Brodie family
On 1 September 2010, ATV News Network announced that a new mixed-race family would join River City.
[1] The family were collectively introduced by the show’s executive producer Gaynor Holmes, and debuted on-screen throughout October and November.
[1][2] The family consists of patriarch Michael Brodie (Andy Clark); his son and daughter, Conor (Rian John Gordon) and Nicole (Holly Jack); his wife Leyla (Maryam Hamidi); her son Adeeb (Taryam Boyd); and Michael’s brothers Gabriel (Garry Sweeney) and Leo (Nick Rhys).
[1][3] Speaking of the family, Holmes stated: "We're absolutely delighted to be welcoming Andy Clark, Garry Sweeney, Nick Rhys and Maryam Hamidi to River City.
"[1] Gabriel arrives in Shieldinch and breaks into 11 Montego Street to leave a post-it note in the fridge with "found you" written on it.
Gabriel later asks Stella Walker (Keira Lucchesi) to lock herself in so he can meet with the estate agent.
He left in April but returned again in the summer to help Stevie Burns, before remaining as a regular in July as Kelly Marie-Adams announces she is pregnant with his child.
Michael "Mike" Brodie, played by Andy Clark, is Leyla's husband and Conor and Nicole's father.
Michael receives a phone call from his ex-wife Chloe and goes to see her; she tells him that she is moving to Canada and that Conor and Nicole will have to stay with him.
When Scarlett does not tell her family, Michael drops her medical records on the surgical theatre's floor and asks her mother, Molly O'Hara, to clean it.
I really enjoy the verve and spirit of River City, but hope the Brodies are going to offer Shieldinch a little class and sophistication.
Whilst picking them up, she misses the note which nurse Ruth Carroll had written in regards to flu injection-related allergies.
When Mr. Stewart, a patient, falls ill from the injection, Ruth’s professionalism is questioned and she is sent home by Michael.
Vulnerable, frightened and lonely, Nicole turns to Councillor Nick Morrison for emotional support.
Her affection for Nick begins to grow and turns to love after he saves her from a physical attack at the hands of the school bullies.
Mistaking his gentle care for requited feelings of love, Nicole tries to kiss Nick and he pushes her away.
Michael and Layla eventually find out about the two of them and become angry, which pushes Nicole further away from the family, annoyed that her father still treats her like a child and disapproving of any boy she intends on seeing.
She joins a bad crowd with a guy named Cammie, who lures and grooms her to sell to wealthy clients, and threatens and blackmail her friend Christina.
She struggles to be a young single mum and considers putting her child up for adoption when she gets a place in a college in Aberdeen.
Rhys said in regards to his casting, "Being a young man about the town, there will definitely be someone Leo takes a shine to, who that may be you will have to wait and see.
[9] Leo arrives in Shieldinch and meets Hayley McCrone (Pamela Byrne) and overhears that she will not wear a Remembrance Day poppy because she does not want to put a hole in her cardigan.
She commented: "[I]t was actually mildly refreshing to see the new family in River City walk around their new, empty house, pondering where to put their belongings when the removal van got there.
