Season 1 - 5 Guest Character Directory: M

	Duration: Episode	Duration: Season	Year(s)
Maddie Osbourne (Jane Peachey)	232 - 233	5.4 - 5.5	2001	Air hostess under the illusion that she is Stevie Shaw's (only!) fiancée. When Claudia Irving discovers Stevie has made a £1 bet with Andrei and is telling the dressing room he has won by having bedded her, she uses the discovery that Stevie is engaged to Maddie and another woman, Yasmin to enact revenge. Claudia sees to it that Maddie and Yasmin come face-to-face at a home fixture against Charlton, and that Stevie gets his comeuppance! He certainly does, and Stevie not only loses his fiancées but is left covered in food by the time the girls are finished with him.
Magistrate (Philip Childs)	229	5.1	2001	First to proceed over Fletch's case after he is charged with Prash's murder, and holds him in custody until Carson-Brandt arranges an appeal hearing with Justice Lawson.
Maitre D' (John Surman)	213	4.11	2000	Running the show at The Grange's Blue Room Bar and Restaurant where Danny takes Rachel following a stressful afternoon overseeing the Junior Dragons' Christmas party. Has to sort Matt with an ill-fitting suit when he turns up to spy on Rachel and Danny suitably underdressed.
Marco Moliano (Actor unknown - if you know the actor's name please let us know - info@dtdiehard.net)	169	3.29	2000	Second thuggish older brother of Eddie Moliano. Comes to the Lair with right-hand-man Tony to give Scott Lucas a pasting after he sleeps with their teenaged sister Gina, unaware of who she is. The two are waiting in Scott's flat after he tries to outrun them, and beat him unconscious.
Marion Lucas (Jenny Bolt)	212	4.10	2000	Alex Lucas's second wife, with whom he has had two children Chris and Ben. Marion is not prepared to share Alex with a son from his first marriage, even though Scott is a grown man, and encourages her husband to put a stop to Scott's contact.
Marjorie Davies (Susan Kyd)	43	1.43	1998	When Warren Masters signs up to an escort agency, he backs out at the last minute and pressurises Conor into taking his place at a meeting with a woman called Mrs Davies. Conor has to pretend to be Warren, while Mrs Davies orders him to call her "Auntie Marjorie" due to Conor's youth. Conor impresses at Marjorie's meeting when he reveals he is in Harchester's youth team, and has heard of the client's products. Marjorie soon wants to repay Conor with her "older woman charms" but in order to get away Conor has to pretend he is gay, which is overheard by Zoe and Georgina.
Mark/Mr Casale (Craig Giovanelli)	231	5.3	2001	Harchester Chronicle night sports editor who is drafted into a plot by colleague Paul Hankin and HUFC assistant manager David Spears, into posing as Milan's commercial director and catch Alan Rothman in a sting. Records Rothman revealing how much of Stevie Shaw's signing on fee he will be pocketing and also gets him giving Lynda a sexist slating!
Mark McNeill (Martin Ledwith)	145 - 146	3.5 - 3.6	1999	Football agent who, on the morning of the plane crash, comes for a meeting with Jerry on his client Wes Kingsley signing for the club. Has a prior connection to Harchester being Leon Richards' agent, and is consoling Leon's mother over the phone as she waits for news on her son. Mark goes to Phillipa French, manning the club as the crisis overtakes Jerry, and notices all the players' contracts sprawled across the table, remarking how Jerry obviously got the lawyers in fast, knowing there must have been around £20M of talent on the plane. A season later he advises Wes over the phone to accept a move to Birmingham City.
Martin Cutler (Jordan Calvert)	216	4.14	2001	Teenaged son of Harchester's bank manager Trevor Cutler, who Lynda arranges tickets for Monday Bandele's debut against Liverpool. Martin's favourite player is Scott Lucas, so Lynda takes him down to the dressing room to meet Scott before the game. However, they arrive to the sight of Scott and Fletch nearly having a full-on brawl and having to be held apart by the team.
Martin Dukes (Mark Payton)	206	4.4	2000	Businessman sponsor with his brother-in-law Colin Tyler, Martin is the manager of Harchester's Golf & Country Club. When Harchester United suffers the latest in a recent string of defeats, Colin and Martin take out their frustrations with the management and team on Lynda, to the point where it becomes a verbal attack on her and Lynda has to leave the room.
Mary McCarthy (Philomena Matheson)	1	1.1	1997	Conor McCarthy's mother, living in Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Is seen just before her son leaves to fly to England and join the Harchester United youth team. Possibly makes a further appearance, especially as Conor runs away back home feeling he isn't good enough, but is unknown without episodes to view.
Matt Coleman (Anthony Barclay)	202 - 203	3.62 - 4.1	2000	Associate of Prashant Dattani and is his guest at the final game of the season as Harchester face Tottenham Hotspur and battle for survival against relegation. When he is vocal on the "tatty" Players' Lounge decor, Lynda puts him straight with how he might have heard of her but she nothing of him.
Meridith Sampson (Romla Walker)	206	4.4	2000	A supposedly respectful journalist whose request to feature Lynda for a piece in her Sunday paper's business section is granted by Victoria. Meridith's focus is, again supposedly, on two Midlands football clubs Harchester and Leicester who are due to face each other at The Lair that day. When Harchester's 2-1 loss is the latest in a string of bad results, two sponsors tear strips off Lynda until she has to take leave to compose herself in the ladies. Meridith acts supportive to Lynda, and while reeling from the experience Lynda lets her guard down and tells Meridith what she doesn't like about the job. Thus, Lynda is shocked when Meridith's piece amounts to Lynda badmouthing the sponsors and the players. We do not learn how Meridith's piece on Leicester went.
Midwife (Jane Hills)	204	4.2	2000	Midwife who is present as Ann Patterson gives birth to she and Scott Lucas's son Sam.
Molly (Lee Blakemore)	247	5.19	2002	Member of girl group The Sirens who are shooting a music video in Harchester. Molly and band mate Julie think they have discovered their career-extending options when they hook up with Harchester players. Molly latches onto Danny, and the two sleep together, which makes Danny realise he still wants to make a go of things with Lisa. Danny ditches Molly when she offers him ecstasy, but Peggsy doesn't leave with him and takes the drug. The result is Peggsy's career-ending swimming pool accident.
Mr Higham (Actor unknown - if you know the actor's name please let us know - info@dtdiehard.net)	8	1.8	1997	Warren Masters' barrister in his court case for his assault of Doug Hastings. Plans to use the hardship Warren, and stepmom Mandy with a new baby, will face if he is sent to prison to gain lenience from the judge.
Mr James (Andy Rashleigh)	202	3.62	2000	Kelly James's father who is in a position of management at a scrap yard. After Kelly is blackmailed into bed with Karl Fletcher, dumped by fiancee Wes and publicly humiliated in the press, Mr James assists his daughter in her revenge plan, though is at first reluctant about crushing Fletch's cherished Lamborghini. They complete the task, and personally deliver the now cube back to it's former parking space at The Lair where it is Fletch's turn to be humiliated.
Mr Justice Lawson (Peter Harlowe)	229, 232, 241 - 242	5.1, 5.4, 5.13 - 5.14	2001	Proceeds over the Prashant Dattani murder case. Grants barrister James Carson-Brandt his wish that Fletch be allowed to play in the club's Champions League opener against Real Mallorca. Later refuses dismissal of the charges against Fletch when an eyewitness (Victoria) places him at the murder scene. Oversees Fletch's trial where he is found guilty, and warns Lynda she will be found in contempt of court at which point she confesses to the murder.
Mr Perez (Christopher Panayi)	240	5.12	2001	One of two representatives of potential signing Roberto Mendoza who attends the Harchester United Christmas party as a guest of Jeff's. Is first dragged onto the dance floor by the sozzled Mayoress Brookman, but has a more smooth transition when he and Dawn Spears perform a sultry Tango.
Mr Simons (Rob Swinton)	225	4.23	2001	Harchester council inspector who oversees the annual health & safety check on The Dragon's Lair. Mr Simons discovers the damaged girder in The North Stand, which brings about its closure until a repair job has taken place. Without the required funds needed to get the job done before the important next match, Lynda loses control of the club to Prash who can provide investment.
Mrs Kingsley (Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence)	181	3.41	2000	Wes Kingsley's mother who comes up from London when he is seriously ill with Bacterial Meningitis, and meets her son's new girlfriend Kelly.
Mrs Redgrove (Deborah Farrington)	207	4.5	2000	Headmistress of Primrose Preparatory School where the Conlon's children, Jake and Emma, attend. Is seen when Matt and Lizzie are called in when Jake fights with another boy, who as a Chelsea fan has called Matt rubbish.
Ms Hammond (Rachel Fielding)	241 - 242	5.13 - 5.14	2001	Prosecution barrister at Fletch's trial for the murder of Prashant Dattani. Cross examines Danny, Andy Ansah, and has Victoria as star witness, in which she broadcasts her allegations of Fletch's bribe involving Jamie and Tash. She also gets the truth out of Fletch that he was indeed in Prash's office after the fatal blow, which condemns him in court.