List of Longest-serving Soap Opera Actors - Radio

Radio

Country Actor Character Soap Opera Years Duration Reference
Lesley Saweard Christine Barford The Archers 1953— 60 years
Norman Painting Phil Archer The Archers 1950–2009 59 years
Patricia Greene Jill Archer The Archers 1957— 56 years
June Spencer Peggy Woolley The Archers 1951–1953, 1962— 53 years
Angela Piper Jennifer Aldridge The Archers 1963— 50 years
Arnold Peters Len Thomas
David Latimer
Jack Woolley		 The Archers 1953–1966, 1968–1973, 1980–2011 49 years
Alan Devereux Sid Perks The Archers 1963–2010 47 years
Bob Arnold Tom Forrest The Archers 1951–1998 47 years
Colin Skipp Tony Archer The Archers 1967— 46 years
Jack May Nelson Gabriel The Archers 1951–1997 46 years
Judy Bennett Shula Hebden-Lloyd The Archers 1971— 42 years
Terry Molloy Mike Tucker The Archers 1973— 40 years
Brian Hewlett Neil Carter The Archers 1973— 40 years
Patricia Gallimore Pat Archer The Archers 1974— 39 years
Pauline Seville Mrs Perkins The Archers 1951–1990 39 years
Charles Collingwood Brian Aldridge The Archers 1975— 38 years
George Hart Jethro Larkin The Archers 1951–1987 36 years
Chris Gittins Walter Gabriel The Archers 1953–1988 35 years
Trevor Harrison Eddie Grundy The Archers 1979— 34 years
Sara Coward Caroline Sterling The Archers 1979— 34 years
Timothy Bentinck David Archer The Archers 1982— 31 years
Graham Roberts George Barford The Archers 1973–2004 31 years
Alison Dowling Elizabeth Pargetter The Archers 1983— 30 years
Hedli Niklaus Kathy Perks The Archers 1983— 30 years
Charlotte Martin Susan Carter The Archers 1983— 30 years
Elizabeth Marlowe Lilian Archer The Archers 1961–1991 30 years
Gwen Berryman Doris Archer The Archers 1951–1980 29 years
Edward Kelsey Joe Grundy The Archers 1985— 28 years
Carole Boyd Lynda Snell The Archers 1986— 27 years
Graham Blockey Robert Snell The Archers 1986— 27 years
J. Anthony Smythe Henry Barbour One Man's Family 1932–1959 27 years
Virginia Payne Ma Perkins Ma Perkins 1933–1960 27 years
Felicity Finch Ruth Archer The Archers 1987— 26 years
Gwenda Wilson Aunt Laura Wilson The Archers 1951–1977 26 years
Bernice Berwin Hazel Barbour One Man's Family 1932–1958 26 years
Mollie Harris Martha Woodford The Archers 1970–1995 25 years
Charles Egelston Shuffle Shober Ma Perkins 1933–1958 25 years
Rosalind Adams Clarrie Grundy The Archers 1988–2012 24 years
Leslie Dunn Paul Johnson The Archers 1954–1978 24 years
Minetta Ellen Fanny Barbour One Man's Family 1932–1955 23 years
Graham Seed Nigel Pargetter The Archers 1983–1986, 1992–2011 22 years
Denis Folwell Jack Archer The Archers 1951–1972 21 years
Margot Boyd Marjorie Antrobus The Archers 1984–2004 20 years

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