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The Ave

The Avenue title card (Season 3)

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 %
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
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
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