▁Car man ) ▁moves ▁in ▁with ▁her . ▁Frank ▁Gall ag her ▁( David ▁Th rel fall ) ▁often ▁makes ▁reference ▁to ▁her ▁res embl ance ▁to ▁Mel ▁B ' s ▁car ic ature ▁from ▁the ▁TV ▁series ▁Bo ▁Select a !. ▁In ▁series ▁ 6 ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁she ▁has ▁a ▁son ▁called ▁Rod ney , ▁and ▁she ▁appears ▁not ▁to ▁like ▁him , ▁and ▁feels ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁a ▁waste ▁of ▁space . ▁L ill ian ▁appeared ▁in ▁ 1 1 8 ▁episodes ▁in ▁total . ▁ ▁L ill ian ▁was ▁revealed ▁during ▁series ▁ 2 ▁to ▁suffer ▁nar cole ps y , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁question ed ▁by ▁the ▁police ▁about ▁medic ation ▁she ▁used , ▁suspect ing ▁that ▁her ▁late ▁husband ▁Br end an ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁killed ▁due ▁to ▁a ▁gang - based ▁tur f ▁war ▁over ▁dru gs . ▁In ▁the ▁later ▁series , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁L ill ian ▁is ▁an ▁illegal ▁imm igr ant , ▁after ▁being ▁born ▁in ▁South ▁Africa ▁before ▁moving ▁to ▁England . ▁ ▁As ▁of ▁the ▁fourth ▁series , ▁L ill ian ▁has ▁become ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁dram as ▁around ▁Ch ats worth , ▁even ▁featuring ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁herself , ▁she ▁serves ▁as ▁the ▁com ic ▁relief ▁of ▁the ▁show ▁appearing ▁in ▁many ▁after - cred it ▁sni ppets . ▁ ▁L ena ▁Marshall ▁Play ed ▁by : ▁Bran a ▁B aj ic ▁ ▁L ena ▁Marshall ▁is ▁a ▁nur se ▁who ▁was ▁a ▁rec urr ing