| Character |
Played By |
First Appeared |
| Seth
Armstrong |
Stan
Richards |
16
May 1978 - |
| John
Jacob ("Jack") Sudgen |
Clive
Hornby |
19
February 1980 -
Character originally played by Andrew Burt
(1972-1976 see
here for more info) |
| Alan
Jonathan Turner |
Richard
Thorpe |
18
March 1982 - |
| Eric
Charles Pollard |
Chris
Chittell |
30
September 1986 - |
| Christopher
Francis ("Chris") Tate |
Peter
Amory |
16 November 1989 - 17 September 2003 |
| Zoë
Tate |
Leah
Bracknell |
12
December 1989 - |
| Vivienne
(Viv) Hope |
Deena
Payne |
10
August 1993 - |
Elizabeth
("Betty") Eagleton
(née Pendagast, with professional name of "Bettina du Pont" )
|
Paula
Tilbrook |
12
April 1994 - |
| Zachariah
Bartholomew ("Zak") Dingle |
Steve
Halliwell |
20 October 1994
- 31 December
2002, expected back Zak's Thursday 16th
October 2003 |
| Terry
Woods |
Billy
Hartman |
2
February 1995 - |
| Samuel
Jonah ("Sam") Dingle |
James
Hooton |
14 February 1995 - 3 October
1996, 1 May 1997-April 1998, 29 March 2000 - |
| Joseph
Tate |
Oliver Young |
Character born 8 June 1995
|
| Andy
Hopwood (later Sugden) |
Kelvin
Fletcher |
4
July 1996 - |
| Lisa
Dingle nee Clegg |
Jane
Cox |
13
August 1996 - |
| Marlon
Sebastian Dingle |
Mark
Charnock |
17
October 1996 - |
| Rev.
Ashley Michael Thomas |
John
Middleton |
5
December 1996 - |
| Patrick
(" Paddy") Kirk |
Dominic
Brunt |
20
February 1997 - |
| Lady
Tara Oakwell/Thornfield (nee
Cockburn) |
Anna
Brecon |
30/31 July 1997 (ep#2237)
- 4 January 2002 |
| Victoria
Sugden |
Hannah Midgley |
(1998 - ) Character born 31 March 1994 |
| Donna
Windsor |
Verity Rushworth |
25
February 1998 -
Character originally played by Sophie Jeffrey
(1993-1997 see here
for more info) |
| Scott
Windsor |
Ben
Freeman |
9
April 1998 -
Character originally played by Toby Cockerell
(1993-1996 see here
for more info) |
| Patricia
Susan ("Tricia") Stokes/Dingle |
Sheree
Murphy |
16
September 1998 - 27th
April 2003 (took time out for maternity leave)
due back for two months between November 2003
- January 2004 |
| Bernice
Marie Thomas (nee Blackstock) |
Samantha
Giles |
25 November 1998 - 21 April 2002 |
| Belle
Dingle |
Emily Mather |
Charachter born 25 December 1998 |
| Sean
Reynolds |
Stephen
McGann |
10 March 1999 - 4 January 2002 |
| Angie
Reynolds |
Freya
Copeland |
23 March 1999 - 22 November 2002 |
| Emily
Dingle/Kirk nee Wylie |
Kate
McGregor |
5
May 1999 - |
| Olivia
("Ollie") Reynolds |
Vicky
Binns |
17 June 1999 - 1
October 2003 |
| Marc
Reynolds |
Anthony
Lewis |
17 June 1999 - 17 December 2002 |
| Diane
Blackstock (nee Lambert) |
Elizabeth
Estensen |
23
November 1999 - |
| Jason
Kirk |
James
Carlton |
2 December 1999 - 31 January 2002
Featured 16 - 20 December 2002 |
| Charity
Tate nee Dingle |
Emma
Atkins |
30
March 2000 - |
| Cain
Dingle |
Jeff
Hordley |
30
March 2000 - |
| Gloria
Catherine Weaver/Pollard |
Janice
McKenzie |
3
May 2000 - 3
August 2001, March
2002 - December 2002 (although character didn't and
hasn't formally leave/left), 26th
September 2003 , 29th September 2003 |
| Edna
Birch |
Shirley
Stelfox |
25
May 2000 - |
| Bob
Reginald Hope |
Antony
Audenshaw |
19th
September 2000 -
(Antony Audenshaw formally had a small roll
in the Autumn 1996
working on Frank
Tate's Quarry as a Security Guard) |
| Rodney
Blackstock |
Patrick
Mower |
24
October 2000 - |
| Chloe
Atkinshon |
Amy
Nuttall |
4
December 2000 - due to take time out in the summer of
2003 |
| Nicola
Blackstock |
Nicola
Wheeler |
10
January 2001 - |
| Andrew
Fraser |
Mark
Elstob |
15th February 2001 - January 2002? |
| Len
Reynolds |
Peter
Martin |
21
February 2001 - |
| Cynthia
Daggert |
Kay
Purcell |
6 June 2001 - 20 December 2002
(Kay Purcell formally played Andy
Hopwood's Social Worker Carmel Morgan (in August 1996
and then again 5 episodes 1997-1998) |
| Louise
Appleton |
Emily
Symons |
20
June 2001 - |
| Danny
Daggert |
Cleveland
Campbell |
25
June 2001 - |
| Latisha
Daggert |
Danielle Henry |
9 July 2001 - 20 December 2002 |
| Kirk
Daggert |
Alexander
Fothergill |
Character born 9 July 2001 - character left 20th December
2002 |
| Katie
Addyman |
Sammy
Winward |
18
July 2001 - |
| Robert
Jacob Sugden |
Karl
Davies |
9
August 2001 -
Character originally played by Richard
Smith (1986-1989) & Christopher
Smith (1989-2001 see
here for more info) |
| Eve
Birch |
Raine
Davison |
31 August 2001 - January 2002 |
| Rhona
Goskirk |
Zoë
Henry |
(small part 17th September - 1st October 2001 and returned
in a bigger role 24th June 2002 - 24 June 2002 - December
2002) |
| Ray
Mullan |
Seamus
Gubbins |
26 September 2001 - 26 December 2002 |
| Brian
Addyman |
Martin Reeve |
6 November 2001 - 23 January 2003 |
| Craig
Calder |
Jason
Hain |
7 November 2001 - 8 August 2002 |
| Lucy
Calder |
Elspeth
Brodie |
7 November 2001 - 8 August 2002 |
| Maggie
Calder |
Dee Whitehead |
7 November 2001 - 8 August 2002 |
| Phil
Weston |
Mark Jardine |
7 November 2001 - 19 July 2002 |
| Jess
Weston |
Ruth Abram |
7 November 2001 - 9 April 2002 |
| Gabrielle
("Gabby") Thomas |
Heather
Franks
Jemma Giles
Annelise Manojlvic
|
Character born 25 December 2001 |
| Peg
Dingle |
Jeanne
Hepple |
24 January 2002 - 19 July 2002 |
| Sydney
("Syd") Woolfe |
Nathan
Gladwell |
25
March 2002 - |
| Jerry
("Mack") Mackinley |
Rob
Dixon |
25 March 2002 - 16 April 2003 |
| Glynis
Hardy |
Christine
Cox |
Featured very occasionally from around April
2002 but become a main character since September 2002. Has
not really been seen in 2003.
Played previously "Inga Golightly"
(episode # 2372) 4 June 1998
|
| Mary
Stephanie ("Steph") Stokes |
Lorraine
Chase |
3rd
September 2002 - as mother of Tricia,
daughter of Alan. |
| Laurel
Potts |
Charlotte
Bellamy |
3rd
September 2002 - |
| Jarvis
Skelton |
Richard
Moore |
1st
November 2002 - |
| Debbie
Jones |
Charley
Webb |
24 December
2002 -
|
| Shadrach
Dingle |
Andy
Devine |
Appeared periodically from
2000-2001, 6 March 2002, 19 July 2002, 16-17 October 2002,
10 December 2002, 19 December 2002, 25 December 2002,
Main character from 6th May 2003 onwards |
| Chastity
Dingle |
Lucy
Pargeter |
16-17 October
2002, 21
September 2003 |