List of Kat &amp; Alfie: Redwater characters
Alfie Moon is played by Shane Richie. The character originally appeared in the soap opera "EastEnders" from 2002 to 2005, and 2010 to 2016. Before his departure from "EastEnders", he discovers he has a mass on his brain. Of Alfie's part in "Redwater", Richie said, "Alfie's journey is to help his wife find her son but at the same time he has his own dark secret which he's keeping." Richie later said, "For the first time in 15 years, [Alfie] questions himself as a father, a husband and as a life, it feels like it's coming to an end for him. [...] Alfie starts getting hallucinations and one in particular is quite harrowing."
Shirley Stelfox
After the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Stelfox started straight at the BBC in a play called "The Case Before You" in which she played a 15 year old arsonist - where the prompter did not respond to her long pauses. In December 1960, she appeared in her first episode of "Coronation Street". She would later play many different characters in the world-famous soap opera, including, in 1983, running a dating agency in which one of her customers was the entrance cue for Jack Duckworth. She was the first actress to play Hyacinth Bucket's randy sister Rose in the first series of "Keeping Up Appearances", but was later replaced by Mary Millar. She appeared in several other well-known television series, including the successful "Wicked Women", "Making Out" with Margi Clarke, Mrs Parkin in "Heartbeat", - and Jean in "Common as Muck", "Juliet Bravo", "Coronation Street", "The Bill" and "Crossroads", and "Inspector Morse",
She played Jane Healy, Melanie Owen's mother, in an episode of "EastEnders". She appeared in the short-lived series "Albion Market".
Stelfox had a long life in different soap operas, briefly appearing in "Crossroads" (as a police officer), "Owen MD" and "Family Affairs". She had played in "Brookside" as Madge Richmond (1986–87), where she depicted two-timed the widowed pensioner Ralph Hardwick (Ray Dunbobbin), and in 1999 she appeared in two episodes of "EastEnders" as Jane Healy. Among many others of one-off parts, she played as Alice Hobson in "Hobson’s Choice" (1967), Helen in "Civvies" (1992), Julie Clegg in "Three Seven Eleven" (1993–94), Jean in "Common as Muck" (1994) and Mrs Nolan in "Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married" (1999-2000).