I had 4 replies this morning - a photo and letter from Danielle Henry (dedicated, took 2 weeks), an old The Bill cast card back from Connie Hyde (dedicated, took 10 days) and Coronation Street cards from Jayne Tunnicliffe (dedicated, took 3 months) and Holly Quin-Ankrah (dedicated, took 18 months).

Also, LaneKent had a reply from the Emmerdale press office, but was unable to get on the forum to post it, so asked me to. I'll just copy and paste the email:

Has Danielle got an official Doctors card yet, or was it just a publicity photo?

Publicity photo.

Had 2 replies yesterday - a signed and dedicated card from Heather Peace (took 6 weeks), a couple of different Emmerdale cards back from Roxanne Pallett (dedicated, took 3 weeks).

And today I had an old The Bill card back from Suzanne Maddock (dedicated, took 2 weeks).

How long does John Mitchie (Karl from corrie) take to reply?

Got Gaynor Faye's (Emmerdale) Megan Macey card today. It was dedicated. I wrote on the 23rd March 2012, so it has taken 7 weeks & 1 day.


Further to that message you can now see scans of Hazel, Aaron, Nicola and Charity at http://www.emmerdale.org/CastCards and I will be adding more scans of my collection (starting with the new 2012 cards) there over time.

Told yesterday that Matthew Wolfenden (David) has a new Emmerdale card.

As well as what was indicated to me, someone else has now told me that they aren't doing children's cards anymore.

Full list of new cards I know of is as follows if anyone can add anymore to this list then please do :-

Cards were printed in the below format from Circa January 2012 - .
They now have a metalic yellowish/gold & black ITV1 Logo on the left, and they have a white EMMERDALE on a black background in blocked capitals on the right. Note for the first time CHARACTER NAMES are in BLOCKED CAPITALS and there is now a small white border running around the whole picture as well as the normal bottom border.

As of 11th May 2012 I know of 20 of these cards.

First Heard About 11th May 2012

1. NEW PICTURE: David Metcalfe – Picture 2 (not seen)

First Seen 10th May 2012

2. NEW PICTURE: Nicola as King – Picture 3
a. Unsigned Studio 10th May 2012
3. NEW PICTURE: Charity as Sharma – Picture 3
a. Unsigned Studio 10th May 2012

First Seen 9th March 2012

4. NEW PICTURE: Sandy Thomas – Picture 4
a. Signed Folder: Wrote 23rd March 2012: Received Reply 12th April 2012

First Seen 5th March 2012

5. NEW & FIRST CARD: Megan Macey
a. Folder: Wrote 23rd March 2012: Received Reply 12th May 2012

First Heard about on 8th February 2012

6. NEW PICTURE: Victoria Sugden – Picture 3 for Isabel Hodgins
7. NEW PICTURE: Belle Dingle – Picture 3 for Eden Taylor-Draper
a. Dedicated & Signed Volume 3 – bought February 2012
b. Signed Folder – bought as part of a set of 5 in April 2012
8. NEW & FIRST CARD: Ali Spencer (seen 5th March 2012)
a. Signed Folder – bought as part of a set of 5 in April 2012
9. NEW PICTURE: Paddy Kirk – Picture 5 (don't own)
10. NEW PICTURE & LAST CARD: Aaron Livesey – Picture 2
a. Unsigned Studio 10th May 2012
11. NEW PICTURE: Brenda Walker – Picture 2
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought April 2012,received 12th April 2012
12. NEW PICTURE: Laurel Thomas – Picture 5 (don't own)
13. FIRST & ONLY CARD: Hazel Rhodes
a. Unsigned Studio 10th May 2012

First Heard about (but not seen) around 31st January 2012

14. NEW & FIRST CARD: Sean Spencer
a. Signed & Dedicated Folder: Wrote 23rd March 2012: Received Reply 4th April 2012
15. NEW PICTURE: Carl King – Picture 4 (seen April 2012)
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought April 2012,received 12th April 2012

First Seen circa 28th January 2012 (probably released January 2012)

16. NEW PICTURE: Cain Dingle – Picture 4 (don't own)

First Seen circa 25th January 2012 (probably released January 2012)

17. NEW PICTURE: Jimmy King – Picture 4
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought February 2012

First Seen circa 17th January 2012 (probably released January 2012)

18. NEW & FIRST CARD: Ruby Haswell
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought January 2012
b. Signed Folder – bought as part of a set of 5 in April 2012

First Seen circa 10th January 2012 (probably released January 2012)

19. NEW PICTURE: Diane as Sugden – Picture 5
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought January 2012
b. Signed Folder – bought as part of a set of 5 in April 2012

20. NEW & FIRST CARD: Georgia Sharma
a. Signed Volume 3 – bought January 2012

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Cards were printed with the below logo combination
First seen September 2011 – until December 2011

They have the Yellow/black ITV1 Logo on the left, however now they have a white EMMERDALE on a black background in blocked capitals on the right. It would appear that only 6 cards were printed like this.

First Seen 4th November 2011

1. NEW PICTURE: Alicia Gallagher – Picture 2
a. Unsigned Studio 4th November 2011
2. NEW PICTURE: Genesis Walker – Picture 2
a. Unsigned Studio 4th November 2011
3. NEW PICTURE: Jai Sharma – Picture 2
a. Unsigned Studio 4th November 2011
b. Signed Folder – bought as part of a set of 5 in April 2012
4. NEW CARD: Jacob Gallagher – Picture 3
a. Unsigned Studio Set 4th November 2011

First Seen circa 11th October 2011 (possibly released September 2011)

5. NEW & 1ST CARD: Alex Moss
a. Unsigned Studio Set 4th November 2011

First Seen circa 4th October 2011 (released September 2011)

6. NEW & 1ST CARD: Rachel Breckle
a. Unsigned (card damaged) Studio Set 4th November 2011
b. Signed Volume 3 – bought February 2012

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Metalic Yellow/Gold/black ITV1 Logo on the left with a black underlined Emmerdale on the right.

First Heard About 11th May 2012 (released for Special Events)

1. NEW CARD: Jacob Gallagher – Picture 2 (released circa Oct 2011 - don't have)
2. NEW & 1ST CARD: Jacob Gallagher – Picture 1 with blue background (released July/Aug 2011 - don't have)
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Cards were printed with the below logo combination from
May 2007 – (last new ones seen) July 2011

Yellow/black ITV1 Logo on the left with a black underlined Emmerdale on the right. As of 2nd May 2012, I made the number of different and variations of these cards released, 115!

Too many to list but PM me if you want a full list.

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Cards were printed with the below logo from
December 2006 – May 2007

New Yellow/black ITV1 Logo released from December 2006 to May 2007 placed on the left of the cards with the totally underlined green Emmerdale on the right. Around 30 cards I've seen with this logo combination.
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Cards were printed with the below logo from
January 2006 – November 2006

The cards have a Yellow/White/Black ITV1 logo.
A fully underlined Green Emmerdale is on the bottom right with ITV1 on the bottom left

As ITV plc re-branded, so did the fancards change design again. This design ran 10 months.

72 cards are confirmed to have it.
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Cards Were Printed With The Below Logo
Printed Between circa September 2005-December 2005
(Regularly sent out still throughout 2006 for a number of the characters)

A Green Underlined Emmerdale on the left with a blue/yellow ITV Logo on the right.

Around 54 cards like this.
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Cards Were Printed With The Below Logo
Between circa July 2004-August 2005

It has a partially underlined Green Emmerdale on the left with the blue/yellow ITV logo on the right.

I know of around 80 cards like this.
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Yorkshire Television Cards were printed in various styles from 1970s - June 2004.

The last people to get Yorkshire Television cards were

Released 1st May-June 2004 and Remained In Print Until June 2004

1) Tom King – First Card
2) Matthew King – First Card
3) Jimmy King – First Card
4) Pearl Ladderbanks – First Card
5) Diane as Blackstock – Third Known Picture
6) Danny Daggert – Third Known Picture
7) Donna as Windsor – Third Known Picture for Verity Rushworth
8) Rodney Blackstock – Second Known Picture
9) Chastity Dingle – First Card

Anyone wanting to know more please feel free to PM me.
Last edited by LaneKent : 12-05-2012 at 13:24

2 replies this morning - an old Holby City card back from Patricia Potter (dedicated, took 3 weeks) and an old EastEnders card back from Daniela Denby-Ashe (dedicated, took 6 weeks).

Just one this morning, Ann Mitchell signed EE cast card, took 29 days .

1 on Saturday
- Holly Quin-Ankrah Dedicated Cast Card and Compliments Slip (11 months)

3 Today - The Saturdays (Signed Single) Jennifer Aniston and Drew Barrymore (Studio Fanmail Cards)

How long does it take at the moment to get a signed cast card from both Tony Discipline (Tyler Moon) and Matt Lapinskas (Anthony Moon)? And what is the process in asking for them? Thanks!

2 today

Holly Weston (Ash, Hollyoaks) signed and dedicated cast card.

Mandip Gill (Phoebe, Hollyoaks) signed and dedicated cast card.

Hollyoaks cards for Amy Downham (Jen), Claire Cooper (Jacqui), Dan O'Connor (Ally), Jazz Franks (Esther) and Joe Tracini (Dennis) from the Helpdesk yesterday. The Esther and Dennis ones are smaller than the rest (same size as the Sinead card I mentioned a couple of weeks back).

A couple of old Neighbours fancards, plus a very nice letter, back from Blair McDonough this morning, took just over 6 weeks.

Sent off my first autograph requests in over a year today to Kimberley Walsh, Cillian Murphy, Matt Willis, Richard Griffths and Danny DeVito all via venue. Hopefully I get some replies!


Write to then at the following address and enclose a self addressed envelope:

EastEnders, BBC Elstree Centre, Clarendon Road, Borehamwood, Herts, WD6 1JF

Can't advise the time though as I haven't written to either.

1 Today - Kristen Stewart

but the picture has been damaged in the post, the envolope open as well, will have to try again :L

6 replies this morning - a Holby City card from Jing Lusi (dedicated, took 6 weeks), an Emmerdale card back from Rokhsaneh Ghawam-Shahidi (dedicated, took 3 and a half months), an old The Bill card back from Pal Aron (dedicated, took 2 weeks), a couple of old Neighbours cards back from Tom Oliver (dedicated, took 3 weeks).

An EastEnders card from Jo Joyner - I've written to her twice in the last couple of years, and looking at the envelope, this reply seems to be from the first letter I sent her, which was in June 2010.

And also some cards from the Hollyoaks helpdesk - not sure which letter they were in reply to as I don't have any outstanding letters with them. But anyway, they sent the new cards of Jennifer Metcalfe, Claire Cooper, Amy Downham, Nick Pickard and Ashley Slanina-Davies.

Use the address quoted above

For me they took 2 and 3 weeks

then a few months the next time i wrote (my friend wanted there autographs )

Just coz they was long or quick for me doesnt mean they will be that long for you

hi have been lurking this thread for quite a while, wrote to shane richie few years ago when he was in first in eastenders and recieved a autograph so really want to get back into it again, has anyone written to neighbours cast? looked on internet and found to different addresses for them

"Neighbours"Grundy Television Pty Ltd, Private Bag 9003, Richmond, Vic 3121Australia

Neighbours fremantlemedia australia, 21-31 goodward street, Private Bag 9003, Richmond, Vic 3121 Australia, anyone know which one is correct? thanks.

Hello! I've been using the following address for Neighbours for the last couple of years and have had replies from it:

Neighbours
FremantleMedia Australia
21-31 Goodwood Street
Private Bag 9003
Richmond
VICTORIA 3121
Australia

I think that both the addresses you posted are basically the same though, it's just that Grundy Television is now part of FremantleMedia Australia.

ahh right thanks just thought id double check

I sent away for June Brown and Laila Morse's autograph back last October and so far had no reply? What should i do? Should i write to them again?

June is normally fairly quick, so it might be worth trying her again. Laila has been taking quite a while lately though, from what I've heard.

Okay thanks! Should i send a letter to June's agent as she is no longer working at EastEnders?

I would imagine EastEnders will be passing letters on to the myriad of actors who are on breaks, but the agent would probably be a safer bet, yeah.

Okay thanks very much for your help!

1 this morning - an old The Bill card back from Rae Baker, dedicated, took 3 weeks.