Bear Behaving Badly
Character Actor Series Notes
Barney Harwood Barney Harwood 1-4 A television presenter who presents television shows for the BBC . He is the owner of the flat where himself , Nev and Crazy Keith and Doris live . He and Beatrice have an on-off romantically involved relationship . He often seems oblivious to the chaos Nev and Keith cause and although he thinks Mr Prank is odd he has never realized that Nev , Keith , Melanie and Mr Prank are enemies . His aunts are Barbara and Alice , his uncles are Rupert and Bert , and his cousin is Melanie . He is the only character in the series whose actor plays themselves alongside Nev
Neville the Bear Nev , Nevvie Ross Mullan 1-4 A small , blue , bear who likes ice cream , socks , jam and his snuggly ducky duck duck . He has patches in places and is missing part of his ear after it was bitten by Bandit . Nev has trouble with pronouncing certain words and when scared or intimidated , he growls , just like a real bear would . He once had a sword fight with Mr Prank . He stopped Mr Prank a few times from losing his job and twice from going to jail . He is the only character in the series whose actor plays themselves alongside Barney
Crazy Keith Simon Buckley 1-4 An illegal immigrant Koala from Brisbane who lives under the floor boards of Barney 's flat with his inanimate girlfriend Doris , of whom he ironically involves himself in conversation with on a regular basis . He is Nev 's best friend , but often ropes him into hare-brained schemes , usually with the intention of stealing Mr Prank 's secret ice cream stash . His existence is unknown to all the characters except Nev , Beatrice and Barney . As shown in Curse Of The Were-bear he is part were-bear . He can speak a prehistoric language as shown in Cave-bear and he has not had a bath for years . He mentioned 3 times that koalas are an endangered species and he 's very greedy . He adores Ice-Cream and pizza and often over-eats , meaning he becomes so fat he gets stuck . He has a brother called Dennis and an uncle called Bruce . In the episode Crazy Keith - Extreme Koala he was a surfing superstar back in Bondi Beach and that 's when he met Doris . He has a friend called PC Stereotype . He often discovers the important things during the series [ like that Dev is a criminal in Cousin Dev ] and he often mistakes things for other things [ like the song that revives the dead mummy in Yummy Mummy is an ancient Egyptian comedy folk song . ]
Beatrice Allyson Brown 1- 4 A college student and part-time ice cream van assistant , also known for her baking talent . She lives in the flat next to Mr Prank . Nev calls her Beetroot . She and Barney have an on-off romantically involved relationship . She appears in two episodes in series 3 . She is allergic to Daffodils and had once failed a college assignment
Mr Andrew Andy Prank Glen Davies 1-4 The caretaker of the block of flats that Barney , Nev , Himself , Beatrice , Aunt Barbara and Keith and his girlfriend Doris live in . He is also the owner of the local ice cream business , of which he tries to disguise from Aunt Barbara ( presumably because he is supposed to be attending to his caretaker duties ) . He is arch-enemies with Nev , who also causes his allergies to arise , as he is allergic to blue bears . Nev , Keith and Melanie call him ( Mr ) Angry Pants , which is possibly derived from his initials ( A. P. ) . As shown in The Strange Case Of Mr Prank he may have German ancestry as Dr Gunter Von Prank had his surname , probably his ancestor . Although he would do anything to get rid of Nev , in Sing A Song Of Secrets he loves Nev and would miss him . He has a brother called Martin , who visited in one episode in series 1 and in series 2 , Crazy Keith mentioned he has a cousin called Benny who set his pants on fire . He once had a sword fight with Nev . He has Scottish relatives called the McPranks , as seen in the episode Sock Mess Monster . He used to be part of Boy Scouts and he has no super inside him as he is unable to turn into a superhero in Hero To Zero . He is the 33rd Putney Boys top animal tracker where he was called radar prank . He often mentions his mother or 'mumsie ' , whose picture he talks to
Postie Beverly Hills 1-4 The local postwoman , who has an on-off love relationship with Mr Prank . She is also best friends with Beatrice . She once nearly married Mr Prank , only to discover he was attempting to fleece her of her lottery win money which was only a £5 voucher which Mr Prank gave to Aunt Barbara to replace the flowers he damaged . It is unknown what her real name is
Aunt Barbara Bella Emberg 2-4 Aunt Barbara is Barney 's aunt , and Uncle Rupert 's and Aunt Alice 's sister . She has a grudge against Mr Prank , due to the fact he is , as she calls him , a useless caretaker , or a caretaker , caretaker , couldn't-care-less-taker . She also has a sight problem , often referring to Nev as a dog . She also has a crush on Bill Oddie . She also has a hearing problem , as she keeps calling Mr Prank Plank despite being corrected an unbelievable number of times [ probably at least three times each episode. ] . Aunt Barbara also happens to be a qualified minister of the High Church of the Convenient Coincidence as shown in Yummy Mummy . She almost married George the mummy in Yummy Mummy until she discovered him cheating on her with Mr Prank dressed up as a girl mummy . She also enjoys hitting Mr Prank with her handbag , containing Chops . Her bag is also huge on the inside as it is capable of carrying Chops and lots of huge ornaments , paintings and kitchen utensils . She can also play Reveille on the trumpet . She is also strong as she is capable with hurting Barney , lifting Mr Prank up and crashing down doors with or without Mr Prank in tow . She used to be a member of the Girl Guides and she always notices when Mr Prank or Melanie misbehave
Melanie Shyanne Sanders 2-4 Melanie is Aunt Barbara 's niece , and subsequently , she is first cousins with Barney . Nev calls her Smelanie . She often helps Nev and Crazy Keith carry out acts of revenge on Prank even though she never has heard of Keith . She is a school student with a passion for sports . She is 10 in the beginning and 13 in the end . She is often forced to wear Aunt Barbara 's dresses that look unbelievably ugly
Uncle Rupert Geoffrey Whitehead 1-4 Uncle Rupert is the owner of the block of flats which Barney and Nev live in . Barney has a picture of Rupert on the wall of his kitchen . Rupert has a stash of treasure which will be bequeathed to Barney when he dies
Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck Bradley Yates 1-4 Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck is Nev 's soft toy duck who snuggles with Nev in his bed . Nev would do anything to save him if he got caught or stolen ( except be nice to Mr Prank for the rest of his life )
Mr Cuddly Wuddly A Stuffed Toy 1-4 Mr Cuddly Wuddly is like Snuggly Ducky Duck Duck but Mr Cuddly Wuddly is Barney 's and looks a lot like Nev
Bouncer Boy Gregory Foreman 1 Bouncer Boy is Mr Prank 's nephew . He is the original owner of Bandit , however , when he left the country with his mother to go travelling , Mr Prank ended up looking after him . Bouncer Boy only appeared in Series 1
Bandit Gregory Foreman and sound FX 1-4 Bandit is a large , orange tabby cat , formerly owned by Bouncer Boy . He now resides with Mr Prank . He is responsible for the damage caused to Nev 's ear as revealed in Operation Nev
Doris Stuffed Toy 2-4 Doris is a small pink and purple bunny rabbit , who is in a relationship with Crazy Keith . Doris originally resided in Australia with Keith . Although she is not , Keith likes to pretend she is real . Despite her muteness , she seems to be very persuasive , as Keith will often go great lengths to impress her . She is often told ironically by Keith not to move a muscle
Squealers Sound FX 1 The Squealers are some of Keith 's toy buddy 's like Doris but did not appear when Doris was around as Keith either ditched them or they left , probably because Doris might be scared of them or there just was n't enough space for them in Keith 's tiny lair
Chops A dog and Sound FX 2-4 Chops is Aunt Barbara 's dog which lives inside a handbag and came out of the handbag twice . The first time Chops came out of the handbag everybody loved him more than Nev so Nev got him in the handbag but Bandit was inside as well so Nev got Bandit out of the handbag . Then Nev came out with Chops and got congratulated
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Bear Behaving Badly is a British children's sitcom which ran for four series and was broadcast from 3 September 2007 to 21 December 2010. Re-runs were regularly broadcast on CBBC up until 2016.