Michael T. Farrell III

David Crean portrays Laura's handsome, but deceptive, billionaire husband Michael. Hailing from America, Michael first shows up at the centre in an attempt to win Laura back, which fails.

However, his second attempt in the next series succeeds, but he continues to be deceitful. Nevertheless, it seems he genuinely loves Laura in series five, willing to start work at the sports centre to try and please her. But when Laura falls pregnant, he instead decides he wants the baby to be brought up in America, to which Laura agrees. An episode set in the future reveals that they name their son Barney.

Brittas hates Farrell, seeing him nothing more than a liar and a cheat. In series four, Farrell turns up for the staff ball, thus preventing Brittas from taking Laura as his dancing partner, making Brittas particularly bitter