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2021 was EastEnders' thirty-seventh year of production. Jon Sen and Kate Oates continued as Executive Producer and Senior Executive Producer.
Main characters[]
Recurring cast[]
| Ranking | Character | Played by | Duration | Number of Episodes | Running total | Previous year's ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrimpy | Ben Champniss | Full year | 105 | TBC | ? |
| 2 | Marie Evans | Liz Sweet | 99 | ? | ? | |
| 3 | Winston | Ulric Browne | 97 | TBC | ? | |
| 4 | Luke | Luke Duckett | 91 | ? | ? | |
| 5 | Jo | uncredited | 84 | ? | ? | |
| 6 | Clive | uncredited | 65 | ? | ? | |
| 7 | Sarah | Sarah McGrath | 64 | ? | ? | |
| 8 | Ze | Zulfi Malik | 56 | ? | ? | |
| 9 | Tracey | Jane Slaughter | 46 | ? | ? | |
| 10 | Emin | uncredited | 12 | ? | ? | |
| 11 | Neil Hughes | Thomas Coombes | From December | 7 | 7 | - |
| 12 | Pastor Cassius Lawrence | Ray Emmet Brown | Until March | 5 | 5 | |
| 13 | Caleb Malone | Ben Freeman | Until March | 6 | 6 | |
| Stan 'Stas' Saunders | Adam Young | February, March, May | ||||
| Laura Awoyinka | Sarah Paul | Full year | 13 | |||
| 14 | Molly Ellis | Juliette Alexandra | April - May | 5 | ||
| 15 | Nyangi Marwa | Lucy Vandi | May | 3 | 3 | |
| Estelle Jones | Sue Holderness | April | ||||
| Apostolos Papadopolous | Tarrick Benham | April - May | 6 | |||
| 16 | Bob Lister | Nick Wilton | De | 1 | 48 | 54 |
Production[]
There were still restrictions due to COVID-19 and so different ways of filming scenes continued - because of this the episodes were slightly under the standard 30 minute length. This included filming a scene with no cast member then filming with one cast member, alternate the cast members and then merging the footage together into a whole scene. See below images for reference.
Behind the Scenes COVID19
Split Screen Merge
Avid Media Composer Software
How Is EastEnders Filmed In 2021? - Behind The Scenes - EastEnders
The Queen Victoria Pub - COVID19 Check in Poster (QR Code Works)
Directors[]
Writers[]
Doof-Doof Count[]
Note: Doof-doofs are based on which character(s)/face(s) appeared at the end of an episode in frame.
| Character | Solo | Group | Total | Julia's Theme | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Beale / Watts | 11 | 0 | 11 | No | 234 |
| Chelsea Fox / Atkins | 10 | 1 | 11 | No | 25 |
| Mick Carter | 9 | 1 | 10 | Yes | 107 |
| Denise Fox | 10 | 0 | 10 | No | 64 |
| Gray Atkins | 8 | 1 | 9 | No | 14 |
| Linda Carter | 8 | 1 | 9 | No | 74 |
| Callum Highway | 7 | 1 | 8 | No | 20 |
| Keegan Butcher-Baker | 7 | 1 | 8 | No | 18 |
| Ruby Allen | 7 | 0 | 7 | No | 34 |
| Kat Slater | 7 | 0 | 7 | No | 147 |
| Jean Slater | 7 | 0 | 7 | No | 32 |
| Whitney Dean | 6 | 1 | 7 | No | 78 |
| Lucas Johnson | 6 | 0 | 6 | No | 34 |
| Ben Mitchell | 5 | 1 | 6 | No | 95 |
| Non character | 5 | N/A | 5 | No | 245 |
| Isaac Baptiste | 5 | 0 | 5 | No | 5 |
| Phil Mitchell | 5 | 0 | 5 | No | 330 |
| Zack Hudson | 4 | 1 | 5 | No | 5 |
| Sonia Fowler | 5 | 0 | 5 | No | 52 |
| Tiffany Butcher-Baker | 5 | 0 | 5 | Yes | 20 |
| Suki Panesar | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Sheree Trueman | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Janine Butcher | 4 | 0 | 4 | No | 87 |
| Tom 'Rocky' Cotton | 4 | 0 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Dotty Cotton | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 6 |
| Kheerat Panesar | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Ian Beale | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 221 |
| Stacey Slater | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 126 |
| Mila Marwa | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 3 |
| Martin Fowler | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 83 |
| Billy Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 88 |
| Aaron Monroe | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 3 |
| Frankie Lewis | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 2 |
| Kush Kazemi | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 22 |
| Bailey Baker | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 2 |
| Nancy Carter | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 8 |
| Shirley Carter | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 67 |
| Rainie Highway | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 14 |
| Bobby Beale | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 11 |
| Patrick Trueman | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 27 |
| Kim Fox | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 9 |
| Max Branning | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 159 |
| Vinny Panesar | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 2 |
| Stuart Highway | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 19 |
| Katy Lewis | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Lola Pearce | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 25 |
| Bernadette Taylor | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 4 |
| Honey Mitchell | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 25 |
| Harvey Monroe | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Liam Butcher | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 10 |
| Vi Highway | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
Episodes[]
== Weddings==
- Ben Mitchell and Callum Highway (11 May 2021)
- Jack Branning and Denise Fox (25 December 2021)
- Gray Atkins and Chelsea Fox (25 December 2021)
Births[]
- Annie Carter (daughter of Linda Carter and Max Branning) - 13 September 2021
- Jordan Atkins (son of Chelsea Atkins and Gray Atkins) - 27 December 2021
Deaths[]
- Gavin Sullivan - March 2021 (off-screen)
- Kush Kazemi - 19 April 2021 (off-screen)
- Jags Panesar - 24 June 2021 - Part 1 (off-screen)
- Alex Atkins - 21 October 2021 (off-screen)
Storylines[]
- Martin Fowler, Stacey Slater and Ruby Allen's love triangle
- Ruby Allen's fake pregnancy
- Mick Carter's historical sexual abuse
- Kush Kazemi kidnapping Arthur Fowler Jr, his trial and eventual death
- Max Branning and Linda Carter's affair exposed
- Sharon Beale's revenge on Ian Beale and his eventual exit
- Whitney Dean's revenge
- Max Branning's exit
- The effect of Lucas Johnson's return on the Fox-Truemans
- Ben Mitchell and Callum Highway's engagement and marriage
- Jack Branning and Denise Fox's engagement
- Kush Kazemi and Whitney Dean's engagement
- Ruby Allen's lies being exposed by Iqra Ahmed, Kush Kazemi and Stacey Slater
- Ruby Allen frames Stacey Slater
- Ruby Allen's miscarriages
- Stacey Slater going to prison
- Ruby Allen's endometriosis
- Callum Highway's PTSD
- The effect of Jags Panesar's death on the Panesars
- Isaac Baptiste's schizophrenia
- Billy Mitchell's homelessness
- Phil Mitchell and Denise Fox's custody battle over Raymond Dawkins
- Bernadette Taylor's surrogacy
- Linda Carter's pregnancy
- Max Branning abducting Abi Branning Jr
- Nancy Carter's return and car accident
- Tommy Moon trials with Epsley Town Football Club
- Janine Butcher's return and custody battle with Kat Slater over Scarlett Butcher
- The Mitchells' house sets on fire
- The Carters search for Tina Carter
- Keegan Butcher-Baker cheats on Tiffany Butcher-Baker with Dotty Cotton
- Gray Atkins trying to cover up Tina Carter's murder
- Ruby Allen's exit
- Stacey Slater's return
- Aaron Monroe's fascism and far right terrorist group
- Linda Carter relapses on alcohol
- Frankie Lewis's exit
- Tiffany Butcher-Baker and Liam Butcher's double exit
- Whitney Dean teams up with Kheerat Panesar and Chelsea Atkins to take down Gray Atkins
Gallery[]
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Linda Carter and Max Branning's affair
Kush Kazemi's Death Promo
Summer Promo 2021
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Janine Butcher Return Promo
Sean Slater One-Off Return Promo
Chelsea Fox & Gray Atkins' Wedding Promo
Christmas Promo 2021
Who lives where[]
Albert Square
- The Queen Victoria - Mick Carter, Nancy Carter, Shirley Carter, Ollie Carter, Janine Butcher
- 1 Albert Square - Gray Atkins, Mia Atkins, Mackenzie Atkins, Chelsea Atkins
- 3A Albert Square - Empty
- 3B Albert Square - Empty
- 5A Albert Square - Kheerat Panesar, Vinny Panesar, Suki Panesar, Ash Kaur
- 5B Albert Square - Empty
- 5C Albert Square - Unknown occupants
- 5D Albert Square - Harvey Monroe, Dana Monroe, Aaron Monroe
- 5E Albert Square - Unknown occupants
- 18 Albert Square - Jay Brown, Will Mitchell, Janet Mitchell, Honey Mitchell, Billy Mitchell
- 20 Albert Square - Patrick Trueman, Isaac Baptiste, Denise Fox, Raymond Dawkins, Kim Fox, Mica Fox, Pearl Fox
- 23A Albert Square - Empty
- 23B Albert Square - Karen Taylor, Mitch Baker, Keegan Butcher-Baker, Bailey Baker
- 25 Albert Square - Sonia Fowler, Whitney Dean, Dotty Cotton
- 27 Albert Square - Jack Branning, Denise Fox, Amy Mitchell, Ricky Mitchell
- 29A Albert Square - Empty
- 29B Albert Square - Sharon Watts, Albie Watts, Martin Fowler
- 31 Albert Square - Empty
- 41 Albert Square - Iqra Ahmed, Mila Marwa, Kioni Marwa
- 43 Albert Square - Empty
- 45 Albert Square - Kathy Beale, Bobby Beale, Peter Beale, Tom Cotton
- 47 Albert Square - Empty
Turpin Road
- 10A Turpin Road - Unknown occupants
- 11A Turpin Road - Empty
- 13A Turpin Road - Empty
- 15A Turpin Road - Empty
- 51A Turpin Road - Unknown occupants
- 53A Turpin Road - Stuart Highway, Rainie Highway, Vi Highway, Callum Highway, Ben Mitchell
- 57 Turpin Road - Empty
Victoria Road
- 55 Victoria Road - Phil Mitchell, Kat Slater, Jean Slater, Stacey Slater, Eve Unwin, Tommy Moon, Bert Moon, Ernie Moon, Lily Fowler, Hope Fowler, Arthur Fowler Jr
Awards and nominations[]
TBC
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