Bernie Scripps - Peter Benson
Published: Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 11:22AM
Even if you didn't know it, you would guess on meeting him that Bernie was the village undertaker. He also owns the garage and takes bookings for David Stockwell's taxi.
An amazing combination of timidity and inflexibility, impatience and procrastination, Bernie is a complete pessimist.
He is increasingly aware of his age, but thinks that if he pretends not to notice the clock will stop.
He relies increasingly on Rosie to manage his unruly business, though he never acknowledges it unless circumstances force him to. Despite all this, he is an engaging and quite lovable old chap. He is a half-brother of Vernon Scripps.
