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Long-term characters who lasted long after their defining on-screen partnership |
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Long-term characters who lasted long after their defining on-screen partnership
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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Phil Mitchell.
His most defining partnership is still "Grant and Phil" not "Phil and Kathy/ Shirley/ Sharon". |
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Max EE?
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Masood. Pauline. Kathy. Max.
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Debbie in Emmerdale
Who's defining relationship was Jasmine who left in 2009 so 7 years. |
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Rita (Len)
Audrey (Alfeh) |
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Roy from Corrie, although I think it's wrong that he's with Cathy.
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Ian Beale is still in the show 18 years since Cindy left
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Stacey. Her character still thriving after Bradley's death
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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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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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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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Masood. Max.
Likewise Max hasn't survived that long without Tanya. |
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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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Stacey. Her character still thriving after Bradley's death
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I think when all is said and done, Martin will be Stacey's defining relationship.
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Unfortunately, as she's become a bore since being with him.
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Unfortunately, as she's become a bore since being with him.
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Dot Cotton has continued on for decades after Ethel Skinner left/became recurring.
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I blame SOC for that.
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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+
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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.
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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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