Family Affairs
Genre	Soap opera
Running time	30 min per episode
Creator(s)	UNKNOWN
Starring	(final cast) Rosie Rowell - Leah Coombes - Kazia Pelka - Gary Webster - Rebecca Hunter - Kate Williams - Florence Hoath - Felix Scott - Ebony Thomas - Perdita Avery - Nicola Duffett - Gareth Hale - Ryan Davenport - Graham Bryan - Zara Dawson - Andrew Hinton-Brown - Catherine Kanter - John Hopkins - Katy Edwards - Daniel Hyde - Adam Rhys Dee - Robyn Page - Jan Harvey Family Affairs logo. ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television... A minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour and to 60 seconds. ... Kazia Pelka (born 1962) is an English actress born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. ... Gary Webster (born 3 February 1964 in London, England) is an actor. ... Kate Williams is a British actress who trained at Londons East 15 Acting School. ... Florence Hoath (born 8 December 1984) is a British actress and daughter of British actress Tina Martin. ... Ebony Thomas (born 1982) is a British actress who has played the character Yasmin McHugh on the soap opera Family Affairs from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Family Affairs veteran actress who also appeared in Eastenders as Debbie. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... For the British film and television writer of the same name, see John Hopkins (writer). ... Jan Harvey is a British actress, born in Penzance in 1947. ...
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original network/channel	Five
Original run	30 March 1997 – 30 December 2005
No. of episodes	2285

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On August 2, 2005, five announced that they would not be renewing Family Affairs for another year. Shooting ceased on November 4th, and the final episode aired on December 30th 2005. [1] August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The show was initially based around a single family, the Harts, consisting of parents Chris (Ian Ashpitel) and Annie (Liz Crowther) and their four children: ladies' man Duncan (Rocky Marshall), confused 24-year-old virgin Holly (Sandra Huggett), police constable Melanie (Cordelia Bugeja), and schoolboy Jamie (Michael Cole). Chris and Annie's parents were also featured. After losing his wife in the opening episodes Chris's father Angus (Ian Cullen) came to live with the Harts. Annie's parents who lived nearby were the staunchly conservative Elsa Gates (Delena Kidd) and philandering Jack (Ken Farrington). All of the show's storylines centred around the Hart and Gates family and their friends and acquaintances living in the fictitious town of Charnham. Other initial characters included Chris's business partner, Nick Trip (Barry McCormick), Melanie's bubbly best friend Claire Toomey (Tina Hall), Annie's baby-obsessed friend Maria Simons (Annie Miles) and Duncan's loyal drinking partners Tim (Idris Elba) and Roy (Miles Petit). Liz Crowther (born 9 December 1954 in London, England) is an actress. ... Cordelia Bugeja is a British actress, best known for her role as Melanie Hart in the soap opera Family Affairs and for her appearances in over two dozen British TV commercials, notably the award-winning campaign for Sure antiperspirant with the punchline Thank god you dumped him first!, and a... Ian Cullen is a British actor born in 1939 with numerous roles in British television, including extended periods on Z Cars, Emergency Ward 10 and as one of the original cast of the Channel 5 soap opera Family Affairs. ... Ken Farrington (born 1936) (sometimes credited as Kenneth Farrington) is a British north country character actor who shot to fame playing the role of Billy Walker, wayward son of publican Annie, in ITV1s long running soap opera, Coronation Street. ... Claire Toomey (previously Callan) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Tina Hall from 1997 until 1999 but briefly returned. ... Maria Simons (previously Starr and Callan) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Annie Miles from 1997 until 2000 Category: ... Annie Miles (born 5 May 1958 in Tyneside, England) is an actress who is best known for her roles in television soap opera. ... Idris Elba (born September 6, 1972) is a television, theatre and film actor who has starred in both British and American productions. ... Royston (Roy) Farmer was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Miles Petit from episode one in 1997 until the end of the characters demise in 2003. ...

Later in 1997 Maria's ex-husband, the villainous Pete Callan, appeared in town. Pete, played by ex-Brookside actor David Easter, became an instant hit with the viewers and would remain in the show until 2005, making him the longest-running character in the soap's nine-year history. Sassy bisexual Susie Ross (Tina Landini) and Nick's troublesome teenage son Liam (Stephen Hoyle) also arrived to spice up Charnham, and producers even managed to secure a guest appearance by entrepreneur Peter Stringfellow. Peter (Pete) Callan was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by David Easter from June 1997 until September 2005 when Pete was shot dead during an armed standoff with S019 officers. ... For other uses, see Brookside (disambiguation). ... David Easter (born 11 November 1959) is a British actor. ... Peter Stringfellow (born October 17, 1940 in South Yorkshire, UK) is a multi-millionaire businessman and minor British celebrity. ...

Revamp

However, it soon became clear, not least due to the poor ratings, that the close-knit family approach simply wasn't working for Family Affairs, and the production team drafted in 'the axeman' Brian Park, famous for his ruthless overhaul of ITV's Coronation Street, to reinvent the show. It was decided that the Harts and various other characters should be written out, and in the interim period a plethora of diverse new characters was brought in to replace them. The first characters to go were Tim, Susie and Liam. The newcomers were headed by former Prime Suspect star Richard Hawley, who played loveable rogue Dave Matthews, an accomplished wheeler-dealer and extramarital love interest for Annie Hart. Dave and his shameless chain-smoking wife Cat (Nicola Duffett) quickly became popular fixtures and would remain with the show for years to come. Among the other new faces to arrive in late 1998 were teenager with attitude, Yasmin McHugh (Ebony Thomas) and resident busybody Sadie Hargreaves (Barbara Young), both of whom were to play a major part in shaping the show's future. ITVs Logo 2006—present Independent Television (ITV) is the name given to the original network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up to provide competition to the BBC. In England and Wales, the channel has been rebranded to ITV1 by ITV plc, the owners of the broadcasting licences for... Coronation Street is Britains longest-running television soap opera, and the UKs consistently highest-rated show. ... Prime Suspect is a highly-acclaimed Granada Television police procedural television drama series of the decades of the 1990s and 2000s, which has been followed up by several sequels. ... David (Dave) Matthews was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Richard Hawley from 1998 until [[2000]. Dave then returned in 2003 and remained in the show until 2005. ... Catriona (Cat) MacKenzie (previously Webb and Matthews, nee Evans) was a fictional character in the British soap opera, Family Affairs, played by Nicola Duffett from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Family Affairs veteran actress who also appeared in Eastenders as Debbie. ... Yasmin Green (previously MacKenzie and Matthews, nee McHugh) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Ebony Thomas from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Ebony Thomas (born 1982) is a British actress who has played the character Yasmin McHugh on the soap opera Family Affairs from 1998 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Sadie Lloyd (nee Hargreaves) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Barbara Young from 1998 until 2005. ... Ex- Family Affairs veteran actress who played the hugely popular, gossipy yet loveable Sadie Hargreaves from 1998 to 2005, making her one of the shows most longest serving characters. ...

In late 1998 Jack murdered his wife Elsa and then committed suicide. Then on January 29th 1999, the entire Hart family (except for Duncan who had already left the series) was wiped out in one fell swoop when, on Roy and Melanie's wedding day, a gas explosion swept through the boat on which the reception was being held. Roy was the only survivor. Immediately, the show's theme tune and opening titles were revamped to reflect a grittier feel. The titles now deployed flashes of a tube journey to Charnham Tube Station, linking Charnham with the city of London, over which shots of the new cast members who had been gradually introduced over preceding weeks were shown. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

For several months the existing locations continued to be featured: Maria's flat, the marina, The Lock, while Dave and Cat lived in the former Gates residence. Throughout the rest of 1999 and 2000, the departures of Claire, Nick and Maria left Roy Farmer as the show's only remaining original character (although Claire later returned, hardened by her disastrous marriage to Pete, for a lengthy period spanning 2000 to 2003).

Stanley Street

In 2000 coinciding with the introduction of the Warrington family, the geographic focus of the series was redefined as being on Stanley Street in the fictitious W15 borough of West London. It had already been established that Yasmin and her mother and brother lived over their minimarket and that next door were students Declan, Gabby and Clive. Now we would see action extend to the street exterior and the surrounding buildings. Just as Roy was establishing his new cafe business next door to Yasmin's mini supermarket the Warringtons moved in across the street. Roy subsequently shifted into the street as well and when Pete sold The Lock to buy old-style pub The Black Swan this too was revealed to be on the same short street. Declan Byrne was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Quentin Jones from 1999 until 2001. ... Gabby Johnson was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Emma Linley from 1999 until 2000. ... Clive Starr was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Huw Bevan from 1999 until 2001. ... An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of South West England A pub in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh, Scotland A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada...

In quick succession any regular characters not already living there soon moved into the street, while Sadie's home was inexplicably shifted there without her having to move house. After this the various locations seen earlier in the series would not be seen again and most outdoor taping was on the new outdoor Stanley Street set at the soap's headquarters, reducing the necessity for expensive location shots and confining much of the action to the one street.

Before long the show came under fire due to the fact that Stanley Street seemed to be populated entirely with numerous single twentysomethings, resulting in a bed-hopping formula that was perceived as having become very tired very quickly: the storylines that didn't revolve around Pete Callan and his various crimes and spouses tended to involve a slew of younger characters with an alarmingly fast turnover. In order to compensate storylines increasingly focused Warringtons. Nikki Warrington (Rebecca Blake) soon became embroiled in scandal when she embarked upon a tempestuous affair with her stepson Luke (Royce Cronin). Their relationship became one of the show's most memorable storylines, and was played alongside that of Pete Callan's latest misdemeanour - framing new wife Siobhan (Jemma Walker) for the murder of Dave's son Josh (Terry Burns), when in fact it was Pete who had battered him to death with a candlestick in his own kitchen. Nikki Farmer (previously Warrington and Scott, nee Ellis) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Rebecca Blake from 2000 up until 2003 when Roy was killed in the cybercafe fire. ... Luke Warrington was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Royce Cronin from 2000 up until 2001, but returned later that year and remained in the show until May 2002. ... Siobhan Langley (Previously Callan ,nee Jones) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Jemma Walker from 1998 until 2002. ... Jemma Walker is a British actress, best known for her roles in Family Affairs (Siobhan Jones Callan) and EastEnders (Sasha Perkins). ... Joshua (Josh) Matthews was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Terry Burns from 1998 up until the characters demise in 2000. ...

As 2001 came around the Warringtons were extended to include their relatives, the Webb and Ellis families, comprising Nikki's brother Matt (Matthew Jay Lewis), his girlfriend Karen (Tanya Franks) and Karen's brother Jim (Jo Dow) and her nephew Paul (Martin Delaney). Jim ultimately became Cat's reluctant second husband and while Paul soon paired up with orphan Gemma Craig (Angela Hazeldine) who lived with well-meaning but meddlesome foster-mother Fern Derwin (Belinda Sinclair). Fern had herself married Roy's father Vince (Stephen Yardley). Meanwhile Karen embarked upon a controversial lesbian affair with her child's surrogate mother, Australian-born Kelly Hurst (Nicky Talacko). The scandal also allowed for a guest appearance by Prime Minister Tony Blair's father-in-law, Tony Booth, as Kelly's father (and Sadie's brother-in-law) Barry. Matthew (Matt) Ellis was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Matthew Jay Lewis from 2000 until 2003. ... Karen Ellis (nee Webb) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Tanya Franks from 2000 until 2003. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... James (Jim) Webb) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Jo Dow from 2000 until 2003. ... PauL Webb was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Martin Delaney from 2001 until 2003. ... Martin Robison Delany (May 6, 1812 - 1885) was the First Afro-American Field Officer in the United States Army. ... Fern Farmer (previously Derwin) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Belinda Sinclair from 1999 until the characters death in 2003. ... British actress more recently known for the part of Fern Derwin/Farmer in Five soap Family affairs from 1999 to Autumn 2003 when her character was killed in a motoring offence. ... Vince Farmer was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Stephen Yardley first in a guest stint in 1999 but returned in a more permanent role from 2000 to 2003 when the character moved to France. ... Stephen Yardley (born 24 March 1942 in Ferrensby, Yorkshire, England) is an actor, best known for playing medallion man Ken Masters in the 1980s drama Howards Way. ... Kelly Hurst was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Nicky Talacko from 2001 until the characters death in2002. ... Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. ... Anthony Booth (born October 9, 1931 in Liverpool, better known as Tony Booth) is a British actor, best known for his role in the BBC series Til Death Us Do Part. ...

2002 arrived, and Charnham received another breath of fresh air in the form of Cat's niece Geri Evans (Anna Acton), and yet another new family, the ill-fated Davenports. Before appearing on The Bill, Anna Acton played long suffering yet bubbly Geri Evans in Family Affairs for three and a half years! ...

More changes

In September 2003 another drastic cast revamp occurred as new Series Producer Alison Davis arrived, presented with the onorous task of finally getting viewing figures up to an acceptable standard. The Davenport family, it was agreed, were not working out as a family. The mother, Ginny (Joanna Foster) and daughter Jessica(Sammy Glenn) had been written out several months earlier and now the father Robert (Brian Cowan) was killed off in a dramatic car smash, leaving only brothers Cameron (Rupert Hill) and Lewis (Sam Stockman.) Fern Farmer also died in the crash that was caused by Jake Walker (Seb Castang) who had accidentally lost control of a stolen car during a police chase. All members of the Warrington, Webb and Ellis families had also been hastily written out. However the biggest casualty of Davis's arrival was the death of the show's only remaining original character Roy Farmer, whose apparent murder became the centre of one of his arch-enemy Pete Callan's biggest storylines to date. Genevieve (Ginny) Davenport was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Joanna Foster from 2002 until 2003. ... Jessica Davenport was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Sammy Glenn from 2002 until 2003. ... Robert Davenport was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Brian Cowan from 2002 until the characters death in 2003. ... Cameron Davenport was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Rupert Hill from 2002 until 2004. ... Lewis Davenport was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Sam Stockman from 2002 until 2004. ... Jake Walker was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Seb Castang from February to December 2003 when Jake was sentenced to two years in a Young offenders institute. ...

These departues left just a handful of old characters on board, with Pete, Sadie, Yasmin, Cat and Dave as the only old characters remaining in the show. Pete Callan was now the show's longest-serving character. He had by now married his fourth but most assertive wife, the feisty Eileen Day (Rosie Rowell). She, along with her fiercely independent daughter Lucy (Julia Lee Smith), would be involved in many of the show's key storylines from this point until the end of the show in late 2005. Eileen Callan (nee Day) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Rosie Rowell from 2002 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Lucy Day was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Julia Lee Smith from 2002 until the end of the series in 2005. ...

Meanwhile, another series of new characters were brought in to remould Family Affairs once again. Undoubtedly the most significant of these were the Costello family, with members portrayed by such television veterans as Kazia Pelka as highly-strung mum Chrissy, Kate Williams as dependable gran Myra and Gary Webster as the mild-mannered dad, Gary. With a winning combination of original storylines (such as Chrissy's compulsive lying and the more recent child abuse storyline) and likeable characters, the Costellos have become the show's central figures. Other important newcomers in 2003 included the fractious Boulter family which consisted of Moody father Les, caring mother Denise, Bisexual son Brendan and Teenage Daughter Kelly. Also joining, were a young 'couple' comprising nurse Tanya (Carol Starks) and her gay best friend Sean (Sam Barriscale), along with Doug MacKenzie (played by comedy veteran Gareth Hale) who became Cat's third husband, and his womanising son, Marc (Michael Wildman, and later Graham Bryan) who married Yasmin. Meanwhile Doug's younger son and local clown Justin (Ryan Davenport) provided comic relief. Kazia Pelka (born 1962) is an English actress born in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire. ... Christine (Chrissy) Costello (nee Maxwell) was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Kazia Pelka from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Kate Williams is a British actress who trained at Londons East 15 Acting School. ... Myra Costello was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Kate Williams from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Gary Webster (born 3 February 1964 in London, England) is an actor. ... Gary Costello was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Gary Webster from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005. ... Lester (Les) Boulter was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Howard Saddler from 2003 until 2005. ... Denise Boulter was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Claire Perkins from 2003 until 2005. ... Brendan Boulter was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Steven Burrell from 2003 until 2004. ... Kelly Boulter was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Carryl Thomas from 2003 until 2005. ... Tanya Woods was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Tina Hall from 2003 until 2005 several months before the end of the series Family Father: Stewart Woods (deceased) Mother: Babs Woods Son: Harry Woods Husband: John Stokes Categories: | ... Carol Starks is a British actress and is presently in the soap Family Affairs alongside actors such as Kazia Pelka. ... Sean Steel was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Sam Barriscale from 2003 until the characters death in 2005. ... Douglas (Doug) MacKenzie was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Gareth Hale from 2003 to 2005 . ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Marc MacKenzie was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played first by Michael Wildman from 2003 to 2004 and then by Graham Bryan in 2005 up until the final episode. ... Michael Wildman is a British actor who is set to appear in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. ... Justin MacKenzie was a fictional character in the British Soap Opera, Family Affairs, played by Ryan Davenport from 2003 until the end of the series in 2005. ...

At The Black Swan, we were introduced to two recurring villains capable even of rivalling Pete: the sinister Mike Shaw (Tony O'Callaghan) and psychotic Trish Wallace (Gabrielle Glaister). Following on from Mike and Eileen's inadvertent murder of Roy in order to frame Pete for arson, producers took great pleasure in playing Pete and Eileen off against each other as they lied, cheated and stabbed one another in the back, culminating in a dramatic 2000th episode in late 2004 which saw Pete throw Eileen into the River Thames after finding out about her plot with Mike to frame Pete for Arson, and Pete's eventual comeuppance following an armed showdown between Pete, Trish and Eileen in September 2005. After years of tyranny in Charnham, Pete Callan was finally dead after a shootout with S019 Officers. Gabrielle Glaister (born 27 July in 1961, England) is a British actress. ...

As well as Pete, several other characters, including Sadie, Dave and Lucy, were gradually given their marching orders as Alison Davis ended her reign at the soap to be replaced by ex-Hollyoaks producer, Sean O'Connor. O'Connor quickly outlined his huge plans for the show, including a name change and many new younger, more glamorous characters. However his plans were cut short by the announcement soon after his arrival that Five would not be renewing the series for 2006. This timing resulted in numerous barely-known new characters populating the final episodes, making the finale all the more challenging to pull off effectively. Hollyoaks is a British soap opera set in and around the fictional Chester suburb of the same name and filmed mainly at the Mersey Television studios in nearby Liverpool. ...

Final Cast

At its end, the regular contract cast of Family Affairs were as follows:

• Rosie Rowell played Eileen Callan, previous owner of the pub and Chrissy's best friend

• John Hopkins played Rex Randall, the enigmatic new owner of The Black Swan
• Catherine Kanter played Hester Randall, Rex's imperious sister

• Jan Harvey played Babs Woods, new owner of Dusty's store.

• Nicola Duffett played Cat MacKenzie, a chain smoking, boozy beautician with a heart of gold
• Gareth Hale played Doug MacKenzie, Cat's kindly third husband, ex-mayor of Charnham

• Graham Bryan played Marc MacKenzie, manager of the Corner Café and Doug's elder son
• Ryan Davenport played Justin MacKenzie, builder and Marc's younger half-brother
• Adam Rhys Dee played Ben Williams, works for Justin having been released from the YOI

• Ebony Thomas played Yasmin Green, formidable (and loud) owner of the Cuti-licious salon

• Felix Scott played Nathan Fletcher, a local policeman and newcomer to Charnham
• Zara Dawson played Eve O'Brien, hairdresser and girlfriend of Nathan

• Daniel Hyde played Jason Wilding, high-flying businessman and newcomer to Stanley Street
• Katy Edwards played Coral Wilding, Jason's spoiled wife with a fondness for life's luxuries

• Gary Webster played Gary Costello, local cab driver and husband of Chrissy
• Kazia Pelka played Chrissy Costello, receptionist at the Cuti-licious beauty salon
• Leah Coombes played Chloe Costello, the eleven-year-old daughter of Chrissy and Gary
• Rebecca Hunter played Melanie Costello, the twenty-year-old Prodigal Daughter of Gary and Chrissy
• Kate Williams played Myra Costello, Gary's mother and fond grandmother of Chloe and Melanie

• Florence Hoath played George Fitzgerald, a friendly nurse from St. David's hospital
• Perdita Avery played Meredith Lovechild, also a nurse and George's manipulative best friend
• Andrew Hinton-Brown played Hector Price, a doctor; housemate of George and Meredith
• Robyn Page played Katie Williams, Ben's sister, Barmaid and man-eater

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Storylines

The show generally concentrates on family-based storylines and marital upsets, although more extreme storylines involving murder, rape, prostitution, blackmail, drug use, and brother-sister incestuous relationships have also occurred. Perhaps most significantly, Family Affairs has often been acclaimed for its constant inclusion of minority groups, having featured a higher density of gay and lesbian characters over its history than any other British soap. It has also been praised for its treatment and integration of characters from ethnic minorities, notable examples of which include the inimitable Yasmin, who had been with the show for seven years at its final episode in December, and the more recent addition of a gay Muslim character, Sami Shafiq (Hosh Kane). Prostitution is the sale of sexual services. ... Blackmail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Incest is sexual activity between close family members. ... In modern society, gay is a word which can be used as either a noun or adjective. ... A lesbian is a girl or woman who is aesthetically, sexually, or romantically attracted to other women. ...

Family Affairs also went to unprecedented lengths in its treatment of the controversial issue of child abuse; in 2005 the soap won its first British Soap Award for a storyline in which young Chloe Costello (Leah Coombes) was sexually abused by a family friend, Bradley Foster (Harry Capehorn). The storyline, backed by the NSPCC, aimed to destroy some unhelpful stereotypes about what we expect a paedophile to be like. Partly as a result of the storyline, Kazia Pelka, who played Chloe's mother Chrissy, also won the award for Best Dramatic Performance, culminating in a double victory for the show. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (known as the NSPCC) is a UK charity specialising in child protection and the prevention of cruelty to children. ...

Trivia

• Several episodes made heavy use of the police station sets of police drama The Bill, made by the same TV production company. Although the words "Sun Hill" were removed from the front of the police station, it's very obvious to any viewer of both series.

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External links

• Family Affairs at The Internet Movie Database