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Prime Minister

Played by: Robert Bathurst

Shortly after the Nuclear bombs dropped the Prime Minister went insane... not a great start to surviving in a post apocalyptic world.

Cockroaches. Stevie (Nigel Planer). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Stevie

Played by: Nigel Planer

Stevie was one half of a Scouse children's TV double act, the Giggle Twins. But the 80s were a different time and Stevie's 'old fashioned' jokes are now considered offensive even when told in a wasteland littered with the skeletons of people Stevie's eaten.

Stevie and Felix's bashful will-they-won't-they reforms the cannibal showman.

Cockroaches. Randal (Jamie Demetriou). Copyright: Big Talk Productions

Randal

Played by: Jamie Demetriou

Randal is one of the people in the camp.

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