List of Crossroads characters

The British television soap opera Crossroads had its original run from 1964 to 1988 and featured a wide range of characters. The only character to persist throughout the whole twenty-four years was Jill Richardson, played by Jane Rossington, although Diane Lawton (Susan Hanson) was present in most of the run.

Characters: Original

Character	Played by	Start	End	Original cast member	Cast member at end of series
Jill Richardson/Harvey/Chance	Jane Rossington	1964	1988	*	*
Meg Richardson/Ryder/Mortimer	Noele Gordon	1964	1983	*
Sandy Richardson	Roger Tonge	1964	1981	*
Kitty Jarvis	Beryl Johnstone	1964	1969	*
Dick Jarvis	Brian Kent	1964	1972	*
Brian Jarvis	David Fennell	1964	1975	*
Philip Winter	Malcolm Young	1964	1965	*
Rev. Guy Atkins	Arnold Ridley	1964	1972	*
Vi Blundell	Peggy Aitchison	1964	1970	*
Sgt. Tidmarsh	Norman Mitchell	1965	1974
Dr. Derek Maynard	Brian Hankins	1965	1974
Sarah Maynard	Diane Holland	1965	1970
Andy Fraser	Ian Patterson	1965	1975
Ruth Bailey/Fraser	Pamela Greenhall	1965	1975
Marilyn Gates/Hope	Sue Nicholls/Nadine Hanwell	1965	1972
Carlos Raphael	Anthony Morton	1965	1968
Josefina Raphael	Gillian Betts	1965	1970
Hugh Mortimer	John Bentley	1965	1978
Miss Tatum	Elisabeth Croft	1965	1983
Amy Turtle	Ann George	1965	1987
Diane Lawton/Parker/Hunter	Susan Hanson	1966	1987
Archie Gibbs	Jack Haig	1967	1982
Tish Hope	Joy Andrews	1967	1980
Ted Hope	Charles Stapley	1968	1979
Rev. Peter Hope	Neville Hughes	1968	1972
Vince Parker	Peter Brookes	1968	1975
Gerald Lovejoy	William Avenell	1968	1974
Rita Witton	Jo Richardson	1968	1976
Sandra Gould/Stevens	Diane Keen	1968	1971
Bernard Booth	David Lawton	1969	1979
David Hunter	Ronald Allen	1969	1985
Terry Lawton	Denis Gilmore	1969	1978
Vera Downend	Zeph Gladstone	1970	1977
Kevin McArthur	Vincent Ball	1970	1974
Stan Harvey	Edward Clayton/Terry Molloy	1970	1987
Sheila Harvey/Mollison	Sonia Fox	1970	1976
Wilf Harvey	Morris Parsons	1970	1976
Paul Stevens	Paul Greenwood	1970	1971
Anne Taylor/Powell	Caroline Dowdeswell	1970	1976
Melanie Harper	Cleo Sylvestre	1970	1972
Rosemary Hunter	Janet Hargreaves	1971	1980
Chris Hunter	Freddy Foote/Stephen Hoye	1971	1981
Timothy Hunter	Derek Farr	1971	1978
Don Rogers	Albert Shepherd	1971	1973
Roy Mollison	Richard Frost	1971	1974
Jane Smith	Sally Adcock	1971	1979
Mrs Cunningham	Jean Bayliss	1972	1973
Constance Dory	Judith Barker	1972	1974
Kathie Lamb	Lindsey Armstrong	1972	1973
Bill Warren	David Valla	1973	1976
Cliff Leyton	Johnny Briggs	1973	1975
Shughie McFee	Angus Lennie	1974	1981
Faye Mansfield	Fiona Curzon	1974	1977
Avis Tennyson/Warren	Helen Dorward	1974	1976
Doug Randall	Richard Thorp	1974	1976
Holly Brown	Stephanie de Sykes	1974	1975
Benny Hawkins	Paul Henry	1975	1987
Carney	Jack Woolgar	1975	1978
Jim Baines	John Forgeham	1975	1978
Angela Kelly	Justine Lord	1975	1976
Ed Lawton	Thomas Heathcote	1975	1979
Tina Webb	Rosie Collins	1975	1976
Trevor Woods	Barry Evans	1975	1976
Simon Whitaker	Mark Colleano	1975	1976
Winnie Plumtree	Hilda Braid	1976	1978
Gus Harmon	John Ronane	1976	1977
Maureen Flynn	Nell Curran	1976	1977
Glenda Brownlow/Banks	Lynette McMorrough	1976	1986
Kath Brownlow/Fellowes	Hilary Martin/Pamela Vezey	1976	1987
Arthur Brownlow	Brian Haines/Peter Hill	1976	1982
Clive Merrow	Spencer Banks	1976	1977
Josie Welch	Theresa Watson	1976	1977
Sharon Metcalfe	Carolyn Jones	1977	1984
Kate Hamilton	Frances White	1977	1983
Lucy Hamilton	Jan Todd	1977	1983
Richard Lord	Jeremy Mason	1977	1983
Doris Luke	Kathy Staff	1978	1984
Linda Welch	Lesley Daine	1978	1979
Dr. Lloyd Munro	Alan Gifford	1978	1980
Adam Chance	Tony Adams	1978	1988		*
Marian Owen	Margaret John	1978	1985
Joe MacDonald	Carl Andrews	1978	1986
Trina MacDonald	Merdelle Jordine	1978	1980
Barbara Brady/Hunter	Sue Lloyd	1979	1985
Reg Cotterill	Ivor Salter	1979	1980
Alison Cotterill	Carina Wyeth	1979	1983
Becky Foster	Maxine Gordon	1979	1981
Iris Scott	Angela Webb	1980	1985
Kevin Banks	David Moran	1980	1985
Miranda Pollard	Claire Faulconbridge	1980	1986
J. Henry Pollard	Michael Turner	1980	1985
Ron Brownlow	Ian Liston	1981	1985
Mavis Hooper	Charmain Eyre	1981	1986
Reg Lamont	Reginald Marsh	1982	1984
Jennifer Lamont	Jean Kent	1982	1983
Valerie Pollard	Heather Chasen	1982	1986
Sid Hooper	Stan Stennett	1982	1987
Paul Ross	Sandor Elès	1982	1986
Rashida Malik	Sneh Gupta	1982	1983
Walter Soper	Max Wall	1982	1983
Oliver Banks	Kenneth Gilbert	1982	1982
Lisa Walters	Francesca Gonshaw	1984	1985
Anne Marie Wade	Dee Hepburn	1984	1988		*
Nicola Freeman	Gabrielle Drake	1985	1987
Daniel Freeman	Philip Goodhew	1985	1988		*
Joanna Freeman	Mary Lincoln	1985	1986
Ivy Meacher/Hooper	Stella Moray	1985	1987
Barry Hart	Harry Nurmi	1985	1987
Charlie Mycroft	Graham Seed	1985	1988		*
Mr Darby	Patrick Jordan	1985	1988		*
Roy Lambert	Steven Pinder	1985	1987
Mickey Doyle	Martin Smith	1985	1986
Sam Benson	Norman Bowler	1986	1987
Mrs. Tardebigge	Elsie Kelly	1986	1988		*
Fiona Harding	Caroline Evans	1986	1988		*
Tommy Lancaster	Terence Rigby	1986	1988		*
Debbie Lancaster	Kathryn Hurlbutt	1987	1988		*
Lisa Lancaster	Alison Dowling	1987	1988		*
Margaret Grice	Meryl Hampton	1987	1988		*
Ray Grice	Al Hunter Ashton	1987	1988		*
Beverley Grice	Karen Murden	1987	1988		*
Jason Grice	Simon Lowe	1987	1988		*
Tara James	Tara Shaw	1987	1988		*
Mrs. Babbitt	Margaret Stallard	1987	1988		*
Chef	Andy Rashleigh	1987	1988		*
Paul, Assistant Chef	Glyn Pritchard	1987	1988		*
Sara	Shona Lindsay	1987	1988		*
Jamie Maddingham	Christopher Duffy	1987	1988		*
John Maddingham	Jeremy Nicholas	1987	1988		*

Characters: revival

Character	Played by	Start	End	Original cast member	Cast member at end of series
Adam Chance	Tony Adams
Chloe Simms	Rhea Bailey	2001	2002
Kate Russell	Jane Gurnett	2001	2003
Jill Richardson/Harvey/Chance	Jane Rossington	2001
Doris Luke	Kathy Staff	2001