Horatio Brittas

The Reverend Horatio Brittas (played by Richard Braine) is the twin brother of Gordon. He was mentioned in series two. Their father (Robin Parkinson) is still alive. He shares the same 'dream' for world peace and social unity that Gordon does, and it is revealed that as children, the two brothers came to an agreement - for Gordon to fulfill the physical part of the dream, while Horatio took care of the spiritual part, as a vicar.

Horatio is a gentle character, and in terms of his voice and mannerisms, appears very similar to Gordon. Like Gordon, while trying to do the right thing, he unintentionally brings chaos and destruction into the lives of those around him. However, unlike Gordon, during the third series he has a crisis of faith when he realizes that his spiritual and peacekeeping interventions have been mostly unsuccessful, and lacks Gordon's unbreakable motivation and self-confidence.[8] This proves a problem to him as whilst he is staying with Gordon and a pregnant Helen for four months, he is considering whether or not to be a missionary in Lebanon; however, at the end of the episode, Gordon rallies him and Horatio strongly decides to go to Lebanon. Horatio is also said to be a school teacher of Religious Studies.

Horatio returns to the centre early in series four to baptise Gordon's five young children.[9] Unfortunately, however, Horatio brings his future wife, Philippa Bellmont, who turns out to have a similar personality to that of Gordon. She annoys Gordon intensely and gets into a fight with Helen, which disrupts the proceedings.