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Old 21-10-2014, 21:11
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Anyone think of any characters who have had multiple offspring, on screen, within years of each other? Often it's a part of life soaps don't actively portray properly, characters usually have one child and stop there.

EastEnders
Ian Beale - Peter, Lucy and Bobby Beale
Honey Mitchell - Janet and William Mitchell
Phil Mitchell - Louise, Ben Mitchell
Ronnie Mitchell - James Branning, baby Cotton
Kat Moon - Tommy, Bert and Ernie Moon
Michael Moon - Scarlett, Tommy Moon
Alfie Moon - Bert and Ernie Moon

Hollyoaks
Tony Hutchinson - Grace, Jack and DeDe Hutchinson
Theresa McQueen - Kathleen-Angel, Myra-Pochantus McQueen
Teagan Lomax - Rose, unborn baby Lomax
Amy Barnes - Leah and Lucas Barnes
Ste Hay - Leah and Lucas Barnes

anymore?
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:17
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Coronation Street
Gail had Nick, Sarah and David
Sally had Rosie and Sophie
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:20
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technically leah is not ste's

and you forgot mr virile himself Jack branning
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:40
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Bob in Emmerdale - Carly, Josh, another two kids who I cant remember there names, Heath and Cathy...
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:43
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Bob in Emmerdale - Carly, Josh, another two kids who I cant remember there names, Heath and Cathy...
how can you forget dawn.

can't believe bob has 7 kids and 3 step kids, he doesnt seem the type

edit 4 stepkids with the dearly departed Gennie
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:50
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Bob in Emmerdale - Carly, Josh, another two kids who I cant remember there names, Heath and Cathy...
Only Heath & Cathy were born on screen
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:52
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technically leah is not ste's

and you forgot mr virile himself Jack branning
Was Sam's child born on screen (I can't remember)? If so Jack has had 3: Sam's, Roxy's & Ronnie's offsprings.
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:55
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No ones stated the obvious:
Jack branning: Richard mitchell, james branning and Amy mitchell

No others who haven't been mentioned come to mind.
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Old 21-10-2014, 22:58
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im trying to think of corrie ones recently and can only think of ashley's two kids and dev with the twins tho cant remember if they were born on screen.

obviously there were the ones who are now adults, rosie. sophie, david and nick
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Old 21-10-2014, 23:26
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I don't think men and women can be viewed in the same way when it comes to having multiple offspring on screen.

Men can get away with it without the story seeming the same, since they're not the ones actually doing the having (and in the case of Jack Branning, Ian Beale, Phil Mitchell and Michael Moon, weren't involved with one or more of the children at the time of the birth, if at all.) I think more men have multiple children on screen than women for that reason. Kevin Webster CS had 4 born on screen, compared to Sally's 2. Jimmy King from ED now has Carl and Angel, while Nicola only had Angel.

Female case in point, Kat. I seem to recall a negative reaction to seeing Kat pregnant again in 2011, even though many (maybe not on DS) wanted to see Kat and Alfie with a child that was biologically both of theirs. It's just too repetitive to see the same woman pregnant twice without a couple of years passing. I think the timing was about right with Kat and Ronnie this time, but otherwise it just doesn't happen unless there's a real storyline reason for it (Honey Mitchell and the whole will Janet be treated differently because they had a child without a disability.)

The lack of full siblings born on screen just goes to show how pregnancies are never done without some kind of variation. Had Steven Beale been biologically Ian's and Tommy Moon Alfie's, I'd bet the sets of twins wouldn't have existed. They'd have been a single birth at most, since it wouldn't have been an issue of another iconic couple with a legacy that could have been stronger.
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Old 21-10-2014, 23:32
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Kevin Webster - Rosie and Sophie Webster, Jake Webster, Jack Dobbs.
Jimmy King - Angelica King and Carl

Ashley CS doesn't count since Josh was Matt Ramsden's.
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Old 22-10-2014, 01:13
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Anyone think of any characters who have had multiple offspring, on screen, within years of each other? Often it's a part of life soaps don't actively portray properly, characters usually have one child and stop there.

EastEnders
Ian Beale - Peter, Lucy and Bobby Beale
Honey Mitchell - Janet and William Mitchell
Phil Mitchell - Louise, Ben Mitchell
Ronnie Mitchell - James Branning, baby Cotton
Kat Moon - Tommy, Bert and Ernie Moon
Michael Moon - Scarlett, Tommy Moon
Alfie Moon - Bert and Ernie Moon

Hollyoaks
Tony Hutchinson - Grace, Jack and DeDe Hutchinson
Theresa McQueen - Kathleen-Angel, Myra-Pochantus McQueen
Teagan Lomax - Rose, unborn baby Lomax
Amy Barnes - Leah and Lucas Barnes
Ste Hay - Leah and Lucas Barnes

anymore?
I'd say part of the reason for that is that most soap births aren't planned and the couples either aren't properly together (rule 1 a woman usually falls pregnant to the most inconvenient man - ie a ONS rather than their husband) who divorce within a couple of years making a seocnd or third child difficult.

But to add to your list. Corrie'
Gail had 2 kids with Brian and then 1 to Martin: Nick, Sarah-Lou and David
Sally and Kevin Webster had Rosie and Sophie - probably the most normal marriage and having kids at the time. But they were also ver, very dull.
David Platt got a stepson when he married Kylie and now they've had a little girl

Ashley Peacock had Josh with first wife Maxine and then Freddie with Claire.

Emmerdale

Ashley had Gabby by Bernice and then Arthur (Daniel - don't ask) by Laurel.
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Old 22-10-2014, 01:16
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Kevin Webster - Rosie and Sophie Webster, Jake Webster, Jack Dobbs.
Jimmy King - Angelica King and Carl

Ashley CS doesn't count since Josh was Matt Ramsden's.
Yes of course he was but since he and Max were properly together and Ashley always thought of him as his I'd still include him but it's arguable.
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Old 22-10-2014, 02:40
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Got to hand it to Jack Branning. Not only did he impregnate three women in three consecutive years, he managed to get the only one he did love and marry pregnant whilst comatose! Devotion to the cause right there.
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Old 22-10-2014, 05:24
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Yes of course he was but since he and Max were properly together and Ashley always thought of him as his I'd still include him but it's arguable.
Definitely; I was going on the basis that the OP included Tommy Moon in the Michael category.
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Old 22-10-2014, 05:28
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Got to hand it to Jack Branning. Not only did he impregnate three women in three consecutive years, he managed to get the only one he did love and marry pregnant whilst comatose! Devotion to the cause right there.
Given Richard's date of birth (September 2010) and the date that Sam skipped bail alone (November 2009,) it also looks as though he might have impregnated Sam while she was out of the country.
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Old 22-10-2014, 05:51
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I know it was years ago but Ken (CS) had Peter and Susan and then another son Daniel.

Both Tegan and Sinead (HO) will have had two babies each in the space of two years if they both continue with their pregnancies.


I can't think of any more but imagine if we included all the pregnancies that ended in miscarriage or abortion? Most characters would have loads of kids lol

Tony (HO) would have like 5 or 6
Lindsay (HO) would have 2 (as well as the one on the way)
Mercedes (HO) would have 2
Nancy (HO) would have 2
Maxine (HO) would have 1 (as well as the one on the way)

Ronnie (EE) would have 2 (and the one on the way)
Kat (EE) would have 6 (Zoe, Tommy, Bert, Ernie, 2 miscarriages)

Stacey (EE) would have 2
Even Lucy Beale would've left behind a kid!

Tracey (CS) would have 3
Maria (CS) would have 2

Anybody got any more?
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Old 22-10-2014, 06:00
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I know it was years ago but Ken (CS) had Peter and Susan and then another son Daniel.

Both Tegan and Sinead (HO) will have had two babies each in the space of two years if they both continue with their pregnancies.


I can't think of any more but imagine if we included all the pregnancies that ended in miscarriage or abortion? Most characters would have loads of kids lol

Tony (HO) would have like 5 or 6
Lindsay (HO) would have 2 (as well as the one on the way)
Mercedes (HO) would have 2
Nancy (HO) would have 2
Maxine (HO) would have 1 (as well as the one on the way)

Ronnie (EE) would have 2 (and the one on the way)
Kat (EE) would have 6 (Zoe, Tommy, Bert, Ernie, 2 miscarriages)

Stacey (EE) would have 2
Even Lucy Beale would've left behind a kid!

Tracey (CS) would have 3
Maria (CS) would have 2

Anybody got any more?
If we included those, Kat would hold the female record (I think) with 5 on screen, and Alfie would move from 2 to 3. Although with Kat, Alfie, Ian, Bob ED and Dev CS, it's debatable whether to count them all, as if we're looking at number of pregnancies on screen, twins only count once.

Ronnie would also go from 2 to 3, as she miscarried in December 2009.

Had it not been for abortions, Kat and Ronnie would also have grandchildren older than their child's half-siblings, and Den Watts would move to 2 on screen (Vicki Fowler and the baby with Zoe.)

If we counted everything, Steve McDonald CS would win. Amy and the miscarried twins with Tracy, plus 2 miscarried with Becky and 1 with Karen.

CS Martin Platt would also have 2, David and the baby that Katy Harris aborted because of the story her dad made up about Martin having an affair.

Also need to add Cindy Beale. Steven, Peter and Lucy. Was the pregnancy with Cindy Jr on screen? The actual birth wasn't, but then neither was the twins'. They didn't appear on screen until a week later.

Also, CS Sarah Louise Platt. Bethany and Billy.
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Old 22-10-2014, 06:41
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Were Debbie Dingle's two kids born on screen ?
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Old 22-10-2014, 08:31
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Were Debbie Dingle's two kids born on screen ?
Yes
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Old 22-10-2014, 08:38
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Were Debbie Dingle's two kids born on screen ?
Jack was during the live ep
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Old 22-10-2014, 09:06
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It's rare for the same couple to have more than one child or rather more than one successful pregnancy, but I can't think of a single couple to have more than two children on screen.

I've always thought it'd be good to introduce a character who's almost permanently pregnant, some families do have lots of children and we just don't see those kind of large families being built. There's tons of story to be had from an ever-expanding family I think.

Couples who've had two children that I can think of (not counting twins) -
Gail and Brian Tilsley - Nick and Sarah Louise
Kevin and Sally Webster - Rosie and Sophie
Liam and Maria Connor - Paul and Liam
Billy and Honey Mitchell - Janet and William
Andy Sugden and Debbie Dingle - Sarah and Jack

It's a very exclusive club!
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Old 22-10-2014, 10:33
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Because having full-siblings in a family tends to be kind of confined and the family can't really branch out and get more pseudo-relatives in a family if that family only has full-siblings and it makes the family seem kind of small.

Case in point: Ian Beale and Simon Wicks are linked together by sharing David as a half-brother. Bobby and Cindy are linked by sharing Peter and Lucy as half-siblings. Libby linked Chelsea and Jordan by sharing Libby as a half-sibling. Morgan linked Sasha and Tiffany and Liam by being their half-brother and Billie linked Bianca, Sonia and Robbie to Kai Jackson through being their half-brother.

Also, while their kids haven't been all born on-screen, I wanna say Zak and Bob have multiple offspring.

Zack has Nathan, Butch, Ben, Sam and Tina by his first wife Nellie; Cain was a result of a long-term affair with Faith who was Shadrach's fiancee and then wife at the time and Belle who was the only one born on-screen (in a pig pen no less) by Lisa.

Bob has Dawn and Jamie (by first wife Jean, whom he married twice), Josh and Carly by second wife Barbara, Roxy by third American wife Vonda, and Cliff and Kathy by Viv. They were also born on-screen and like Belle, delivered by Paddy. Bob was also married seven times to five women: Jean (divorced twice), Barbara (divorced), Viv (divorced then widowed). Time will tell if he and Brenda get legally married.
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Old 26-10-2014, 13:48
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Because having full-siblings in a family tends to be kind of confined and the family can't really branch out and get more pseudo-relatives in a family if that family only has full-siblings and it makes the family seem kind of small.

Case in point: Ian Beale and Simon Wicks are linked together by sharing David as a half-brother. Bobby and Cindy are linked by sharing Peter and Lucy as half-siblings. Libby linked Chelsea and Jordan by sharing Libby as a half-sibling. Morgan linked Sasha and Tiffany and Liam by being their half-brother and Billie linked Bianca, Sonia and Robbie to Kai Jackson through being their half-brother.

Also, while their kids haven't been all born on-screen, I wanna say Zak and Bob have multiple offspring.

Zack has Nathan, Butch, Ben, Sam and Tina by his first wife Nellie; Cain was a result of a long-term affair with Faith who was Shadrach's fiancee and then wife at the time and Belle who was the only one born on-screen (in a pig pen no less) by Lisa.

Bob has Dawn and Jamie (by first wife Jean, whom he married twice), Josh and Carly by second wife Barbara, Roxy by third American wife Vonda, and Cliff and Kathy by Viv. They were also born on-screen and like Belle, delivered by Paddy. Bob was also married seven times to five women: Jean (divorced twice), Barbara (divorced), Viv (divorced then widowed). Time will tell if he and Brenda get legally married.
I didn't include off-screen because it's quite common for new older characters to join with a large brood (Charlie Slater joined with Lynne, Kat, Little Mo, Belinda and Zoe was believed to be his for like a year, Myra McQueen from Hollyoaks had Niall, Jacqui, Mercedes, Tina, Carmel, John Paul, Michaela, Sandy Roscoe from Hollyoaks had Darren, Joe, Freddie, Ziggy, Jason and Robbie, Carol Jackson had Robbie, Bianca, Sonia, Billie)
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