dougie had been a paratrooper alongside grant mitchell (ross kemp) in the falklands war, and meets up with him again more than 10 years later, by which time grant is the landlord of the queen victoria public house. grant allows dougie to stay at the vic, despite his wife sharon (letitia dean)'s objections. sharon begins to feel uncomfortable around dougie after noticing him leering at her on several occasions, but grant refuses to ask him to leave.