The Greatest Cliffhangers

EastEnders: The Greatest Cliffhangers is a three-part series on BBC Three, featuring 100 cliffhangers from the first 3918 episodes to find out which character had the most endings, set in a countdown from 100-1. It aired as part of the show's 25th anniversary celebrations. The first part aired on 26 January 2010, the second on 2 February 2010 and the third on 16 February 2010. The character turned out to be Phil Mitchell on both the 2010 and 2015 countdowns.

An updated version of the documentary was broadcast in 2015 and was renamed as 30 Years of Cliffhangers. This countdown however did not state the amount of cliffhangers the characters gained in the 4987 episodes.

The Greatest Cliffhangers (2010)[]

EastEnders: Who has the most doof doofs? (2010)

Correct as of 25 December 2009.

No.	Character	Cliffhangers
1	Phil Mitchell	206
2	Ian Beale	141
3	Sharon Watts	138
4	Grant Mitchell	131
5	Pauline Fowler	122
6	Pat Butcher	121
7	Michelle Fowler	112
8	Mark Fowler	106
9	'Dirty Den' Watts	103
10	Kathy Beale	101
11	Dot Cotton	101
12	Peggy Mitchell	82
13	Frank Butcher	73
14	Arthur Fowler	72
15	Billy Mitchell	68
16	Bianca Jackson	66
17	Sonia Jackson	65
18	Alfie Moon	64
19	Stacey Slater	58
20	Kat Slater	57
21	Little Mo Slater	54
22	Cindy Beale	53
23	Pete Beale	51
24	Ricky Butcher	51
25	Martin Fowler	50
26	Max Branning	47
27	David Wicks	47
28	Angie Watts	44
29	Steve Owen	44
30	Janine Butcher	44
31	Melanie Owen	43
32	Zoe Slater	42
33	Simon Wicks	40
34	Lisa Fowler	40
35	Ronnie Mitchell	39
36	Dennis Rickman	36
37	Sam Mitchell	34
38	Carol Jackson	33
39	Sean Slater	31
40	Bradley Branning	31
41	Tiffany Mitchell	31
42	Nigel Bates	31
43	Chrissie Watts	30
44	Nick Cotton	30
45	Tanya Branning	30
46	Garry Hobbs	29
47	Roy Evans	27
48	Johnny Allen	26
49	Archie Mitchell	26
50	Jamie Mitchell	25
51	Steven Beale	24
52	Natalie Evans	24
53	Jim Branning	24
54	Matthew Rose	23
55	Kevin Wicks	22
56	Laura Beale	22
57	Jack Branning	21
58	Denise Fox	21
59	Barry Evans	21
60	Lofty Holloway	20
61	Sue Osman	20
62	Minty Peterson	20
63	Dr. May Wright	19
64	Mandy Salter	19
65	Whitney Dean	19
66	Beppe Di Marco	19
67	Sanjay Kapoor	19
68	Charlie Slater	19
69	Roxy Mitchell	18
70	Dawn Swann	18
71	Gita Kapoor	18
72	Tony Hills	17
73	Paul Trueman	17
74	Terry Raymond	17
75	Ruth Fowler	16
76	Ruby Allen	15
77	Anthony Trueman	15
78	Steve Elliot	15
79	Sarah Hills	15
80	Ethel Skinner	15
81	Irene Raymond	14
82	Alan Jackson	14
83	Vicki Fowler	14
84	Patrick Trueman	14
85	Dan Sullivan	13
86	Andy Hunter	13
87	Heather Trott	13
88	Mary 'The Punk' Smith	13
89	Shirley Carter	13
90	Ali Osman	13
91	Lucy Beale	13
92	Lynne Slater	13
93	Jane Beale	13
94	Diane Butcher	12
95	Honey Mitchell	12
96	Ben Mitchell	12
97	Robbie Jackson	12
98	Lucas Johnson	11
99	Kate Mitchell	11
100	Clyde Tavernier	11

30 Years of Cliffhangers (2015)[]

30 Years of Cliffhangers is an updated version of the 2010 countdown, which aired in 2015 for EastEnders's 30th anniversary. The character with the most cliffhangers turned out to be Phil Mitchell yet again.

This countdown mostly contains characters from the previous, but Michael Moon, Zainab Masood, Syed Masood, Masood Ahmed, Lauren Branning, Christian Clarke, Lola Pearce, Linda Carter and Mick Carter were added and replaced Dan Sullivan, Andy Hunter, Mary 'The Punk' Smith, Lynne Slater, Diane Butcher, Honey Mitchell, Robbie Jackson, Kate Mitchell and Clyde Tavernier respectively.

No.	Character
1	Phil Mitchell
2	Ian Beale
3	Sharon Watts
4	Grant Mitchell
5	Pat Butcher
6	Pauline Fowler
7	Dot Cotton
8	Michelle Fowler
9	Kat Slater
10	Mark Fowler
11	Alfie Moon
12	Dirty Den Watts
13	Kathy Beale
14	Peggy Mitchell
15	Max Branning
16	Bianca Jackson
17	Billy Mitchell
18	Janine Butcher
19	Stacey Slater
20	Ronnie Mitchell
21	Frank Butcher
22	Arthur Fowler
23	Sonia Jackson
24	David Wicks
25	Carol Jackson
26	Tanya Branning
27	Ricky Butcher
28	Little Mo Slater
29	Cindy Beale
30	Martin Fowler
31	Pete Beale
32	Steve Owen
33	Angie Watts
34	Mel Owen
35	Zoe Slater
36	Shirley Carter
37	Simon Wicks
38	Lisa Fowler
39	Ben Mitchell
40	Denise Fox
41	Jack Branning
42	Michael Moon
43	Dennis Rickman
44	Whitney Dean
45	Bradley Branning
46	Nick Cotton
47	Sam Mitchell
48	Roxy Mitchell
49	Nigel Bates
50	Zainab Masood
51	Tiffany Mitchell
52	Sean Slater
53	Syed Masood
54	Chrissie Watts
55	Garry Hobbs
56	Jane Beale
57	Roy Evans
58	Masood Ahmed
59	Johnny Allen
60	Archie Mitchell
61	Jamie Mitchell
62	Jim Branning
63	Steven Beale
64	Natalie Evans
65	Lauren Branning
66	Matthew Rose
67	Mandy Salter
68	Lucas Johnson
69	Lucy Beale
70	Minty Peterson
71	Laura Beale
72	Kevin Wicks
73	Barry Evans
74	Sue Osman
75	Lofty Holloway
76	Patrick Trueman
77	Charlie Slater
78	Sanjay Kapoor
79	Beppe Di Marco
80	Dr. May Wright
81	Gita Kapoor
82	Christian Clarke
83	Lola Pearce
84	Dawn Swann
85	Terry Raymond
86	Heather Trott
87	Tony Hills
88	Paul Trueman
89	Ruth Fowler
90	Linda Carter
91	Ethel Skinner
92	Anthony Trueman
93	Steve Elliot
94	Sarah Hills
95	Ruby Allen
96	Vicki Fowler
97	Alan Jackson
98	Irene Raymond
99	Ali Osman
100	Mick Carter

Trivia[]

Some characters, e.g. Mo Harris, Jay Brown, Jean Slater and Dr. Harold Legg did not feature in either of the countdowns despite being prominent characters in the show.
A few characters such as Ronnie Mitchell, Carol Jackson, Tanya Branning, Shirley Carter, Ben Mitchell, Jack Branning, Whitney Dean, Roxy Mitchell, Jane Beale and Patrick Trueman gained a higher score in the 2015 countdown than they did in 2010.
If the show was to be updated in the future, Mick Carter and Linda Carter would have a much higher position on the countdown than they did back in 2015.

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