Question: who has been on a soap opera the longest
Answer: Country Rank Actor Character Soap Opera Years Duration UK Lesley Saweard Christine Barford The Archers 1953 -- 65 years UK Patricia Greene Jill Archer The Archers 1957 -- 61 years UK June Spencer Peggy Woolley The Archers 1950 -- 1953 , 1962 -- 59 years UK William Roache Ken Barlow Coronation Street 1960 -- 2013 , 2014 -- 57 years UK 5 Angela Piper Jennifer Aldridge The Archers 1963 -- 55 years UK 6 Judy Bennett Shula Hebden - Lloyd The Archers 1971 -- 47 years UK 7 Barbara Knox Rita Tanner Coronation Street 1964 , 1972 -- 2009 , 2010 -- 45 years UK 8 Brian Hewlett Neil Carter T