CHARACTERS

Characters Name: Kate Taylor (Nee Russell)

Played by: Jane Gurnett

Arrival: 5th March 2001

Special Notes: Appeared in the Series Two of Crossroads & the 2003 & Beyond soap bubble: Louise Dixon After Crossroads

Love Interests: Was Max’s girlfriend briefly. Had a one-night stand with Vic Barnes which led to her being pregnant with Jake Booth. Later had a brief relationship with Ethan Black and Jonathan Price. However, she married Patrick Russell instead of Jonathan or Billy. Towards the end of her marriage with Patrick she had an affair with Billy. After Patrick’s death, and Billy’s relationship with Sarah-Jane Harvey was over, Kate and Billy had a relationship. It ended abruptly when Billy left King’s Oak. Kate later became interested in Harvey Solomon but Ethan Black murdered him because of his interest in Kate. She tried to restart her affair with Max but decided against it. When Jonathan Price returned to King’s Oak, Kate got back together with him but on their wedding day she picked Billy. Billy and Kate are currently married and expecting a child.

Family:

    * Penelope Forbes-Hughes – Mother

    * Patrick Russell (Deceased) First Husband

    * Billy Russell – 2nd Husband

    * Jake Booth – Son

    * Mark Russell – Son

    * Nicola Russell – Daughter

    * Tracey Booth – Daughter in Law

    * Scott Booth – Grandson

    * Sarah-Jane Harvey – Daughter in Law

    * Phil Berry – Son in Law

    * Falcoon – Daughter in Law

Biography: Former hotel owner Kate is now general manager of Crossroads. She is less than happy about Angel’s power over her but that is set to change. Kate is now married to former flame Billy Taylor. Kate was one of the suspects when Susie Samson was shot dead, mainly because Susie had slept with Billy.

Characters Name: Tracey Booth

Played by: Cindy Marshall-Day

Arrival: 5th March 2001

Special Notes: Appeared in the Series Two of Crossroads & the 2003 & Beyond soap bubble: Louise Dixon After Crossroads

Love Interests: Was married to Jake Booth but their marriage ended because of her alcoholism, erratic behaviour, an affair with Bradley and his affairs. She also had a relationship with Scott’s teacher Mike Kitson and fancied her nurse, Eddie Weaver. She went on to have an affair with Dave Stocks before getting engaged, briefly, to Thomas Carrington. However, Thomas was having an affair with Angel and Tracey found out and ended their relationship.

Family:

    * Kate Russell – Mother in Law

    * Patrick Russell (Deceased) Father in Law

    * Billy Taylor – Father in Law

    * Scott Booth – Son

    * Jake Booth – Ex Husband

    * Mark Russell – Brother in Law

    * Nicola Russell – Sister in Law

    * Vic Barnes (Deceased) Father in Law

    * Sarah-Jane Harvey – Sister in Law

    * Phil Berry – Brother in Law

Biography: Former alcoholic and saloon worker, Tracey is now a head of Crossroads bar. She is divorced from Jake Booth and lives, at Crossroads, with Scott. She had a short fling with close friend Dave Stocks but there has been nothing since.

Character Name: Phil Berry

Played By: Neil Grainger

Arrival: Episode:  4990

Special Notes: First appeared between March 2001-August 2002

Love Interests: Phil and Nicola started their relationship soon after Phil’s arrival at Crossroads but love was never a smooth ride. Both cheated on each other but eventually got married, only after Sam Delaney murdered Phil’s violent step-father Brian Noakes on his hen night. Phil and Nicola returned from America for Kate’s wedding but it was clear that their marriage had hit difficulties. While Nicola was trying to ruin Kate and Billy’s marriage Phil was busy having an affair with Vince Vacorro.

Family:

    * Julie Noakes – Mother

    * Brian Noakes – Step Father

    * Kate Russell – Mother in Law

    * Patrick Russell (Deceased)– Father in Law

    * Billy Taylor – Father in Law

    * Nicola Russell – Wife

    * Jake Booth – Brother in Law

    * Mark Russell – Brother in Law

    * Tracey Booth – Sister in Law

    * Sarah-Jane Harvey – Sister in Law

    * Falcoon – Sister in Law

    * Scott Booth – Nephew

Biography: Phil’s short time back has already been eventful. Vince Vacorro had a crush on him and the know nearly kissed but Phil put and end to it all and concentrated on his marriage to Nicola. However, his marriage is in crisis as Phil tires of Nicola’s attempts to break Kate’s marriage. Phil is currently having an affair with Vince Vacorro.

Characters Name: Scott Booth

Played by:

    * (2001/2002) Kieran Harcastle

    * (2003) Matthew Maude

Arrival:

    * Scott Booth I: 5th March 2001

    * Scott Booth II: 13th Jan 2003

Special Notes: The original actor, Kieran Hardcastle, portrayed Scott in the Second Series but was replaced in the third series by Matthew Maude. Kieran’s version of Scott appeared Crossroads & the 2003 & Beyond’s soap bubble: Louise Dixon After Crossroads

Love Interests: Had a crush of Beena Shah but his first relationship was with Rio Brooke. However, he cheated on Rio with best friend, Cameron York. After Cameron’s tragic death Scott had a one-night stand with Chloe Royle and a male stripper. He is currently in a relationship with Nathan Troy, Rio’s ex fiancé.

Family:

·        Jake Booth – Father

·        Tracey Booth – Mother

·        Vic Barnes – Grandfather

·        Patrick Russell (Deceased) Step Grandfather

·        Billy Russell – Step Grandfather

·        Kate Russell – Grandmother

·        Mark Russell – Uncle

·        Nicola Russell – Aunt

·        Ryan Samson – Uncle

·        Jimmy Samson (Deceased) – Uncle

·        Phil Berry – Uncle

·        Sarah-Jane Harvey – Aunt

Biography: Scott has greatly changed in the last few years. Recently he has dealt with his sexuality. He had a troubled relationship with Rio, before she found out he was gay, and then had a relationship with Cameron York. Cameron was killed in a motoring accident and it took Scott a while to get over him. However, when former girlfriend Rio Brooke returned with her boyfriend, Nathan Troy, it was only a matter of time before Scott found a new love interest. He is currently in a relationship with Nathan.

Character Name: Nathan Troy

Would be played By: Home and Away star Chris Egan

Arrival: Episode: 5022

Special Notes: Appeared in two episodes of The King’s Beat.

Love Interests: He arrived in King’s Oak engaged to Rio Brooke but quickly had an affair with her ex-boyfriend, Scott Booth. Nathan is currently in a relationship with Scott.

Family:

·        Currently Unknown

Biography: When Rio returned to America after Virginia’s wedding to Rocky, she entered a romance with Australian student Nathan. Her father, Ronny, didn’t really approve of Nathan. Well Ronny’s new wife, De-Royce didn’t like Nathan. To make matters worse Rio & Nathan got engaged and then fled to Britain. Although Helen expected Rio to turn up in King’s Oak she was relived when she did. However, Nathan caught the eye of Scott Booth and the two started an affair. Nathan later dumped Rio for Scott and Rio started an affair with Danny Morris.