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Epicurus

I felt inspired by JP Liz's Sian Reeves Emmerdale post today. I saw she also appeared in Eastenders a while back. How many other actors/actresses have (from the soaps discussed here) appeared in more than one.

James Sutton (Emmerdale- Ryan Lamb, Hollyoaks- John Paul McQueen
Ken Farrington played Billy Walker coronaton street and Tom King Emmerdale.

Which others?

keefg

Does The Bill count as a soap?

There's a few transitions there for ya.

Mark Fowler went to The Bill and yer man Jake that owns the club in Eastenders was in The Bill.

seanybiker

me one that was riding phil in eastenders then fecked off on him with martin from coronation street.

Podge2k7

Anthony (Patricks son) the former Eastenders doctor was also in Coronation Street.

seanybiker

before jade goody appeared on big brother she starred in die hard. He he had to.

Epicurus

seanybiker wrote: »

before jade goody appeared on big brother she starred in die hard. He he had to.

No, no you didnt.

Diane and Pearl from Emmerdale were both in Coronation Street at some stage

JP Liz

Most ex soap actors end up in The Bill at some stage

Tupins

Podge2k7 wrote: »

Anthony (Patricks son) the former Eastenders doctor was also in Coronation Street.

Was he??? What character did he play?

He was a fine specimen of a man so he was

Epicurus

Tupins wrote: »

Was he??? What character did he play?

He was a fine specimen of a man so he was

He played Lee Middleton; Fiona the hairdressers brother.

JP Liz wrote: »

Most ex soap actors end up in The Bill at some stage

Thats quite a sweeping generalisation there Liz. Im sure you'll agree that typically only EE actors make the transition. It isnt all one way traffic though, plenty of Bill "rejects" have ended up in soaps

Raji James
Michael Higgins
Ray Ashcroft
Diane Parish

to name a few

Cathmandooo

It's funnier / odder when its a long term character in both soaps.

i.e. Emily Symons jumping from Marilyn in Home and Away to Louise in Emmerdale.

Vicky Binns played Ollie in Emmerdale (actually it says she was only in 19 episodes, surprised at that) and then went to play Molly in Corrie.

Tupins

Cathooo wrote: »

It's funnier / odder when its a long term character in both soaps.

i.e. Emily Symons jumping from Marilyn in Home and Away to Louise in Emmerdale.

Vicky Binns played Ollie in Emmerdale (actually it says she was only in 19 episodes, surprised at that) and then went to play Molly in Corrie.

Oh yeaaaaaaaaaaaaah - god i'd forgotten that. Weird.

Maybe she'll play someone called Polly in her next project - geddit?

(ROFL at my own hilarity! )

Shakyfan

Pearl from Emerdale was in Brookside at one point

And Liz from Corrie and Grant Mitchell and Pat from Eastenders all appeared in Emerdale