Daphne Oxenford

Remembered by generations as the voice of B.B.C. Radio's Listen with Mother, a role she fulfilled for 21 years beginning in 1950, Daphne Oxenford played Esther Hayes in the earliest episodes of Coronation Street. Born in 1920 she continues to act, appearing in one of Big Finish Productions Sapphire and Steel audio plays and an episode of Midsummer Murders in recent years.