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List of River City characters introduced in 2002–2003

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ131538027 ↗
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River City was a long running BBC Scotland soap opera set in the fictional Glasgow suburb of Shieldinch in Scotland. This is a list of characters who first appeared on the programme during 2002 and 2003, listed in order of their first appearance.

Moira Henderson

Moira Henderson is a fictional character from the BBC Scotland soap opera River City played by Jo Cameron Brown.

Moira was the wife of George Henderson. She was killed in a car crash caused by her grandson Brian Henderson (William Ruane).

George Henderson

George Henderson is a fictional character from the BBC Scotland soap opera River City played by John Murtagh. George was a taxi driver.

His wife killed in a car crash caused by his grandson Brian Henderson (William Ruane). He discovers that Alice Henderson (Lorraine McIntosh) is not his biological daughter.

His second wife was Shirley Henderson (Barbara Rafferty).

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