1997

1997 Cast ©BBC

1997 was EastEnders' thirteenth 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)
1392	1	2 January 1997	Jon East	Simon Ashdown		18.06
1393	2	6 January 1997	Adrian Bean	Lisa Evans		15.08
1394	3	7 January 1997	Adrian Bean	Susan Boyd		17.65
1395	4	9 January 1997	Adrian Bean	Susan Boyd		16.93
1396	5	13 January 1997	Brett Fallis	Christopher Reason		16.26
1397	6	14 January 1997	Brett Fallis	Christopher Reason		17.00
1398	7	16 January 1997	Brett Fallis	Rob Gittins		16.99
1399	8	20 January 1997	Stephen Moore	Rob Gittins		16.53
1400	9	21 January 1997	Stephen Moore	Deborah Cook		17.01
1401	10	23 January 1997	Stephen Moore	Deborah Cook		16.83
1402	11	27 January 1997	Geoff Feld	David Joss Buckley		16.43
1403	12	28 January 1997	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale		16.54
1404	13	30 January 1997	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale		16.60
1405	14	3 February 1997	Chris Miller	Annie Wood		16.89
1406	15	4 February 1997	Chris Miller	Annie Wood		17.11
1407	16	6 February 1997	Chris Miller	Julie Wassmer		16.05
1408	17	10 February 1997	Philip Casson	Len Collin		16.72
1409	18	11 February 1997	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire		15.85
1410	19	13 February 1997	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire		16.05
1411	20	17 February 1997	Penelope Shales	Christopher Reason		15.55
1412	21	18 February 1997	Penelope Shales	Christopher Reason		16.52
1413	22	20 February 1997	Penelope Shales	Rachel Pole		9.73
1414	23	24 February 1997	Dermot Boyd	Rachel Pole		15.59
1415	24	25 February 1997	Dermot Boyd	Keith Temple		16.05
1416	25	27 February 1997	Dermot Boyd	Keith Temple		16.01
1417	26	3 March 1997	Steve Shill	Gillian Richmond		14.53
1418	27	4 March 1997	Steve Shill	Deborah Cook		15.97
1419	28	6 March 1997	Steve Shill	Deborah Cook		14.42
1420	29	10 March 1997	Rob Evans	Simon Ashdown		15.00
1421	30	11 March 1997	Rob Evans	Simon Ashdown		16.25
1422	31	13 March 1997	Rob Evans	Simon Ashdown		16.18
1423	32	17 March 1997	Claire Winyard	Christopher Reason		15.99
1424	33	18 March 1997	Claire Winyard	Christopher Reason	Sarah Hills Robbie Jackson	10.99
1425	34	20 March 1997	Claire Winyard	Christopher Reason	Ricky Butcher	15.62
1426	35	24 March 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Ted Hills	14.83
1427	36	25 March 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Robbie Jackson	16.25
1428	37	27 March 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Ted Hills	16.68
1429	38	31 March 1997 - Part 1	Stephen Moore	Nicholas Hicks-Beach		12.19
1430	39	31 March 1997 - Part 2	Stephen Moore	Barrie Shore		16.30
1431	40	1 April 1997	Stephen Moore	Tony Jordan		15.17
1432	41	3 April 1997	Stephen Moore	Tony Jordan		16.34
1433	42	7 April 1997	Adrian Bean	Tony Basgallop		14.75
1434	43	8 April 1997	Adrian Bean	Helen Blizard		15.02
1435	44	10 April 1997	Adrian Bean	David Joss Buckley		13.81
1436	45	14 April 1997	Philip Casson	Lilie Ferrari		15.96
1437	46	15 April 1997	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan		15.43
1438	47	17 April 1997	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan		17.77
1439	48	21 April 1997	Penelope Shales	Rob Gittins		16.08
1440	49	22 April 1997	Penelope Shales	Joanne Maguire		15.44
1441	50	24 April 1997	Penelope Shales	Joanne Maguire		13.63
1442	51	28 April 1997	Geoff Feld	Lisselle Kayla		16.53
1443	52	29 April 1997	Geoff Feld	Nicholas Hicks-Beach		15.50
1444	53	1 May 1997	Geoff Feld	Nicholas Hicks-Beach		13.19
1445	54	5 May 1997	Tim Leandro	Keith Temple		16.53
1446	55	6 May 1997	Tim Leandro	Keith Temple	Martin Fowler	Unknown
1447	56	8 May 1997	Tim Leandro	Christopher Reason	Joe Wicks	Unknown
1448	57	12 May 1997	Steve Shill	Lynne Dallow		14.74
1449	58	13 May 1997	Steve Shill	Nick Crittenden		14.27
1450	59	15 May 1997	Steve Shill	Barry McCarthy		14.32
1451	60	19 May 1997	Brett Fallis	Annie Wood		14.61
1452	61	20 May 1997	Brett Fallis	Annie Wood		14.93
1453	62	22 May 1997	Brett Fallis	Lisa Evans		8.97
1454	63	26 May 1997	Rob Evans	Gillian Richmond	Tiffany Mitchell	11.90
1455	64	27 May 1997	Rob Evans	Tony Basgallop		13.30
1456	65	29 May 1997	Rob Evans	Tony Basgallop		12.07
1457	66	2 June 1997	Adrian Bean	Helen Blizard		14.01
1458	67	3 June 1997	Adrian Bean	Rachel Pole		13.52
1459	68	5 June 1997	Adrian Bean	Rachel Pole		14.10
1460	69	9 June 1997	Philip Casson	Rob Gittins		13.86
1461	70	10 June 1997	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		13.81
1462	71	12 June 1997	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		13.27
1463	72	16 June 1997	Geoff Feld	Simon Ashdown		13.96
1464	73	17 June 1997	Geoff Feld	Simon Ashdown		13.81
1465	74	19 June 1997	Geoff Feld	Susan Boyd		14.25
1466	75	23 June 1997	Claire Winyard	Joanne Maguire		13.51
1467	76	24 June 1997	Claire Winyard	Joanne Maguire		13.66
1468	77	26 June 1997	Claire Winyard	Annie Wood		14.42
1469	78	30 June 1997	Jonathan Dent	Nick Crittenden	Dot Cotton	14.47
1470	79	1 July 1997	Jonathan Dent	Lisselle Kayla		12.74
1471	80	3 July 1997	Jonathan Dent	Gillian Richmond		13.62
1472	81	7 July 1997	Tim Leandro	David Joss Buckley		13.02
1473	82	8 July 1997	Tim Leandro	Tony Basgallop		13.05
1474	83	10 July 1997	Tim Leandro	Tony Basgallop		12.53
1475	84	14 July 1997	Nick Read	Carol Noble		13.61
1476	85	15 July 1997	Nick Read	Keith Temple		14.46
1477	86	17 July 1997	Nick Read	Keith Temple		13.23
1478	87	21 July 1997	Julian Holmes	Annie Wood		11.83
1479	88	22 July 1997	Julian Holmes	Tony Jordan		12.40
1480	89	24 July 1997	Julian Holmes	Tony Jordan		12.49
1481	90	28 July 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Lynne Dallow		11.62
1482	91	29 July 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Tony McHale		12.52
1483	92	31 July 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Tony McHale		12.64
1484	93	4 August 1997	Brett Fallis	Tony McHale		12.09
1485	94	5 August 1997	Brett Fallis	Susan Boyd		12.48
1486	95	7 August 1997	Brett Fallis	Susan Boyd		11.20
1487	96	11 August 1997	Tom Kingdon	Stephen Tredre		11.79
1488	97	12 August 1997	Tom Kingdon	Rob Gittins		11.44
1489	98	14 August 1997	Tom Kingdon	Rob Gittins		11.57
1490	99	18 August 1997	Claire Winyard	Jo O'Keefe		11.08
1491	100	19 August 1997	Claire Winyard	Joanne Maguire		12.47
1492	101	21 August 1997	Claire Winyard	Joanne Maguire	Bianca Butcher	12.83
1493	102	25 August 1997	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason		12.74
1494	103	26 August 1997	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason		13.14
1495	104	27 August 1997	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason	Phil Mitchell	11.89
1496	105	28 August 1997	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason		14.05
1497	106	29 August 1997	Rob Evans	Christopher Reason	Phil Mitchell	11.44
1498	107	1 September 1997	Albert Barber	Lisselle Kayla		12.68
1499	108	2 September 1997	Albert Barber	Annie Wood		13.47
1500	109	4 September 1997	Albert Barber	Annie Wood		13.65
1501	110	8 September 1997	Clare Kilner	Julie Wassmer		13.84
1502	111	9 September 1997	Clare Kilner	Gillian Richmond		13.64
1503	112	11 September 1997	Clare Kilner	Gillian Richmond		14.07
1504	113	15 September 1997	Geoff Feld	Tony Basgallop		13.82
1505	114	16 September 1997	Geoff Feld	Tony Basgallop		13.22
1506	115	18 September 1997	Geoff Feld	Carol Noble		13.04
1507	116	22 September 1997	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		13.46
1508	117	23 September 1997	Philip Casson	Tony McHale		13.90
1509	118	25 September 1997	Philip Casson	Tony McHale	Non character,	14.01
1510	119	29 September 1997	Ray Kilby	David Joss Buckley		14.13
1511	120	30 September 1997	Ray Kilby	Lilie Ferrari		14.43
1512	121	2 October 1997	Ray Kilby	Simon Ashdown	Barry Evans	13.41
1513	122	6 October 1997	Nick Read	Lisa Evans		13.90
1514	123	7 October 1997	Nick Read	Rob Gittins		14.22
1515	124	9 October 1997	Nick Read	Rob Gittins		15.04
1516	125	13 October 1997	Stephen Moore	Christopher Reason		14.57
1517	126	14 October 1997	Stephen Moore	Christopher Reason		14.81
1518	127	16 October 1997	Stephen Moore	Christopher Reason		9.21
1519	128	20 October 1997	Claire Winyard	Annie Wood		Unknown
1520	129	21 October 1997	Claire Winyard	Annie Wood		15.16
1521	130	23 October 1997	Claire Winyard	Annie Wood		Unknown
1522	131	27 October 1997	Dez McCarthy	Jo O'Keefe		Unknown
1523	132	28 October 1997	Dez McCarthy	Stephen Tredre		Unknown
1524	133	30 October 1997	Dez McCarthy	Lynne Dallow		15.21
1525	134	3 November 1997	Julian Holmes	Lisselle Kayla		Unknown
1526	135	4 November 1997	Julian Holmes	Tony Basgallop		14.82
1527	136	6 November 1997	Julian Holmes	Tony Basgallop		Unknown
1528	137	10 November 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Tony Jordan		Unknown
1529	138	11 November 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Tony Jordan		16.81
1530	139	12 November 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Tony Jordan		14.09
1531	140	13 November 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Deborah Cook		Unknown
1532	141	14 November 1997	Paul Wroblewski	Deborah Cook		12.98
1533	142	17 November 1997	Brett Fallis	Mark Illis		15.87
1534	143	18 November 1997	Brett Fallis	Annie Wood		15.13
1535	144	20 November 1997	Brett Fallis	Annie Wood		14.59
1536	145	24 November 1997	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown		14.40
1537	146	25 November 1997	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown		14.67
1538	147	27 November 1997	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown		13.47
1539	148	1 December 1997	Philippa Langdale	Christopher Reason		14.45
1540	149	2 December 1997	Philippa Langdale	Christopher Reason		15.59
1541	150	4 December 1997	Philippa Langdale	Christopher Reason		15.08
1542	151	8 December 1997	Penelope Shales	Julia Honour		13.34
1543	152	9 December 1997	Penelope Shales	Tony Basgallop		14.15
1544	153	11 December 1997	Penelope Shales	Tony Basgallop		13.46
1545	154	15 December 1997	David Richardson	Rob Gittins		7.13
1546	155	16 December 1997	David Richardson	Rob Gittins		15.16
1547	156	18 December 1997	David Richardson	Jo O'Keefe		13.30
1548	157	22 December 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale		11.54
1549	158	23 December 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale		12.82
1550	159	25 December 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Kathy Beale Alex Healy	12.90
1551	160	26 December 1997	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Tiffany Mitchell	11.91
1552	161	29 December 1997	Julian Holmes	Simon Ashdown	Grant Mitchell	14.38
1553	162	30 December 1997	Julian Holmes	Simon Ashdown		15.64

Promotional photos

Courtney Mitchell's Christening
(16 June 1997)