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1991 was EastEnders' seventh year of production.
Main characters[]
Directors[]
| Ranking | Director | Number of episodes | Running total | Previous year ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles Beeson | 11 | 13 | 5 |
| 2 | Philip Casson | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| Jean Stewart | 10 | 10 | - | |
| Richard Holthouse | 10 | 10 | - | |
| 3 | Terry Iland | 6 | 10 | - |
| Geoff Feld | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Mike Dormer | 6 | 6 | - | |
| Barry Letts | 6 | 18 | 2 | |
| Jonathan Wright Miller | 6 | 6 | - | |
| 4 | Stephen Butcher | 4 | 10 | - |
| Nicholas Prosser | 4 | 27 | 4 | |
| Mervyn Cumming | 4 | 47 | 1 | |
| Leonard Lewis | 4 | 12 | 3 | |
| Bill Hays | 4 | 4 | - | |
| John Bruce | 4 | 4 | - | |
| Douglas Argent | 4 | 4 | - | |
| 5 | David Andrews | 2 | 2 | - |
| Sue Dunderdale | 2 | 2 | - | |
| David Innes Edwards | 2 | 2 | - |
Writers[]
| Ranking | Writer | Number of episodes | Running total | Previous year ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tony McHale | 15 | 86 | 1 |
| 2 | Tony Jordan | 13 | 36 | 2 |
| 3 | Gerry Huxham | 8 | 29 | 6 |
| 4 | Charlie Humphreys | 7 | 49 | 6 |
| Michael Russell | 7 | 13 | 4 | |
| Deborah Cook | 7 | 15 | 3 | |
| 5 | Linda Dearsley | 5 | 9 | 6 |
| Steve Waye | 5 | 9 | 6 | |
| Brendan J. Cassin | 5 | 8 | 7 | |
| 6 | Ashley Pharoah | 4 | 4 | - |
| Jez Simons | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Jyoti Patel | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Lisa Evans | 4 | 4 | - | |
| 7 | Rob Gittins | 3 | 15 | 6 |
| Barrie Shore | 3 | 3 | - | |
| Susan Boyd | 3 | 16 | 9 | |
| 8 | Gillian Richmond | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| Lesley Davies | 2 | 2 | - | |
| Helen Millar | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 9 | Michael Ellis | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| Margaret Simpson | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Trish Cooke | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Christopher Penfold | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| John Milne | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Sean Egan | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Grazyna Monvid | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Andrew Holden | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Judy Forshaw | 1 | 1 | - |
Production[]
Dot Cotton, the Squares' own good Samaritan, was forever taking in waifs and strays. In 1991 it was Disa and her baby Jasmine.
There were intense storylines for many of the EastEnders characters in 1991, with many of them experiencing unprecedented stress and heartache. The year began with some aspects becoming involved in the affairs of relative strangers. Pete became concerned about the home background of little Jason, the boy who started to hang around the fruit and veg stall and help Pete out.
When Pete discovered that the lad had been beaten by his father, he had no choice but to inform the Social Services. But when he then tried to find out what had happened, he met Jason's mother who accused him of interfering in things that didn't concern him and of being a pervert! Pete was distraught that his moral actions might have left the boy worse off than before. After a few years of hectic comings and goings of regulars, 1991 saw a slight decrease in the speed of these arrivals and departures. Most of the new characters who appeared during the year were temporary, seen only for the duration of their story. In some ways, the more significant movements occurred behind the scenes, because executive producer Michael Ferguson decided to move on towards the end of the year.
At the same time both his producers, Corinne Hollingworth and Pat Sandys also decided to leave, so by the end of the year, there was a complete change in the people responsible for making the programme. On-screen, however, the show introduced two brand new regular characters throughout the year. The first being Rachel Kominski, the latest in a long line of favourite characters.
Rachel was played by Jacquetta May with a good deal of warmth and humour; she managed to transcend the slightly cliched, middle-class college lecturer that she could easily have been. With her close involvement with both Mark and Michelle Fowler, Rachel managed to integrate into the life of the Square slightly better than some of the other middle-class characters in the programme's history. In October the second regular of the year to join was Steve Elliot, the young cook with ambitions to see the world. First seen working as a chef in the Pizza Parlour, which by now had opened up in the premises once occupied by Den's Strokes wine bar, Steve was quickly offered a job at Ian Beale's Meal Machine.
On the debit side in this year there was the off-screen death of Charlie Cotton. Diane Butcher decided to abandon her art college course and begin a new life in France. The final exit of the year happened in September with the brutal and unexpected murder of Eddie Royle.
Doof-Doof Count[]
| Character | Solo | Group | Total | Julia's Theme | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Fowler | 7 | 6 | 13 | No | 15 |
| Grant Mitchell | 7 | 5 | 12 | No | 13 |
| Sharon Watts/Mitchell | 6 | 5 | 11 | No | 38 |
| Michelle Fowler | 5 | 5 | 10 | No | 70 |
| Clyde Tavernier | 8 | 0 | 8 | No | 8 |
| Nick Cotton | 6 | 1 | 7 | No | 13 |
| Disa O'Brien | 4 | 2 | 6 | No | 6 |
| Diane Butcher | 2 | 4 | 6 | No | 10 |
| Phil Mitchell | 3 | 3 | 6 | No | 6 |
| Dot Cotton | 3 | 2 | 5 | No | 25 |
| Etta Tavernier | 5 | 0 | 5 | No | 5 |
| Pauline Fowler | 4 | 1 | 5 | No | 40 |
| Rachel Kominski | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Ricky Butcher | 1 | 2 | 3 | No | 5 |
| Ian Beale | 2 | 1 | 3 | No | 34 |
| Eddie Royle | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 5 |
| Non character | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 35 |
| Vicki Fowler | 0 | 3 | 3 | No | 5 |
| Pete Beale | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 38 |
| Frank Butcher | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 20 |
| Hattie Tavernier | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 2 |
| Arthur Fowler | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 34 |
| Kofi Tavernier | 0 | 2 | 2 | No | 2 |
| Jasmine O'Brien | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 2 |
| Ken Raynor | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Ethel Skinner | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 10 |
| Sandra Raynor | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Kathy Beale | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 35 |
| Gill Robinson | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Kevin Masters | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Sam Butcher | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Jules Tavernier | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 2 |
| Lloyd Tavernier | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Police Woman | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Pat Butcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 30 |
Episodes[]
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