Executive Producer

Executive Producers

The Executive Producer title in the earlier years was referred to as the Series Producer (On screen credits).

Executive Producers/Series Producer

• Michael Ferguson seems to be the first credited Executive Producer?

Name	First episode	Last episode
Julia Smith	19 February 1985 Producer Series Producer 3 February 1987	7 February 1989 Series Producer
Corinne Hollingworth (Co-producers)	23 May 1989 Associate Producer	28 December 1989
Michael Ferguson	2 January 1990 Executive Producer	20 August 1991 Executive Producer
Corinne Hollingworth (Producer)	23 May 1989 Associate Producer	28 November 1991
Pat Sandys	3 December 1991 Producer	30 January 1992 Producer
Leonard Lewis	4 February 1992 Producer	6 February 1992 Producer
Helen Greaves (Co-producer)	11 February 1992 Producer	2 April 1992 Producer
No Executive Producer
Leonard Lewis	7 April 1992 Producer	4 June 1992 Producer
Helen Greaves (Co-producer)	9 June 1992 Producer	24 November 1992 Producer
Leonard Lewis	1 December 1992 Series Producer	11 April 1994 Series Producer
12 April 1994 No Crew or Executive Producer appear on the on screen credits
Barbara Emile	14 April 1994 Series Producer	28 February 1995 Series Producer
Corinne Hollingworth	20 February 1995 Executive Producer	4 July 1996 Executive Producer
Jane Harris	8 July 1996 Series Producer	9 February 1998 Series Producer
Mike Hudson	16 February 1998 Series Producer	12 October 1998 Series Producer
No Executive Producer

Executive Producers

Name	First episode	Last episode
Matthew Robinson	1 June 1998 Executive Producer	9 July 1998 Executive Producer
Matthew Robinson/Mal Young	10 July 1998 (Worldcup) Executive Producers	12 July 1998 (Worldcup) Executive Producers
Matthew Robinson	13 July 1998 Executive Producer	17 February 2000 Executive Producer
Matthew Robinson / John Yorke	20 February 2000 Executive Producers	20 February 2000 Executive Producers
Matthew Robinson	21 February 2000 Executive Producer	13 April 2000 Executive Producer
John Yorke	17 April 2000 Executive Producer	25 January 2002 Executive Producer
Mal Young / John Yorke	28 January 2002 Executive Producers	1 February 2002 Executive Producers
John Yorke	4 February 2002 Executive Producer	25 July 2002 Executive Producer
John Yorke / Louise Berridge	26 July 2002 Executive Producers
Louise Berridge	29 July 2002 Executive Producer	18 November 2004 Executive Producer
Kathleen Hutchison	20 December 2004 Executive Producer	1 April 2005 Executive Producer
John Yorke (acting)	Uncredited - When Kathleen Hutchison left John Yorke was acting Executive Producer until Kate Harwood took over
Kate Harwood	4 April 2005 Executive Producer	4 January 2007 Executive Producer
Diederick Santer	5 January 2007	3 June 2010 (Last solo credit)
Diederick Santer/ Bryan Kirkwood	4 June 2010 (Shares the executive producer credit with Santer for two weeks).	18 June 2010 (Shares the executive producer credit with Kirkwood for two weeks).
Bryan Kirkwood	21 June 2010 Executive Producer	13 July 2012 Executive Producer
Lorraine Newman	16 July 2012 Executive Producer	5 December 2013 Executive Producer
Dominic Treadwell-Collins	9 December 2013 Executive Producer	8 July 2016 Executive Producer
Sean O'Connor	11 July 2016 Executive Producer	24 November 2017 Executive Producer
John Yorke	27 November 2017 Executive Consultant	19 February 2019 Executive Consultant
Kate Oates	21 February 2019 Senior Executive Producer	12 July 2019 Senior Executive Producer
Kate Oates (Senior Executive Producer) / Jon Sen (Executive Producer)	15 July 2019	10 March 2022
Kate Oates	14 March 2022 Senior Executive Producer	30 June 2022 Senior Executive Producer
Kate Oates (Senior Executive Producer) / Chris Clenshaw (Executive Producer)	4 July 2022 - Part 1	25 April 2024 (Kate Oates steps down as Senior Executive Producer).
Chris Clenshaw	29 April 2024 Executive Producer	February 2025
Ben Wadey	February 2025	N/A

Notes

• CivvyStreet - Produced by Julia Smith
• Return of Nick Cotton - Mal Young / John York
• Ricky and Bianca Part 1 and 2 - Mal Young / John Yorke
• Dot's Story - John Yorke
• Perfectly Frank - Mal Young
• Pat and Mo - Mal Young / Louise Berridge
• The Best of EastEnders DVD - Executive Producer - John Yorke / Oliver Kent
• Secrets from the Square - Caroline Wright