Rebecca Smith

Rebecca Shirley Cockburn (neé Smith) is a fictional character in the sitcom Brierbush Road.

Rebecca is the mother of the Cockburn family. Married to Carl, she is the mother of Erin and the step-mother of Chelsea, Rachel, Barney, Justin and Fearne Cockburn Rebecca is often portrayed as a stereotypical television mother, despite her admitted drug use, meth addiction, prior gambling addiction and obvious Kleptomania. Rebecca has a distinctive Geordie accent.

Role in Brierbush Road

Rebecca was born to Hamish and Barbara Smith. It is revealed that her mother is actually Holocaust survivor who concealed her Judaism, making Rebecca Jewish herself. Rebecca and the rest of the Cockburns live in the town of Macmerry. Rebecca primarily works as a housewife throughout the series, though she did give piano lessons in early episodes of the series. She has also had various jobs in single episodes, such as a reporter for the local radio station.

Brierbush Road uses a floaring timeline in which the characters do not age much, so the show is always assumed to be set in the current year. However, several of the characters, such as John Browdie, have aged two to three years since the show's pilot episode, while others, such as Chelsea and Brendan have remained the same age.In several episodes, events have been linked to specific times, although this timeline has been contradicted in subsequent episodes.