1996

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1996 was EastEnders' twelfth year of production.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Director	Writer	Duff Duff	Viewers (millions)
1231	1	1 January 1996	Chris Fallon	Simon Ashdown		15.00
1232	2	2 January 1996	Chris Fallon	Raymond Dixon		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		15.39
1236	6	11 January 1996	Indra Bhose	David Joss Buckley		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		15.11
1241	11	23 January 1996	Bill Gilmour	Christopher Reason		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		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		16.79
1253	23	20 February 1996	Johnathan Young	Gillian Richmond		17.15
1254	24	22 February 1996	Johnathan Young	Gillian Richmond	Phil Mitchell	10.86
1255	25	26 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Annie Wood		15.89
1256	26	27 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Annie Wood		15.93
1257	27	29 February 1996	Steve Goldie	Simon Ashdown	Pat Butcher	16.38
1258	28	4 March 1996	John Gorrie	Christopher Reason		15.17
1259	29	5 March 1996	John Gorrie	Christopher Reason		11.47
1260	30	7 March 1996	John Gorrie	Jeff Povey		15.81
1261	31	11 March 1996	Philip Casson	Julie Wassmer		16.06
1262	32	12 March 1996	Philip Casson	Julie Wassmer	Pat Butcher	16.86
1263	33	14 March 1996	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan		16.65
1264	34	18 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Jeff Povey		14.76
1265	35	19 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Jeff Povey		16.23
1266	36	21 March 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood		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		16.28
1269	39	28 March 1996	Karen Stowe	Joanne Maguire		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		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		14.74
1276	46	15 April 1996	Pip Short	Barry McCarthy		14.31
1277	47	16 April 1996	Pip Short	Annie Wood		14.31
1278	48	18 April 1996	Pip Short	Annie Wood		15.26
1279	49	22 April 1996	Steve Shill	Rob Gittins		14.76
1280	50	23 April 1996	Steve Shill	Christopher Reason		14.38
1281	51	25 April 1996	Steve Shill	Christopher Reason		14.26
1282	52	29 April 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple		14.01
1283	53	30 April 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple	Pauline Fowler	15.12
1284	54	2 May 1996	Sallie Aprahamian	Keith Temple		14.72
1285	55	6 May 1996	David Mason	Lisa Evans		13.67
1286	56	7 May 1996	David Mason	Andrew Holden		14.32
1287	57	9 May 1996	David Mason	Andrew Holden		14.74
1288	58	13 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Billy Hamon		14.90
1289	59	14 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Joanne Maguire		13.82
1290	60	16 May 1996	Jonathan Dent	Joanne Maguire		14.82
1291	61	20 May 1996	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown		15.04
1292	62	21 May 1996	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown		15.38
1293	63	23 May 1996	Philip Casson	Lynne Dallow		14.82
1294	64	27 May 1996	David Richardson	David Joss Buckley		12.29
1295	65	28 May 1996	David Richardson	David Joss Buckley		14.70
1296	66	30 May 1996	David Richardson	Lisselle Kayla		13.44
1297	67	3 June 1996	Ed Braman	Joanne Maguire		14.14
1298	68	4 June 1996	Ed Braman	Paula Webb		12.81
1299	69	6 June 1996	Ed Braman	Len Collin	Sarah Hills	12.20
1300	70	10 June 1996	Stephen Moore	David Fox		10.57
1301	71	11 June 1996	Stephen Moore	Allan Sutherland/Stuart Morris		13.32
1302	72	13 June 1996	Stephen Moore	Rachel Pole	Kathy Beale	7.74
1303	73	17 June 1996	Chris Miller	Barrie Shore		13.33
1304	74	18 June 1996	Chris Miller	Gillian Richmond		8.91
1305	75	20 June 1996	Chris Miller	Tony Jordan		13.76
1306	76	24 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony Jordan		12.77
1307	77	25 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Annie Wood		12.54
1308	78	27 June 1996	Geoff Feld	Annie Wood		12.57
1309	79	1 July 1996	Steve Shill	Liane Aukin		13.54
1310	80	2 July 1996	Steve Shill	Barry McCarthy		12.83
1311	81	4 July 1996	Steve Shill	David Joss Buckley		12.29
1312	82	8 July 1996	John Greening	Keith Temple		13.31
1313	83	9 July 1996	John Greening	Simon Ashdown		13.61
1314	84	11 July 1996	John Greening	Simon Ashdown		12.70
1315	85	15 July 1996	Nigel Douglas	Susan Boyd		14.09
1316	86	16 July 1996	Nigel Douglas	Susan Boyd		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		11.26
1321	91	26 July 1996	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		11.02
1322	92	29 July 1996	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		13.83
1323	93	30 July 1996	Philip Casson	Emma Prentice	Kathy Beale	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		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		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		14.70
1342	112	10 September 1996	Terry Iland	Simon Ashdown		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		15.23
1346	116	19 September 1996	Joy Perino	Joanne Maguire		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		15.09
1351	121	1 October 1996	Claire Winyard	Helen Blizard		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		17.43
1355	125	10 October 1996	Jonathan Dent	Tony Jordan		16.74
1356	126	14 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Len Collin		16.70
1357	127	15 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	David Wicks	16.92
1358	128	17 October 1996	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale		17.71
1359	129	21 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Tony Basgallop		17.00
1360	130	22 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Lynne Dallow		16.41
1361	131	24 October 1996	Adrian Bean	Barry McCarthy		11.47
1362	132	28 October 1996	Bill Britten	Lisselle Kayla		15.41
1363	133	29 October 1996	Bill Britten	Christopher Reason		16.02
1364	134	31 October 1996	Bill Britten	Billy Hamon		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		15.51
1367	137	7 November 1996	Stephen Moore	Keith Temple		16.48
1368	138	11 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason		16.23
1369	139	12 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason		16.99
1370	140	14 November 1996	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason		16.63
1371	141	18 November 1996	Nigel Douglas	Rob Gittins		17.09
1372	142	19 November 1996	Nigel Douglas	Simon Ashdown		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		16.62
1375	145	26 November 1996	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire		16.93
1376	146	28 November 1996	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire		16.54
1377	147	2 December 1996	Albert Barber	David Joss Buckley		15.96
1378	148	3 December 1996	Albert Barber	Nick Crittenden	George Palmer	16.26
1379	149	5 December 1996	Albert Barber	Rachel Pole		15.81
1380	150	9 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Rachel Pole		15.42
1381	151	10 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Keith Temple		15.70
1382	152	12 December 1996	Bill Gilmour	Keith Temple		15.11
1383	153	16 December 1996	Joy Perino	Barrie Shore		14.96
1384	154	17 December 1996	Joy Perino	Helen Blizard		15.76
1385	155	19 December 1996	Joy Perino	Helen Blizard		14.70
1386	156	23 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood		13.36
1387	157	24 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Annie Wood		13.39
1388	158	25 December 1996	Penelope Shales	Nicholas Hicks-Beach		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		17.31
1391	161	31 December 1996	Jon East	Simon Ashdown		15.76

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