| KENBARLOW | Coronation Street character played by William Roache, the longest-serving actor in soap opera history (3,6) |
| MOORE | Actor who served as an army captain before taking over from Sean Connery as James Bond to become the longest-serving actor in the role (5) |
| SHAMPOO | Oh dear, rejected embracing bad actor in soap! (7) |
| LONDONIVY | Smoke close to Yorkshire river captured by histor-ian (6,3) |
| SCHAMA | Simon ___, writer and presenter of A Histor y Of Britain (6) |
| NICK | ___ Pickard, long-serving actor (4) |
| BARLOW | Coronation Street character played by William Roache since 1960, Ken ... (6) |
| KEN | _ Barlow, Coronation Street character played by William Roache (3) |
| JAMESTKIRK | Star Trek character played by William Shatner who is the captain of the starship USS Enterprise: 3 wds. |
| MANFRIDAY | Character played by William Takaku in the 1997 film Robinson Crusoe (3,6) |
| NINETY | Landmark age achieved by Ken Barlow Coronation Street actor William Roache (6) |
| OBE | Honour given to long- serving Coronation Street actor William Roache (1,1,1) |
| GILGRISSOM | Character played by William Petersen in CSI (3,7) |
| KIRK | James T. ___, captain of the starship USS Enterprise in the original series of Star Trek played by William Shatner (4) |
| DOCTOR | The ____, TV role first played by William Hartnell in 1963 (6) |
| LANE | Surname of the dad played by William Schallert on "The Patty Duke Show" |
| LINUS | _ Roache, appeared in Corrie playing the son of his real-life dad's character (5) |
| THEARCHERS | Three crash in resort in soap opera (3,7) |
| MELODRAMA | Played 'madam' role in soap opera (9) |
| PANDA | Last of all in soap opera, gun fired: diva shoots lover? (5) |
