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2015 was EastEnders' thirty-first year of production and the show celebrated its 30th Anniversary since it first broadcast 19 February 1985.
Main characters[]
| Ranking | Character | Played by | Duration | Number of Episodes | Running total | Previous year's ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mick Carter | Danny Dyer | Full year | 125 | 291 | 1 |
| 2 | Sharon Mitchell | Letitia Dean | 123 | 1717 | 8 | |
| 3 | Linda Carter | Kellie Bright | 115 | 277 | 2 | |
| 4 | Jane Beale | Laurie Brett | 113 | 913 | 31 | |
| 5 | Shirley Carter | Linda Henry | 112 | 863 | 4 | |
| 6 | Stacey Branning | Lacey Turner | 110 | 900 | 24 | |
| 7 | Ben Mitchell | Harry Reid | 105 | 715 | 39 | |
| Phil Mitchell | Steve McFadden | 2705 | 5 | |||
| 8 | Ian Beale | Adam Woodyatt | 104 | 2945 | 3 | |
| Nancy Carter | Maddy Hill | 217 | 7 | |||
| 9 | Lee Carter | Danny Hatchard | 102 | 174 | 17 | |
| 10 | Abi Branning | Lorna Fitzgerald | 99 | 761 | 19 | |
| Ronnie Mitchell | Samantha Womack | 661 | 27 | |||
| 11 | Carol Jackson | Lindsey Coulson | Until October | 98 | 991 | 10 |
| Roxy Mitchell | Rita Simons | Full year | 889 | 21 | ||
| Dean Wicks | Matt Di Angelo | 364 | 11 | |||
| 12 | Tina Carter | Luisa Bradshaw-White | 97 | 227 | 6 | |
| 13 | Kush Kazemi | Davood Ghadami | 95 | 109 | 49 | |
| 14 | Martin Fowler | James Bye | 94 | 1123 | 58 | |
| Shabnam Kazemi | Rakhee Thakrar | 212 | 26 | |||
| 15 | Kim Fox-Hubbard | Tameka Empson | 91 | 351 | 55 | |
| 16 | Vincent Hubbard | Richard Blackwood | From February | 88 | 88 | - |
| Tamwar Masood | Himesh Patel | Full year | 533 | 19 | ||
| 17 | Denise Fox | Diane Parish | 84 | 815 | 11 | |
| 18 | Jay Brown | Jamie Borthwick | 79 | 606 | 19 | |
| Pam Coker | Lin Blakley | 123 | 34 | |||
| 19 | Masood Ahmed | Nitin Ganatra | 78 | 580 | 19 | |
| Arthur Chubb | Ricky Norwood | Until December | 441 | 25 | ||
| 20 | Max Branning | Jake Wood | Break from October | 77 | 994 | 8 |
| Sonia Fowler | Natalie Cassidy | Full year | 1226 | 16 | ||
| 21 | Whitney Dean | Shona McGarty | 76 | 669 | 15 | |
| Donna Yates | Lisa Hammond | 106 | 39 | |||
| 22 | Billy Mitchell | Perry Fenwick | 68 | 1427 | 17 | |
| 23 | Charlie Cotton | Declan Bennett | Until September | 63 | 126 | 22 |
| Buster Briggs | Karl Howman | From April | 66 | 57 | ||
| 24 | Les Coker | Roger Sloman | Full year | 60 | 99 | 37 |
| Patrick Trueman | Rudolph Walker | 1007 | 31 | |||
| 25 | Cindy Williams | Mimi Keene | Until August | 55 | 125 | 35 |
| 26 | Bobby Beale | Eliot Carrington | Full year | 54 | 313 | 40 |
| Dot Branning | June Brown | 2101 | 26 | |||
| 27 | Babe Smith | Annette Badland | 50 | 94 | 34 | |
| 28 | Liam Butcher | James Forde | Until August | 47 | 492 | 29 |
| 29 | Claudette Hubbard | Ellen Thomas | From March | 46 | 46 | - |
| 30 | Kat Moon | Jessie Wallace | Until May and then from December | 45 | 997 | 14 |
| Kathy Sullivan | Gillian Taylforth | February and then from May | 1249 | - | ||
| 31 | Paul Coker | Jonny Labey | From June | 43 | 43 | - |
| Cora Cross | Ann Mitchell | Various guest stints | 311 | 30 | ||
| 32 | Alfie Moon | Shane Richie | Until May and then from December | 42 | 1014 | 13 |
| 33 | Elaine Peacock | Maria Friedman | From February to March and then from September | 40 | 44 | 56 |
| Pearl Fox-Hubbard | Arayah Harris-Buckle | From February | 40 | - | ||
| 34 | Carmel Kazemi | Bonnie Langford | From May | 36 | 36 | - |
| 35 | Matthew Mitchell-Cotton | uncredited | From January | 34 | 34 | - |
| Lola Pearce | Danielle Harold | Until July | 328 | 20 | ||
| 36 | Lauren Branning | Jacqueline Jossa | Until February and then from September to October | 33 | 728 | 9 |
| Stan Carter | Timothy West | Until April | 104 | 18 | ||
| 37 | Lily Branning | Aine Garvey | Full year | 26 | 89 | 41 |
| 38 | Ollie Carter | Jack Tilley | From May | 24 | 24 | - |
| Samantha Keeble | Alison Newman | Various appearances | 47 | 46 | ||
| 39 | Bex Fowler | Jasmine Armfield | Full year | 21 | 137 | 46 |
| Dennis Rickman | Harry Hickles and Bleu Landau | 101 | 43 | |||
| 40 | Amy Mitchell | Abbie Knowles | 20 | 197 | 45 | |
| 41 | Peter Beale | Ben Hardy | Until February | 19 | 719 | 8 |
| 42 | Honey Mitchell | Emma Barton | From November | 18 | 242 | 54 |
| 43 | Aleks Shirovs | Kristian Kiehling | Until April | 17 | 88 | 18 |
| 44 | Jill Marsden | Sophie Stanton | February, July and November | 16 | 90 | - |
| 45 | Janet Mitchell | Grace Street | Full year | 15 | 119 | 48 |
| Nick Cotton | John Altman | Until February | 276 | 43 | ||
| Mo Harris | Laila Morse | From December | 1045 | 38 | ||
| Ritchie Scott | Sian Webber | January, April & July | 40 | 54 | ||
| Gavin Sullivan | Paul Nicholas | From August | 15 | - | ||
| 46 | Jade Green | Amaya Edward | From June | 14 | 14 | - |
| Cameron Bryant | Glen Wallace | July | 30 | 47 | ||
| Marcus Christie | Stephen Churchett | August to September | 77 | 53 | ||
| 47 | Bert Moon | Freddie Beale | Until May and then from December | 12 | 29 | 47 |
| Margaret Badini | Kim Vithana | January to April | 12 | - | ||
| 48 | Will Mitchell | Freddie Phillips | Full year | 11 | 56 | 53 |
| Ernie Moon | Stanley Beale | Until May and then from Decmeber | 29 | 45 | ||
| 49 | Beth Williams | Uncredited | Until June | 10 | 22 | 51 |
| 50 | Anthony Abego | Jeffery Kissoon | September | 9 | 9 | - |
| Tommy Moon | Shay Crotty | Until May and then from December | 168 | 42 | ||
| 51 | Ineta Shirovs | Gledisa Osmani | Until April | 8 | 15 | 53 |
| Yvonne Cotton | Pauline McLynn | Until May | 27 | 44 | ||
| 52 | Kamil Masood | Arian Chikhlia | From November | 7 | 92 | - |
| Louie Beale | Uncredited | From September | 7 | - | ||
| Sylvie Carter | Linda Marlowe | January and April | 13 | 54 | ||
| Robbie Jackson | Dean Gaffney | September to October | 813 | - | ||
| Fiona Payne | Sandra James-Young | November | 8 | 59 | ||
| 53 | Sami Jackson | Shiven Shankar | September to October | 6 | 6 | - |
| Kenny Morris | Ryan Philpott | July, October and November | 20 | - | ||
| Jean Walters | Gillian Wright | July and December | 467 | 55 | ||
| 54 | Jack Branning | Scott Maslen | From December | 5 | 616 | - |
| 55 | Arthur Fowler | Uncredited | 4 | 4 | - | |
| Lexi Mitchell | Dotti-Beau Cotterill | Until July | 102 | 44 | ||
| Ollie Walters | Tony O'Callaghan | July and December | 24 | 57 | ||
| Bushra Abbasi | Pooja Ghai | June | 32 | 59 | ||
| Christian Clarke | John Partridge | February | 374 | 58 | ||
| 56 | Libby Fox | Belinda Owusu | August and December | 3 | 297 | 57 |
| Sal Martin | Anna Karen | November | 52 | 56 | ||
| Tom Pepper | Tristam Summers | January and October | 4 | 59 | ||
| 57 | Kyle Slater | Riley Carter Millington | October | 2 | 2 | - |
| Dexter Hartman | Khali Best | Until 2 January | 149 | 33 | ||
| Emma Summerhayes | Anna Acton | 50 | 32 | |||
| Tanya Cross | Jo Joyner | February | 675 | - | ||
| Natasha Black | Rachel Bavidge | July and September | 2 | - | ||
| 58 | Oscar Branning | Neo Hall | February | 1 | 123 | 58 |
| Peggy Mitchell | Barbara Windsor | 1647 | 59 | |||
| Terry Spraggan | Terry Alderton | June | 77 | 28 | ||
| Lucy Beale | Hetti Bywater | Flashback in February | 828 | 36 | ||
| Rainie Cross | Tanya Franks | 80 | 49 | |||
| Jake Stone | Jamie Lomas | 60 | 38 |
Doof-Doof Count[]
| Character | Solo | Group | Total | Julia's Theme | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacey Branning | 13 | 4 | 17 | No | 94 |
| Ronnie Mitchell | 12 | 1 | 13 | No | 93 |
| Phil Mitchell | 11 | 2 | 13 | No | 269 |
| Non character | 12 | 0 | 12 | Yes | 203 |
| Jane Beale | 7 | 4 | 11 | No | 41 |
| Sharon Mitchell | 9 | 1 | 10 | No | 169 |
| Shirley Carter | 9 | 1 | 10 | No | 51 |
| Kathy Sullivan | 6 | 3 | 9 | No | 105 |
| Kat Moon | 5 | 3 | 8 | No | 119 |
| Linda Carter | 6 | 2 | 8 | No | 24 |
| Shabnam Masood/Kazemi | 6 | 2 | 8 | No | 9 |
| Max Branning | 8 | 0 | 8 | No | 106 |
| Ian Beale | 5 | 3 | 8 | No | 197 |
| Mick Carter | 6 | 2 | 8 | No | 21 |
| Vincent Hubbard | 7 | 0 | 7 | No | 7 |
| Dean Wicks | 5 | 2 | 7 | No | 18 |
| Alfie Moon | 2 | 4 | 6 | No | 111 |
| Lauren Branning | 5 | 0 | 5 | Yes | 27 |
| Kush Kazemi | 3 | 2 | 5 | No | 5 |
| Martin Fowler | 3 | 2 | 5 | No | 51 |
| Roxy Mitchell | 3 | 2 | 5 | No | 38 |
| Stan Carter | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 6 |
| Gavin Sullivan | 3 | 1 | 4 | No | 4 |
| Dot Branning | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 113 |
| Charlie Cotton | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 9 |
| Cindy Williams | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 6 |
| Abi Branning | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 11 |
| Carol Jackson | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 63 |
| Pam Coker | 3 | 0 | 3 | No | 5 |
| Nick Cotton | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 31 |
| Kim Fox-Hubbard | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 3 |
| Buster Briggs | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 3 |
| Jean Slater/Walters | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 18 |
| Claudette Hubbard | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 2 |
| Masood Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 29 |
| Babe Smith | 2 | 0 | 2 | No | 6 |
| Ben Mitchell | 0 | 2 | 2 | No | 40 |
| Les Coker | 1 | 1 | 2 | No | 3 |
| Peter Beale | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yes | 16 |
| Nancy Carter | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Mo Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 11 |
| Sonia Fowler | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 34 |
| Bobby Beale | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 3 |
| Paul Coker | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 1 |
| Jack Branning | 1 | 0 | 1 | No | 41 |
| Bert Moon | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 2 |
| Ernie Moon | 0 | 1 | 1 | No | 2 |
Episodes[]
Key Events[]
January[]
- 1st - Ronnie Mitchell and Charlie Cotton get married, however, her waters break at the ceremony and they rush into a car. Unbeknown to them, Nick Cotton had tampered with the breaks causing Roxy Mitchell to have a devastating crash (involving running over DC Emma Summerhayes). Ronnie also gives birth to baby Matthew Mitchell-Cotton before being put in a medically induced coma.
- 2nd - DC Emma Summerhayes dies of a bleed to the brain after she was run over and Dexter Hartman leaves
February[]
- 13th - Nick Cotton dies following a drug overdose
- 17th - Peggy Mitchell and Christian Clarke return and Vincent Hubbard makes his first appearance as EastEnders Live Week commences
- 18th - Tanya Cross returns
- 19th - An hour long episode with live segments airs, with a shocking twist appearing to out Jane Beale as Lucy Beale's killer on the night of Ian and Jane's wedding. Kathy Sullivan made a shock return, 9 years after she was thought to have died. Kim Fox-Hubbard gives birth to a baby girl in The Queen Vic Toilets - she names her Pearl.
- 19th - A second episode was shown featuring a flashback to Good Friday 2014, explaining that Lucy's youngest brother, Bobby Beale, was her killer - although he isn't aware he killed her - and that Jane covered up the murder
- 20th - A fully live episode airs explaining what happened with Bobby and Lucy on that fateful night.
- 24th - Lauren Branning leaves with Peter Beale
March[]
- 12th - Claudette Hubbard arrives
April[]
- 9th - Jim Branning died (off-screen)
- 10th - Stan Carter dies from cancer
- 16th - Aleks Shirovs leaves
- 21st - Stan's and Jim's funeral
- 24th - Last appearance of Sylvie Carter
May[]
- 7th - Kat Moon and Alfie Moon reunite and they later win £1,000,000 on a scratch card
- 12th - Linda Carter gives birth to Ollie Carter
- 14th - Yvonne Cotton goes back to Ireland
- 22nd - Kat and Alfie leave Walford with Tommy, Bert and Ernie Moon
- 26th - First appearance of Carmel Kazemi
June[]
- 1st - Paul Coker arrives in Walford
- 5th - Beth Williams goes to live with her dad TJ Spraggan in Milton Keynes
- 12th - First appearance of Jade Green
July[]
- 28th - Lola and Lexi Pearce leave
August[]
- 17th - Liam Butcher and Cindy Williams leave for Germany
- 21st - First appearance of Gavin Sullivan
September[]
- 14th - Lauren Branning returns
- 17th - Louie Beale is born
- 22nd - Robbie Jackson returns with his son Sami Jackson
- 24th - Last appearance of Charlie Cotton
October[]
- 1st - Max Branning is arrested
- 2nd - Carol Jackson leaves Walford on a motorbike, Lauren Branning goes back to New Zealand with Louie Beale and Robbie and Sami Jackson leave for Milton Keynes
- 30th - First appearance of Kyle Slater
November[]
- 12th - Honey and William 'Will' Mitchell return
December[]
- 15th - Cora Cross leaves
- 24th - Stacey Fowler gives birth to Arthur Fowler, Jack Branning returns and Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb leaves
- 25th - Kat Moon returns for Christmas
- 26th - Alfie Moon returns with Tommy, Bert and Ernie Moon
Promotional photos[]
30th Anniversary Live Week Cast and Crew ©BBC
Christmas 2015
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Lucy's Murder (2015)
| 1980's ▬ 1990's ▬ 2000's ▬ 2010's ▬ 2020's |
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| ← 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 → |