Barry Clark List of EastEnders characters (1986)

barry clark, played gary hailes, cockney barrow-boy, , unlikely partner gay, middle-class yuppie, colin russell (michael cashman). younger middle-aged boyfriend , such colin s role paternal. barry open sexuality except volatile father – , when told takes news badly barry turns straight appease him – although never successful @ it. barry 1 half of walford s first homosexual couple. boyfriend, colin, had been introduced show several months prior barry s arrival , had proven extremely popular addition cast. both audience , residents of walford had been kept in dark fact colin gay. changed upon barry s first scene on-screen, whereby audience learnt had spent night colin after picking him night before (off-screen) @ gay club. colin , barry 2 of controversial characters of time – because gay-orientated content still relatively rare on prime time television during mid-1980s. gay characters existed farcical camp parodies, created purely comic relief, such mr. humphries in situation comedy, being served?.