Recurring Characters
Carl (Nicholas Bailey) is Amy Franks's ex-boyfriend. When Amy asks Carl about moving into together, he breaks up with her. Amy later learns Carl is married, and a rift develops between her and Usha after it emerges that Usha had already known this. Eventually, Amy attempts to get Carl back, but he cruelly brushes her off.
Clive Horrobin (Alex Jones) is the brother of Susan Carter; he has spent much of his life in prison, but, to the consternation of many, is an occasional visitor to Ambridge. He conducted an armed siege at the village shop in 1993, in 1997 assaulted gamekeeper George Barford knocking him unconscious and set fire to the Barford's home gutting the building in 2004. In October 2011, he returned to the village to visit his ailing mother. In late 2012, Clive was sent back to prison after breaking the terms of his licence and entering Ambridge to confront his sister, Tracy, and his brother's wife, Donna.
Satya Khanna (Auntie Satya; Jamila Massey) An occasional visitation upon long-suffering niece Usha Gupta. Forever trying to give Usha unwanted relationship advice or a welcome shoulder to cry on, and architect of numerous failed matchmaking ruses. Thanks to Usha's parents' disapproval toward their daughter's lifestyle, Satya provides the main link with her family. No mean cook, Satya often arrives bearing food parcels for her culinarily inept niece.
Heather Pritchard (Joyce Gibbs) Ruth Archer's widowed mother who lives in Prudhoe, Northumberland. She is now a rare guest in Ambridge, but returned in 2008 to look after the family when Ruth had her breast reconstruction surgery. Also in contact with Professor Jim Lloyd, Alistair's father. She also returned in 2010 for Phil Archer's funeral.
Iftikar Shah (Pal Aron) is a maths teacher, who runs Cricket coaching sessions for Ambridge residents. Believed to be 29 years old and born in Stechford, Birmingham.
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