Bill Matthews is a forty-year-old ex-Navy veteran who has fallen on hard times due to his alcoholism and is estranged from his family. Bill is scrounging for loose change when he encounters Billy, and discovers he is his son that he left twenty years ago. Bill decides to spend the day with Billy, bonding with the son he never knew, but soon the secret reveals itself and Bill has to face the truth – leading to a trip to A&E and a reunion with Julie. Bill can see how Billy seems to be heading down the same path as him, and ultimately tries to begin to make amends and reconcile with Billy.

Peter McCrohon is a British actor, based in Portsmouth. Peter graduated from Rose Bruford in 1999 and has been busy in the industry ever since. Peter is experienced in both Shakespeare and has very strong comedy roots, something that shines through in his portrayal as Bill Matthews. Due to an accident in 2023, Peter is blind in his left eye and has heterochromia, which is something he kindly let us work into our story of Bill’s naval past.