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Meagles is a jovial, convivial man who puts his family above all else. A self-made businessman, he likes to think of himself as practical. However, in reality he gets worked up about things and this clouds his judgement, making him not very practical at all. Meagles is particularly discomforted by the idea of Pet marrying Henry Gowan and also by the idea of the stranger, Miss Wade, holding influence over his vulnerable servant girl, Tattycoram.

Bill made his debut opposite Leonard Rossiter in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. He made his venture into film in the 1980s and had roles in Truly Madly Deeply, Chaplin and The Killing Fields. He made a name for himself as the gangster Ally Fraser in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and dramas The Singing Detective and Traffik.