List of Family Affairs characters

This is a comprehensive list of characters from the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs in alphabetical order by the character's surnames. Template:CompactTOC6

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Caleb Andrews was played by Steve Toussaint in 2004. He was an old friend of Les Boulter and an old flame of his wife Denise. It was later revealed that he was the father of Brendan, Denise's son. Caleb tried to reignite his affair with Denise, but in the end Denise returned to Les. Caleb also shared a kiss with Eileen Callan, whose husband Pete was currently held on remand for murder. Caleb left Charnham after Eileen's daughter, Lucy Day witnessed the kiss of his death.

Gavin Arnold

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Tanya Ayuba

Tanya Ayuba was a medical doctor played by Laila Rouass between 2000 and 2001.

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Cheryl Barker

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Brendan Boulter

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Brendan Boulter was played by Steven Burrell between 2003 and 2004.

Denise Boulter

Denise, along with her husband Les and children Brendan and Kelly, moved into Stanley Street in December 2003 shortly after the death of Roy Farmer in the cybercafe fire. Denise and her husband purchased the corner cafe and number 16 Stanley Street from Roy's widow Nikki Warrington. They started a restuarant on the site of the cafe and the family moved in to number 16. Les's old friend Caleb Andrews (Steve Toussaint) was employed to work in the reastaurant as a cook.

Denise initially tried to keep secret the truth about a long-ago affair with Caleb, and the fact that Brendan was actually Caleb's son. Denise and Caleb resumed their affair, but quickly ended it when Denise realised she loved Les, however Les found out about it soon after.

During her time on Stanley street, Denise built up strong friendships with Cat MacKenzie, Chrissy Costello, Eileen Callan and Cheryl Barker. The five of them formed a pub darts team.

While walking home one night in December 2004, Denise was raped by an unidentified assailant. Les immediately suspected Christian Habgood, Denise's tutor at Charnham college. However when entering the car of local taxi driver Graham Harker (Lee Warburton) Denise suspected him of the crime based only on her recollections of the smell of his aftershave and his usage of the phrase "Scout's honour". The police questioned Harker, but no forensic evidence could be found to link him to the crime and they were forced to release him due to lack of evidence. Denise persisted with her desire to see him arrested, and eventually learned the true identity of her attacker.

Shortly after this Denise discovered that Les had been to see prostitutes on a number of occasions. Marriage counselling was unsuccessful, the couple split and in late 2005 Denise moved away. Her daughter Kelly and granddaughter Susie later joined her.

Denise was portrayed by Claire Perkins.

Kelly Boulter

Kelly Boulter was played by Carryl Thomas between 2003 and 2005.

Les Boulter

Lester (Les) Boulter was played by Howard Saddler. He was a moody, judgemental and censorius restauranteur who opened a business in Stanley Street in 2003, continuing in the series until 2005. Les moved to Liverpool after his marriage had broken down and his children had moved away.

Conor Byrne

Conor Byrne was Declan's brother, resident in Charnham for several months in 2000.

Conor was played by Glenn Mulhern.

Declan Byrne

Declan Byrne was played by Quentin Jones between 1999 and 2001.

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Pete Callan

Peter (Pete) Callan was played by David Easter from 1997 to 2005.

Pete entered the storyline in June 1997. As Maria's callous former husband he was disliked by most of her friends, the Hart and Gates families and their associates. Nevertheless he took over running local bar restaurant The Lock where they all regularly hung out. Pete developed a deep seated enmity with Roy Farmer, and later developed similar rivalries with his employee Josh Matthews and Josh's father Dave.

Despite his thuggish tendencies Pete was revealed to have a love of children. During a brief and troubled marriage to Claire Toomey was nevertheless a devoted step-father to her twins Evan and Stella.

After splitting from Claire, Pete embarked upon a De facto marriage to Dave' ex-wife Cat for several months, but it was eventually revealed to have been a con perpetrated by Pete to exact revenge on Dave and to swindle Cat out of her home. He convinced her to sign over ownership of her home to him, before revealing the con to her. Soon after this Cat found she was pregnant. At first there was doubt as to whether the child was Pete's or Dave's. After tests it was found to be Pete's.

After selling The Lock and buying pub The Black Swan, Pete reemployed Josh as a barman to pay off a debt. Pete later murdered Josh, framing his then-wife Siobhan for the crime. She was found guilty and imprisoned. On her eventual release she realised that Pete had framed her. Pete was imprisoned (on remand) for a lengthy period starting December 2003 after being framed for arson by his then-wife Eileen. He returned after being acquitted at his trial in June 2004.

He continued in Charnham until September 2005 when he was shot dead during an armed standoff with S019 officers.

Chloe Costello

Chloe Costello was played by Leah Coombes from September 2003 until the end of the series in 2005.

Chrissy Costello

Christine (Chrissy) Costello (nee Maxwell) was played by Kazia Pelka from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005.

Gary Costello

Gary Costello was played by Gary Webster from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005.

Melanie Costello

Main article: Melanie Costello

Melanie Costello (formerly Boulter) was played by Rebecca Hunter from September 2003 until May 2005. She returned for the final week of the series in December 2005.

Myra Costello

Myra Costello was played by Kate Williams from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005.

Gemma Craig

Gemma Craig was played by Angel Hazledine from 1999 until the character's departure in 2003.

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Cameron Davenport

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Cameron Davenport was played by Rupert Hill from March 2002 until July 2004.

Ginny Davenport

Genevieve (Ginny) Davenport was played by Joanna Foster from 2002 until 2003.

Jessica Davenport

Jessica Davenport was played by Sammy Glenn from 2002 until 2003.

Jude Davenport

Jude Davenport was played by Daniel Jackson in 2003. Adoptive brother of Robert, he attracted scorn from Robert's wife Ginny and sons Cameron and Lewis after pursuing a romantic liaison with Robert's daughter Jessica.

Lewis Davenport

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Lewis Davenport was played by Sam Stockman from April 2002 until July 2004.

Robert Davenport

Robert Davenport was played by Brian Cowan. Robert arrived in Charnham in 2002, setting up a catering business in Stanley Street. Frustrated by his moody and censorious wife Ginny he had a one night stand with Geri Evans. Geri later accused him of rape. Robert was arrested and went to trial, but was ultimately acquitted. After this Ginny left him, moving to France. Robert, along with his employee Fern Farmer, was killed when a runaway car driven by Jake Walker crashed into the workplace in September 2003.

Charlotte Day

Charlotte Day was played by Leanne Lakey from May to October 2002.

Lucy Day

Lucy Day was played by Julia Lee Smith from 2002 until leaving a few months before the end of the series in 2005.

Arlo Dean

Arlo Dean was played by Ash Newman from 1999 until 2000.

Max Derwin

Maxwell (Max) Derwin was played by Nick Stringer. He first entered the series in March 1999 and remained until Christmas Eve that year, when he died of a heart attack during an argument with his foster son Arlo Dean.

Gabriel Drummond

Gabriel Drummond was played by Roger Griffiths from June 2002 until the character's departure in September 2003 after running away from his involvement in a car scam.

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Karen Ellis

Karen Ellis (nee Webb) was played by Tanya Franks from 2000 until 2003.

Matt Ellis

Matthew (Matt) Ellis was played by Matthew Jay Lewis from 2000 until 2003.

Geri Evans

Geri Evans was played by Anna Acton from 2002 until the end of the series in 2005.

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Fern Farmer

Fern Farmer (previously Derwin) was played by Belinda Sinclair. She entered the storyline in 1999. At that time she was married to taxi driver Max Derwin and their foster son was troublesome Arlo Dean. They quickly began steps to take on another foster child, the recently orphaned Gemma Craig. They did so, but soon afterwards opted to discontinue fostering Arlo. During a subsequent argument with Arlo, Max died of a heart attack. Fern later learned he was a bigamist with another wife, and a biological child, living in a neighbouring town.

She later married Roy Farmer's father Vince. Vince clashed with Gemma and the marriage did not run smoothly. They eventually separated and Vince moved away. Fern took a job working with Robert Davenport in his catering business. Fern had decided to reconcile with Vince when she, along with Robert, was killed when a runaway car driven by Jake Walker crashed into the workplace in September 2003.

Nikki Farmer

Nikki Farmer (previously Warrington and Scott, nee Ellis) was played by Rebecca Blake. She arrived in Charnham in 2000 along with her husband Andrew, her two children from a previous marriage, Becky and Darren, and two step children Luke and Sara. Her marriage to Andrew broke down after he learned of her affair with his son Luke. Later her first husband Adrian Scott appeared in town and she had a brief fling with him while involved with Luke. She eventually married Roy Farmer after a long romance. She moved away in 2003 after Roy's death in the cybercafe fire.

Roy Farmer

Main article: Roy Farmer

Royston Farmer was played by Miles Petit from episode one of the series in March 1997.

Vince Farmer

Vince Farmer was played by Stephen Yardley. Vince appeared briefly in Charnham in 1999, visiting his son Roy. He returned in 2000 on a permanent basis. During this time he married Fern Derwin, but the marriage later crumbled. He left in 2003, and moved to France. He was planning to return to Fern when she was killed in a car accident. Vince subsequently returned to Charham for his son Roy's funeral later in 2003.

George Fitzgerald

Georgina (George) Fitzgerald was played by Florence Hoath from September to December 2005 when the series ended.

Barbara Fletcher

Barbara Fletcher (previously Trip) was played by Kay Adshead from episode one in March 1997 until 1999.

Nathan Fletcher

Nathan Fletcher was played by Felix Scott from October until December 2005 when the series ended.

Bradley Foster

Main article: Bradley Foster

Bradley Foster was played by Harry Capehorn from 2004 until 2005.

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Ben Galloway

Ben Galloway was played by Peter England. He was a member of Roy Farmer's housing project at Number 14 Stanley Street. He briefly dated Chris Jacobs until he admitted he was gay. They remained friends and subsequently left to find alternative accommodation in Brixton in September 2003.

Elsa Gates

Elsa Gates was played by Delena Kidd from episode one in March 1997 until 1998, when she was murdered by her husband Jack, who subsequently gassed himself.

Jack Gates

Jack Gates played by Ken Farrington. Jack was an original character in the series, featured from episode one in March 1997. He had a troubled marriage to wife Elsa, and enjoyed an affair with Maria Simons leading to the breakdown of his marriage. Elsa threw him out of the house and he lived in their small boat moored at the marina, for some weeks. They later reconciled, and he moved back in to their home.

In late 1998, while driving Elsa home from an awards ceremony, a drunken Jack lost control and crashed their car in a country lane. Elsa was knocked unconscious in the crash and because he was drunk, Jack moved her to the driver's seat before any one else arrived on the scene. As she convalesced Jack kept Elsa isolated and drugged-up lest she recall what really happened. When she did recall what Jack had done he smothered her to death with a pillow. A week later he committed suicide by gassing himself in the car, having changed his will to leave everything to his family's worst enemy Pete Callan in a final act of revenge.

Yasmin Green

Yasmin Green (née McHugh, previously MacKenzie and Matthews) played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005.

Anna Gregory

Anna Gregory was played by Martha Cope.

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Pamela Hargreaves

Pamela Hargreaves (later Pamela Trip) initially joined the storyline in 1997 when she appeared as the solicitor of Liam Trip. She soon started a romance with Liam's father Nick Trip, and they were angaged to be married.

Pamela subsequently defended a man accused of sexual assault, Simon Thornton (Valentine Pelka), believing him to be innocent. Prior to the trial Pamela learned that he was actually guilty. When Pamela dropped the case due to his guilt, Simon started stalking her, however neither Nick nor Pamela's mother Sadie believed her claims she was being stalked. Pamela eventually killed Simon in self defence - he died after she hit him over the head with an iron when he attacked her after luring her into his house. She and Sadie disposed of the body but were wracked with guilt and fear of being caught fer several months.

Pamela married Nick in 1999. Eventually Simon's makeshift grave on Charnham Common was discovered, and because of the long silence and the fact she disposed of the body and never reported the death Pamela was sentenced to murder for the crime, and sent to prison.

Pamela was initially played by Sandra Hendrickse from 1997 until 1999, when she was sent to prison for murder. On the character's release from prison in 2005 Caroline O'Neill took over the role, appearing for several months.

Sadie Hargreaves

Sadie Hargreaves first appeared in late 1998 as Pamela's gossipy and flamboyant mother, a former stage actor. She took a job working for the villainous Pete Callan serving behind the bar at bar/restaurant The Lock, and became one of Pete's few friends. She refused to believe that her daughter Pamela was being stalked by a former client, but after Pamela killed him in self defence, assisted her daughter in disposing of the body and keeping the incident secret. After the body was found in 1999 Pamela accepted full responsibility for the crime, and Sadie was not charged. Pamela went to prison begging Sadie to forget about her and to never visit her in prison. Sadie apparently followed this instruction, and Pamela was rarely mentioned for several years.

Sadie followed Pete to continue working for him at his new pub The Black Swan in 2000. Later she was romanced by the wealthy but obnoxious Jeff Lloyd (Arthur White) in 2004. Though embarrassed by his social gaffes she enjoyed his generosity with money, especially since she was facing financial ruin having run up large credit cards debts while defaulting on her home mortgage repayments. Learning that he was dying she agreed to marry him, seeing it as a way out of her financial predicament, and she became Sadie Lloyd. Jeff died soon after the wedding however his estranged daughter contested the will and Sadie got nothing, and was forced to put her home on the market. Her home was purchased by her friends and lodgers Doug and Cat MacKenzie. Sadie continued in the series until mid 2005.

Sadie was played by Barbara Young.

Graham Harker

Graham Harker was played by Lee Warburton. Graham first appeared in Charnham in early 2005 when he took employment at the local cab office owned by Gary Costello and Dave Matthews. Having recently been raped by an unidentified assailant in a darkened laneway, Denise Boulter identified Graham as her attacker when she got into his cab and recognised his aftershave and his use of the phrase "Scout's honour". However there was no forensic evidence linking him to the crime, so Graham was not charged. The Boulters firmly believed he was guilty and made several attempts to convince him to leave Charnham. Graham refused to leave, and began dating Gary's daughter, Melanie, who fervently believed he was innocent. He soon became possessive of Melanie and his aggressive side came out. He then began hitting her, and then held her against her will in his flat.

Melanie enlisted Denise's help but Graham discovered this. He kidnapped Denise in his car, but in the ensuing chase ran off the road after a near miss with Ben and Alex Williams in another car. Denise managed to escape the wreckage, and saved a trapped Graham at the last second before the car exploded in flames. Denise suggested she saved him as she felt that Graham's death would have been the easy way out.

Angus Hart

Angus Hart was played by Ian Cullen. An original character in the series, Angus was featured beginning with episode one in March 1997. After losing his wife Sally he came to live with the family of his son Chris. He married Helen Cooper after much consternation over the fact that she was a Roman Catholic who insisted he convert to her religion, however she was killed minutes after the wedding in a car accident. He continued in the series until January 1999 when he and the majority of his family were killed in a massive boat explosion during the wedding reception of his granddaughter Melanie Farmer.

Annie Hart

Annie Hart (nee Gates) was played by Liz Crowther from episode one in March 1997 until 1999, when she and the majority of her family were killed in a boat explosion.

Chris Hart

Chris Hart was played by Ian Ashpitel from episode one in March 1997 until 1999, when he and the majority of his family were killed in a boat explosion.

Duncan Hart

Duncan Hart was played by Rocky Marshall from episode one in March 1997 until 1999, when his character moved away. Some months later all of his family were killed in a boat explosion. Duncan briefly returned to the series in 2000 for one week, this time played by Jonathon Wrather.

Helen Hart

Helen Hart (nee Cooper) was played by Janice McKenzie. Helen first appeared in 1997. She became engaged to Angus Hart and there was much tension over the fact that she was of a different religion, being a Roman Catholic. Helen died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident minutes after her wedding to Angus in 1998. She was badly injured when the car being driven by her new stepson, Chris Hart, crashed after leaving the church, and Helen died of a heart attack while being treated in hospital.

Holly Hart

Holly Hart was played by Sandra Huggett from episode one in March 1997 until 1999, when she and the majority of her family were killed in a boat explosion.

Jamie Hart

Jamie Hart was played by Michael Cole from episode one in March 1997 until 1999, when he and the majority of his family were killed in a boat explosion.

Melanie Hart

Melanie Hart was an original character in the serial, appearing from episode one in March 1997. She was a police constable and was the first of the Hart children to leave the family home, albeit to live with her grandparents Jack and Elsa Gates.

She later started a romance with Roy Farmer which ended after he was charged with drug possession. They later reconciled, leading to their marriage in January 1999 where she became Melanie Farmer. However Melanie and the Hart family were all killed just hours later. During the wedding reception which was being held on the boat previously owned by the recently deceased Jack Gates a gas explosion tore through the vessel, killing all on board except Roy.

Melanie was played by Cordelia Bugeja.

Sally Hart

Sally Hart was played by Jean Heywood from episode one until episode ten, where she died after drowning in the canal.

Samuel Hart

Samuel James Angus (Sam) Hart was the youngest child of Chris and Annie Hart. The result of an unplanned pregnancy, Sam was born late 1998, and was killed in January 1999 in the boat explosion that claimed the lives of most of the Hart family.

Barry Hurst

Barry Hurst was played by Tony Booth during 2001.

Gloria Hurst

Gloria Hurst was played by Joanna Wake from 2001 to 2002.

Kelly Hurst

Kelly Hurst was played by Nicky Talacko. Kelly entered the storyline in 2001 when she arrived on holiday from her home in Australia to visit her aunt Sadie. Kelly was a lesbian who left a girlfriend in Australia. In Charnham she soon befriended a neighbourhood couple Karen and Matt Ellis, and eventually agreed to act as surrogate mother for Karen. After falling pregnant to Matt she and Karen began an affair, and Karen ended her marriage to Matt. The affair with Karen continued after the birth of the baby, a girl who was named Grace. Kelly died in 2002 after falling down a flight of stairs during an argument with Matt.

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Sharon Ingram

Sharon Ingram was played by Kim Taylforth from 2004 until 2005. She was Chrissy Costello's best friend until revelations of her son Bradley, abusing Chrissy's daughter Chloe came to light.

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Chris Jacobs

Chris Jacobs was played by Gemma Wardle. She lived at Number 14 Stanley Street with boyfriend Ben Galloway and their housemates Anna Gregory and Amir Sadati. Chris left with Ben in 2003 to find alternative accommodation in Brixton.

Gabby Johnson

Gabby Johnson was a university student who shared a flat with Clive Starr and Declan Byrne. She had romances with various men including Declan, Roy Farmer, Pete Callan, and with Clive's boyfriend, the bisexual policeman Adam Sheldrake. Sometimes depicted as prissy and bossy around the flat, she was occasionally seen as a proponent of health-food, and she at one time ran an aerobics class.

Gabby was played by Emma Linley from January 1999 until 2000.

Julie-Ann Jones

Julie-Ann Jones was played by Chloe Howman from 1999 until 2000

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Siobhan Langley

Siobhan Langley (Previously Callan, nee Jones) was played by Jemma Walker. She first appeared on a recurring basis as as vapid and over-sensitive bar maid at The Lock starting in December 1998. Viewers soon learned she was an old family friend of owner of the Lock, the much-despised Pete Callan. Siobhan soon started a romance with Declan Byrne after his arrival in January 1999, but abruptly left Charnham in March that year after they had a lover's quarrel. She returned later that year briefly resurrecting the romance with Declan. However, Declan cheated on Siobhan with her half-sister Julie-Ann. Siobhan subsequently aborted Declan's baby. They remained friends later. Through all this she remained working for Pete, eventually moving with him to his new pub, The Black Swan.

In mid-2000 Siobhan married Pete Callan, and they lived together upstairs at The Black Swan. One night, Pete framed her for the murder of pub employee Josh Matthews. Siobhan went to trial and was sent to prison. Eventually paroled she returned to Charnham where she slowly realised she had been framed by Pete, but was unable to prove it. She eventually left town in 2002. About a year after she left, it was reported that Siobhan had since remarried.

Max Lawson

Max Lawson was played by Marcus D'Amico from June to October 2005.

Meredith Lovechild

Meredith Lovechild a nurse who entered the storyline in September 2005. She was known for her bitchy and selfish behavior. She paid for it dearly when her friends and housemates Hector Price and George Fitzgerald fell for each other and left her out in the cold on New Year's Eve. Meredith then left Charnham.

Meredith Lovechild was played by Perdita Avery from September 2005, to December 2005 when the series ended.

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Catriona MacKenzie

Catriona (Cat) MacKenzie (previously Webb and Matthews, nee Evans) was a blustery, boozy, cigarette puffing beautician. She first appeared in Charnham as the wife of philanderer Dave Matthews, step-mother to Josh. She ran a hairdressing salon on the site later taken by Roy's cybercafe, and she employed Yasmin McHugh as apprentice hairdresser, however the business soon failed. After Cat's marriage to Dave broke down she moved in with Pete Callan. After several months Pete convinced her to transfer her home into his name for taxation reasons, and once she had done so revealed he had only moved in with her to con her out of her house. After the relationship ended she realised she was pregnant, and was initially unsure whether the child was Dave's or Pete's. After tests it was revealed to be Pete's. After falling on hard times while struggling to raise Dave Junior and resenting Pete's interference, she fell into prostitution, and then was briefly and unhappily married to Jim Webb. She later worked as a beautician again when Yasmin opened a salon of her own. Cat eventually found happiness in her marriage to Doug McKenzie.

Cat played by Nicola Duffett from late 1998 until the end of the series in December 2005.

Doug MacKenzie

Douglas (Doug) MacKenzie was played by Gareth Hale from 2003 to 2005.

Justin MacKenzie

Justin MacKenzie was played by Ryan Davenport from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005.

Marc MacKenzie

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Marc MacKenzie was played first by Michael Wildman from 2003 to 2004 and then by Graham Bryan in 2005 up until the final episode.

Rosa Marshall

Rosa Marshall was played by Ginny Holder for six months in 2002.

Dave Matthews

David (Dave) Matthews was played by Richard Hawley. Dave first appeared in Charnham in late 1998 along with wife Cat and his son from an earlier marriage, Josh. Initially an extra-marital love interest for Annie Hart, Dave soon turned his attentions to her adult daughter Holly. Dave and Holly had secretly planned to elope together the day after the wedding of Holly's sister Melanie. This never evantuated as Holly, along with most of the other Hart family members, were all killed in a boat explosion during the wedding reception. Dave kept the relationship with Holly secret for some time, but Cat was later horrified to learn of it from Dave. Their marriage went through several rough patches and he moved away in 2000. Dave returned in 2003, staying until 2005.

Josh Matthews

Joshua (Josh) Matthews was played by Terry Burns. He arrived in late 1998 with his father Dave and step-mother Cat, and soon started working for Pete Callan as a bar man at The Lock. He also started a romance with Yasmin McHugh. They later married, and Josh did stints working as a barman and working in Dusty's Store before briefly pursuing a singing career and recording a CD that didn't sell. During his marriage to Yasmin he had an affair with Pete's daughter Julie-Ann and left Charnham with her leaving Yasmin heartbroken. However many months later Josh returned and wanted to patch things up with Yasmin.

He, along with his father Dave, endured a long-running enmity with Pete Callan. When Pete opened pub The Black Swan, Josh was compelled to work there to pay off a debt. One evening in 2000 Pete's young wife Siobhan mistook Josh for an intruder, hitting him across the head with a candle stick in the kitchen. She quickly exited in panic and Pete arrived on the scene to find Josh knocked unconscious. He took the candlestick and dealt Josh another blow, killing him, while allowing Siobhan, and the authorities, to believe that she had herself caused his death.

Benji McHugh

Benji was a school boy overshadowed by his loud mother and sister. He sometimes worked in the family minimarket business Dusty's Store. In 1999 he fell in love with his school teacher Maggie Roswell (Robyn Moore), who was married with two young sons. She left her husband, taking her sons and running away with Benji. While being chased by authorities her car crashed and she was trapped inside. After Benji removed Maggie's sons from the wreck but before he could return for her the car exploded killing Maggie. Benji later moved to Jamaica, joining his mother Dusty there. He returned to Charnham in 2002; he left again a year later after his relationship with Kelly Boulter fell apart when she admitted that Justin MacKenzie was the father of her child (Kelly was originally carrying twins but one of the babies died).

Benjamin (Benji) McHugh was originally played by Junior Laniyan from 1998 until 2001 when the character departed for Jamaica. For the character's 2002-2003 return Mark McClean took over the role.

Dusty McHugh

Dusty McHugh was a played by Doreen Ingleton. First entering the storyline in late 1998, Dusty was a loud and bossy divorced mother of teenagers Yasmin and Benji. She owned and ran her own minimarket business Dusty's Store, and she and her children lived upstairs in a flat. In 1999 she moved to Jamaica to care for an invalid relative; her sister-in-law Pearl McHugh arrived to take the reigns of the business and care for Yasmin and Benji. Dusty made a brief return appearance in Charnham for Yasmin's wedding to Josh in December that year. In 2002, Dusty died in a car crash in Jamaica, off-screen.

Pearl McHugh

Pearl McHugh was played by Doña Croll from 1999 until 2002.

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Eve O'Brien

Eve O'Brien was played by Zara Dawson from October until December 2005 when the series ended.

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Johnny Palmer

Johnny Palmer was a fictional character played by Iain Fletcher. He was mainly known for his feuds with Pete Callan and his romantic involvements with Eileen Day, her daughter Charlotte and Claire Toomey.

Deke Pascal

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Deke Pascal was played by Darren Saul from 2001 until 2002.

Ziggy Pascal

Ziggy Pascal was played by Roger Davies-Roberts from 2001 until 2002

Hector Price

Hector Price was played by Andrew Hinton-Brown from September to December 2005 when the series ended.

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Hester Randall

Hester Randall was played by Catherine Kanter for several weeks in December 2005 until the end of the series.

Rex Randall

Rex Randall was played by John Hopkins from November to December 2005 when the series ended.

Alex Renshaw

Alex Renshaw played by Roman Marek from 2001 until 2002.

Daniel Renshaw

Daniel Renshaw played by Andrew McKay from 2001 until 2002.

Linda Renshaw

Linda Renshaw was played by Alison Newman for several months in 2001. Linda was Paul Webb's biological mother who rejected him after he tracked her down and tried to build a relationship with her.

Susie Ross

Susie Ross was played by Tina Landini from 1997 until 1999. Susie was a bisexual character who slept both with Duncan Hart and later, his twin sister, Holly.

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Amir Sadati

Amir Sadati was played by Kayvan Novak. He was one of the tennants of Roy Farmer's housing project at Number 14 Stanley Street and was a bad influence on local troubled teen Darren Scott. Amir briefly worked for Yasmin Matthews and dated her until he was caught stealing from her store and he subsequently left Charnham.

Adrian Scott

Main article: Adrian Scott (Family Affairs)

Adrian Scott was played by Ariyon Bakare between March 2000 and May 2001.

Becky Scott

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Becky Scott was played by Chandra Reugg between January 2000 and December 2003.

Darren Scott

Darren Scott was played first by Joe Fox for much of 2000 then by Ike Hamilton from 2001 up until 2003 when he, his mother and his sister left Charnham after Roy died in the cybercafe fire.

George Shackleford

George Shackleford was played by Miles Anderson from July 2001 to January 2002

Joan Shackleford

Joan Shackleford (previously Short) was played by Margi Clarke from 2001 until 2002.

Tom Shackleford

Tom Shackleford was played by Tom Healy from 2001 until 2002.

Sami Shafiq

Sami Shafiq was played by Hosh Kane from June to December 2005 shortly before the end of the series. Sami first arrived in Charnham in June 2005 with his partner Max Lawson, who had bought Dusty's store from Yasmin Green. Yasmin and Sami didn't exactly hit it off at first, but they gradually became good friends. Max and Sami's relationship was plagued with problems, as Max was separated from his wife, Carrie and their children were kept in the dark. Max eventually went back to his family, and Sami went on to date Australian backpacker Brett Owen. After a stabbing following a disagreement with his mother, Aamina only days after the death of his father, Yousef, Sami left Charnham to go with Brett to Melbourne.

Michael Shaw

Michael (Mike) Shaw was played by Tony O'Callaghan from November 2003 until his death in June 2004 at the hands of Lucy Day. Mike subequently made several posthumous appearances; once in one of Eileen Callan's nightmares, on a video recording he'd left for Eileen prior to his death, and in a whole week of episodes flashing back to his plot with Eileen to frame Pete Callan for arson.

Adam Sheldrake

Adam Sheldrake was played by Vince Leigh from 1999 to 2000. Adam, a police constable, entered the storyline August 1999 as a love interest for Clive Starr. The relationship fizzled after Adam became cagey about his home life, and began worrying about how being outed would effect his career. Adam and Clive got back together shortly after Adam returned to Charnham to aid the search for Benji McHugh who had ran off with his teacher, Maggie Roswell. Adam later revealed he had a daughter from his previous marriage.

When Clive went away on tour, Adam became involved with Clive's flatmate Gabby Johnson. Clive was devastated when he found out. Adam and Gaby got engaged but broke it off on the day of the wedding in March 2000. Adam then left Charnham, returning five months later to investigate the murder of Josh Matthews.

Diane Short

Diane Short was played by Pooky Quesnel from 2001 until 2002.

Maria Simons

Maria Simons (previously Starr and Callan) was played by Annie Miles from 1997 until 2000. She had been married to Pete Callan before the series began. Many of her major storylines were connected to her desperate desire to have children after being rendered unable to conceive by a beating from Pete. At one point she deceived her new husband Dudley Starr into believing she was pregnant. She was in fact hiding a cushion under her dress. She eventually kidnapped a baby from a hospital, and tried to pass it off as her own. The baby's real parents soon tracked her down and the baby was returned to them. They did not press charges.

Eventually Pete Callan plotted to get her out of Charnham. He paid to unofficially adopt a baby, which he gave to Maria on the condition she leave town and never return. She left with the baby and was not seen in Charnham again.

Clive Starr

Clive Starr was played by Huw Bevan. Clive entered the storyline in January 1999 as a university student doing a Media Studies degree and sharing a flat with Declan Byrne and Gabby Johnson. He secretly fell in love with Declan, who was straight. After that he had a succession of shortlived gay relationships and grew increasingly depressed over his plain looks and short and stocky build, leading to a suicide attempt. Clive, at one point found himself in a love-triangle with new love Adam Sheldrake, and flatmate Gabby.

After graduating from university he worked as a radio presenter. He later worked as bar manager for Pete Callan at the Lock, and following Pete to his new pub The Black Swan, before moving away in 2001.

Dudley Starr

Dudley Starr was played by David Verrey. Dudley first arrived in the series as new chef at The Lock. He initially went by the name Serge Pompidour, which he felt was more fitting of a chef. His brother Clive Starr soon moved to Charnham as well. Dudley married Maria Simons but he left her upon learning she had kidnapped a baby, and was not seen in Charnham again.

Sean Steel

Sean Steel was played by Sam Barriscale from 2003 until the character's death in the early hours of New Year's Day 2005 after being stabbed.

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Sam Taylor

Main article: Sam Taylor (Family Affairs)

Sam Taylor was played by Leon Ockenden between May and December 2004.

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Jim Webb

Main article: Jim Webb (Family Affairs)

James (Jim) Webb was played by Jo Dow from December 2000 until September 2003.

Ben Williams

Main article: Ben Williams (Family Affairs)

Ben Williams was played by Adam Rhys Dee from January 2005 until the final episode in December 2005.

Katie Williams

Main article: Katie Williams

Katie Williams was played by Robyn Page from October 2004 until the final episode in December 2005.