Karen Bradeley

Karen is a minor character in the BBC sitcom Not Going Out.

Karen gave birth to a daughter Debbie during the 1980s, following a one-night stand with a man called Terry. Karen dies after a long illness and with the knowledge that she didn't have much time left, she explains to Debbie the details of who her father is.

Debbie turns up at the apartment of Lee believing him to be her real father - Karen explained to Debbie that she had a fling with Lee at a house party, but it is later revealed that Karen had a boyfriend at the time, Tim. Tim explains to Lee that he lost his virginity to Karen, which opens up the possibility that Tim is her father.

The question of who fathered Debbie is further in question when a DNA test comes back negative for each of Lee and Tim, before Lucy recollects catching Karen and Terry sleeping together at the same party in the 1980s in the spare room. Tim and Lee are relieved to hear they are not Debbie's father, although they do not make this obvious to her.