DC Wayne Hughes

DC Wayne Hughes made his first appearance on 2019. He is portrayed by 	Jamie Treacher.

Storylines
Detective Constable Hughes is a police officer who interviews Craig Dixon after he had been caught in bed with the underage Lucy Beale. He returns on 18 March 2008 when Lucy runs away and leaves again on 28 March 2008.

He returns on 28 December 2009 following the murder of Archie Mitchell. He is the central colleague of DCI Jill Marsden. When a DNA screening begins, Jack Branning pays Hughes a bribe to make the samples disappear. Hughes contacts Jack when his nephew Bradley Branning is about to be arrested. He becomes involved in the chase with Bradley and he watches him fall to his death.

Treacher, who plays the character, is the son of former EastEnders actor Bill Treacher, who played original character Arthur Fowler from 1985 to 1996.