Sarah Lancashire - dizzy Raquel in Coronation Street - is a soap success. She is signed to ITV on a £1.3 million deal and has appeared in Clocking Off, Blooming Marvellous, Where The Heart Is, The Glass and Coming Home.
Michelle Collins aka Cindy Beale left EastEnders in 1998 after a ten year run and is now among Britain's highest paid TV actresses. Sunburn, Real Women and Daylight Robbery have been among her successes.
Nick Berry (Wicksy) left EastEnders and signed with ITV to star in Hearbeat and has since starred in Harbour Lights and In Deep.
Arthur Lowe (of Dads Army) played Leonard Swindley in Coronation Street.
Joanna Lumley played Ken Barlow’s girlfriend before appearing in The New Avengers, Sapphire in Sapphire and Steel, Absolutely Fabulous.
Jane Danson, formerly Leanne Battersby, went on to star in the medical drama A+E.
Robert Beck played accused rapist Peter Harrison in Brookside & then Gavin in Emmerdale until his fianceé Bernice caught him kissing Jason.
Angela Griffin (Fiona Middleton in Coronation Street), Michael French (EastEnders) and Nicola Stephenson (Brookside, she was the one who shared a kiss with Anna Friel) all moved on to Holby City.
Tina Hobley (ex-Coronation St ) is now in Holby City.
Eva Pope (Tanya in Coronation Street ) is now in Peak Practice.
Thelma Barlow (formerly Coronation Street's Mavis Wilton) went on to appear in the Victoria Wood sitcom "Dinner Ladies"
Denise Black (formerly Coronation Street's Denise Osbourne) has went on to do many tv shows including Queer as Folk and played Pat Phoenix in 'The Things We Do For Love'.
Sue Johnston aka Barbara Royle was formerly Shelia Grant of Brookside & is on our screens quite often these days. Ricky Tomlinson ( Bobby Grant/Jim Royle ) hasn't done too badly either. Paul Usher (Barry Grant) went on to star in The Bill.
Anna Friel (Beth Jordash in Brookside) has went on to star in many films including The Land Girls, Rogue Trader, Mad Cows as well as appearing on Broadway.
Jean Alexander will always be remembered as Hilda Ogden from Coronation but following her departure she played Mrs Keeler in the movie Scandal and Mrs Wainwright in Last of The Summer Wine.
Novelist Beryl Bainbridge played a ban the bomb demonstrator in Coronation Street before becoming a successful writer.
Susan Brown played Connie Clayton in Coronation Street but has since been appeared as in Making Out, September Song, Prime Suspect and EastEnders.
Davey Jones (The Monkees) played Ena Sharples’ grandson in Coronation Street.
Kathy Staff is best known as Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine and as Doris Luke in Crossroads but in the early seventies she played Vera Hopkins in Coronation Street.
Jacqueline Chadwick was Tina Dingle in Emmerdale before marrying Mike Baldwin.
Sue Nicholls (Audrey in Coronation Street ) was also in Reggie Perrin, Rentaghost and Crossroads.
Sherrie Hewson played Maureen Holdsworth in Coronation Street before playing Virginia in the revamped Crossroads, also had a lead role in 'In Loving Memory' with Thora Hird. Her hubby in Coronation Street (Reg) went on to sell double glazing.
EastEnder's Ross Kemp currently earns around £1,000 a minute from a two-year £1.3 million ITV deal.
Tamzin Outhwaite aka EastEnders' Mel Healy announced her decision to leave EastEnders' after three years, despite a pay rise which saw her earning £280,000 a year. She has now signed a £2 million 'golden handcuffs' deal which will see her working on various BBC dramas over the next two years.
Martin Kemp, who plays Steve Owen has signed a £1 million deal with ITV.
