How old is Fergus in Harry Wild? Start counting from the schoolboy who tried to mug Harry
Fergus Reid is 15 in Harry Wild series 1, 16 in series 3 and turns 18 by series 4 — while actor Rohan Nedd is roughly a decade older than his character.
The greatest meet-cute in cosy crime remains untouched: retired literature professor gets mugged in broad daylight by a schoolboy, then hires said schoolboy as her detective sidekick. But Harry Wild is coy about hard numbers, and the show has now covered enough in-universe years that everyone's lost track. Let's count.
The Fergus timeline
- Series 1 (2022): Fergus is a mid-teens schoolboy — young enough to be in uniform, old enough to attempt petty street crime very badly. Call it fifteen.
- Series 3: He's officially sixteen — reviews at the time described the duo as a would-be-retiree and her 16-year-old partner. Rohan Nedd himself, talking to Collider, placed him at "16 going on 17" and got into what makes the character tick:
"There's a deep-seated fear of someone walking out on him again."
- Series 4 (2025): Time jump. The season is set more than a year after series three, and per the production company itself, Fergus has turned 18, been accepted onto Harry's old course at Trinity, and promptly deferred it for a gap year of paid crime-solving. Iconic financial planning, honestly.
And the actor?
This is where it gets funny. Rohan Nedd was born in November 1994, which means he was 27 when series one aired and hit 30 while playing an 18-year-old contemplating fresher's week. A grand old British-and-Irish telly tradition — teenagers played by people with mortgages — and honestly, Nedd sells it. The maths only falls apart if you look it up. Which you just did. Sorry.