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John Fry is the husband of former food technology teacher Ruby Fry. He is a minor character in the series, appearing in Series 5 and Series 6.

Series 5[]

John loses his business and becomes bankrupt in this series, causing his wife to have a meltdown during the school day. Before Ruby discovers John's problems, she suspects he is having an affair. She later says that she would have preferred it if this was the case. He then walks out.

Series 6[]

In this series, John and Ruby discover they can't have children. This leads them to looking for a surrogate mother and they end up turning to Janeece Bryant. Janeece offers them her baby as she says that she does not want it, but later changes her mind. Ruby is reluctant to adopt the baby at first, as she does not get along well with Janeece. They eventually end up taking care of baby Cheryl, calling her Poppy. However, Janeece ends up saying that she wants her baby back. John is shown to be very upset about this, and later starts crying.

John is last seen in Series 6 Episode 10 and is not seen again.

List of appearances[]

Quotes[]

  • "Ruby. What are you doing home?" (first line)

  • "The company's gone under. Went into receivership two weeks ago, we're bankrupt. I'm sorry."

  • John: "Cos I knew you'd act like this when you did, caring more about your precious lifestyle than you do about me."
  • Ruby: "You what?!"
  • John: "Have you asked me one question about how I feel about this yet?"
  • Ruby: "It's you who's got us into this mess!"
  • John: "Yeah, and it's me who's killed himself for the last two months getting us out of it! Whilst you spend any money we've got left on expensive, pointless crap, just to show off what you've got!"

  • "I came to tell you I'm filing for divorce. I think it's best. I need to start drawing a line under this."

  • John: "That's impossible, she's only 41."
  • Ruby: "3."
  • John: "No, you're-"
  • Ruby: "I think I know how old I am."

  • Ruby: "If I couldn't bear the thought of a baby that was only half hours, how am I gonna be with one that's 100% Janeece's?"
  • John: "Because adoption is the only real option that we've got left. And this is the offer of a newborn baby right on our doorstep. See, nature's only a small part of the equation. It's 100% ours when we're raising it."

  • John: "Ruby, what is this?"
  • Ruby: "She's not ours."
  • John: "Yes she is, she's ours now."
  • Ruby: "I wish she was. I wish she was, but she's not."
  • John: "Janeece never wanted this baby. Poppy deserves someone who wants her more than anything."
  • Ruby: "It's not even Poppy."

  • "Look, whatever's good for you is good for me. I don't wanna lose you again." (final line)
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