List of appearances

List of Emmerdale Farm appearances

List of Emmerdale appearances

For longest durations in the programme, see List of longest running characters.

This page details the regular characters who have made appearances in Emmerdale, up to Episode 8630 (25th October 2019).

Note: A '#' in the "Year of Departure" column indicates that the character is still current.

Top 100 appearances

#	Character	Portrayed by	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
1	Marlon Dingle	Mark Charnock	1996	#	3052
2	Eric Pollard	Christopher Chittell	1986	#	2992
3	Diane Sugden	Elizabeth Estensen	1999	#	2772
4	Jack Sugden	Andrew Burt (1972-1976) Clive Hornby (1980-2008)	1972	2008	2734
5	Zak Dingle	Steve Halliwell	1994	#	2730
6	Alan Turner	Richard Thorp	1982	2013	2670
7	Lisa Dingle	Jane Cox	1996	2019	2588
8	Paddy Kirk	Dominic Brunt	1997	#	2547
9	Chas Dingle	Lucy Pargeter	2002	#	2466
10	Bob Hope	Tony Audenshaw	2000	#	2463
11	Cain Dingle	Jeff Hordley	2000	#	2330
12	Debbie Dingle	Charley Webb	2002	#	2185
13	Charity Dingle	Emma Atkins	2000	#	2173
14	Nicola King	Nicola Wheeler	2001	#	2153
15	Ashley Thomas	John Middleton	1996	2018	2145
16	Andy Sugden	Kelvin Fletcher	1996	2016	2132
17	Viv Hope	Deena Payne	1993	2011	2045
18	Laurel Thomas	Charlotte Bellamy	2002	#	2027
19	Sam Dingle	James Hooton	1995	#	1993
20	Robert Sugden	Richard Smith (1986-1989) Christopher Smith (1989-2001) Karl Davies (2001-2009) Ryan Hawley (2014 to present)	1986	#	1944
21	Seth Armstrong	Stan Richards	1978	2004	1863
22	Victoria Barton	Jessica Heywood (1994-1996) Hannah Midgley (1996-2006) Isabel Hodgins (2006 to present)	1994	#	1851
23	Jimmy King	Nick Miles	2004	#	1843
24	Rodney Blackstock	Patrick Mower	2000	#	1783
25	Betty Eagleton	Paula Tilbrook	1994	2015	1686
26	Terry Woods	Billy Hartman	1995	2011	1638
27	Annie Sugden	Sheila Mercier	1972	2009	1597
28	David Metcalfe	Matthew Wolfenden	2006	#	1574
29	Kathy Brookman	Malandra Burrows	1985	2005	1545
30	Joe Sugden	Frazer Hines	1972	1994	1517
31	Amos Brearly	Ronald Magill	1972	1995	1514
32	Edna Birch	Shirley Stelfox	2000	2015	1503
32	Henry Wilks	Arthur Pentelow	1972	1991	1503
34	Val Pollard	Charlie Hardwick	2004	2017	1494
35	Moira Dingle	Natalie J Robb	2009	#	1432
36	Christopher Tate	Peter Amory	1989	2003	1418
37	Zoe Tate	Leah Bracknell	1989	2005	1413
38	Katie Sugden	Sammy Winward	2001	2015	1408
39	Matt Skilbeck	Frederick Pyne	1972	1989	1361
40	Aaron Dingle	Danny Webb (2003-2006) Danny Miller (2009 to present)	2003	#	1312
41	Donna Windsor	Sophie Jeffrey (1993-1997) Verity Rushworth (1998-2014)	1993	2014	1311
42	Bernice Blackstock	Samantha Giles	1998	#	1292
43	Belle Dingle	Emily Mather (1998-2005) James Mather (1998-2000) Eden Taylor-Draper (2005 to present)	1998	#	1264
44	Jai Sharma	Christopher Bisson	2009	#	1213
45	Carl King	Tom Lister	2004	2012	1149
46	Brenda Walker	Lesley Dunlop	2008	#	1118
47	Dolly Skilbeck	Katharine Barker (1977-1979) Jean Rogers (1980-1991)	1977	1991	1103
48	Pearl Ladderbanks	Meg Johnson	2003	#	1058
49	Rhona Goskirk	Zoe Henry	2001	#	1055
50	Scott Windsor	Toby Cockerell (1993-1996) Ben Freeman (1998-2007)	1993	2007	1041
51	Leyla Harding	Roxy Shahidi	2008	#	1013
52	Emily Kirk	Kate McGregor	1999	2008	1005
53	Adam Barton	Adam Thomas	2009	2018	971
54	Sarah Sugden	Madeleine Howard (1988-1994) Alyson Spiro (1994-2000)	1988	2000	964
55	Louise Appleton	Emily Symons	2001	2008	945
56	Kim Tate	Claire King	1989	#	911
57	Kerry Wyatt	Laura Norton	2012	#	895
57	Priya Kotecha	Effie Woods (2009-2010) Fiona Wade (2011 to present)	2009	#	888
59	Doug Potts	Duncan Preston	2007	#	873
60	Kelly Windsor	Adele Silva	1993	2011	862
61	Rachel Hughes	Glenda McKay	1988	1999	838
62	Vanessa Woodfield	Michelle Hardwick	2012	#	821
63	Megan Macey	Gaynor Faye	2012	2019	818
64	Dan Spencer	Liam Fox	2011	#	794
65	Sam Pearson	Toke Townley	1972	1984	793
66	Sandy Thomas	Freddie Jones	2005	2018	776
67	Sarah Sugden Jr.	Lily-May Bartley (2005) Lucy Warren (2005) Amber Child-Cavill (2006-2007) Sophia Amber Moore (2007-2016) Katie Hill (2017 to present)	2005	#	756
68	Ross Barton	Michael Parr	2013	2018	736
69	Nick Bates	Cy Chadwick	1985	1999	735
70	Jackie Merrick	Unknown (1972) Ian Sharrock (1980-1989)	1972	1989	729
71	Gennie Walker	Sian Reese-Williams	2008	2013	722
72	Gabby Thomas	Jemma Giles (2001-2002) Annelise Manojlovic (2001-2015) Rosie Bentham (2016 to present)	2001	#	712
73	Pete Barton	Anthony Quinlan	2013	#	692
74	Caroline Bates	Diana Davies	1984	1999	676
75	Frank Tate	Norman Bowler	1989	1997	671
76	Declan Macey	Jason Merrells	2010	2014	657
77	Rishi Sharma	Bhasker Patel	2011	#	650
78	Matthew King	Matt Healy	2004	2008	646
79	Shadrach Dingle	Andy Devine	2000	2017	645
80	Nikhil Sharma	Rik Makarem	2009	2016	635
81	Donald Hinton	Hugh Manning	1977	1993	621
82	Len Reynolds	Peter Martin	2001	2007	616
83	Archie Brooks	Tony Pitts	1983	1993	610
84	Sandie Merrick	Jenny Mayors-Clark (1972) Jane Hutcheson (1980-1989)	1972	1989	597
85	Alicia Metcalfe	Natalie Anderson	2010	2015	587
86	Tricia Dingle	Sheree Murphy	1998	2004	581
87	Harriet Finch	Katherine Dow Blyton	2013	#	577
88	Jacob Gallagher	Joe-Warren Plant	2010	#	576
89	Tracy Metcalfe	Amy Walsh	2014	#	566
90	Paul Lambert	Mathew Bose	2004	2015	560
91	Biff Fowler	Stuart Wade	1994	2005	558
92	Darren Eden	Luke Tittensor	2003	2009	545
93	Amy Wyatt	Chelsea Halfpenny (2010-2013) Natalie Ann Jamieson (2019 to present)	2010	#	530
93	Butch Dingle	Paul Loughran	1994	2000	530
95	Mandy Dingle	Lisa Riley	1995	#	508
96	Roy Glover	Nicky Evans	1994	2000	496
97	Danny Daggert	Cleveland Campbell	2001	2007	495
98	Noah Dingle	Alfie Mortimer (2004) Sam Duffy (2005) Jack Downham (2009 to present)	2004	#	468
99	Pat Sugden	Lynn Dalby (1972-1974) Helen Weir (1980-1986)	1972	1986	465
100	Chrissie White	Louise Marwood	2014	2018	459
100	Vic Windsor	Alun Lewis	1993	1998	459

200-458 episodes

Character	Portrayed by	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
Steph Stokes	Lorraine Chase	2002	2013	458
Finn Barton	Joe Gill	2013	2017	455
Chloe Atkinson	Amy Nuttall	2000	2005	443
Arthur Thomas	Billy Harrower (2007-2009) Luis Townley (2008-2009) Alfie Clarke (2009 to present)	2007	#	434
Jamie Hope	Alex Carter	2006	2010	432
Ruby Haswell	Alicya Eyo	2011	2015	432
Tom King	Ken Farrington	2004	2006	428
Cameron Murray	Dominic Power	2011	2013	422
Ned Glover	Johnny Leeze	1994	2000	422
Jasmine Thomas	Jenna-Louise Coleman	2005	2009	411
Lachlan White	Thomas Atkinson	2014	2019	411
Holly Barton	Sophie Powles	2009	2016	404
Eli Dingle	Joseph Gilgun	2006	2010	400
Scarlett Nicholls	Kelsey-Beth Crossley	2007	2012	395
Faith Dingle	Gillian Jephcott (2000-2004) Sally Dexter (2017 to present)	2000	2019	394
Mark Hughes	Craig McKay	1988	1994	387
Ali Spencer	Kelli Hollis	2011	2015	385
Dawn Woods	Julia Mallam	2003	2006	385
Lawrence White	John Bowe	2014	2018	384
Angie Reynolds	Freya Copeland	1999	2002	379
Matty Barton	Grace Cassidy (2009-2012) Ash Palmisciano (2018 to present)	2009	#	379
Samson Dingle	Bradley Milnes (2006-2008) Ben Shooter (2007-2008) Charlie Pell (2008-2009) Sam Hall (2009 to present)	2006	#	376
Ollie Reynolds	Vicky Binns	1999	2003	366
Amelia Spencer	Daisy Campbell	2011	#	363
Jo Stiles	Roxanne Pallett	2005	2008	358
Emma Barton	Gillian Kearney	2015	2017	355
Rachel Breckle	Gemma Oaten	2011	2015	354
James Barton	Bill Ward	2013	2017	341
Liv Flaherty	Isobel Steele	2016	#	333
Michael Feldmann	Matthew Vaughan	1990	2011	332
Samuel Skilbeck	Benjamin Whitehead	1982	1991	332
Joe Tate	Oliver Young (1995-2005) Ned Porteous (2017-2018)	1995	2018	330
John Barton	James Thornton	2009	2012	328
Jan Glover	Roberta Kerr	1994	1998	322
Sadie King	Patsy Kensit	2004	2006	310
Jarvis Skelton	Richard Moore	2002	2005	309
Lynn Whiteley	Fionnuala Ellwood	1989	1994	308
TJ Woods	Connor Lee	2003	2011	305
Maisie Wylde	Alice Coulthard	2009	2011	304
Natasha Wylde	Amanda Donohoe	2009	2010	301
Alice Bates	Kimberly Hewitt (1991-1993) Rachel Tolboys (1993-2001)	1991	2001	299
Sean Reynolds	Stephen McGann	1999	2002	299
Sydney Woolfe	Nathan Gladwell	2002	2004	298
Nathan Wylde	Lyndon Ogbourne	2009	2010	294
Elizabeth Pollard	Kate Dove	1990	1993	287
Linda Fowler	Tonicha Jeronimo	1994	1997	286
April Windsor	Amelia Flanagan	2014	#	282
Ryan Lamb	James Sutton	2009	2011	282
Rebecca White	Emily Head	2016	2018	280
Angelica King	Sophie Firth (2009) Rebecca Bakes (2009 to present)	2009	#	274
Marc Reynolds	Anthony Lewis	1999	2007	273
Frank Clayton	Michael Praed	2016	2019	269
Grayson Sinclair	Christopher Villiers	2006	2008	268
Rakesh Kotecha	Pasha Bocarie	2014	2017	267
Steve Marchant	Paul Opacic	1996	1999	267
Jock MacDonald	Drew Dawson	1981	1990	262
Robbie Lawson	Jamie Shelton	2012	2014	257
Sean Spencer	Luke Roskell	2011	2014	254
Bill Middleton	Johnny Caesar	1984	1994	244
Lexi King	Sally Oliver	2007	2009	244
Lydia Hart	Karen Blick	2016	#	244
Lizzie Lakely	Kitty McGeever	2009	2013	243
Graham Foster	Andrew Scarborough	2017	#	238
Faye Lamb	Kim Thomson	2009	2011	237
Hazel Rhodes	Pauline Quirke	2010	2012	235
Leo Goskirk	Theo Tasker (2011) Harry Whittaker (2011-2014) Harvey Rogerson (2014 to present)	2011	#	232
Simon Meredith	Dale Meeks	2004	2006	232
Carly Hope	Unknown (2001) Rebecca Ryan (2006) Gemma Atkinson (2015-2017)	2001	2017	231
David Glover	Ian Kelsey	1994	1997	228
Kate Sugden	Sally Knyvette	1988	1991	222
Tara Thornfield	Anna Brecon	1997	2007	215
Delilah Dingle	Hayley Tamaddon	2005	2007	213
Perdita Hyde-Sinclair	Georgia Slowe	2006	2008	211
Gloria Weaver	Janice McKenzie	2000	2004	209
Jason Kirk	James Carlton	1999	2002	208
Elsa Chappell	Naomi Lewis (1990-1994) Natasha Gray (1999-2001)	1990	2001	207
Phil Pearce	Peter Alexander	1986	1989	206
Eve Jenson	Raine Davison (2001-2006) Suzanne Shaw (2010-2011)	2001	2011	204
Ethan Blake	Liam O'Brien	2003	2006	201

100-199 episodes

Character	Portrayed by	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
Carol Nelson	Philomena McDonagh	1991	1993	195
Georgia Sharma	Trudie Goodwin	2011	2015	191
Heath Hope	Lilith Kitching (2007) Sebastian Dowling (2007 to present)	2007	#	189
Cathy Hope	Ella Whitehouse Downes (2007) Gabrielle Dowling (2007 to present)	2007	#	188
Joanie Dingle	Denise Black	2013	2017	188
Cynthia Daggert	Kay Purcell	2001	2002	187
Carlos Diaz	Gary Turner	2000	2001	185
Tina Dingle	Jacqueline Pirie	1994	1996	179
Lily Butterfield	Anne Charleston	2006	2009	178
Richie Carter	Glenn Lamont	1999	2007	176
Jack Sugden Jr.	Louis Webster (2012) Seth Ball (2012 to present)	2012	#	175
Rosemary King	Linda Thorson	2006	2007	175
Latisha Daggert	Danielle Henry	2001	2006	174
Kyle Winchester	Molly Ainsworth (2011) Isaac Ainsworth (2011) Huey Quinn (2013 to present)	2011	#	173
Laura Johnstone	Louise Beattie	1998	2000	170
Mark Wylde	Maxwell Caulfield	2009	2010	169
Alex Moss	Kurtis Stacey	2011	2012	168
Jackson Walsh	Marc Silcock	2010	2011	168
Jessie Dingle	Sandra Marvin	2017	2019	166
Lyn Hutchinson	Sally Walsh	1997	2000	164
Daz Spencer	Mark Jordon	2014	2019	161
Graham Clark	Kevin Pallister	1998	2000	156
Moses Dingle	Arthur Cockroft	2015	#	156
Will Cairns	Paul Fox	1997	1999	155
Jean Tate	Megan Pearson	2003	2005	150
Jamie Tate	Jake Meays (1996) Elliot Suckley (1996) Sam Silson (1997) Oliver Carroll (1997) Bradley White (1997-1999) Alexander Lincoln (2019 to present)	1996	#	147
Dom Andrews	Wil Johnson	2012	2014	145
Ellis Chapman	Asan N'Jie	2018	2019	144
Ray Mullan	Seamus Gubbins	2001	2002	139
Will Wylde	Oscar Lloyd	2009	2011	138
Alice Dingle	Ursula Holden-Gill	2004	2006	137
Pierce Harris	Jonathan Wrather	2016	2017	135
Kirin Kotecha	Adam Fielding	2014	2016	134
Luke McAllister	Noah Huntley	1993	1995	134
Jerry Mackinley	Rob Dixon	2002	2003	133
Ross Kirk	Samuel Anderson	2007	2009	133
Liam Cavanagh	Jonny McPherson	2014	#	131
Dawn Taylor	Olivia Bromley	2018	#	128
Shelly Williams	Carolyn Pickles	2003	2005	128
Siobhan Marsden	Abigail Fisher	2003	2004	128
Rebecca Cairns	Sarah Neville	1997	1998	124
Tonicha Daggert	Kerry Stacey	2005	2007	123
Billy Fletcher	Jay Kontzle	2018	#	119
Billy Hopwood	David Crellin	1997	2007	117
Jake Doland	James Baxter	2007	2009	117
Anthony Cairns	Edward Peel	1997	1998	115
Emma Cairns	Rebecca Loudonsack	1997	1998	115
Adam Forsythe	Richard Shelton	2005	2006	114
Maya Stepney	Louisa Clein	2018	2019	113
Alison Gibbons	Carolyn Moody	1973	1974	112
Carrie Nicholls	Linda Lusardi	2007	2008	112
Hari Prasad	John Nayagam	2005	2007	112
Richard Anstey	Carl Rigg	1980	1981	112
Sophie Wright	Jane Cameron	1996	1997	112
Isaac Dingle	Harvey Brook (2017) Bobby Dunsmuir (2017 to present) Elias Walker (2018 to present)	2017	#	111
Johnny Woodfield	Luca Hepworth	2015	#	111
Elliot Windsor	Oliver Brooke (2011) Jackson Cummins (2012) Luca Hoyle (2016 to present)	2011	#	110
Frankie Smith	Gina Aris (1999) Madeleine Bowyer (2000-2001)	1999	2001	110
Ronnie Hale	John McArdle	2016	2017	110
Jonny Foster	Richard Grieve	2008	2009	109
Lesley Meredith	Sherrie Hewson	2004	2006	108
Max King	Charlie Kemp	2005	2005	108
Archie Breckle	Aadam Wahab Shahzad (2013-2015) Liyana Shahzad (2015) Kai Assi (2019 to present)	2012	#	107
Dee de la Cruz	Claudia Malkovich	1997	1998	107
Ivan Jones	Daniel Brocklebank	2005	2006	107
Nellie Dingle	Sandra Gough (1995) Maggie Tagney (2000)	1995	2000	107
Elaine Marsden	Samantha McCarthy	2003	2003	106
Jessica McAllister	Camilla Power	1993	1995	106
Lorraine Nelson	Nicola Strong	1992	1993	106
Donald De Souza	Michael Jayston	2007	2008	105
Mia Macey	Sapphire Elia	2010	2011	105
Paul Marsden	Matthew Booth	2003	2004	105
Ryan Stocks	James Moore	2018	#	103
Ella Hart	Corrinne Wicks	2010	2011	102
Edward Ruskin	George Little	1973	1983	101
Kathy Gimbel	Polly Hemingway	1974	1977	101
Jean Hope	Julie Higginson (2003-2004) Susan Penhaligon (2006)	2003	2006	100

Under 100 episodes

Character	Portrayed by	Year of debut	Year of departure	Number of appearances
Amba Metcalfe	Ava Jayasinghe	2014	#	99
Bernard McAllister	Brendan Price	1993	1995	97
Jermaine Bailey	Micah Balfour	2015	2016	96
Adele Allfrey	Tanya Vital	2008	2010	95
Angharad McAllister	Amanda Wenban	1993	1995	95
Manpreet Sharma	Rebecca Sarker	2018	#	95
Karen Moore	Annie Hulley	1984	1986	94
Brian Addyman	Martin Reeve	2001	2004	93
Ruth Pennington	Julia Chambers	1987	1988	91
Eliza Macey	Kyrena Robinson	2016	2019	90
Emma Nightingale	Rachel Ambler	1995	2004	90
Frances Marsden	Sandy Walsh	2003	2003	90
Sebastian White	Lily Westmoreland (2017-2019) Opie Atkinson (2019)	2017	#	90
Molly Sharma	Maia Rose Smith (2012-2013) Unknown (2015-2016)	2012	2016	87
Gerry Roberts	Shaun Thomas	2017	2018	86
Steve Harland	Tom Mannion	2012	2013	86
Sally Spode	Sian Reeves	2009	2010	83
Jude Watson	Andy Wear	2011	2014	82
Terence Turner	Stephen Marchant (1985) Nick Brimble (2006)	1985	2006	82
Shirley Turner	Rachel Davies	1993	1994	81
Dotty Thomas	Tilly-Rue Foster (2016 to present) Ellerie Carroll (2016)	2016	#	81
Nate Robinson	Jurell Carter	2019	#	81
Carol Wareing	Helen Pearson	2000	2001	79
Janie Harker	Diane Grayson (1972-1974) Lesley Duff (1986)	1972	1986	79
Liz Ruskin	Daphne Green	1973	1975	79
Maggie Calder	Dee Whitehead	2001	2002	79
Ronnie Marsden	Ray Ashcroft	2003	2003	79
Gavin Ferris	Robert Beck	1999	1999	77
Pete Whiteley	Jim Millea	1989	1990	77
Rosemary Kendall	Lesley Manville	1975	1976	77
Olena Petrovich	Carolin Stoltz	2009	2010	76
Andrew Fraser	Mark Elstob	2001	2002	75
Bear Wolf	Joshua Richards	2019	#	75
Pete Collins	Kirk Smith	1999	2000	75
Christine Sharp	Angela Cheyne	1973	1976	74
Mike Conrad	Martin Barrass	1983	1985	73
Callum Rennie	Andrew Whipp	2004	2005	72
Hilary Potts	Paula Wilcox	2007	2008	71
Kayleigh Gibbs	Lily Jane Stead	2005	2010	71
Martin Crowe	Graeme Hawley	2004	2006	71
Alistair Marsden	Danny Tennant	2003	2003	70
Gemma Andrews	Tendai Rinomhota	2012	2015	70
Lucy Calder	Elspeth Brodie	2001	2002	70
Nick Henshall	Michael McKell	2008	2011	70
Peter Whiteley	Sam Walker	1990	1994	69
Tom Merrick	David Hill (1972) Edward Peel (1980-1982) Jack Carr (1984-1988)	1972	1988	69
Carl Holliday	Unknown (2014) Unknown (2016) Charlie Munro Joyce (2016 to present)	2014	#	68
Albert Dingle	Bobby Knutt	1995	2004	67
Bill Whiteley	Teddy Turner	1989	1990	67
Dolores Sharp	Samantha Hurst	1994	1995	66
Anna De Souza	Emma Davies	2008	2009	65
Frank Blakey	Eric Allan	1972	1974	65
Shane Doyle	Paul McEwan	2008	2008	65
Adam Forrester	Tim Vincent	2000	2001	64
Grace Barraclough	Glynis Barber	2006	2007	62
Marian Rosetti	Gail Harrison (1972-1978) Debbi Blythe (1987-1988)	1972	1988	61
Phil Weston	Mark Jardine	2001	2002	61
Britt Woods	Michelle Holmes	1995	1995	58
Roz Fielding	Kirsty-Leigh Porter	2010	2012	58
Melanie Doland	Caroline Strong	2007	2008	57
Greg Doland	Shaun Prendergast	2007	2008	56
Jayesh Parmar	John Leary	1992	1993	56
Barbara Peters	Rosie Kerslake	1982	1983	55
John Tuplin	Malcolm Raeburn	1981	1984	55
Craig Calder	Jason Hain	2001	2002	54
Heather Hutchinson	Siobhan Finneran	1998	1998	54
Virginia West	Bridget Fry	2000	2001	54
Andrea Tate	Anna Nightingale	2019	#	53
Judy Westrop	Jane Cussons	1979	1980	53
Stella Jones	Stephanie Schonfield	1998	1999	53
Charlie Aindow	David Fleeshman	1990	1992	52
Maurice Westrop	Edward Dentith	1979	1980	52
Miles De Souza	Ayden Callaghan	2007	2008	52
Sean Rossi	Mark Cameron	1996	1997	52
Susan Wilde	Louise Heaney	1996	1996	52
David Hughes	Martyn Whitby	1989	1990	51
Harry Mowlam	Godfrey James	1983	1986	51
Neil Kincaid	Brian Deacon	1992	1993	51
Dermot Macey	Frank Kelly	2010	2011	49
Duke Woods	Dicken Ashworth	2007	2008	49
Sangeeta Parmar	Razia McGann	1992	1993	49
Sita Sharma	Mamta Kash	1985	1986	49
Dryden Hogben	Roy Boyd	1974	1974	48
Charlotte Cairns	Sarah Graham	1997	1997	47
Derek Warner	Freddie Fletcher (1980-1984) Dennis Blanch (1985-1986)	1980	1986	47
Tom Bainbridge	Jeremy Turner-Welch	1996	1997	47
Andy Longthorn	David Clayforth (1980-1981) Mark Botham (1982-1984)	1980	1984	46
Norah Norris	Barbara Ashcroft	1974	1975	46
Peggy Skilbeck	Jo Kendall	1972	1973	46
Nell Fairfax	Scarlett Archer	2017	2017	45
Derek Benrose	Stephen Bent	2010	2011	44
Ed Willis	James Midgley	2001	2001	44
Joe Fisher	Edward Baker-Duly	2000	2001	44
Kirsty Hutchinson	Anne-Marie Jowett	1997	1998	44
Bev Mansfield	Sarah Malin	2000	2001	43
Will Taylor	Dean Andrews	2019	#	43
Mick Naylor	Tony Haygarth	2008	2009	42
Claudia Nash	Susan Duerden	1999	2000	41
Tony Charlton	Stephen Rashbrook	1990	1991	41
Leanna Cavanagh	Mimi Slinger	2018	#	39
Lee Naylor	Lewis Linford	2008	2009	39
Lena Dawkins	Lorraine Peters	1973	1976	38
Denis Rigg	Richard K Franklin	1988	1989	36
Jess Weston	Ruth Abram	2001	2002	36
Diana Prescott	Zibba Mays	1974	1974	33
Kitty Ferris	Katherine Iddon	1979	1979	33
George Verney	Patrick Holt	1973	1974	32
James Bonfils	Tom Browne	1974	1975	32
Millie Tate	Willow Bell	2019	#	32
William Hockley	Jonathan Newth	1977	1977	30
Daniel Thomas	Rachel Moonie	2007	2008	27
Eve Dingle	Bonnie] and Billy Clement	2019	#	4

See also

• List of longest running characters
• List of prolific writers
• List of prolific directors