Michael "Mike" Flood is Pontypandy's local handyman and plumber, as well as a reserve firefighter. He is the husband to Helen, the father of Mandy and the brother in law of PC Malcolm Williams.
Biography[]
Mike Flood was previously from Huddersfield, England, where he lived as a child. He later moved to Pontypandy.
Being a tradesmen, he often drives a van to get to various jobs in Pontypandy. He has occasionally been contracted by the local fire service, repairing pipes and putting in a fire pole. He was also hired along with several other builders to work on rebuilding the new fire station.
The Flood family live in a house on the outskirts of Pontypandy.
Episodes Mike drove the Pontypandy Flyer[]
Trivia[]
- In his first series, Mike spoke with a western English accent, but in the CGI episodes he speaks with a northern accent in the UK version. In The Pontypandy Cup, he even states that he hails from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. In the US version, he has a Brooklyn accent.
- He was the first person to spot The Great Fire of Pontypandy.
- Unlike most adults in the series, Mike is extremely careless and accident-prone, like in Flood's Flood where he accidentally causes a flood in the Jones' basement while fixing a leak and locking himself inside by mistake, in All at Sea where he accidentally sits on the button on the remote control while out at sea, accidentally setting off his fireworks and managing to set a whole stage on fire as seen in The Break-Up.
- Helen and Mike have been married for over fifteen years.
- In Danger Falling Sheep, his Series 5 model was used for the Photographer character despite the latter not being introduced until A Real Live Wire.
- Ever since Series 10, Mike stopped wearing the smiley face badge on his overalls.
- In the Norwegian dub, his name is changed to Mikkel.
- In the French dub, his first name is changed to Max and his last name is changed to Carreau.