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Old 14-11-2016, 19:49
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Was watching H&A and thinking how Alf was defined by his relationship with Ailsa for 12 years, but he has since been on screen for another 16 years and Ailsa would never have been known to young viewers.

Who else has there been? Off the top of my head Harold Bishop, whose wife Madge died in 2001, he stayed for another 7 years as a regular.
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Old 14-11-2016, 19:54
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Phil Mitchell.

His most defining partnership is still "Grant and Phil" not "Phil and Kathy/ Shirley/ Sharon".
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Old 14-11-2016, 20:45
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Old 14-11-2016, 23:43
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Masood. Pauline. Kathy. Max.
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Old 14-11-2016, 23:51
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Who's defining relationship was Jasmine who left in 2009 so 7 years.
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Old 15-11-2016, 00:48
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Old 15-11-2016, 05:56
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Roy from Corrie, although I think it's wrong that he's with Cathy.
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Old 15-11-2016, 06:24
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Ian Beale is still in the show 18 years since Cindy left
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Old 15-11-2016, 09:53
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Stacey. Her character still thriving after Bradley's death
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Old 15-11-2016, 10:04
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I would have said Hilda Ogden - who stayed after Stan died.

Also a couple of ED ones:

Betty - who stayed after Seth went
Diane - who stayed after Jack went
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Old 15-11-2016, 10:07
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What a great thread

I'd say one partnership on EE that was defining though not in a good way was Little Mo and Trevor.

Obviously there story was horrible compared to other examples of couples who loose their husband/wife however their partnership was defining and little Mo continued on after Trevor was gone.
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Old 15-11-2016, 10:10
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I would have said Hilda Ogden - who stayed after Stan died.

Also a couple of ED ones:

Betty - who stayed after Seth went
Diane - who stayed after Jack went
I wouldn't have put Diane on the list. Jack and Diane as a couple weren't in the same league as say Alf and Ailsa and Harold and Madge who as characters were defined by their relationship with each other. Diane was just the last in a long line of women romanced by Jack Sugden before his death.
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Old 15-11-2016, 15:13
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Do these count? Masood was in the show 2007-2016 but Zainab has only been absent for 3 years.

Likewise Max hasn't survived that long without Tanya.
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Old 15-11-2016, 15:39
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Do these count? Masood was in the show 2007-2016 but Zainab has only been absent for 3 years.

Likewise Max hasn't survived that long without Tanya.
3 years to me feels like the minium they can class.
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Old 15-11-2016, 15:47
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Stacey. Her character still thriving after Bradley's death
I think when all is said and done, Martin will be Stacey's defining relationship.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:13
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I think when all is said and done, Martin will be Stacey's defining relationship.
Unfortunately, as she's become a bore since being with him.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:15
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Unfortunately, as she's become a bore since being with him.
I think it's more to do with the fact the character has grown up and had two kids etc Do you still want Lacey to be playing the teenage wild child at age 30+
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:16
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Unfortunately, as she's become a bore since being with him.
I blame SOC for that, because the actors work really well together. I think James Bye was even better than Lacey was during her psychosis storyline at the beginning of the year so the talent is there to make them good.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:18
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Dot Cotton has continued on for decades after Ethel Skinner left/became recurring.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:28
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I blame SOC for that.
Lacey isn't a very strong actor in the every day storylines IMO, I don't think SOC is to blame.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:35
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I think it's more to do with the fact the character has grown up and had two kids etc Do you still want Lacey to be playing the teenage wild child at age 30+
I do agree her character has progressed, which is nice, but it's time she was written out. She's not working anymore.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:36
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Lacey isn't a very strong actor in the every day storylines IMO, I don't think SOC is to blame.
I've always said this about her. She's fine in the big emotional stories but not very believable in every day scenes. Maybe it's more the character of Stacey than it is the actress. Stacey doesn't strike me as the type to settle down into domestic bliss. She's always been a loud mouth chavvy skank who can't keep her knickers up.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:40
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Ian has lasted two decades without Cindy, and survived for 16 years without Kathy.

Sharon also survived without Den and Angie, survived after her marriage to Grant ended, and is still going strong ten years after Dennis was murdered.

These two are the definition of dynamic characters. Whereas Phil's characterisation took a turn for the worse after Grant left so I don't think he can be included.
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