Mrs. Heep Thelma Barlow Uriah's devoted mother, she is the spitting image of her son. She acts as his eyes and ears and watches Agnes like a hawk. After 24 years on the British television program Coronation Street, Thelma Barlow enjoyed her cameo role as Uriah Heep's mother. "I've had my teeth done 'Dickensian' and I've got ginger hair to match Uriah's. It's my own hair, but gingered up and plastered down. The makeup is very clever, to get a likeness between Nicholas Lyndhurst and myself. The cap makes my face look longer, too." The effect is daunting, with Mrs. Heep sitting like a vulture at the Wickfield house, keeping a close eye on Agnes for Uriah. "Uriah is rather reptilian. He just waits there, waiting to strike. His mother is blinded by her love for him, but I think she might be quite a devious woman herself."