in London. Like Egg, he interviews and is successful in gaining a position at solicitor’s firm Moore Spencer Wright. Initially Egg is antagonistic towards him, but softens and invites him to rent with them as the fifth housemate. Warren’s sexuality and his acceptance of it are a major part of the character in the first series- he is worried that his family back home, who are unaware that he is gay, may reject him. In order to deal with his anxieties, he regularly visits a therapist who encourages him to embrace his sexuality and tell his friends. Whilst Egg, Milly, Miles and Anna are initially all aware, other colleagues and family members are not. Near the beginning of the first series, both Warren’s cousin Kira and his older brother Dale come to visit him at various times. Kira gets a job at Moore Spencer Wright and Warren struggles to hide the truth about his sexuality from her until one night when he is cottaging (cruising for gay sex in a nearby park) and she fends off a man whom she mistakenly thinks is attacking Warren. Whilst Kira is happy and accepting of his sexuality, Dale (who is on leave from the Army) is extremely uncomfortable and refuses to accept it. The relationship between the brothers is permanently damaged and, despite the best efforts of Kira, Dale refuses to make amends. Whilst Warren’s professional life is going well, he struggles to find a suitable partner. Near the end of the first series, he meets motorbike courier Ferdie, although he later discovers that he is engaged and in denial about his sexuality. Ferdie and Warren meet again early in series 2 after Ferdie splits from his fiancée- they embark on a brief romance whilst Ferdie sleeps in the front room. Warren’s private life comes uncomfortably to the fore when he goes cottaging one night and is caught up in a sting operation with an undercover police operative who is assaulted by another man whom Warren was about to have sex with. Initially arrested and bailed, pending a trial, Warren finds that his private life becomes tabloid fodder and he is fired by his boss O’Donnell after bringing the firm into disrepute. Following a police line-up, he is cleared of assault and Anna successfully defends him in court, with only a small fine to pay for breach of the peace. With his redundancy