▁t ough ▁person , ▁she ▁displays ▁weak ness es ▁in ▁episodes ▁such ▁as ▁" The ▁Box ", ▁episode ▁towards ▁her ▁sister ▁Lucy . ▁Mel ' s ▁best ▁friend ▁is ▁Tr ent ▁Clement s , ▁the ▁two ▁have ▁an ▁obvious ▁rom antic ▁interest ▁in ▁each ▁other , ▁though ▁they ▁do ▁not ▁start ▁going ▁out ▁until ▁much ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁series . ▁Mel ▁has ▁a ▁radical ▁and ▁unusual ▁sense ▁of ▁fashion ▁and ▁shows ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁phot ography ; ▁this ▁led ▁to ▁her ▁moving ▁to ▁Canada ▁on ▁an ▁exchange ▁programme ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁Series ▁ 6 , ▁she ▁returned ▁for ▁the ▁Series ▁ 7 ▁finale , ▁" Thanks ▁for ▁All ▁the ▁Earth w orm ▁C ust ard ". ▁Josh ua ▁Josh ▁B ark er ▁( Alex ▁K ew ) ▁( 1 9 9 9 – 2 0 0 5 ): ▁Josh ▁is ▁the ▁middle ▁B ark er ▁sib ling ▁and ▁was ▁around ▁twelve ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁fost ered ▁by ▁Val ux ians , ▁Brian ▁and ▁Soph ie ▁Johnson . ▁Josh ▁is ▁de vious ▁and ▁sch em ing , ▁constantly ▁invent ing ▁new ▁and ▁interesting ▁sc ams ▁to ▁make ▁money , ▁and ▁ro ping ▁Brian ▁into ▁his ▁latest ▁schemes . ▁His ▁two ▁best ▁friends ▁are ▁P ete ▁and ▁Frank ie ▁( in ▁the ▁first ▁and ▁second ▁episodes ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁friend ▁called ▁Mi key ▁but ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁episode ▁' The ▁home ▁team ' ▁Frank ie ▁seems ▁to ▁take ▁over ). ▁Although ▁c unning , ▁Josh ▁is ▁often ▁out sm art ed ▁by