Bagpipes is a typical working-class bloke who despite his nickname is English.
He is married to Kirsty and together they have a 12-year-old son, Dean. He spends his days working alongside Walter at the factory and his evenings plonked in front of the TV or down the pub.
He's super intelligent but feels he has to keep proving himself. Sometimes it's having the last word in an argument or showing off his superior (sometimes useless) knowledge in most subjects.
On the surface, Bagpipes and Walter couldn't be more different, but really they're in the same boat. While they sometimes butt heads over political and social disagreements, they share a core decency that means they usually end up in agreement.
Bagpipes and his wife Kirsty used to be quite a passionate couple, but ever since Kirsty gave birth to a mixed-heritage child, Bagpipes hasn't felt able to trust his wife. He made the decision to unquestioningly raise Melissa as his own but he privately feels emasculated by Kirsty's affair and he'll need to confront the issue to reignite the spark.
