1998

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1998 was EastEnders' thirteenth year of production.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Peggy Mitchell	Barbara Windsor	Full year	124	463	2
2	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden		123	884	7
3	Grant Mitchell	Ross Kemp		122	935	1
4	Tiffany Mitchell	Martine McCutcheon		116	428	9
5	Pat Evans	Pam St Clement		114	1060	10
6	Bianca Butcher	Patsy Palmer		102	577	3
	Simon Raymond	Andrew Lynford			263	6
7	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt		93	1148	15
	Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen			834	5
8	Mark Fowler	Todd Carty		92	804	8
	Ruth Fowler	Caroline Paterson			386	16
9	Lenny Wallace	Desune Coleman		91	220	14
10	Mary Flaherty	Melanie Clark Pullen		90	132	34
11	Huw Edwards	Richard Elis		88	196	21
12	Conor Flaherty	Seán Gleeson		85	102	45
13	Gianni di Marco	Marc Bannerman	From January	81	81	-
14	Terry Raymond	Gavin Richards	Full year	79	115	38
15	Roy Evans	Tony Caunter		77	282	25
	Matthew Rose	Joe Absolom			91	47
16	Frank Butcher	Mike Reid		75	578	47
	Annie Palmer	Nadia Sawalha			139	26
	Louise Raymond	Carol Harrison	From May		75	-
17	Beppe di Marco	Michael Greco	From January	74	74	-
18	Tony Hills	Mark Homer	Full year	73	305	4
19	Barry Evans	Shaun Williamson		72	205	24
20	Alex Healy	Richard Driscoll		70	113	33
21	Teresa di Marco	Leila Birch	From January	68	68	-
22	Mick McFarlane	Sylvester Williams	Full year	67	124	32
	Michael Rose	Russell Floyd			177	25
23	Rosa di Marco	Louise Jameson	From January	66	66	-
24	Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney	Full year	65	342	24
25	Irene Hills	Roberta Taylor		63	106	33
26	Pauline Fowler	Wendy Richard		61	1099	20
27	Sarah Hills	Daniela Denby-Ashe		59	230	17
28	Susan Rose	Tilly Vosburgh	Full year	54	62	49
29	George Palmer	Paul Moriarty	Until December	52	163	19
	Dot Cotton	June Brown	Full year		696	35
30	Sanjay Kapoor	Deepak Verma	Until September	46	453	11
	Kathy Mitchell	Gillian Taylforth	Until April		1177	4
31	Courtney Mitchell	Carissa & Josephine O'Meara	Full year	45	94	31
32	Jeff Healy	Leslie Schofield		40	47	50
33	Nigel Bates	Paul Bradley	Until April	38	514	19
34	Polly Becker	Victoria Gould	Until September	36	85	31
35	Martin Fowler	James Alexandrou	Full year	35	347	39
	Sonia Jackson	Natalie Cassidy			210	28
36	Julie Haye	Karen Henthorn	Until April	29	36	50
37	Nicky di Marco	Carly Hillman	From January	28	28	-
38	Lola Christie	Diane Parish	January to July	27	27	-
	Cindy Beale	Michelle Collins	Until April		575	46
39	Lucy Beale	Casey Anne Rothery	Full year	23	127	37
	Mel Healy	Tamzin Outhwaite	From October		23	-
40	Jamie Mitchell	Jack Ryder	From November	20	20	-
	Clare Tyler	Gemma Bissix	Full year		205	29
41	Peter Beale	Alex Stevens		19	97	45
	Neelam Kapoor	Jamila Massey	Until July		46	41
42	Steven Beale	Edward Savage	Full year	18	158	48
	Bruno di Marco	Leon Lissek	From January to December		18	-
	Nick Holland	Dominic Taylor	Until April		25	50
43	Lorna Cartwright	Janet Dibley	February to April	17	25	49
44	Jessie Moore	Chelsey Paden	Until May	16	30	47
	Luisa di Marco	Stella Tanner	January to November		16	-
	Gita Kapoor	Shobu Kapoor	Until September		344	23
45	Josie McFarlane	Joan Hooley	From August	15	15	-
46	Lilly Mattock	Barbara Keogh	From November	14	14	-
	Josh Saunders	Jon Lee	Until April		17	52
47	Joe di Marco	Jake Kyprianou	From January	13	13	-
48	Kim McFarlane	Krystle Williams	From August	10	10	-
	Ben Mitchell	Matthew Silver	Until April		119	30
	Nicole Moore				10	-
49	Sharmilla Kapoor	Priya Bilkhu	Until September	9	27	50
50	Nick Cotton	John Altman	March	8		-
	Charlie Mason	Campbell Morrison	April & December		8	-
51	Ros Thorne	Clare Grogan	Until April	7
52	Lisa Shaw	Lucy Benjamin	From December	6	6	-
53	Liam Butcher	Sonny Bottomley		4	4	-
	Marcus Christie	Stephen Churchett	December		17
	Nellie Ellis	Elizabeth Kelly			136
	Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick	From November		4	-
54	Max Townsend	Alan Hunter	Until February	3	9	50
	Cindy Williams	Ella Wortley	Until April		3	-
55	Steve Owen	Martin Kemp	From December	2	2	-
56	Saskia Duncan	Deborah Sheridan-Taylor		1	1	-
	Sal Martin	Anna Karen	January		14	48
	Fred Fonseca	Jimi Mistry	September		1	-

Doof Doof Count

Character	Solo	Group	Total	Julia's Theme
Grant Mitchell	16	0	16	No
Kathy Mitchell	11	3	14	Kathy's Theme
Ian Beale	10	3	13	No
Tiffany Mitchell	10	1	11	No
Phil Mitchell	8	1	9	No
Bianca Butcher	7	1	8	No
Louise Raymond	6	2	8	No
Nigel Bates	4	2	6	Yes
Pat Evans	5	1	6	No
Peggy Mitchell	3	2	5	No
Mark Fowler	4	1	5	No
Non character	5	N/A	5	No
Annie Palmer	2	2	4	No
Roy Evans	3	1	4	No
Ruth Fowler	2	2	4	No
Irene Hills	3	1	4	No
Terry Raymond	3	1	4	No
Frank Butcher	3	1	4	No
Gianni di Marco	2	2	4	No
Cindy Beale	3	0	3	No
Dot Cotton	3	0	3	No
Alex Healy	1	2	3	No
Susan Rose	2	1	3	No
Barry Evans	1	2	3	No
Lenny Wallace	1	2	3	No
Tony Hills	3	0	3	No
Beppe di Marco	2	1	3	No
Sanjay Kapoor	3	0	3	No
Michael Rose	1	1	2	No
Huw Edwards	0	2	2	No
Robbie Jackson	0	2	2	No
Julie Haye	0	2	2	Yes
Gita Kapoor	2	0	2	No
Teresa di Marco	0	2	2	No
Rosa di Marco	1	1	2	No
Mary Flaherty	1	0	1	No
Lucy Beale	0	1	1	No
Peter Beale	0	1	1	No
Steven Beale	0	1	1	No
Pauline Fowler	1	0	1	No
Sarah Hills	1	0	1	No
George Palmer	1	0	1	No
Arjun Kapoor	1	0	1	No
Matthew Rose	1	0	1	No
Mick McFarlane	1	0	1	No
Ricky Butcher	0	1	1	No
Conor Flaherty	0	1	1	No
Gina Williams	0	1	1	No
Courtney Mitchell	0	1	1	No

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Director	Writer	Doof Doof	Viewers (millions)
1554	1	1 January 1998	Julian Holmes	Lisselle Kayla	Cindy Beale	14.54
1555	2	5 January 1998	Geoff Feld	Susan Boyd	Kathy Mitchell	15.35
1556	3	6 January 1998	Geoff Feld	Susan Boyd	Kathy Mitchell Alex Healy	15.37
1557	4	7 January 1998	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Kathy Mitchell	14.02
1558	5	8 January 1998	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Cindy Beale	15.52
1559	6	9 January 1998	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Non character,	13.81
1560	7	12 January 1998	Tim Leandro	Lynne Dallow	Nigel Bates	15.45
1561	8	13 January 1998	Tim Leandro	Annie Wood	Nigel Bates	15.91
1562	9	15 January 1998	Tim Leandro	Annie Wood	Michael Rose	14.97
1563	10	19 January 1998	Clare Kilner	Lisa Evans	Susan Rose	15.70
1564	11	20 January 1998	Clare Kilner	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Sanjay Kapoor	14.81
1565	12	22 January 1998	Clare Kilner	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Sanjay Kapoor	14.36
1566	13	26 January 1998	Robert Gabriel	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Dot Cotton	15.46
1567	14	27 January 1998	Robert Gabriel	Christopher Reason	Dot Cotton	14.45
1568	15	29 January 1998	Robert Gabriel	Christopher Reason	Ian Beale	14.45
1569	16	2 February 1998	Steve Shill	Stephen Tredre	Kathy Mitchell	14.52
1570	17	3 February 1998	Steve Shill	Rob Gittins	Kathy Mitchell Alex Healy	14.61
1571	18	5 February 1998	Steve Shill	Rob Gittins	Alex Healy	14.46
1572	19	9 February 1998	Adrian Bean	Mark Illis	Ian Beale	15.05
1573	20	10 February 1998	Adrian Bean	Keith Temple	Tiffany Mitchell	12.46
1574	21	12 February 1998	Adrian Bean	Keith Temple	Grant Mitchell	14.10
1575	22	16 February 1998	Philip Casson	Clare McIntyre	Kathy Mitchell	14.38
1576	23	17 February 1998	Philip Casson	Tony McHale	Kathy Mitchell	14.26
1577	24	19 February 1998	Philip Casson	Tony McHale	Kathy Mitchell	13.73
1578	25	23 February 1998	Haldane Duncan	Tony McHale	Kathy Mitchell	14.84
1579	26	24 February 1998	Haldane Duncan	Lisselle Kayla	Phil Mitchell	14.41
1580	27	26 February 1998	Haldane Duncan	Barrie Shore	Ian Beale	14.27
1581	28	2 March 1998	Ray Kilby	Susan Boyd	Phil Mitchell	13.71
1582	29	3 March 1998	Ray Kilby	Susan Boyd	Phil Mitchell Annie Palmer	14.80
1583	30	5 March 1998	Ray Kilby	Lynne Dallow	Ian Beale	14.28
1584	31	9 March 1998	Brett Fallis	Joanne Maguire	Mary Flaherty	13.73
1585	32	10 March 1998	Brett Fallis	Joanne Maguire	Mark Fowler	14.95
1586	33	12 March 1998	Brett Fallis	Joanne Maguire	Ruth Fowler	08.01
1587	34	16 March 1998	Penelope Shales	Tony Basgallop	Roy Evans	13.43
1588	35	17 March 1998	Penelope Shales	Tony Basgallop	Ian Beale	14.21
1589	36	19 March 1998	Penelope Shales	Lilie Ferrari	Nigel Bates Julie Haye	13.37
1590	37	23 March 1998	Tim Leandro	Jo O'Keefe	Kathy Mitchell	14.25
1591	38	24 March 1998	Tim Leandro	Keith Temple	Kathy Mitchell	14.48
1592	39	26 March 1998	Tim Leandro	Keith Temple	Cindy Beale	13.99
1593	40	30 March 1998	Julian Holmes	Stephen Tredre	Ian Beale	13.77
1594	41	31 March 1998	Julian Holmes	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Ian Beale Kathy Mitchell	12.86
1595	42	2 April 1998	Julian Holmes	Nicholas Hicks-Beach	Ian Beale Lucy Beale Peter Beale Steven Beale	13.19
1596	43	6 April 1998	Stephen Garwood	Tony McHale	Grant Mitchell	13.19
1597	44	7 April 1998	Stephen Garwood	Tony McHale	Ian Beale	13.87
1598	45	9 April 1998	Stephen Garwood	Tony McHale	Kathy Mitchell	13.46
1599	46	10 April 1998	Geoff Feld	Christopher Reason	Kathy Mitchell, Kathy's Theme	13.48
1600	47	13 April 1998	Philippa Langdale	Lisa Evans	Phil Mitchell	14.09
1601	48	14 April 1998	Philippa Langdale	Annie Wood	Nigel Bates	14.73
1602	49	16 April 1998	Philippa Langdale	Annie Wood	Nigel Bates	13.70
1603	50	20 April 1998	Haldane Duncan	Tony Basgallop	Dot Cotton	12.69
1604	51	21 April 1998	Haldane Duncan	Tony Basgallop	Grant Mitchell	13.92
1605	52	23 April 1998	Haldane Duncan	Lisselle Kayla	Peggy Mitchell	12.71
1606	53	27 April 1998	Philip Casson	Mark Illis	Tiffany Mitchell	12.49
1607	54	28 April 1998	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown	Dot Cotton	13.56
1608	55	30 April 1998	Philip Casson	Simon Ashdown	Nigel Bates Julie Haye, Julia's Theme	13.30
1609	56	4 May 1998	Brett Fallis	Shaun Prendergast	Lenny Wallace	9.25
1610	57	5 May 1998	Brett Fallis	Rob Gittins	Bianca Butcher	13.92
1611	58	7 May 1998	Brett Fallis	Rob Gittins	Bianca Butcher	11.48
1612	59	11 May 1998	Pip Short	Christopher Reason	Irene Hills	12.84
1613	60	12 May 1998	Pip Short	Christopher Reason	Louise Raymond	12.59
1614	61	14 May 1998	Pip Short	Christopher Reason	Irene Hills Terry Raymond	11.74
1615	62	18 May 1998	Julie Edwards	Al Hunter Ashton	Bianca Butcher	11.93
1616	63	19 May 1998	Julie Edwards	Barry McCarthy	Tiffany Mitchell	12.08
1617	64	21 May 1998	Julie Edwards	Keith Temple	Bianca Butcher	11.40
1618	65	25 May 1998	Tim Leandro	Joanne Maguire	Michael Rose Susan Rose	11.89
1619	66	26 May 1998	Tim Leandro	Joanne Maguire	Phil Mitchell	13.55
1620	67	28 May 1998	Tim Leandro	Joanne Maguire	Susan Rose	11.80
1621	68	1 June 1998	David Richardson	Tony McHale	Peggy Mitchell	13.00
1622	69	2 June 1998	David Richardson	Tony McHale	Phil Mitchell	14.09
1623	70	4 June 1998	David Richardson	Rachel Pole	Phil Mitchell	12.23
1624	71	8 June 1998	Philip Casson	Tony Basgallop	Terry Raymond	13.62
1625	72	9 June 1998	Philip Casson	Tony Basgallop	Peggy Mitchell	13.46
1626	73	12 June 1998	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan	Roy Evans	9.45
1627	74	15 June 1998	Geoff Feld	Keith Temple	Pat Evans	11.51
1628	75	16 June 1998	Geoff Feld	Keith Temple	Pat Evans	10.63
1629	76	17 June 1998	Geoff Feld	Julie Wassmer	Terry Raymond	10.86
1630/1631	77	25 June 1998	Robert Gabriel	Annie Wood	Pauline Fowler	11.43
1632	78	26 June 1998	Robert Gabriel	Annie Wood	Sarah Hills	9.80
1633	79	29 June 1998	Ray Kilby	Lisselle Kayla	Irene Hills	10.91
1634	80	1 July 1998	Ray Kilby	Lisselle Kayla	Terry Raymond	12.14
1635	81	2 July 1998	Ray Kilby	Christopher Reason	George Palmer	14.98
1636	82	6 July 1998	Tom Hooper	Christopher Reason	Grant Mitchell	14.82
1637/1638	83	9 July 1998	Tom Hooper	Simon Ashdown	Grant Mitchell	15.86
1638A	—	10 July 1998	Sarah Harding	John Derek	Barry Evans	9.82
1638B	—	11 July 1998	Sarah Harding	John Derek	Lenny Wallace Huw Edwards Robbie Jackson Barry Evans	8.38
1638C	—	12 July 1998	Sarah Harding	John Derek	Lenny Wallace Huw Edwards Robbie Jackson Barry Evans Roy Evans	5.43
1639	84	13 July 1998	Julie Edwards	Clare McIntyre	Grant Mitchell	14.68
1640	85	14 July 1998	Julie Edwards	Carol Noble	Grant Mitchell	15.81
1641	86	16 July 1998	Julie Edwards	Barrie Shore	Grant Mitchell	15.13
1642	87	20 July 1998	Brett Fallis	Lilie Ferrari	Mark Fowler	14.05
1643	88	21 July 1998	Brett Fallis	Rob Gittins	Arjun Kapoor	14.93
1644	89	23 July 1998	Brett Fallis	Rob Gittins	Sanjay Kapoor	15.34
1645	90	27 July 1998	Dez McCarthy	Lynne Dallow	Gita Kapoor	13.13
1646	91	28 July 1998	Dez McCarthy	Christopher Reason	Tony Hills	14.56
1647	92	30 July 1998	Dez McCarthy	Christopher Reason	Gianni di Marco Beppe di Marco	14.95
1648	93	3 August 1998	Philippa Langdale	Tony Basgallop	Teresa di Marco	14.12
1649	94	4 August 1998	Philippa Langdale	Tony Basgallop	Matthew Rose	14.23
1650	95	6 August 1998	Philippa Langdale	Tony Basgallop	Tony Hills	14.40
1651	96	10 August 1998	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Gianni di Marco	12.71
1652	97	11 August 1998	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Frank Butcher	13.39
1653	98	13 August 1998	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Frank Butcher	15.89
1654	99	17 August 1998	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Irene Hills	14.48
1655	100	18 August 1998	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Louise Raymond	15.21
1656	101	20 August 1998	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Louise Raymond	16.51
1657	102	24 August 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Rachel Pole	Grant Mitchell	14.26
1658	103	25 August 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Keith Temple	Mick McFarlane	14.53
1659	104	27 August 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Keith Temple	Peggy Mitchell	14.03
1660	105	31 August 1998	Adrian Bean	Annie Wood	Frank Butcher Peggy Mitchell	14.16
1661	106	1 September 1998	Adrian Bean	Annie Wood	Phil Mitchell	15.06
1662	107	3 September 1998	Adrian Bean	Julie Wassmer	Pat Evans	15.30
1663	108	7 September 1998	Jamie Annett	Julie Wassmer	Louise Raymond Tiffany Mitchell	12.70
1664	109	8 September 1998	Jamie Annett	Barry McCarthy	Grant Mitchell	14.68
1665	110	10 September 1998	Jamie Annett	Annie Wood	Grant Mitchell
1666/1667	111	13 September 1998	Tom Hooper	Simon Ashdown	Tiffany Mitchell	12.61
1668	112	14 September 1998	Julie Edwards	Christopher Reason	Louise Raymond	15.31
1669	113	15 September 1998	Julie Edwards	Christopher Reason	Ricky Butcher Bianca Butcher	14.36
1670	114	17 September 1998	Julie Edwards	Christopher Reason	Non character,	14.86
1671	115	21 September 1998	Julian Holmes	Rob Gittins	Gita Kapoor	13.72
1672	116	22 September 1998	Julian Holmes	Rob Gittins	Louise Raymond	14.10
1673	117	24 September 1998	Julian Holmes	Roy Gaunt	Mark Fowler Ruth Fowler	15.12
1674	118	28 September 1998	Susan Tully	Jo O'Keefe	Tony Hills	14.09
1675	119	29 September 1998	Susan Tully	Jo O'Keefe	Gianni di Marco	14.64
1676	120	1 October 1998	Susan Tully	Joanne Maguire	Grant Mitchell	16.33
1677	121	5 October 1998	Susan Tully	Lilie Ferrari	Grant Mitchell	15.29
1678	122	6 October 1998	Susan Tully	Doug Briggs	Phil Mitchell	15.65
1679	123	8 October 1998	Susan Tully	Lynne Dallow	Non character,	16.40
1680	124	12 October 1998	Tim Leandro	Tony Basgallop	Ruth Fowler Conor Flaherty	15.36
1681	125	13 October 1998	Tim Leandro	Tony Basgallop	Mark Fowler	15.02
1682	126	15 October 1998	Tim Leandro	Tony Basgallop	Mark Fowler	16.25
1683	127	19 October 1998	Philip Draycott	Annie Wood	Ruth Fowler	16.04
1684	128	21 October 1998	Philip Draycott	Annie Wood	Non character,	15.07
1685	129	22 October 1998	Philip Draycott	Annie Wood	Roy Evans	16.41
1686	130	26 October 1998	Paul Annett	Tony McHale	Pat Evans	17.16
1687	131	27 October 1998	Paul Annett	Tony Jordan	Pat Evans Peggy Mitchell	18.34
1688	132	29 October 1998	Paul Annett	Tony McHale	Frank Butcher	19.05
1689	133	2 November 1998	Adrian Bean	Keith Temple	Pat Evans	16.90
1690	134	3 November 1998	Adrian Bean	Keith Temple	Ian Beale	18.24
1691	135	5 November 1998	Adrian Bean	Rob Gittins	Ian Beale	17.31
1692	16	9 November 1998	Robert Gabriel	Rob Gittins	Ian Beale	17.14
1693	137	10 November 1998	Robert Gabriel	Jo O'Keefe	Ian Beale Gina Williams	17.24
1694	138	12 November 1998	Robert Gabriel	Jo O'Keefe	Non character,	18.36
1695	139	16 November 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Julia Honour	Rosa di Marco	16.95
1696	140	17 November 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Julia Honour	Rosa di Marco Teresa di Marco	17.90
1697	141	19 November 1998	Kenneth Glenaan	Julia Honour	Annie Palmer Gianni di Marco	17.39
1698	142	23 November 1998	Dez McCarthy	Ben Cooper	Bianca Butcher	15.63
1699	143	24 November 1998	Dez McCarthy	Lynne Dallow	Louise Raymond	17.47
1700	144	26 November 1998	Dez McCarthy	Lynne Dallow	Bianca Butcher	16.67
1701	145	30 November 1998	Philip Casson	Rachel Pole	Tiffany Mitchell	17.26
1702	146	1 December 1998	Philip Casson	Joanne Maguire	Tiffany Mitchell	19.92
1703	147	3 December 1998	Philip Casson	Barrie Shore	Grant Mitchell	20.18
1704	148	7 December 1998	Susan Tully	Jenny Lecoat	Annie Palmer	18.19
1705	149	8 December 1998	Susan Tully	Carol Noble	Louise Raymond Courtney Mitchell	18.44
1706	150	10 December 1998	Susan Tully	Rob Gittins	Tiffany Mitchell	18.67
1707	151	14 December 1998	Jamie Annett	Lisa Evans	Grant Mitchell	16.13
1708	152	15 December 1998	Jamie Annett	Julie Wassmer	Beppe di Marco	17.76
1709	153	17 December 1998	Jamie Annett	Julie Wassmer	Grant Mitchell	17.71
1710/1711	154	21 December 1998	Julie Edwards	Tony McHale	Tiffany Mitchell	17.10
1712	155	22 December 1998	Julie Edwards	Tony McHale	Annie Palmer	19.42
1713	156	24 December 1998	Julie Edwards	Tony McHale	Tiffany Mitchell	17.50
1714	157	25 December 1998 - Part 1	Paul Annett	Annie Wood	Bianca Butcher	16.15
1715	158	25 December 1998 - Part 2	Paul Annett	Annie Wood	Tiffany Mitchell	22.14
1716	159	28 December 1998	Jim Shields	Julian Perkins	Beppe di Marco	19.07
1717	160	29 December 1998	Jim Shields	Doug Briggs	Tiffany Mitchell	21.14
1718	161	31 December 1998	Jim Shields	Simon Ashdown	Grant Mitchell	18.48

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