Detective Finney

Detective Finney, only appearing in the second series, is a hitman who is paid to murder the main protagonists, in search for Kenchinton's Locket.

Joy Aston
He first talks to Jelly, Lomax and Michael at Jolly's funeral but yields few leads. He later interviews Joy and, after failing to gain any new information from her paralysed patient Jennifer, unexpectedly stabs her through her neckbrace with a pencil, killing her.

Robert Greenspan
In the second episode, he leads Robert to a false audition and, again, murders him shortly afterwards, Robert seen lying dead near the canal near some rubbish bins.

Oscar Lomax
In the third episode, he pretends to be Lomax's long-lost son Billy and sits with him for a while. Failing to discover what happened to Kenchington's locket, he hangs Lomax and makes it appear like suicide.

Mrs. Wren
In episode four, he goes undercover as a cleaner at Sunnydale and, thinking an old lady to be Mrs Wren (who is in fact her friend Pat, wearing Mrs Wren's cardigan), kills her quickly. In a phone call, he then asks whether to go for "the clown or the kid" next. Instead, he interrogates Jeremy, and then arrests Hattie, to try and trace down the locket, only to find out that Michael and Peter Bishop have beaten him to it.

Final Episode
In the final episode of the series he tracks down David, intending to kill him, but discovers Jennifer, who reveals that she has "told someone" about Finney killing Joy. David then hits Finney with a plank of wood before placing him in Maureen Sowerbutts' coffin. The coffin is cremated, killing Finney.