Character Profiles

Sheldon Rex
Played by: Ben Cartwright
Age: 41
Relationships: Broken up with his childhood sweetheart of 19 years of marriage a year before these events. He is now married to the job and misses female attention.
Past-times: Sheldon Rex has always been a journalist but always small time. He is having a mid-life crisis and is looking to be in a relationship.
Ambition: His ambition is to be a top journalist and believes that with one big story he could be famous. As he craves attention he looks forward to the fame but will his ambition for passion obscure his career.


Reece Freeman
Played by: Jack Squires
Age: 48
Relationships: He is happily married to Sylvia for 3 years.
Past-times: He has graduated from Harvard many years ago and has always been involved with politics. This is his first time he is running for Governor and is seemingly in the lead by a mile as the newspaper article suggests. He is seen by the public as a good guy in the corrupt city of New York and with the recent Governor stepping down after an alleged affair. Reece needs to make sure he keeps a clean slate and any problems with his marriage or other activities
Ambition: His only ambition is to become Governor he has no other goals he wishes to achieve.

 
Sylvia Freeman
Played by: Lucy Cunnington
Age: 39
Relationships: He is happily married for 3 years to Reece but is seeing Sheldon Rex on the side so that Sheldon does not release the drug deal story about her husband
Past-times: Sylvia has been married to many men and all of them have come from a wealthy background and she has accumulated thousands from divorce settlements. She was a model when she was younger but she has found it easier living off the achievements of her other half.
Ambition: Her ambition is to be rich and this will come with Reece Freeman becoming Governor of New York.


John Barnacles (Boss)
Played by: Daniel Cowie
Age: 58
Relationships: He is happily married to his wife and has two children who both go to college.
Past-times: He has been Sheldon Rex's boss for many years and they have worked closely, he is gradually giving Rex more important stories and believes he could one day take over his paper.
Ambition: He has no real ambition apart from to make sure his paper continues to be successful.