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Moz (
Johnny Vegas): a small-time cannabis dealer who has been dealing for a number of years from his flat in
Salford which he used to share with his girlfriend Nicki but later shares with his new girlfriend Jenny. He deals only in the many varieties of
marijuana and sees himself as 'providing a crucial service to the community". Moz rarely sets foot outside the front door of his apartment and seems to have no concept of keeping the flat tidy. •
Nicki (
Nicola Reynolds): Moz's girlfriend for the first four series. She and Moz have a love/hate relationship, with Nicki constantly nagging Moz about the state of the flat. Nicki can be very assertive and openly opposed to several of Moz's more distinctive shortcomings. •
Cartoon Head aka Golova Sharzh,
Russian for Cartoon Head. (James Foster/
David Sant) a man who never speaks and always wears a mask resembling a cartoon mouse. •
Craig / Steve (
Seymour Leon Mace): the irritating loner Craig was not originally one of Moz's regular clients but after someone has recommended Moz as a good dealer to him, he keeps pestering Moz to let him visit the flat. • ''''Psycho' Paul Nevin''' (Ryan Pope): originally a rival dealer to Moz, Psycho Paul now works with Cartoon Head. •
PC Phil Collins (
Tom Goodman-Hill): Moz's mate and also his chief supplier. Collins is a
police constable for the
Greater Manchester Police. He supplies Moz with weed which has been seized from other dealers during raids. He is a useful contact for Moz, tipping him off as to what the latest police activity is – information which proves vital when the
CID plan to raid the flat. •
Troy (
Tony Burgess, also co-writer): Moz's half-brother. •
Kuldip (
Ronny Jhutti): a former close friend of Moz. A relatively successful DJ (which Troy resents), he has a regular slot as a DJ at the local nightclub. He often boasts to Moz about the number of
white label records he has in his box. •
Judith (
Joanna Neary): moves in across the hall from Moz at the start of series two. She is a timid, demure
necrophiliac who is constantly saying "sorry". She soon becomes the dealer's potential love interest; they are mutually attracted but he is disgusted at the idea of her having sex with dead bodies. •
Jenny (
Sinead Matthews): a dim-witted young adult who becomes Moz's girlfriend near the end of series four. •
Felix (Des O'Malley): the teenage father of Jenny's baby. •
Stemroach (
David Bradley): the sinister gangland boss who employs Cartoon Head and Psycho Paul as his henchmen. •
Brian (
Graham Duff, who is also creator and writer of the show); a very camp and flamboyant homosexual. •
Colin (
Ben Crompton): a bouncy, childlike petty criminal who is usually on
probation, as he frequently reminds people. •
Carmel (
Hanne Steen): a Spanish escort. •
Sangita (
Sunetra Sarker): Nicki’s best friend and, for a short period, lover. •
Yasuko (
Haruka Kuroda): a bubbly and naive Japanese woman with a cleaning
compulsion. •
Derrick (
Alfie Joey): another regular customer whose obsession with vegetables Moz finds very boring. •
China (
Natalie Gumede): along with her friend Asia, is one of Moz's regular clients. •
Asia (
Rebecca Atkinson): friend of China's, who finds Moz repulsive. •
Silicone Valets (pronounced "Silicone Valleys"):
Lee (
Andrew-Lee Potts) and Jason together are Silicone Valets, a pop group of indeterminate quality and style, who drop by to buy drugs and brag about their success. :*
Jason (
Tim Fallows): a member of the same
boy band as Lee. •
Kim and Miko (Jessica Peh and
Haruka Abe): Friends of Yasuko who are members of a Japanese
girl band. •
Tanya (
Emma Fryer): Colin's sister and also baby Sanjeev's health visitor. •
Alan (Peter Slater): the foreman of the builders who renovate Moz's flat after the fire. •
Marco (
Andrew Lawrence): Alan's assistant builder. •
Reverend Jeff "Fist" Fistwick (Graham Duff; uncredited and in a mask): His flat is usually dark and unlit and Fist seems to spend a lot of time watching people come and go, seemingly with sinister intent. •
Chen (
Hon Ping Tan): a member of the Low Triad, initially working for Min Yin Low. •
Tony (
Dan Li): also a member of the Low Triad, initially working for Min Yin Low. •
Keith (
Mick Miller): Moz's long lost stepfather. •
Xavier (
Michael Kofi): a member of Psycho Paul's gang. He is infatuated by how comfortable one of Moz's chairs is. •
Dawn (
Julia Davis): Jenny's mum who has
cataracts. •
Jake/Dinos (
Dylan Edwards) & (Sam Fletcher): Conjoined Twins. •
Carol (
Jo Enright): Keith's blind girlfriend. •
Tilly (
Janeane Garofalo): Moz's new neighbour in flat 6. •
Mr. Rupani (
Vincent Ebrahim): Moz's landlord, as well as the landlord of the other flats in the block. •
Jess (
Elinor Crawley): Nicki's sister/daughter. •
Amanda with the weird eyes: An
unseen character (save for one scene in the final episode of series one, in which she is only seen from the back). ==Guest stars==