Characters
- Born: 07 Aug 1947
- Status: Divorced
- Occupation: Property developer
A slippery customer both in business and his private life, Matt isn't overly blessed with friends. Not that he's bothered. Mr Sincerity is at his happiest sealing money-making business deals, whether legitimate or ever-so-slightly crooked.
Partner Lilian describes him as 'a balding, middle-aged man who over-estimates his attractiveness to younger women'. It could be argued that she's being over-generous but she loves him really.
How much can be seen by how she's stuck by him. The collapse of a dodgy mortgage company run with one time poker pal Stephen Chalkman left Matt serving a prison sentence for fraud. On his release, Lilian fronted Amside Property Developments so Matt could get back in the game.
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Likes & Dislikes
Likes
Winning at cards, shooting, playing the country squire.
Dislikes
Fair play.
Highs & Lows
Highs
Gaining ownership of the Dower House, the poshest pad in the village.
Lows
Imprisonment for fraud, being shunned by the business community
Key relationships
- Lilian Bellamy (Partner)
business and romantic - Lynda Snell (Foe)
- Stephen Chalkman (Foe)
Former partner in, er well it turned out to be crime
Locations
- lives and works at The Dower House (Amside's offices are on the top floor)
- Nightingale Farm
Most likely to say
In the end, you're on your own
Storylines featuring this character
Ambridge Ups and Downs
Heatwave!
Will Grundy
Maybe this baby will stay with him
Tracy Horrobin
A hamster and a rat – and we’re not talking about her children
Tom Archer
Relief (milker) is at hand
Heat stroke
Ruth Archer
Jumps every time the phone rings
Rhys Wiliams
Maybe the Welsh aren’t meant to play cricket
Alan Franks
Curry diplomacy didn’t work
Timeline
Ambridge through the ages
Births, marriages, tragedy and triumphs - get up to date on all the scandals past and present.
Ambridge through the ages
Timeline
Ambridge through the ages
Births, marriages, tragedy and triumphs - get up to date on all the scandals past and present.
Ambridge through the ages