1996

1996 Cast ©BBC

1996 was EastEnders' eleventh year of production.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Grant Mitchell	Ross Kemp	Full year	136	670	5
2	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden		135	652	7
3	Tiffany Mitchell	Martine McCutcheon		132	210	17
	David Wicks	Michael French	Until November		366	2
4	Kathy Mitchell	Gillian Taylforth	Full year	126	1006	6
5	Carol Jackson	Lindsey Coulson		125	326	10
6	Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer		124	349	3
7	Mark Fowler	Todd Carty		109	604	1
8	Tony Hills	Mark Homer		106	120	33
9	Peggy Mitchell	Barbara Windsor		102	224	12
	Alan Jackson	Howard Antony			285	14
10	Pat Evans	Pam St. Clement		99	838	9
11	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt		98	959	13
12	Cindy Beale	Michelle Collins	Until October	96	532	14
13	Joe Wicks	Paul Nicholls	From March	91		-
14	Sanjay Kapoor	Deepak Verma	Full year	90	306	18
15	Nigel Bates	Paul Bradley		88	377	8
16	Ruth Fowler	Caroline Paterson		83	206	11
	Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney			203	16
17	Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen		80	618	4
	Blossom Jackson	Mona Hammond			197	15
18	Pauline Fowler	Wendy Richard		79	954	7
	Roy Evans	Tony Caunter			136	19
	Lorraine Wicks	Jacqueline Leonard	From March		79	-
19	Sarah Hills	Daniela Denby-Ashe	Full year	73	86	34
20	Gita Kapoor	Shobu Kapoor		70	253	18
21	Ben Mitchell	Matthew Silver	From March	54		-
22	Simon Raymond	Andrew Lynford	From June	52
23	Ted Hills	Brian Croucher	Full year	51	75	31
24	Sonia Jackson	Natalie Cassidy		45	121	20
25	Michael Rose	Russell Floyd	From February	41		-
	Dan Zappieri	Carl Pizzie	From March
26	Frankie Pierre	Syan Blake	From June	40
27	Lenny Wallace	Desune Coleman	From May	37
28	April Branning	Debbie Arnold	Until October	36	37	40
29	Lucy Beale	Eva Brittin-Snell	Full year	35	69	35
30	Barry Evans	Shaun Williamson		34	62	30
31	Billie Jackson	Devon Anderson		33	81	25
32	Felix Kawalski	Harry Landis		32	45	34
33	George Palmer	Paul Moriarty	From July	30	30	-
	Clare Tyler	Gemma Bissix	Full year		127	18
34	Huw Edwards	Richard Elis	From May	28		-
35	Sam Mitchell	Danniella Westbrook	Until March	25	213	22
	Frank Butcher	Mike Reid			486	39
	Martin Fowler	Jon Peyton Price James Alexandrou	Full year		306	30
36	Peter Beale	Francis Brittin-Snell	Until October	19	51	35
	Nellie Ellis	Elizabeth Kelly	Full year		125	29
37	Steven Beale	Stuart Stevens	Until October	18	138	33
	Ethel Skinner	Gretchen Franklin	Full year		342	32
38	Jules Tavernier	Tommy Eytle		15	214	23
39	Guppy Sharma	Lyndam Gregory	Until April	14	24	36
40	Janine Butcher	Alexia Demetriou	Until March	12	313	28
	Mick McFarlane	Sylvester Williams	From June		12	-
41	Steve Elliot	Mark Monero	Until February	11	280	15
42	Sharmilla Kapoor	Priya Bilkhu	Full year	8	57	36
43	Arthur Fowler	Bill Treacher	Until May	5	944	6
	Doctor Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton	Full year		244	38
44	Derek Branning	Terence Beesley	April	3	3	-
	Terry Raymond	Gavin Richards	From October
45	Jim Branning	John Bardon	April	2	2
	Suzy Branning	Julie Christian-Young
46	Sal Martin	Anna Karen	March	1

Doof Doof Count

Character	Solo	Group	Total	Julia's Theme
David Wicks	22	8	30	No
Mark Fowler	10	6	16	No
Phil Mitchell	8	5	13	No
Grant Mitchell	8	5	13	No
Cindy Beale	8	3	11	Yes
Pauline Fowler	8	2	10	No
Frank Butcher	5	3	8	No
Carol Jackson	6	2	8	No
Lorraine Wicks	4	3	7	No
Tiffany Raymond/Mitchell	3	4	7	No
Kathy Mitchell	3	4	7	No
Ricky Butcher	5	1	6	No
Ian Beale	6	0	6	No
Alan Jackson	5	0	5	No
George Palmer	3	2	5	No
Gita Kapoor	3	1	4	No
Pat Butcher	2	2	4	No
Roy Evans	3	1	4	No
Bianca Jackson	2	2	4	No
Ruth Fowler	1	3	4	No
Sanjay Kapoor	0	3	3	No
Tony Hills	3	0	3	No
Peggy Mitchell	1	2	3	No
Joe Wicks	3	0	3	No
Willy Roper	2	0	2	No
Ted Hills	1	1	2	No
Sarah Hills	2	0	2	No
Non character	2	N/A	2	Yes
Simon Raymond	1	1	2	No
Sam Mitchell	0	1	1	No
Guillermo	0	1	1	No
April Branning	0	1	1	No
Dan Zappieri	1	0	1	No

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Director	Writer	Doof Doof	Viewers (millions)
1231	1	1 January 1996	Chris Fallon	Simon Ashdown	Ricky Butcher	15.00
1232	2	2 January 1996	Chris Fallon	Raymond Dixon	Gita Kapoor	12.22
1233	3	4 January 1996	Chris Fallon	Chris Fewtrell/Zeddy Lawrence	Gita Kapoor	17.33
1234	4	8 January 1996	Indra Bhose	Julie Wassmer	David Wicks Cindy Beale	14.41
1235	5	9 January 1996	Indra Bhose	Julie Wassmer	Gita Kapoor	15.39
1236	6	11 January 1996	Indra Bhose	David Joss Buckley	David Wicks	16.60
1237	7	15 January 1996	Geoff Feld	Simon Ashdown	Phil Mitchell Grant Mitchell	14.66
1238	8	16 January 1996	Geoff Feld	Keith Temple	Ricky Butcher	15.58
1239	9	18 January 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Frank Butcher	15.86
1240	10	22 January 1996	Bill Gilmour	Christopher Reason	David Wicks	15.11
1241	11	23 January 1996	Bill Gilmour	Christopher Reason	Pat Butcher Roy Evans	16.20
1242	12	25 January 1996	Bill Gilmour	Helen Blizard	Roy Evans	16.21
1243	13	29 January 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Helen Blizard	Frank Butcher	15.75
1244	14	30 January 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	David Wicks Cindy Beale	15.93
1245	15	1 February 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Ricky Butcher Frank Butcher	15.88
1246	16	5 February 1996	Stephen Moore	Len Collin	Willy Roper	16.45
1247	17	6 February 1996	Stephen Moore	Len Collin	David Wicks	17.17
1248	18	8 February 1996	Stephen Moore	Alison Fisher	Bianca Jackson	16.46
1249	19	12 February 1996	David Richardson	Simon Ashdown	Ricky Butcher	16.14
1250	20	13 February 1996	David Richardson	Joanne Maguire	Ricky Butcher	16.23
1251	21	15 February 1996	David Richardson	Joanne Maguire	Frank Butcher David Wicks	16.75
1252	22	19 February 1996	Johnathan Young	Allan Sutherland/Stuart Morris	Frank Butcher	16.79
1253	23	20 February 1996	Johnathan Young	Gillian Richmond	Phil Mitchell	17.15
1254	24	22 February 1996	Johnathan Young	Gillian Richmond	Phil Mitchell	10.86
1255	25	26 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Annie Wood	Phil Mitchell	15.89
1256	26	27 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Annie Wood	Frank Butcher Pat Butcher	15.93
1257	27	29 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Simon Ashdown	Pat Butcher	16.38
1258	28	4 March 1996	John Gorrie	Christopher Reason	Frank Butcher	15.17
1259	29	5 March 1996	John Gorrie	Christopher Reason	Frank Butcher	11.47
1260	30	7 March 1996	John Gorrie	Jeff Povey	Phil Mitchell	15.81
1261	31	11 March 1996	Philip Casson	Julie Wassmer	Grant Mitchell	16.06
1262	32	12 March 1996	Philip Casson	Julie Wassmer	Pat Butcher	16.86
1263	33	14 March 1996	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan	Willy Roper	16.65
1264	34	18 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Jeff Povey	Mark Fowler	14.76
1265	35	19 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Jeff Povey	Roy Evans	16.23
1266	36	21 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood	Kathy Mitchell Phil Mitchell Ben Mitchell	15.63
1267	37	25 March 1996	Karen Stowe	Keith Temple	Sam Mitchell Guillermo	15.68
1268	38	26 March 1996	Karen Stowe	Mark Davies Markham	Mark Fowler	16.28
1269	39	28 March 1996	Karen Stowe	Joanne Maguire	David Wicks	15.30
1270	40	1 April 1996	Geoff Feld	Helen Slavin	David Wicks	14.88
1271	41	2 April 1996	Geoff Feld	Simon Ashdown	David Wicks	15.24
1272	42	4 April 1996	Geoff Feld	Lisselle Kayla	Mark Fowler Sanjay Kapoor Gita Kapoor	13.92
1273	43	8 April 1996	John Greening	Len Collin	Mark Fowler Sanjay Kapoor Winston	13.72
1274	44	9 April 1996	John Greening	Len Collin	Ricky Butcher	14.00
1275	45	11 April 1996	John Greening	Allan Sutherland/Stuart Morris	Pauline Fowler	14.74
1276	46	15 April 1996	Pip Short	Barry McCarthy	Kathy Mitchell	14.31
1277	47	16 April 1996	Pip Short	Annie Wood	David Wicks	14.31
1278	48	18 April 1996	Pip Short	Annie Wood	David Wicks	15.26
1279	49	22 April 1996	Steve Shill	Rob Gittins	David Wicks	14.76
1280	50	23 April 1996	Steve Shill	Christopher Reason	Carol Branning	14.38
1281	51	25 April 1996	Steve Shill	Christopher Reason	Alan Jackson	14.26
1282	52	29 April 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple	Carol Branning	14.01
1283	53	30 April 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple	Pauline Fowler	15.12
1284	54	2 May 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple	Mark Fowler	14.72
1285	55	6 May 1996	David Mason	Lisa Evans	Mark Fowler	13.67
1286	56	7 May 1996	David Mason	Andrew Holden	Pauline Fowler	14.32
1287	57	9 May 1996	David Mason	Andrew Holden	Pauline Fowler	14.74
1288	58	13 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Billy Hamon	Pauline Fowler	14.90
1289	59	14 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Joanne Maguire	Mark Fowler	13.82
1290	60	16 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Joanne Maguire	Roy Evans	14.82
1291	61	20 May 1996	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown	Pauline Fowler	15.04
1292	62	21 May 1996	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown	Pauline Fowler Mark Fowler	15.38
1293	63	23 May 1996	Philip Casson	Lynne Dallow	Pauline Fowler	14.82
1294	64	27 May 1996	David Richardson	David Joss Buckley	Mark Fowler	12.29
1295	65	28 May 1996	David Richardson	David Joss Buckley	Grant Mitchell	14.70
1296	66	30 May 1996	David Richardson	Lisselle Kayla	David Wicks	13.44
1297	67	3 June 1996	Ed Braman	Joanne Maguire	Ruth Fowler	14.14
1298	68	4 June 1996	Ed Braman	Paula Webb	Ted Hills	12.81
1299	69	6 June 1996	Ed Braman	Len Collin	Sarah Hills	12.20
1300	70	10 June 1996	Stephen Moore	David Fox	Grant Mitchell Tiffany Raymond	10.57
1301	71	11 June 1996	Stephen Moore	Allan Sutherland/Stuart Morris	Tony Hills	13.32
1302	72	13 June 1996	Stephen Moore	Rachel Pole	Kathy Mitchell	7.74
1303	73	17 June 1996	Chris Miller	Barrie Shore	Cindy Beale	13.33
1304	74	18 June 1996	Chris Miller	Gillian Richmond	Phil Mitchell	8.91
1305	75	20 June 1996	Chris Miller	Tony Jordan	Non character, camera zooms in to Arthur Fowler's grave with Julia's Theme playing.	13.76
1306	76	24 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony Jordan	Kathy Mitchell Ted Hills	12.77
1307	77	25 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Annie Wood	Kathy Mitchell Phil Mitchell	12.54
1308	78	27 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Annie Wood	Kathy Mitchell Phil Mitchell	12.57
1309	79	1 July 1996	Steve Shill	Liane Aukin	Cindy Beale	13.54
1310	80	2 July 1996	Steve Shill	Barry McCarthy	Mark Fowler Ruth Fowler	12.83
1311	81	4 July 1996	Steve Shill	David Joss Buckley	Peggy Mitchell Pauline Fowler	12.29
1312	82	8 July 1996	John Greening	Keith Temple	Mark Fowler	13.31
1313	83	9 July 1996	John Greening	Simon Ashdown	Mark Fowler Ruth Fowler	13.61
1314	84	11 July 1996	John Greening	Simon Ashdown	Mark Fowler	12.70
1315	85	15 July 1996	Nigel Douglas	Susan Boyd	Mark Fowler	14.09
1316	86	16 July 1996	Nigel Douglas	Susan Boyd	David Wicks Lorraine Wicks	13.00
1317	87	18 July 1996	Nigel Douglas	Billy Hamon	Tiffany Mitchell Bianca Jackson	7.73
1318	88	22 July 1996	Tom Kingdon	Joanne Maguire	Pauline Fowler	12.56
1319	89	23 July 1996	Tom Kingdon	Helen Blizard	Carol Jackson David Wicks	12.66
1320	90	25 July 1996	Tom Kingdon	Helen Blizard	Alan Jackson	11.26
1321	91	26 July 1996	Philip Casson	Tony McHale	Mark Fowler Ruth Fowler Bianca Jackson Tiffany Raymond Sanjay Kapoor April Branning	11.02
1322	92	29 July 1996	Philip Casson	Tony McHale	Carol Jackson	13.83
1323	93	30 July 1996	Henry Foster	Emma Prentice	Kathy Mitchell	13.57
1324	94	1 August 1996	Henry Foster	Julie Wassmer	Phil Mitchell	12.53
1325	95	2 August 1996	Henry Foster	Julie Wassmer	Joe Wicks	9.60
1326	96	5 August 1996	Rob Evans	Gerry Huxham	David Wicks Lorraine Wicks	13.48
1327	97	6 August 1996	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason	David Wicks	13.95
1328	98	8 August 1996	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason	David Wicks	12.98
1329	99	12 August 1996	Steve Goldie	Lisa Evans	Mark Fowler	12.95
1330	100	13 August 1996	Steve Goldie	Nick Crittenden	Alan Jackson	12.63
1331	101	15 August 1996	Steve Goldie	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	David Wicks Cindy Beale	11.78
1332	102	19 August 1996	David Mason	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Tiffany Mitchell Simon Raymond	11.45
1333	103	20 August 1996	David Mason	Rob Gittins	Ian Beale	12.36
1334	104	22 August 1996	David Mason	Allan Sutherland/Stuart Morris	Sarah Hills	12.70
1335	105	26 August 1996	Johnathan Young	Tony Jordan	Tony Hills	13.89
1336	106	27 August 1996	Johnathan Young	Tony Jordan	Dan Zappieri	13.28
1337	107	29 August 1996	Johnathan Young	Tony Jordan	Tony Hills	13.94
1338	108	2 September 1996	Jeff Naylor	Billy Hamon	Simon Raymond	13.93
1339	109	3 September 1996	Jeff Naylor	Keith Temple	Ian Beale	13.53
1340	110	5 September 1996	Jeff Naylor	Keith Temple	Ian Beale	13.69
1341	111	9 September 1996	Terry Iland	Simon Ashdown	Tiffany Raymond	14.70
1342	112	10 September 1996	Terry Iland	Simon Ashdown	Ian Beale	14.75
1343	113	12 September 1996	Terry Iland	Susan Boyd	David Wicks	16.68
1344	114	16 September 1996	Joy Perino	Susan Boyd	Ian Beale	15.29
1345	115	17 September 1996	Joy Perino	Joanne Maguire	David Wicks	15.23
1346	116	19 September 1996	Joy Perino	Joanne Maguire	Cindy Beale	15.09
1347	117	23 September 1996	Nigel Douglas	Annie Wood	Phil Mitchell	15.38
1348	118	24 September 1996	Nigel Douglas	Annie Wood	Grant Mitchell	15.67
1349	119	26 September 1996	Nigel Douglas	David Fox	Cindy Beale	15.27
1350	120	30 September 1996	Claire Winyard	Paula Webb	Alan Jackson	15.09
1351	121	1 October 1996	Claire Winyard	Helen Blizard	Phil Mitchell	15.25
1352	122	3 October 1996	Claire Winyard	Helen Blizard	Cindy Beale	15.67
1353	123	7 October 1996	Jonathan Dent	Rachel Pole	Cindy Beale	17.92
1354	124	8 October 1996	Jonathan Dent	Tony Jordan	Cindy Beale	17.43
1355	125	10 October 1996	Jonathan Dent	Tony Jordan	Ian Beale	16.74
1356	126	14 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Len Collin	David Wicks	16.70
1357	127	15 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	David Wicks	16.92
1358	128	17 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Cindy Beale (Julia's Theme)	17.71
1359	129	21 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Tony Basgallop	Grant Mitchell	17.00
1360	130	22 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Lynne Dallow	David Wicks	16.41
1361	131	24 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Barry McCarthy	Grant Mitchell	11.47
1362	132	28 October 1996	Bill Britten	Lisselle Kayla	Joe Wicks	15.41
1363	133	29 October 1996	Bill Britten	Christopher Reason	David Wicks	16.02
1364	134	31 October 1996	Bill Britten	Billy Hamon	Alan Jackson	15.00
1365	135	4 November 1996	Stephen Moore	Annie Wood	Carol Jackson David Wicks	15.42
1366	136	5 November 1996	Stephen Moore	Annie Wood	Bianca Jackson	15.51
1367	137	7 November 1996	Stephen Moore	Keith Temple	Carol Jackson	16.48
1368	138	11 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Joe Wicks	16.23
1369	139	12 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Non character, Carol Jackson leaves a note for David Wicks saying "I Think I just stopped being stupid!	16.99
1370	140	14 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	David Wicks	16.63
1371	141	18 November 1996	Nigel Douglas	Rob Gittins	David Wicks	17.09
1372	142	19 November 1996	Nigel Douglas	Simon Ashdown	David Wicks	17.49
1373	143	21 November 1996	Nigel Douglas	Simon Ashdown	David Wicks	17.22
1374	144	25 November 1996	Philip Casson	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Tiffany Mitchell	16.62
1375	145	26 November 1996	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Lorraine Wicks	16.93
1376	146	28 November 1996	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Grant Mitchell George Palmer	16.54
1377	147	2 December 1996	Albert Barber	David Joss Buckley	George Palmer	15.96
1378	148	3 December 1996	Albert Barber	Nick Crittenden	George Palmer	16.26
1379	149	5 December 1996	Albert Barber	Rachel Pole	Peggy Mitchell	15.81
1380	150	9 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Rachel Pole	George Palmer	15.42
1381	151	10 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Keith Temple	Grant Mitchell	15.70
1382	152	12 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Keith Temple	Carol Jackson	15.11
1383	153	16 December 1996	Joy Perino	Barrie Shore	Peggy Mitchell George Palmer Phil Mitchell Grant Mitchell	14.96
1384	154	17 December 1996	Joy Perino	Helen Blizard	Tiffany Mitchell	15.76
1385	155	19 December 1996	Joy Perino	Helen Blizard	Lorraine Wicks	14.70
1386	156	23 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood	Carol Jackson	13.36
1387	157	24 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood	Lorraine Wicks	13.39
1388	158	25 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Grant Mitchell Lorraine Wicks	17.05
1389	159	26 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Grant Mitchell	14.72
1390	160	30 December 1996	Jon East	Tony Basgallop	Lorraine Wicks	17.31
1391	161	31 December 1996	Jon East	Simon Ashdown	Grant Mitchell	15.76

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