2018

2018 was EastEnders' thirty-third year of production.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Previous year's ranking
1	Linda Carter	Kellie Bright	Full year	139	28
2	Stacey Fowler	Lacey Turner		127	2
3	Mick Carter	Danny Dyer	Full year, however did not appear for much of the latter part of the year as the character was imprisoned.	121	1
4	Keanu Taylor	Danny Walters	Full year	113	33
5	Shirley Carter	Linda Henry	Full year excluding August	110	6
6	Martin Fowler	James Bye	Full year	109	4
	Karen Taylor	Lorraine Stanley			29
7	Mo Harris	Laila Morse	From March	107	-
8	Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick	Full year	105	29
	Bernadette Taylor	Clair Norris			36
	Kat Moon	Jessie Wallace	From March		-
9	Whitney Dean	Shona McGarty	Full year	102	7
10	Sharon Mitchell	Letitia Dean		101	12
11	Mel Owen	Tamzin Outhwaite	From January	100	-
	Jean Slater	Gillian Wright	From March		58
12	Hayley Slater	Katie Jarvis	From February	97	-
	Keegan Baker	Zack Morris	Full year		25
13	Tina Carter	Luisa Bradshaw-White	Full year excluding August	91	21
	Jack Branning	Scott Maslen	Full year		18
	Tiffany Butcher	Maisie Smith	From January		-
14	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt	Full year	88	4
15	Callum Highway	Tony Clay		85	-
	Kim Fox-Hubbard	Tameka Empson			19
16	Denise Fox	Diane Parish		82	9
17	Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney		81	38
18	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden	Break from August to November	78	31
19	Honey Mitchell	Emma Barton	Full year	77	17
20	Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick		75	26
21	Stuart Highway	Ricky Champ	From May	74	-
22	Kathy Beale	Gillian Taylforth	Full year	73	14
23	Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra		72	55
	Louise Mitchell	Tilly Keeper			23
	Hunter Owen	Charlie Winter	From February		-
24	Max Branning	Jake Wood	Full year	70	11
25	Kush Kazemi	Davood Ghadami		69	8
26	Sonia Fowler	Natalie Cassidy		68	37
	Carmel Kazemi	Bonnie Langford	Until November		3
27	Ted Murray	Christopher Timothy	Until October	67	41
28	Bex Fowler	Jasmine Armfileld	Full year	65	16
29	Patrick Trueman	Rudolph Walker		59	33
30	Rainie Branning	Tanya Franks	January, then from April	58	-
31	Arshad Ahmed	Madhav Sharma	Full year	47	-
32	Donna Yates	Lisa Hammond	Until July	45	22
33	Dennis Rickman Jr	Bleu Landau	Full year	40	32
34	Mariam Ahmed	Indira Joshi		39	-
35	Hope Fowler	Uncredited		30
	Arthur Fowler	Hunter Bell
36	Vincent Hubbard	Richard Blackwood	Until April	28	31
37	Ruby Allen	Louisa Lytton	From September	26	-
	Ray Kelly	Sean Mahon
38	Dot Branning	June Brown	Full year	24	35
39	Jagger Rawley	Aaron Thomas Ward	From August	22	-
40	Alfie Moon	Shane Richie	May, then from November	21
41	Adam Bateman	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	From August	19
42	Aidan Maguire	Patrick Bergin	Until March	17	52
43	Woody Woodward	Lee Ryan	Until June	16	40
44	Joyce Murray	Maggie Steed	Until March	15	49
45	Shakil Kazemi	Shaheen Jafargholi	Until May	12	27
	Cora Cross	Ann Mitchell	January–February, July, November		53
46	Michelle Fowler	Jenna Russell	Until April	11	14
47	Lauren Branning	Jacqueline Jossa	Until February	10	10
48	Abi Branning	Lorna Fitzgerald	First 3 weeks of January	8	16
	Maddie Wright	Robyn Page	From October		-
	Tracey	Jane Slaughter	Full year		58
	Tommy Moon	Shay Crotty	December		-
49	Ben Mitchell	Harry Reid	First 2 weeks of January	7	20
	Bert Moon	Elliot Briffet	December		-
	Ernie Moon	Cody Briffet
50	Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton	From November	6	-
51	Josh Hemmings	Eddie Eyre	Until February	5	39
	Johnny Carter	Ted Reilly	January		13
52	Nicola Kelly	Alexandra Gilbreath	From December	3	-

Doof Doof Count

Character	Solo	Group	Total	Julia's Theme
Mick Carter	25	2	27	No
Stuart Highway	13	2	15	No
Linda Carter	11	1	12	No
Hayley Slater	9	3	12	No
Mel Owen	10	1	11	No
Max Branning	6	4	10	No
Keanu Taylor	6	4	10	No
Stacey Fowler	7	2	9	No
Kat Moon	6	2	8	No
Sharon Mitchell	6	2	8	No
Rainie Branning	3	4	7	No
Vincent Hubbard	5	1	6	No
Phil Mitchell	5	1	6	No
Alfie Moon	6	0	6	No
Martin Fowler	3	2	5	No
Tina Carter	4	1	5	No
Ruby Allen	3	1	4	No
Keegan Baker	4	0	4	No
Jack Branning	3	1	4	No
Lauren Branning	2	1	3	Yes
Callum Highway	3	0	3	No
Carmel Kazemi	2	1	3	No
Aidan Maguire	2	1	3	No
Ted Murray	2	1	3	No
Hunter Owen	3	0	3	No
Jean Walters	3	0	3	No
Karen Taylor	2	1	3	No
Kathy Beale	2	0	2	No
Tiffany Butcher	2	0	2	No
Sonia Fowler	1	1	2	No
Mo Harris	1	1	2	No
Ray Kelly	1	1	2	No
Billy Mitchell	1	1	2	No
Honey Mitchell	1	1	2	No
Louise Mitchell	1	1	2	No
Joyce Murray	1	1	2	No
Cherry Slater	0	2	2	No
Ross Swinden	0	2	2	No
Mitch Baker	1	0	1	No
Ian Beale	1	0	1	No
Louie Beale	0	1	1	Yes
Dylan Box	1	0	1	No
Abi Branning	1	0	1	No
Abi Branning Jr	0	1	1	No
Jay Brown	0	1	1	No
Shirley Carter	0	1	1	No
Matt Clarkson	0	1	1	No
Whitney Dean	1	0	1	No
Denise Fox	0	1	1	No
Kim Fox-Hubbard	1	0	1	No
Kush Kazemi	1	0	1	No
Ciara Maguire	1	0	1	No
Amy Mitchell	1	0	1	No
Ben Mitchell	1	0	1	No
Dennis Rickman Jr	1	0	1	No
Bev Slater	1	0	1	No
Judith Thompson	1	0	1	No

Episodes

#	Ep. No.	Date	Director	Writer	Doof Doof	Viewers (millions)
5628/5629	1	1 January 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Mark Catley	Linda Carter Shirley Carter	7.81
5630/5631	2	2 January 2018	John Howlett	Mark Catley/Simon Norman	Max Branning	6.95
5632	3	3 January 2018	John Howlett	Kim Revill	Mick Carter Vincent Hubbard Aidan Maguire Billy Mitchell Phil Mitchell Keanu Taylor	7.4
5633	4	4 January 2018	John Howlett	Kim Revill	Phil Mitchell	7.31
5634	5	8 January 2018	John Dower	Mark Stevenson	Ben Mitchell	7.78
5635	6	9 January 2018	John Dower	Rob Gittins	Mel Owen	7.77
5636	7	11 January 2018	John Dower	Rob Gittins	Mel Owen	7.35
5637	8	12 January 2018	John Dower	Matthew Barry	Ciara Maguire	7.22
5638	9	15 January 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Colin Wyatt	Max Branning	7.13
5639	10	16 January 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Jonny O'Neill	Max Branning	7.11
5640	11	18 January 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Matthew Barry	Lauren Branning Max Branning	7.19
5641	12	19 January 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Matthew Barry	Abi Branning silent credits	7.16
5642	13	22 January 2018	Jamie Annett	Pete Lawson	Stacey Fowler	7.07
5643	14	23 January 2018	Jamie Annett	Jeff Povey	Martin Fowler	6.99
5644	15	24 January 2018	Jamie Annett	Daran Little	Mick Carter	6.51
5645	16	25 January 2018	Jamie Annett	Daran Little	Jay Brown Denise Fox Carmel Kazemi Honey Mitchell Sharon Mitchell Joyce Murray Ted Murray Karen Taylor Keanu Taylor	6.89
5646	17	29 January 2018	Jane Ashmore	Lauren Klee	Aidan Maguire	6.56
5647	18	30 January 2018	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Linda Carter	7.15
5648	19	1 February 2018	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Mel Owen	6.09
5649	20	2 February 2018	Jane Ashmore	Lisa Gifford	Mel Owen	6.73
5650	21	5 February 2018	Afia Nkrumah	Jaden Clark	Mel Owen	6.56
5651	22	6 February 2018	Afia Nkrumah	Jesse O'Mahoney	Billy Mitchell	5.85
5652	23	8 February 2018	Afia Nkrumah	Christopher Reason	Honey Mitchell	6.99
5653	24	9 February 2018	Afia Nkrumah	Christopher Reason	Hayley Slater	6.65
5654	25	12 February 2018	Dominic Keavey	Sumerah Srivastav	Max Branning	6.51
5655	26	13 February 2018	Dominic Keavey	Mark Stevenson	Lauren Branning	6.7
5656	27	15 February 2018	Dominic Keavey	Carey Andrews	Whitney Carter	6.5
5657	28	16 February 2018	Dominic Keavey	Carey Andrews	Lauren Branning Louie Beale; Julia's Theme	6.44
5658	29	20 February 2018	Laurence Wilson	Jonny O'Neill	Martin Fowler	6.6
5659	30	21 February 2018	Laurence Wilson	Rob Gittins	Vincent Hubbard	5.67
5660/5661	31	22 February 2018	Laurence Wilson	Rob Gittins/Davey Jones	Mick Carter	5.65
5662	32	26 February 2018	Waris Islam	Simon Norman	Mick Carter	6.46
5663	33	27 February 2018	Waris Islam	Wendy Granditer	Stacey Fowler	6.64
5664	34	1 March 2018	Waris Islam	Matthew Barry	Linda Carter	6.98
5665	35	2 March 2018	Waris Islam	Simon Norman	Mick Carter	6.84
5666	36	5 March 2018	Richard Lynn	Kim Revill	Mick Carter	6.56
5667	37	6 March 2018	Richard Lynn	Mark Catley	Aidan Maguire	6.75
5668	38	8 March 2018	Richard Lynn	Mark Catley	Mick Carter	6.06
5669	39	9 March 2018	Richard Lynn	Mark Catley	Phil Mitchell	6.68
5670	40	12 March 2018	John Greening	Pete Lawson	Keegan Baker	6.54
5671	41	13 March 2018	John Greening	Colin Wyatt	Keanu Taylor	5.27
5672	42	15 March 2018	John Greening	Christopher Reason	Keegan Baker	6.26
5673	43	16 March 2018	John Greening	Christopher Reason	Stacey Fowler	6.48
5674	44	19 March 2018	John Howlett	Jeff Povey	Stacey Fowler Martin Fowler	6.74
5675	45	20 March 2018	John Howlett	Jeff Povey	Stacey Fowler	6.87
5676	46	22 March 2018 - Part 1	John Howlett	Jeff Povey	Kat Moon	6.6
5677	47	22 March 2018 - Part 2	Karl Neilson	Harry Holmes (Tony Jordan)	Stacey Fowler Kat Moon Mo Harris	6.51
5678	48	26 March 2018	Ian White	Rob Gittins	Mitch Baker	6.58
5679	49	27 March 2018	Ian White	Phil Clymer	Karen Taylor	6.06
5680	50	29 March 2018	Ian White	Lauren Klee	Joyce Murray	6.18
5681	51	30 March 2018	Ian White	Lauren Klee	Ted Murray	6.32
5682	52	2 April 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Peter Mattessi	Hunter Owen	6.89
5683	53	3 April 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Madeleine Clifford	Judith Thompson	6.75
5684	54	5 April 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Simon Norman	Hunter Owen	6.35
5685	55	6 April 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Simon Norman	Phil Mitchell	6.05
5686	56	9 April 2018	James Larkin	Jesse O'Mahoney	Phil Mitchell	6.44
5687	57	10 April 2018	James Larkin	Julia Honour	Mel Owen	5.46
5688	58	12 April 2018	James Larkin	Daran Little	Kat Moon	6.18
5689	59	13 April 2018	James Larkin	Daran Little	Vincent Hubbard	6.03
5690	60	16 April 2018	Jane Ashmore	Mark Stevenson	Vincent Hubbard	6.51
5691	61	17 April 2018	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Phil Mitchell	6.63
5692	62	19 April 2018	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Vincent Hubbard	5.78
5693	63	20 April 2018	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Vincent Hubbard	5.51
5694	64	23 April 2018	Toby Frow	Johnny Candon	Max Branning	6.08
5695	65	24 April 2018	Toby Frow	Mark Catley	Max Branning Rainie Branning	6.6
5696	66	26 April 2018	Toby Frow	Mark Catley	Max Branning Rainie Branning Abi Branning	6.16
5697	67	27 April 2018	Toby Frow	Robert Evans	Rainie Branning	5.99
5698	68	30 April 2018	David Tucker	Jeff Povey	Callum Highway	6.22
5699	69	1 May 2018	David Tucker	Jeff Povey	Non-character; Shot of car lot	6.52
5700	70	3 May 2018	David Tucker	Pete Lawson	Mel Owen	6.11
5701	71	4 May 2018	David Tucker	Pete Lawson	Callum Highway	5.91
5702	72	7 May 2018	Dominic Keavey	Jeff Povey	Mel Owen	5.64
5703	73	8 May 2018	Dominic Keavey	Carey Andrews	Mick Carter Stuart Highway	6.1
5704	74	10 May 2018	Dominic Keavey	Carey Andrews	Martin Fowler Sonia Jackson	6.04
5705	75	11 May 2018	Dominic Keavey	Jeff Povey	Sonia Jackson	5.8
5706	76	14 May 2018	John Dower	Rob Gittins	Hayley Slater	6.26
5707	77	15 May 2018	John Dower	Lauren Klee	Stuart Highway	5.97
5708	78	17 May 2018	John Dower	Lauren Klee	Stacey Fowler	5.6
5709	79	18 May 2018	John Dower	Kim Revill	Non-character; Shot of Lily's picture whilst Martin and Stacey get back together	5.95
5710	80	21 May 2018	Karl Neilson	Mark Catley	Keegan Baker	5.97
5711	81	22 May 2018	Karl Neilson	Mark Catley	Mick Carter	5.33
5712	82	24 May 2018	Karl Neilson	Mark Catley	Alfie Moon	6.32
5713	83	25 May 2018	Karl Neilson	Kim Revill	Carmel Kazemi	6.49
5714	84	28 May 2018	Waris Islam	Kim Revill	Mick Carter	5.72
5715	85	29 May 2018	Waris Islam	Madeleine Clifford	Kush Kazemi	6.1
5716	86	31 May 2018	Waris Islam	Madeleine Clifford	Mick Carter	5.54
5717	87	1 June 2018	Waris Islam	Jesse O'Mahoney	Hayley Slater	5.14
5718	88	4 June 2018	Richard Lynn	Rob Gittins	Sharon Mitchell	6.08
5719	89	5 June 2018	Richard Lynn	Rob Gittins	Jack Branning	4.97
5720	90	7 June 2018	Richard Lynn	Jeff Povey	Kim Fox-Hubbard	5.77
5721	91	8 June 2018	Richard Lynn	Johnny Candon	Jack Branning	5.99
5722	92	11 June 2018	Kate Saxon	Pete Lawson	Mick Carter	6
5723	93	12 June 2018	Kate Saxon	Pete Lawson	Mick Carter	5.29
5724	94	14 June 2018	Kate Saxon	Jonny O'Neill	Mo Harris	5.81
5725	95	15 June 2018	Kate Saxon	Jonny O'Neill	Mick Carter	5.76
5726/5727	96	18 June 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Madeleine Clifford/Jesse O'Mahoney	Mick Carter	5.79
5728	97	21 June 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Jesse O'Mahoney	Stuart Highway	5.69
5729	98	22 June 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Simon Norman	Mick Carter	5.48
5730/5731	99	25 June 2018	Jane Ashmore	Kenny Emson/Jeff Povey	Stuart Highway	5.6
5732	100	29 June 2018 - Part 1	Jane Ashmore	Daran Little	Stuart Highway	4.98
5733	101	29 June 2018 - Part 2	Jane Ashmore	Daran Little	Stuart Highway	4.64
5734	102	2 July 2018	John Greening	Lauren Klee	Max Branning Rainie Branning	5.61
5735	103	5 July 2018	John Greening	Lynne Dallow	Rainie Branning	5.21
5736	104	5 July 2018	John Greening	Carey Andrews	Carmel Kazemi	5.33
5737	105	6 July 2018	John Greening	Peter McKenna	Non-character; shot of the London skyline, while sound clips of the families of knife crime victims and news reports played over the credits	5.72
5738	106	9 July 2018	Penelope Shales-Slyne	Johnny Candon	Linda Carter	5.84
5739	107	10 July 2018	Penelope Shales-Slyne	Christopher Reason	Rainie Branning	5.52
5740	108	12 July 2018	Penelope Shales-Slyne	Pete Lawson	Tina Carter	5.66
5741	109	13 July 2018	Penelope Shales-Slyne	Pete Lawson	Tina Carter	5.31
5742	110	16 July 2018	Steve Finn	Mark Stevenson	Stuart Highway	5.85
5743	111	17 July 2018	Steve Finn	Patrick Homes	Tina Carter	4.7
5744	112	19 July 2018	Steve Finn	John Hickman	Mick Carter	4.56
5745	113	20 July 2018	Steve Finn	Rob Gittins	Mick Carter	5.11
5746	114	23 July 2018	David Moor	Rob Gittins	Stuart Highway	6.03
5747	115	24 July 2018	David Moor	Jesse O'Mahoney	Stuart Highway Tina Carter	4.96
5748	116	26 July 2018	David Moor	Jeff Povey	Stuart Highway	5.62
5749	117	27 July 2018	David Moor	Matthew Hurt	Stuart Highway	5.44
5750	118	30 July 2018	James Larkin	Lauren Klee	Jean Slater	5.65
5751	119	31 July 2018	James Larkin	Lauren Klee	Jean Slater	4.86
5752	120	2 August 2018	James Larkin	Peter Mattessi	Stuart Highway	5.54
5753	121	3 August 2018	James Larkin	Jonny O'Neill	Stuart Highway	5.29
5754	122	6 August 2018	Waris Islam	Kim Revill	Non-character; photo of Stuart and Halfway, after Stuart scratched Halfway's face out	5.77
5755	123	7 August 2018	Waris Islam	Kim Revill	Keanu Taylor	5.59
5756	124	9 August 2018	Waris Islam	Pete Lawson	Keanu Taylor	5.41
5757	125	10 August 2018	Waris Islam	Pete Lawson	Stuart Highway	5.2
5758	126	13 August 2018	Jane Ashmore	Pete Lawson	Keanu Taylor	5.57
5759	127	14 August 2018	Jane Ashmore	Robert Butler	Keanu Taylor	5.39
5760	128	16 August 2018	Jane Ashmore	Angela Murray	Dennis Rickman	5.58
5761	129	17 August 2018	Jane Ashmore	Carey Andrews	Sharon Mitchell	5.65
5762	130	20 August 2018	Laurence Wilson	Mark Catley	Kathy Beale	5.42
5763	131	21 August 2018	Laurence Wilson	Robert Evans	Ian Beale	5.52
5764	132	23 August 2018	Laurence Wilson	Jonny O'Neill	Kathy Beale	5.66
5765	133	24 August 2018	Laurence Wilson	Rob Gittins	Ted Murray	6.02
5766	134	27 August 2018	John Dower	Peter Mattessi	Sharon Mitchell	5.93
5767	135	28 August 2018	John Dower	Peter Mattessi	Sharon Mitchell	6.02
5768	136	30 August 2018	John Dower	Johnny Candon	Sharon Mitchell	5.7
5769	137	31 August 2018	John Dower	Johnny Candon	Sharon Mitchell Keanu Taylor	5.51
5770	138	3 September 2018	Karl Neilson	Jonny O'Neill	Non-character; shot of the Queen Vic as a gunshot was heard from inside	6.13
5771	139	4 September 2018	Karl Neilson	Lauren Klee	Linda Carter	6.59
5772	140	6 September 2018	Karl Neilson	Lauren Klee	Mick Carter	5.93
5773	141	7 September 2018	Karl Neilson	Lauren Klee	Mick Carter	5.83
5774	142	10 September 2018	Toby Frow	Simon Norman	Tina Carter	6.02
5775	143	11 September 2018	Toby Frow	Simon Norman	Dylan Box	5.19
5776	144	13 September 2018	Toby Frow	Carol Parker	Jack Branning Rainie Branning	5.99
5777	145	14 September 2018	Toby Frow	Wendy Granditer	Amy Mitchell	5.89
5778	146	17 September 2018	Sean Healy	Carey Andrews	Callum Highway	6.31
5779	147	18 September 2018	Sean Healy	Carey Andrews	Mick Carter	6.05
5780	148	20 September 2018	Sean Healy	Angela Murray	Hayley Slater	6.05
5781	149	21 September 2018	Sean Healy	Angela Murray	Linda Carter	6.14
5782	150	24 September 2018	John Howlett	Mark Stevenson	Mick Carter	6.45
5783	151	25 September 2018	John Howlett	Madeleine Clifford	Mick Carter	6.39
5784	152	27 September 2018	John Howlett	Craig Sheldon	Mick Carter	6.24
5785	153	28 September 2018	John Howlett	Craig Sheldon	Mick Carter	6.22
5786	154	1 October 2018	Laura Way	Bo Poraj	Hunter Owen	6.14
5787	155	2 October 2018	Laura Way	Martin Scott	Ray Kelly	5.90
5788	156	4 October 2018	Laura Way	Martin Scott	Jack Branning	6.01
5789	157	5 October 2018	Laura Way	Rob Gittins	Tiffany Butcher	5.82
5790	158	8 October 2018	Jennie Darnell	Peter Mattessi	Ruby Allen Ross Swinden	6.36
5791	159	9 October 2018	Jennie Darnell	Lauren Klee	Ruby Allen	5.08
5792	160	11 October 2018	Jennie Darnell	Lorraine Newman	Ruby Allen	6.34
5793	161	12 October 2018	Jennie Darnell	Pete Lawson	Mel Owen	6.11
5794	162	15 October 2018	Richard Lynn	Pete Lawson	Stacey Fowler	6.26
5795	163	16 October 2018	Richard Lynn	Pete Lawson	Jean Slater	6.59
5796	164	18 October 2018	Richard Lynn	Jonny O'Neill	Hayley Slater	6.04
5797	165	19 October 2018	Richard Lynn	Jonny O'Neill	Hayley Slater	6.02
5798	166	22 October 2018	David Moor	Kim Revill	Karen Taylor	5.84
5799	167	23 October 2018	David Moor	Kim Revill	Louise Mitchell	5.79
5800	168	25 October 2018	David Moor	Rob Gittins	Sharon Mitchell	5.97
5801	169	26 October 2018	David Moor	Rob Gittins	Hayley Slater	6.32
5802	170	29 October 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Mark Catley	Hayley Slater	6.36
5803	171	30 October 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Mark Catley	Hayley Slater Cherry Slater	6.28
5804	172	1 November 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Jonny O'Neill	Keegan Baker	6.37
5805	173	2 November 2018	Michael Owen Morris	Jonny O'Neill	Hayley Slater Cherry Slater	6.21
5806	174	5 November 2018	Conor Morrissey	Sydney Thompson	Non-character; shot of the note Hayley left for the Ahmeds when she left Cherry on their doorstep	6.31
5807	175	6 November 2018	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Linda Carter	6.15
5808	176	8 November 2018	Conor Morrissey	Peter Mattessi	Kat Moon	5.95
5809	177	9 November 2018	Conor Morrissey	Peter Mattessi	Bev Slater	5.87
5810	178	12 November 2018	Stephen Garwood	Rob Gittins	Hayley Slater	6.26
5811	179	13 November 2018	Stephen Garwood	Rob Gittins	Max Branning	5.50
5812/5813	180	15 November 2018	Stephen Garwood	Pete Lawson/Mark Stevenson	Non-character; shot of Evie and Jagger’s car leaving the Square after Tiffany joined them	6.16
5814	181	19 November 2018	Laurence Wilson	Kim Revill	Linda Carter	6.42
5815	182	20 November 2018	Laurence Wilson	Kim Revill	Tiffany Butcher	6.33
5816	183	22 November 2018	Laurence Wilson	Daran Little	Keanu Taylor	6.07
5817	184	23 November 2018	Laurence Wilson	Paul Walker	Linda Carter	6.25
5818	185	26 November 2018	Ian White	Jonny O'Neill	Kat Moon	6.43
5819	186	27 November 2018	Ian White	Jonny O'Neill	Martin Fowler Matt Clarkson Ross Swinden	6.00
5820	187	29 November 2018	Laura Way	Anya Reiss	Ruby Allen	6.16
5821	188	30 November 2018	Ian White	Wendy Granditer	Kat Moon	6.16
5822	189	3 December 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Mark Catley	Alfie Moon	6.04
5823	190	4 December 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Mark Catley	Kat Moon Hayley Slater	6.40
5824	191	6 December 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Johnny Candon	Alfie Moon	6.02
5825	192	7 December 2018	Lance Kneeshaw	Lorraine Newman	Alfie Moon	5.80
5826	193	10 December 2018	John Howlett	Thea Ward	Linda Carter	5.90
5827	194	11 December 2018	John Howlett	Peter Mattessi	Linda Carter	5.94
5828	195	13 December 2018	John Howlett	Peter Mattessi	Linda Carter	6.09
5829	196	14 December 2018	John Howlett	Pete Lawson	Stuart Highway	6.25
5830	197	17 December 2018	David Moor	Rob Gittins	Mick Carter	6.01
5831	198	18 December 2018	David Moor	Rob Gittins	Mick Carter	6.70
5832	199	20 December 2018	David Moor	Kim Revill	Non-character; ended on a black screen after Mick shut a car boot containing Stuart	6.10
5833	200	21 December 2018	David Moor	Kim Revill	Alfie Moon	6.24
5834	201	24 December 2018	John Greening	Kim Revill	Stacey Fowler	6.39
5835/5836	202	25 December 2018	John Greening	Simon Ashdown	Alfie Moon	6.91
5837	203	26 December 2018	John Greening	Simon Ashdown	Kat Moon	6.71
5838	204	27 December 2018	Richard Lynn	Simon Norman	Louise Mitchell Keanu Taylor	6.58
5839	205	28 December 2018	Richard Lynn	Simon Norman	Mel Owen	6.76
5840	206	31 December 2018	Richard Lynn	Carey Andrews	Mel Owen Ray Kelly	6.26

Weddings

• Max Branning and Rainie Cross - 24 April 2018

Births

• Cherry Slater - 30 October 2018
• Mica Fox - 24 December 2018

Storylines

January

• 1 January - Mick Carter is shot during a botched heist; Arshad, Mariam and Masood Ahmed arrive in the Square.
• 3 January - Lauren Branning discovers Abi Branning is brain dead and slaps Max Branning.
• 4 January - Aidan Maguire's gang discovers Billy Mitchell accidentally buried their money.
• 5 January - Aidan Maguire's gang rob the grave where the money is buried, it is found to be missing just as the police arrive and Phil Mitchell is caught as the remainder of the gang flee.
• 19 January - Abi Branning's life support is turned off.

February

• Hayley Slater first appears

March

• Kat, Mo and Jean Slater return
• 29 March - Joyce Murray Dies in her sleep.

April

• Vincent Hubbard disappears
• Max Branning returns with Rainie Branning

May

• Hayley is pregnant
• Martin and Stacey get back together
• Shakil Kazemi is knifed and dies

June

• Charlie Slater's black cab returns

August

• Adam Bateman first appears

September

• Stuart Highway is shot
• Sharon Mitchell and Keanu Taylor begin their affair
• Ruby Allen returns

October

• Ruby Allen is raped
• Carmel Kazemi leaves
• Cherry Slater is born

November

• Bev Slater almost sells Cherry
• Evie Steele first appears

December

• Alfie realises he is Cherry's father

Promotional photos

Keanu Taylor and Sharon Mitchell's affair.

Stuart Highway takes over Mick Carter life with Linda Carter

Alfie Moon's baby with Hayley Slater

Who lives where

Albert Square

• The Queen Victoria - Mick, Linda, Shirley, Tina and Ollie Carter. Callum Highway
• 1 Albert Square - Vincent Hubbard (until April), Kim  and Pearl Fox-Hubbard
• 3A Albert Square - Empty.
• 3B Albert Square - Empty.
• 5A Albert Square - Empty.
• 5B Albert Square - Ruby Allen (from October)
• 5C Albert Square - Craig Washington.
• 5D Albert Square - Empty.
• 5E Albert Square - Empty.
• 18 Albert Square - Abi Branning (in hospital throughout January), Ben Mitchell (until January), Jay Brown, Donna Yates (until July), Billy Mitchell, Woody Woodward (briefly), Honey Mitchell, Janet Mitchell, Will Mitchell
• 20 Albert Square - Patrick Trueman and Denise Fox. Kim, Pearl and Mica Fox-Hubbard.
• 23A Albert Square - Ted Murray, Joyce Murray (until March)
• 23B Albert Square - Karen, Keanu, Bernadette, Chatham and Riley Taylor. Keegan Baker.
• 25 Albert Square - Sonia and Bex Fowler. Dot Branning, Robbie Jackson and Stuart Highway. 
• 27 Albert Square - Jack, Max, Rainie and Abi Branning Jr. Amy and Ricky Mitchell.
• 29A Albert Square - Empty.
• 29B Albert Square - Kush Kazemi. Mo Harris (from March)
• 31 Albert Square - Martin, Stacey, Lily, Arthur and Hope Fowler. Kat, Alfie, Tommy, Ernie and Bert Moon. Cherry Slater. Whitney Dean and Tiffany Butcher. Hayley Slater, Mo Harris and Jean Slater (until March).
• 41 Albert Square - Arshad, Mariam Ahmed, Masood Ahmed (until February).
• 43 Albert Square - Mel Owen. Hunter Owen, Ray Kelly (until January).
• 45 Albert Square - Ian and Kathy Beale.

Turpin Road

• 10A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 11A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 13A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 15A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 51A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 53A Turpin Road -
• 55A Turpin Road - Empty.
• 57 Turpin Road - Empty.

Victoria Road

• 55 Victoria Road - Phil, Sharon and Louise Mitchell. Dennis Rickman Jr. Michelle Fowler (until April)