Wendy

Wendy Adams (portrayed by Deborah Grant) is Lucy and Tim's mother and wife of Geoffrey.

Wendy is a caring mother to her two children and is noticeably more happy than her husband. Lee often says, normally by accident, inappropriate things in front of her. He ties himself in knots trying not to say anything too sexual to her.

Pre-series
Wendy was born the daughter of Ginny and an American soldier named George Powell in 1945. Ginny’s husband Jack was in Colditz POW camp at the time and Ginny had no idea if he was dead or alive, and had a one-night stand with an American soldier stationed back in England. By the time Jack got back to England, Ginny had given birth to a child months before. Jack agreed to raise Wendy as his own, though in no time the truth was obvious to everyone. So Wendy decided to tell everyone she was born in 1947 rather than 1945 and she made up a man called Uncle George so she could pay respects to her biological father who died in battle.

When Wendy was young she met the 40 year old Geoffrey Adams and the two married when Geoffrey was 40 and she was 22, though as far as anyone knew she was 20. Wendy’s father disapproved of Geoffrey and made sure he knew it. Her mother Ginny was a drinker and Wendy vowed not to follow in her mothers footsteps, though the effect that drinking alcohol has on Wendy was never more clear than in the episode Resolutions. Not long after marriage Wendy gave birth to a boy they named Timothy, it would be ten years before Wendy had another baby called Lucy. Wendy wanted more but Geoffrey was working all hours.

Wendy and Geoffrey raised their children in a very middle-class lifestyle, Geoffrey found Tim to be too feminine and wished he would toughen up, Tim dressing up as a princess when still a teenager and Lucy being the one to tell him that the 'tooth fairy' never existed, despite the age difference. Wendy was more caring with her children.

Series
Wendy and Geoffrey show up to spend Christmas with Lucy and Lee as well as meeting Tim’s girlfriend Daisy who doesn’t make the best impression. This marks the first of many times Lee put his foot in it when talking about Wendy flirting, he arranges for a murder game and Wendy dresses up as Miss Scarlett in which in trying to stay in character begins flirting with Lees character causing Geoffrey’s temper to get the better of him but in the end lightens up. Wendy and Geoffrey pop up a few times in Series 3 once for Lucy’s 30th and another when she is thinking of marrying a man named Pavlov so he could stay in the country though in the end he married cleaner Barbara.

In Series 4 Wendy and Geoffrey think about splitting up after around 40 years, and despite both children being grown adults who have moved out they get very upset and try to fix things. Lee speaks to Wendy and she confides she wants to “dance” with another man, a dance would mean loosening the grip of control that is the issue in the marriage. Lee is asked for this but Geoffrey knocks his lights out and the two grace the dance floor. Wendy is next seen when Lee and Lucy break into her home to steal the sex tape they made the night before, when they watch it Wendy senses it won’t be countdown.

In Series 6 Wendy and Geoffrey’s son Tim gets a work placement to Germany, they also plan an amateur dramatics show called the kiss written by Lucy’s old school boyfriend Scott. Lee and Daisy are hired to play Lucy’s sister and husband, though Lee is sacked for hitting Scott with his characters walking stick. He gets back and it turns out Mr Faversham gets Emily, a twist the cast weren’t even expecting. In Series 7 Lucy plans a surprise party at a restaurant as an anniversary present, though Lee ruins the surprise on both sides. Not long afterwards Lee and Lucy finally get engaged but gets arrested the night before the wedding however all is set straight and the pair tie the knot.

Seven years later Wendy is grandmother to three grandchildren Charlie, Benji and Molly and oftentimes babysits getting offended when she is not asked. She and Geoffrey celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in Series 8 and Lucy wants her and Lees marriage to be more like theirs and they try marriage guidance counselling something Geoffrey disapproves of. Everything erupts during a dinner party were Wendy reveals Geoffrey had an affair with a woman named Brenda a number of years ago though he maintains it was just some lunch dates and Lee can’t help but enjoy the perfect couple being knocked down.

In Series 9 Wendy shows off her more adventurous side in an escape room for Lees birthday party were she was tasked online to handcuff Toby to a bomb but in a blackout she got Lee instead. They are tricked into thinking the bomb is real and they think they will die until Lee reveals it was all just a joke so that next year they have a different topic of conversation other than the way Lee was at Thorpe park the year before. In Series 10 the characters all do skydiving for charity at first Wendy is the most scared but is actually the first to jump. When it looks like their grandchildren school may be going under they offer to pay for Charlie to be sent to a private school but it is a faith school and he needs to be christened. Lee and Lucy lie to most of their family and friends as well as the headmistress who forgives them though less could be said about their family and friends.

In Series 11 during a planned trip to the Normandy beaches where her father/uncle George died the truth is revealed to Lucy who at first it angry Molly proves to be the voice of reason and all is well in the end. Lees dad Frank dies before the Christmas special. In Series 12 Wendy decides to turn her mind to painting and paints a portrait of Frank that is to the characters hideous, she also did one of herself and Geoffrey naked neither of which are eagerly accepted by Lee and Lucy.