Major soap character recasts from Ben Mitchell and Jamie Tate to Tracy Barlow and Lauren Branning
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ok.co.ukWhen it comes to long-running soaps like Coronation Street, EastEnders and Emmerdale, it doesn't come as a surprise that a few actors playing regular characters get swapped out over the years.
Whether it's because they've been playing the role since they were a child like Ben Mitchell or Peter Beale, or an actor decides to leave the show but soap bosses still want the character like Martin Fowler's James Alexandrou.
It's become a running joke on EastEnders the amount of time Phil Mitchell's son has been recast, but Coronation Street's Peter Barlow has pipped him to the post with six different actors playing the character!
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