2010

Events

 * 1st January - Syed Masood and Amira Shah get married.
 * 15th January - Roxy Mitchell is revealed to be the new owner of The Vic.
 * 18th January - Ian Beale is arrested on suspicion of being the murderer of Archie Mitchell.
 * 22nd January - Pat Evans suffers from a heart attack when amid a row between Janine Butcher and Bianca Jackson.
 * 28th January - Archie's funeral takes place.
 * 4th February - Billie Jackson returns to Walford and Dr Al Jenkins says his farewells.
 * 8th February - Sonia Fowler returns for Bianca's wedding.
 * 12th February - Dot Branning is arrested after giving her granddaughter Dotty a smack, but is later released without charge and Amanda Best leaves the square.
 * 15th February - Carol and Robbie Jackson return to Walford; Robbie for Bianca's wedding and Carol to bring Billie home.
 * 18th February - Bianca Jackson and Ricky Butcher get married for the second time as well Stacey Slater and Bradley Branning. Sonia and Robbie leave Walford.
 * 19th February - Bradley falls to his death after slipping off the roof of The Vic when trying to escape the police and Stacey reveals to be the murderer of Archie.
 * 22nd February - Stacey runs away after seeing Bradley's body in the mortuary.
 * 23rd February - Zainab Masood gives birth to a baby Kamil and Dotty leaves Walford with her mother Sandy
 * 1st March - Lucy Beale reveals to her step mum Jane that she is pregnant.
 * 5th March - Bradley's funeral takes place, and the court finds him guilty of killing Archie.
 * 16th March - Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell compete to try and buy Booty and Louise Mitchell returns to Walford alone, and Ronnie finds her.
 * 22nd March - Phil Mitchell finds out about Louise and meets her face to face.
 * 23rd March - Lucy begins an abortion process, and Louise is taken into foster care.
 * 26th March - Max Branning finds Stacey and brings her back to Walford.
 * 29th March - Billie Jackson and his gang raid the Queen Vic for money.
 * 30th March - Phil, Ben, Shirley and Zsa Zsa Carter all move into No.27 to help get Louise back meanwhile Billy Mitchell is forced to move in with Minty Peterson.
 * 1st April - Jack Branning is shot by gang member Kylie in R&R when she tries to kill Billie Jackson.
 * 2nd April - Janine Butcher admits her love for Ryan Malloy. They kiss on an Underground train.
 * 26th March - Syed's secret that he is gay is revealed, and Amira leaves him and Walford.
 * 21st May - Ben attacks Jordan Johnson with a spanner.
 * 4th June - First appearance of Vanessa Gold.
 * 7th June - First appearance of Jodie Gold.
 * 23rd June - Stacey gives birth to Lily and Tanya Branning returns to the Square.
 * 8th July - Denise is strangled by Lucas and is thought to be dead.
 * 15th July - Ben Mitchell is sentenced to five months in prison following his attack on Jordan.
 * 16th July - Syed chooses boyfriend Christian over his Muslim family
 * 5th August - Lisa Fowler is reunited with her daughter.
 * 2nd September - Sam Mitchell gives birth to a baby boy and calls him Richard Mitchell.
 * 9th September - The Queen Vic is burnt down by Phil Mitchell and Stacey tells Ryan he's Lily's father.
 * 10th September - Peggy Mitchell leaves the Square.
 * 20th September - Kat and Alfie Moon return to the Square.
 * 21st September - Sam Mitchell leaves Walford after being dumped by Minty.
 * 27th September - Lauren Branning returns to the square.
 * 1st October - First appearance of Greg Jessop and Michael Moon.
 * 4th October - The father of Kat's baby is revealed to be Michael.
 * 11th October - Billie Jackson is found dead by Bianca.
 * 14th October - First appearance of Julie Perkins.
 * 25th October - Billie Jackson's funeral takes place.
 * 23rd November - First appearance of Yusef Khan.
 * 3rd December - Dot makes friends with Edward Bishop.
 * 25th December - Stacey leaves the Square following Janine announcing that she killed Archie.
 * 30th December - James Branning and Tommy Moon are both born.
 * 31st December - James Branning dies of cot death, and Ronnie swaps James for Tommy.

Real life events

 * This year is the 25th anniversary of when EastEnders first aired.
 * 25th December - The first EastEnders episode to be filmed in high definition is screened.