The Ave
nue (commonly referred to as TA) is a Writer's Express serial drama created in December 2011 by Ross, a co-Executive Producer and co-Writer alongside colleagues Lem - who joined the project in September 2013 - and Noxy, who joined in May 2014. Lem's first material debuted in Episode 53/1.53, whilst Noxy's made their first appearance in Episode 108/3.8
The Avenue follows the lives of those who reside in and around Catford Grove, a fictional area of SE London. To date, there have been two successful seasons of The Avenue, with the third currently underway. Season 1 ran from 19th December 2013 (Episode 1/1.1) - Tueday 25th December/Christmas Day 2014 (Episode 73/1.73), whilst the shorter but more acclaimed Season 2 ran from 9th February 2015 (Episode 74/2.1) - 19th July 2015 (Episode 100/2.27). The Season 2 finale also marked The Avenue's 100th episode.
On 22nd July 2014, it was confirmed that a spin-off series, The Avenue: Sun, Sea & Sand, would air between 19th - 23rd August 2014, with the 3rd series of the main show beginning on Monday 8th September 2014 (Friday 1st February 2014 in 'real-time'). The show is usually broadcast on Saturdays or Sundays. On rare occasisions however, a weekend may pass without any episodes.
From Episode 108/3.8, The Avenue time-jumped by around eighteen months. It is currently set in October 2015. This is to allow the project to 'officially' be published twice a week, while in reality it is only published once a week.
As of Sunday 22nd June 2014 in real time (Sunday 11th October 2015 in 'TA time'), there have been 113 episodes of the project to date. You can follow The Avenue on Twitter by clicing here
Characters & Cast[]
Full list of Current, Departing, Joining and Past Characters
Current Cast[]
Status | Character | Actor | Duration (by episode) | Duration (by year) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Regular | Leyla Baker | Kylie Minogue | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Shirley Wilkins | Ann Mitchell | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Vivian Wilkins | Ali Bastian | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Sonia Wilkins | Sally Lindsay | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Luca Rossi | Joseph Long | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Nicola Seaby | Preeya Kalidas | 1- | 2013- |
Regular | Maria Glukhov | Michelle Collins | 2- | 2013- |
Regular | Aleksander Glukhov | Neil McDermott | 2- | 2013- |
Regular | Jacques Glukhov | Christian Cooke | 2- | 2013- |
Regular | Yasmin Brannigan | Nicola Stapleton | 3-4, 50- | 2013, 2014- |
Regular | Steven Carwell | James Sutton | 28- | 2014- |
Regular | Doris Carwell | Gwen Taylor | 45- | 2014- |
Regular | Michael Brannigan | Chris Chittell | 50- | 2014- |
Regular | Linda Brannigan | Barbara Windsor | 50- | 2014- |
Regular | Martha Brannigan | Sheree Murphy | 50- | 2014- |
Regular | Claire Learner | Catherine Tate | 55- | 2014- |
Regular | Ruby Brannigan | Jorgie Porter | 60- | 2014- |
Recurring | DCI Elaine Radford | Victoria Pritchard | 67-71, 81-82, 101-102, 110, 112 | 2014- |
Regular | Miriam Learner | Lynda Baron | 72 | 2014- |
Regular | Dylan Baker | Tyger Drew-Honey | 73 | 2014- |
Regular | Saskia Baker | Dannii Minogue | 74 | 2015- |
Regular | Amanda Carwell | Amanda Redman | 77 | 2015- |
Regular | Izzie Carwell | Georgia May Foote | 77 | 2015- |
Regular | Crystal O'Reilly | Christine Bleakley | 82 | 2015- |
Regular | Nina Anderson | Nina Toussaint-White | 84 | 2015- |
Recurring | Bobbie-Lea Anderson | Amy-Leigh Hickman | 85 | 2015- |
Recurring | Alfie Anderson | Arian Chikhila | 85 | 2015- |
Regular | Ronan O'Reilly | Ryan O'Shaugnessy | 88 | 2015- |
Recurring | Diane Brannigan | Harriet Walter | 89-94, 112-113 | 2015- |
Recurring | Jake Carwell | Uncredited | 94- | 2015- |
Recurring | Kelvin Malik | Nabil Elouahabi | 112- | 2015- |
Recurring | Arthur 'Artie' Brannigan Jr. | Uncredited | 112- | 2015- |
Recurring | Jez Thatcher | Michael French | 113- |
2015- |
Character Count (Season 3)[]
Status | Character | Actor | Appearances (by episode) | Most Recent Episode | Total | % |
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Regular | Aleks Glukhov | Neil McDermott | 101-103, 105-106, 110 | 110 | 5 | 38% |
Recurring | Alfie Anderson | Arian Chikhila | 106-107 | 107 | 2 | 15% |
Recurring | Aoife MacMathan | Michelle Keegan | 104-108 | 108* | 5 | 38% |
Regular | Amanda Carwell | Amanda Redman | 101-102, 107, 110 | 110 | 4 | 31% |
Recurring | Arthur 'Artie' Brannigan Jr. | Uncredited | 112 | 112 | 1 | 8% |
Recurring | Bobbie-Lea Anderson | Amy-Leigh Hickman | - | - | 0 | 0% |
Recurring | Carrie Roberts | Jenna-Louise Coleman | 104-105 | 105* | 2 | 15% |
Regular | Claire Learner | Catherine Tate | 104, 111 | 111 | 2 | 15% |
Regular | Crystal O'Reilly | Christine Bleakley | 103-109, 113 | 113 | 8 | 62% |
Recurring | Diane Brannigan | Harriet Walter | 112-113 | 113* | 2 | 15% |
Regular | Doris Carwell | Gwen Taylor | 101-102, 107, 109-110 | 110 | 5 | 38% |
Regular | Dylan Baker | Tyger Drew-Honey | 104, 111-112 | 112 | 3 | 23% |
Recurring | DCI Elaine Radford | Victoria Pritchard | 101-102, 110, 112 | 112 | 4 | 31% |
Recurring | Holly Anderson | Uncredited | 107 | 107* | 1 | 8% |
Regular | Izzie Carwell | Georgia May Foote | 101-102, 105, 107, 109-110, 112 | 112 | 7 | 54% |
Regular | Jacques Glukhov | Christian Cooke | 101-103, 105-108, 110-113 | 113 | 11 | 85% |
Regular | Jade O'Reilly | Karen Hassan | 103-108 | 108* | 5 | 38% |
Recurring | Jake Carwell | Uncredited | 101-102, 107, 110 | 110 | 4 | 31% |
Recurring | Jez Thatcher | Michael French | 113 | 113 | 1 | 8% |
Recurring | Kelvin Malik | Nabil Elouahabi | 112 | 112 | 1 | 8% |
Regular | Leyla Baker | Kylie Minogue | 101-108, 110 | 110 | 9 | 69% |
Regular | Linda Brannigan | Barbara Windsor | 103-104, 111-113 | 113 | 5 | 38% |
Regular | Luca Rossi | Joseph Long | 106-108, 111-112 | 112 | 5 | 38% |
Recurring | Mabel Krupin | Pauline Quirke | 110 | 110* | 1 | 8% |
Regular | Maria Glukhov | Michelle Collins | 101-103, 105-107, 109-112 | 112 | 10 | 77% |
Regular | Martha Brannigan | Sheree Murphy | 103-104, 111-112 | 112 | 4 | 31% |
Regular | Michael Brannigan | Chris Chittell | 103-104, 111-113 | 113 | 5 | 38% |
Regular | Miriam Learner | Lynda Baron | 104, 111 | 111 | 2 | 15% |
Regular | Nicola Seaby | Preeya Kalidas | 102, 105, 107, 109, 113 | 113 | 5 | 38% |
Regular | Nina Anderson | Nina Toussaint-White | 105-107, 112 | 112 | 4 | 31% |
Regular | Ronan O'Reilly | Ryan O'Shaugnessy | 103-104, 106, 108-109, 111, 113 | 113 | 7 | 54% |
Regular | Ruby Brannigan | Jorgie Porter | 104, 111-113 | 113 | 4 | 31% |
Regular | Saskia Baker | Dannii Minogue | 101-102, 104- 105, 107-108, 113 | 113 | 7 | 54% |
Regular | Shaniqua Seaby | Rochelle Humes | 102, 105, 107 | 107* | 3 | 23% |
Regular | Shirley Wilkins | Ann Mitchell | 101-102, 104-106, 108-109 | 109 | 7 | 54% |
Regular | Sonia Wilkins | Sally Lindsay | 101-106, 109, 111 | 111 | 7 | 54% |
Regular | Steven Carwell | James Sutton | 101-110, 112-113 | 113 | 12 | 92% |
Regular | Vivian Wilkins | Ali Bastian | 101-104, 106, 108-111, 113 | 113 | 10 | 77% |
Regular | Yasmin Brannigan | Nicola Stapleton | 103-104, 111-113 | 113 | 5 | 38% |
- Characters marked with an asterisk denotes their final episode to date
Cast Changes[]
Status | Character | Actor | Arrival/Return | Departure |
---|---|---|---|---|
Regular | Imogen Gold | Alison King | November 2015 | - |
Regular | Dan | Nigel Harman | December 2015 | - |
Regular | Georgia Anderson | Freema Agyeman | December 2015 | - |
Regular | Graham Anderson | Firass Dirani | December 2015 | - |
Recurring | Holly Anderson | Unknown | December 2015 | - |
Recurring | Phil Baker | Peter Davison | December 2015 | - |
Regular | Dean Hardy | David Witts | Early 2016 | - |
Past Cast[]
Status | Character | Actor | Duration (by episode) | Duration (by year) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Regular | Tony Westaway | Ben Richards | 1-73 | 2013-14 |
Regular | Carla Westaway | Billie Piper | 1-81 | 2013-15 |
Regular | Thomas Wilkins | Danny Midwinter | 1-99 | 2013-15 |
Regular | Herbert Glukhov | Michael Melia | 1-100 | 2013-15 |
Regular | Katya Glukhov | Carey Mulligan | 2-99 | 2013-15 |
Regular | Saul Roberts | Barry Sloane | 1-13, 23, 43-48, 64-71 | 2013-14 |
Regular | Martin Sinclair | Shaun Dingwall | 1-2 | 2013 |
Regular | 'Dirt' | Andy Devine | 1-4 | 2013 |
Regular | Alison Seaby | Floella Benjamin | 18-27 | 2014 |
Regular | Daniela Rossi | Claire Forlani | 33-66 | 2014 |
Regular | Ciaran Glukhov | Alex Walkinshaw | 34-49 | 2014 |
Regular | Arnold Carwell | Sir David Jason | 45-50 | 2014 |
Regular | Arthur Brannigan | Michael Jayston | 50-90 | 2014-15 |
Recurring | Eddie James | Rob Norbury | 55-82 | 2014-15 |
Regular | Jade O'Reilly | Karen Hassan | 82-108 | 2015 |
Recurring | Mabel Krupin | Pauline Quirke | 92-96, 110 | 2015 |
Recurring | Aoife MacMathan | Michelle Keegan | 104-108 | 2015 |
Seasons[]
The Avenue's first series premiered on 19th December 2012, and ended a year later on Christmas Day 2013. During the course of it's first run, the show went on a hiatus between it's 52nd Episode on 8th June 2013, and 53rd Episode on 14th September 2013. After a Month long hiatus at the end of the first season, The Avenue returned for it's second series on 9th February 2014, which concluded on 19th July 2014 - with the show's 100th Episode being the finale of Season 2. A 5-Part Summer spin-off - Sun, Sea and Sand - ran from 19th-23rd August 2014. Following a 2 month Summer break, Season 3 of the show began airing on 8th September 2014, and is currently still active.
Season | Episode Order | Season Premiere | Season Finale |
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1 | 73 | 19th December 2013 | 25th December 2014 |
2 | 27 + 1 Special | 9th February 2015 | 19th July 2015 |
3 | 109 + 5 Specials | 8 September 2015 | TBC |