2nd January is the second day of the year.
The following notable events occurred on the 2nd January:
Events[]
EastEnders history[]
- 2003 - Dot's story follows Dot Branning in Wales to visit the family she stayed with during World War II.
- 2004 - First appearance: Barry Evans, he arrives in Albert Square in as an acquaintance of David Wicks. He provides David and Cindy Beale, who are having an affair, somewhere to meet in secret. Barry later helps Cindy escape the UK when she is wanted by the police for the attempted murder of her husband Ian Beale.
- 2004 - Last appearance: Tony Macrae, he joins the search party to look for Barry Evans, and eventually finds his body in the ravine.
- 2006 - First appearance: Dean Wicks, he persuades his great aunt Pat Evans to take him in and is soon joined by his adoptive father Kevin Wicks and sister Carly Wicks.
- 2012 - Last appearance: Norman Simmonds, he returns to Walford, saying he has raised enough money to help Pat Wicks with the loan. However, Pat has died, so he goes to the Butchers' house to pay his respects.
- 2015 - Last appearance: Dexter Hartman, he later realises that his relationship with Nancy Carter is not working out but gives her some heartfelt advice before leaving for Newcastle to stay with Ava Hartman.
- 2015 - Last appearance: Emma Summerhayes, she meets with the suspect in the park in an attempt to convince them to go to the police. She is then hit by a car driven by Roxy Mitchell, that has been tampered with by Nick Cotton. Emma initially appears to be fine but she later collapses but she later dies from a brain haemorrhage in hospital.
- 2018 - First appearance: Ciara Maguire, she arrives following a robbery, and meets DCI Alsworth at the scene of the crime, telling him she staged the robbery as part of security training, and convinces Alsworth, who recognises her, to drop the investigation.
Real world[]
- None has been known up to now, please feel free to add any information you may know that occurred in the real world and to do with EastEnders on this date.
Episodes[]
Episodes were broadcast on 2nd January on the following years:
- 1980s - 1986
- 1990s - 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997
- 2000s - 2001, 2003 (Dot's Story), 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
- 2010s - 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
- 2020s - 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025
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