NAME: Geoffrey 'Poison' Pearce
RANK: Leading Fire fighter (Series 6 - 10), Sub Officer (Series 11 - 14)
ACTOR: Michael Garner
SERIES: 6 - 14

BRIEF: Geoff transferred to Blackwall from a station in the Bristol area. He was nicknamed 'Poison', being he had a poisonous tongue. He caused a lot of problems for the Watch, by telling tales and stirring trouble.

FAMILY: Geoff was married to Patti, who had various affairs, which resulted in him having to leave Bristol. She also tried it on with Hallam! Their marriage ended in divorce and Geoff later met Fiona, who was a university researcher. They met while she was testing the station's appliances. Fiona later returned to London with her husband Barry, who punched Geoff in the nose! Fiona left Barry for Geoff and they later married and had a baby daughter called Eve.

ROMANCE: Marriages to both Patti and Fiona.

TOUGH TIMES: Geoff nearly drowned in Series 13, when he was swept under water and washed down stream in a water works. Hyper managed to rescue him.

Geoff's beloved dog Bruno, died in Series 13. Geoff was heartbroken, so the lads decided to put some money together and they bought him a new dog. Unknown to Adam, who bought the dog, which the named Blue, the dog was pregnant and gave birth to three puppies!

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ACTOR BRIEF: Michael married to Irish Actress Paula Hamilton and they have two children, Harry and Maeve.

TV AND FILM ROLES: Michael's TV and film roles include:

• EastEnders
• Thacker
• Spender
• Playing For Real
• Thin Air
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Minder
• The Bill
• The Chief
• Van Der Valk
• Brookside
• Casualty
• The Nations Health
• Struggle
• Barriers
• Babytalk
• Rogue Trader
• Ten Minutes
• Heartbeat
• Down To Earth
• Doctors
• Vital Signs
• Holby City

THEATRE ROLES: Michael's theatre roles include:

• Educating Rita
• An Evening with Gary Lineker
• Absent Friends
• A Sleeping Nightie
• Roots
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
• Hamlet
• Cider With Rosie
• Caucasian Chalk Circle
• Unsuitable for Adults
• WCPC
• Night and Day
• The Merchant of Venice
• Not Quite Jerusalem
• Accidental Death of an Anarchist
• Abigail's Party
• Ram Alley
• Gothic Horrors

OTHER: Michael has also taken part in the Radio 4 play 'Occasional Swim'.

Michael regularly runs for the Leukaemia Research Fund and has run in the Flora London Marathon, the Great South Run and Great North Run.

Michael finished the Great North Run in 1 hour, 56 minutes and 21 seconds. His race number was 49718.

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