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3 unusual facts about Family Affairs


Hillingdon Hospital

The hospital has been a popular filming location for many programmes, including Only Fools and Horses (during the birth of Derek Trotter's son Damien), Inspector Morse, defunct soap opera Family Affairs, and the BBC documentary Airport.

Stuart McGugan

In Family Affairs in 1997 he played the character Derek Simpson.

Tatiana de Rosnay

She has also worked on the series Family Affairs for which she has written two episodes with the screenwriter PierreĀ­-Yves Lebert.


Brian Park

Park left Coronation Street in 1998 to start Shed Productions with Coronation Street script executive Ann McManus, which produced TV shows such as Family Affairs, Bad Girls, Waterloo Road and Footballers Wives.

Carol Starks

She later found wider audiences through her ongoing role in soap opera Family Affairs, playing nurse Tanya Woods from 2003 to 2005.

Gary Costello

Gary Costello was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Gary Webster from 2003 until the final episode of the series 2005.

Inside Soap Awards

Now defunct soaps that were formerly nominated for awards are Bad Girls, Brookside, Crossroads, Family Affairs, Night and Day and Where the Heart Is.

Mal Young

He then moved on to become Head of Drama at the independent production company Pearson Television, where he oversaw work on ITV police drama The Bill and another soap opera, Channel 5's Family Affairs, which he created, and was Executive Producer on C5's legal drama series, the BAFTA nominated Wing And A Prayer.

Neil Arksey

As a story editor, script editor, head writer and producer Neil has worked on a number of UK soaps and drama series Crossroads (TV series), River City, Family Affairs and Mile High.

Patrea Smallacombe

Since then she has written for many high profile shows including Emmerdale, EastEnders, Brookside, Family Affairs, The Bill and also two separate stints penning scripts for the top rated ITV1 soap opera, Coronation Street.

Rosie Rowell

Rosie Rowell (born 29 April 1965) is a British actress, probably best known for her roles as Eileen Callan in Family Affairs (a role she played from 2003 until the series ended in 2005) and Donna Tucker in Soldier Soldier.

Sam Stockman

For a time he made up one quarter of the band Shepherd's Pi, along with Claire Russell and former Family Affairs co-stars Angela Hazeldine and his on-screen brother, Rupert Hill.

Tanya Woods

Tanya Barbara Magarita Woods was a fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs, played by Carol Starks from 2003 until 2005 several months before the end of the series.

Wendy Turner Webster

Whilst playing Maid Marian in pantomime Turner-Webster fell in love with actor Gary Webster, who starred in Family Affairs.

Zara Dawson

Her highest-profile television roles to date include Down to Earth (in which she played Emma Murphy, the wayward daughter of Ricky Tomlinson and Denise Welch), Holby City, Doctors, Mike Bassett: Manager and Family Affairs, in which she played Eve O'Brien.


see also

Doug McKenzie

Doug MacKenzie, fictional character in UK soap opera Family Affairs

Hanne Harlem

She was personal secretary to Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in 1990, personal secretary to the Minister of Children and Family Affairs in 1991 and Minister of Justice from 2000 to 2001, in Jens Stoltenberg's first cabinet.

Julie Jones

Julie-Ann Jones, a fictional character in the UK soap opera Family Affairs

Rupert Hill

Hill played guitar in the now defunct band Shepherd's Pi which he formed with former Family Affairs co-stars Sam Stockman and Angela Hazeldine.

Terry Kiely

He has also appeared in Mike Bassett: England Manager playing the character Harpsey, a womaniser constantly on his mobile phone to the annoyance of his manager and Family Affairs where he briefly played the character PC Dan Ellison.

Yasmina Baddou

Between 2007 and 2012, she held the position of Minister of Health in the cabinet of Abbas El Fassi, she previously was Secretary of State for Family Affairs in the cabinet Driss Jettou.