Steve Elliot

Steve first appeared in October 1991, and left in 1993. The following year, he was written back into the show but left again in February 1996.



Steve orginally dated Hattie Tavernier until 1993, when she proposed, he accepted, but with Mandy Salter stirring things, Steve had second thoughts and left the next day.

In 1994, Steve returned, hoping to sort things with Hattie, but she hadn't long left Walford. Steve then started dating Della Alexander, until he found out she was a lesbian.

Since Della's departue in 1995, Steve then started dating Lydia. Steve then bought a share in the Bridge Street cafe and he opened a night bistro, which sparked a feud between him and Ian, who viewed him as competition, and did everything he could to get Steve closed down. Later in the year Steve was approached by a criminal firm, who talked him into holding an illegal gambling night in his cafe. Several Walford residents attended, including Mark Fowler, who got lucky and won a sizable sum. Mark promptly gave his winnings to his father, Arhur, to repay a prior loan. However, Arthur was later falsely accused of embezzlement, and he was assumed guilty, which was due, in part, to the 'suspicious' and unaccountable sum of money he had been given by his son. Steve was faced with a dilemma when he was asked by his good friend, Mark, to testify as a character witness for his father and corroborate Arthur's story about the origins of the money. Admitting that the illegal gambling took place not only threatened Steve's trading licence, but also implicated the criminal firm who had used stolen money to fund the gambling. When the firm found out that Steve was going to testify and implicate them, they did everything they could to dissuade him. After idle threats failed to work, they took a different approach and kidnappes Lydia instead. Steve was frantic, but he eventually found a distraught Lydia, who informed Steve that the mobsters had attempted to drown her and threatened to kill her if Steve didn't back out of testifying. Fearful of his life, Steve packed his things and he and Lydia left Walford later that night. Their last appearance was in February 1996.