List of minor EastEnders characters (2007)

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The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2007, by order of first appearance.

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[edit] DI Kelly

EastEnders character
DI Kelly
Portrayed by Ian Burfield
Duration 2007, 2008
First appearance 1 January 2007
Last appearance January 24, 2008
Occupation Detective Inspector

Detective Inspector Kelly is a police detective at Walford Police Station, who was investigating the suspicious death of Pauline Fowler and subsequently arrested Sonia Fowler following the funeral.

He was later involved in the arrest of May Wright, and arrested Phil Mitchell for suspicion of murdering his fiancée Stella Crawford. He last appeared when he was investigating Jay Brown's stabbing.

[edit] Adam Childe

EastEnders character
Adam Childe
Portrayed by Matthew Ashforde
Created by Christopher Reason
Duration 2007
Appeared on 8 January 2007
Occupation Solicitor

Adam Childe is a duty solicitor at Walford Police Station, who was assigned to represent Sonia Fowler when she was arrested on suspicion of the murder of her ex-mother-in-law, Pauline, although he first thought she was Sonia Bailey, arrested for shop- lifting. He was a nervous solicitor, and made comments about wanting to murder his mother, ironic to the situation. Sonia was relieved when Phil Mitchell paid for Ritchie Scott to represent her in stead of Adam.

[edit] Anna Price

EastEnders character
Anna Price
Portrayed by Mandana Jones
Created by Dominic Treadwell-Collins
Duration 2007
First appearance 15 February 2007
Last appearance 16 February 2007
Occupation Marriage counsellor

Anna Price was the marriage counsellor for Max and Tanya Branning who appeared on 15 February and 16 February 2007.[1]

[edit] Derek Evans

EastEnders character
Derek Evans
Portrayed by Simon Lowe
Created by Julia Gilbert
Duration 2007, 2008
First appearance 1 March 2007
Last appearance 10 January 2008
Occupation Social worker

Derek Evans is the social worker who visited Bert Atkinson and his grandson Jay Brown, when Bert was trying to get a residency order for Jay to live with him permanently. Jay charmed Derek, offering him a cup of tea and talking to him politely, impressing him. He also visited Tanya Branning and her sister Rainie Cross on 10 January 2008.

[edit] Jed

EastEnders character
Jed
Portrayed by Burn Gorman
Created by Julia Honour
Duration 2007
Appeared on 9 March 2007
Date of death 9 March 2007
Status Deceased

Jed was discovered by Kevin Wicks on Dungeness beach. He had been left there the night before while on his stag party. Kevin took Jed to the local pub where Jed told Kevin he was getting married the next week and had a daughter named Jade. He told Kevin he was a bad father, so Kevin told him to sort out his life. Kevin told Jed he had no children and showed him his ferry ticket to France. Jed then stole Kevin's bag and ticket and got on a bus. Kevin stole a bicycle from outside the pub to follow the bus.

When Kevin caught up to the bus, he discovered it had been involved in an accident. He got on the bus to find several dead bodies, but Jed was missing. Kevin got off the bus and Jed appeared with blood pouring down his face. Jed then fell to the floor and Kevin held him as he died.

[edit] Carl Talbot

EastEnders character
Carl Talbot
Portrayed by Alan Cooke
Created by David Fox
Duration 2007
Appeared on 20 March 2007
Occupation Bailiff

Carl Talbot was a bailif who was sent to claim money from Billy Mitchell, who was in debt. When Talbot arrived at Walford Video, Billy's shop, Billy lied and said that he was not Billy Mitchell. His cover was blown when Keith Miller came into the shop and called him by his name. Talbot took Billy to the ATM at the tube station, but Billy's card was retained by the machine, and after a confrontation with Billy's relative Phil outside the shop, Billy was forced to give Talbot money from the till.

[edit] Marco Bianco

EastEnders character
Marco Bianco
Portrayed by Bart Ruspoli
Created by Alexander Lamb
Duration 2007
First appearance 20 March 2007
Last appearance 16 July 2007
Occupation Interior designer

Marco Bianco is the interior designer who redesigned the flat above The Queen Victoria pub for Peggy Mitchell. He worked on the design to renovate the pub itself, after Pat Evans found a flea on the bar, though the regulars thought the pub looked the same, and Peggy berated him for it.

Since then, Marco has made a few more appearances, as Peggy has picked him to do some work for Stella and Phil's wedding reception. He has also helped Patrick Trueman mend the fan of Yolande's that Patrick broke by tripping up.

Marco has also been shown to be admittedly homosexual, as he broke down crying to Peggy, when his boyfriend left him.

[edit] Danny Fuller

EastEnders character
Danny Fuller
Portrayed by Gyuri Sarossy
Created by Richard Zajdlic
Duration 2007
First appearance 5 April 2007
Last appearance 30 August 2007
Status Married
Home Outside of Walford

Danny Fuller and his wife Jess appeared in Walford in April 2007, when they rented 55 Victoria Road from Ian Beale, when he and his family moved to 45 Albert Square. Phil Mitchell told them of the crime around Walford - the murders of Dennis Rickman and Pauline Fowler - and Danny bartered with Ian, demanding that he reduce the rent price by 30%. Ian later accepted this, and asked Danny to tell his daughter Lucy this, so she knew she could not move back to number 55.

Danny left the Square when his daughter secured a place at a private school. Danny and his family relocated to be closer to their daughter's new school.

[edit] Jess Fuller

EastEnders character
Jess Fuller
Created by Richard Zajdlic
Duration 2007
Appeared on 5 April 2007
Status Married
Home Outside of Walford

Jessica "Jess" Fuller and her husband Danny appeared in Walford in April 2007, when they rented 55 Victoria Road from Ian Beale, when he and his family moved to 45 Albert Square. Phil Mitchell told them of the crime around Walford - the murders of Dennis Rickman and Pauline Fowler - and Ian had to reduce the rent price by 30%.

[edit] Vince Franks

EastEnders character
Vince Franks
Portrayed by Jamie Kenna
Created by Richard Zajdlic
Duration 2007
Appeared on 6 April 2007
Home 89a George Street

Vince "Vinnie" Franks was the father of school bully Jez Franks. He was attacked by Phil Mitchell after Jez bullied Phil's son Ben. When Phil first approached Vince, he seemed sceptical about his son's bullying, so Phil punched him, threatening to attack him again if Jez didn't lay off Ben.

[edit] Mary Lavender

EastEnders character
Mary Lavender
Portrayed by Regina Freedman
Created by Christopher Reason
Duration 2007
Appeared on 9 April 2007
Status Married
Home Kent

The Reverend Mary Lavender was the vicar for the church that Dot Branning used to attend with her friend, Margot Baker. She had been the vicar since 2000. When Dot and her husband Jim visited Kent, Dot went to the church and Reverend Lavender informed her that Margot had died two weeks previously. She told Dot that Margot's son Douglas was at Margot's house, and Dot visited him.

A young refugee named Anya Covalenco left her son Tomas in the church for Reverend Lavender to take in, but Dot took him back to Walford because Mary was on holiday.

[edit] Douglas Baker

EastEnders character
Douglas Baker
Portrayed by Paul Kaye
Created by Christopher Reason
Duration 2007
Appeared on 9 April 2007
Date of birth circa 1964

Douglas Baker is a former vicar who lost his faith in God. His mother, Margot, was friends with Dot Branning. He was also a former playmate of Dot's son Nick, until Nick put a frog down his trousers. Margot died in March 2007, and Douglas was clearing out her house when Dot visited him. They argued about religion, and Dot reminded Douglas of his mother. He told Dot he was glad his mother was dead, and said that Nick would feel the same when she died.

[edit] Anya Covalenco

EastEnders character
Anya Covalenco
Portrayed by Olga Fedori
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007
First appearance 9 April 2007
Last appearance 13 April 2007
Date of birth February 1985
Status Single
Occupation Pole dancer

Anya Covalenco was a Ukrainian illegal immigrant, a pole dancer who abandoned her month-old baby, Tomas, in a church in Kent for vicar Mary Lavender to look after. Dot Branning later found the baby, and knowing Reverend Lavender was on holiday, took Tomas back to Walford, leaving a note in the church with her address on it. Dot's husband Jim went to a pole dancing club, finding a flyer for it with Tomas, to track Anya down, but was told she no longer worked there by a hostess he spoke to. As Jim travelled back to Walford, Anya turned up at Dot and Jim's house. After shouting at Dot for interfering, Dot offered her a place to stay, and she accepted. Jim, however, did not agree with this, and reported her to the immigration authorities. Immigration arrived and Jim told Dot what he had done. Dot took Anya and Tomas out of the house and hid them in the back of her car. Dot returned to the house and told immigration that there was nobody there and it must have been a hoax. Dot and Jim then took Anya and Tomas to a church, believing it to be a sanctuary where they would be safe. The immigration officers followed them to the church, where Dot said Anya and Tomas would be safe in a room at the back of the church and could live there. Dot confronted the officers, Paul Jenkins and Warren Rice telling them it was a sanctuary and they couldn't go through. Rice told Dot she was wrong about this. Anya eventually decided to give herself up, but told Jim to take care of Tomas as she now trusted them. She later wrote to Dot in June 2007, telling her to care for her son - not knowing that Tomas is now up for adoption, when Dot realised that she cannot bring up baby Tomas.

[edit] Tomas Covalenco

EastEnders character
Tomas Covalenco
Portrayed by Dylan Woolf
Tyler Woolf
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007
First appearance 9 April 2007
Last appearance 8 June 2007
Date of birth 28 February 2007

Tomas Covalenco was abandoned on 9 April 2007 by his mother, Anya in a church in Kent, and found by Dot Branning, who believed that Jesus had given her a second chance to be a good mother, after she aborted a baby at 21, and her son Nick grew up a criminal. Dot left her address on a notice board in the church, and Anya arrived in Walford to collect her son on 10 April. She was later arrested by immigration officials Warren Rice and Paul Jenkins for being an illegal immigrant, but didn't tell them she had a baby, leaving him with Dot and Jim. Jim later told his family that Tomas was the product of an affair between Nick and a prison nurse with no maternal instincts. He was then known as George Merton, until Dot was persuaded by Reverend Stevens and her oldest friend, Harold Legg to tell Social Services that she had him. He was collected on 8 June by social worker Natasha Powell.

[edit] Paul Jenkins

EastEnders character
Paul Jenkins
Portrayed by Simon Quarterman
Created by Sarah Phelps
Duration 2007
Appeared on 13 April 2007
Occupation Immigration official

Paul Jenkins was an immigration official, acting on a tip-off from Jim Branning, who searched 25 Albert Square for illegal immigrant Anya Covalenco. When Dot Branning returned home, after hiding Anya, she asked him to leave. He later followed Jim, Dot and Anya to a church, where he branded Dot a "religious nut", and was told to back off by his superior, Warren Rice. He later took Anya away when she gave herself up, not knowing she had left her son Tomas with Jim and Dot.

[edit] Warren Rice

EastEnders character
Warren Rice
Portrayed by Ewan Bailey
Created by Sarah Phelps
Duration 2007
Appeared on 13 April 2007
Occupation Immigration official

Warren Rice was a senior immigration official, acting on a tip-off from Jim Branning, who followed Jim, Dot and illegal immigrant Anya to a church, where he berated his junior, Paul Jenkins when he branded Dot a "religious nut". He then explained to Dot that under British law, churches are not a sanctuary.

[edit] Verity Wright

EastEnders character
Verity Wright
Portrayed by Amanda Ryan
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007
First appearance 1 May 2007
Last appearance 28 May 2007
Status Married

Verity Wright is the sister of Walford's general practitioner, May Wright. She visited May with her two children on 1 May 2007, when she found the nursery in May's flat meant for Dawn Swann's baby, presuming May was pregnant.[2] She later visited May on her birthday, and was shocked to find out that Rob had filed for divorce from May.[3] She returned once more on 28 May to visit May and give her a present for the baby she thinks she is having.

[edit] Erek

EastEnders character
Erek
Portrayed by Goran Kostic
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007
First appearance 7 May 2007
Last appearance 15 June 2007

Erek was a Polish builder who first appeared on 7 May 2007. Ian Beale was annoyed by him and the other builders, and when a feud broke out between Ian and Phil Mitchell, Erek helped Phil to humiliate Ian. He later started a relationship with Shirley Carter but it ended when Shirley's son Deano spoke badly about her, Erek punched him and Shirley then punched Erek.

[edit] Warren Stamp

EastEnders character
Warren Stamp
Portrayed by Will Mellor
Created by Alison Fisher
Duration 2007
First appearance 28 May 2007
Last appearance 31 May 2007
Status Single
Occupation Salesman

Warren Stamp was a salesman who asked Preeti Choraria out on a date after trying to sell her supplies at Booty. He assaulted Preeti on a date leaving distinct bruises on her arm. A day later he went on a date with Carly Wicks where he put drugs in her drink in an attempt to rape her. She was rescued by Sean Slater, and Warren ran away.

[edit] Natasha Powell

EastEnders character
Natasha Powell
Portrayed by Natasha Gordon
Created by Rob Gittins
Duration 2007
First appearance 7 June 2007
Last appearance 8 June 2007
Occupation Social worker

Natasha Powell was the social worker who arrived in Albert Square to collect Tomas Covalenco from Dot and Jim Branning's house, after Dot phoned Social Services and told them that Tomas was the baby of an illegal immigrant, Anya. Dot ran away to Harold Legg's house, but later returned and handed Tomas over to Natasha.

[edit] Summer Swann

EastEnders character
Summer Swann
Portrayed by Harry Swash (2007)
Isabella Hegarty (2007-2008)
Rebecca Hegarty (2007-2008)
Abbie Hackworth (2008—)
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007—
First appearance 21 June 2007
Date of birth 19 June 2007
Home 27 Albert Square

Summer Swann is the daughter of Dawn Swann and Rob Minter. She was played initially by on-screen uncle Joe Swash's son, Harry Swash for the first few months,[4] and then by twins Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty.[5] She is now played by Abbie Hackworth.[6]

She was born on 19 June 2007.

Summer went on a trip to Brighton with her mother and Garry Hobbs. In that amount of time, Dawn's got to grips to being a mother, starting by happily changing her nappy once back in Walford.

In January 2008, Dawn decided to audition Summer for catalogue modelling.

In June 2008 Dawn decided to enter Summer in a modeling competition in the Queen Vic

May has now come back to the series still convinced that Summer is her daughter and seeking revenge on Dawn.

[edit] Kenny Morris

EastEnders character
Kenny Morris
Portrayed by Ryan Philpott
Duration 2007
First appearance 25 June 2007
Last appearance 27 November 2007
Occupation Police officer

Police Constable Kenny Morris is a police officer who was called to Shirley Carter's flat when a party was getting out of hand. He broke up a fight and was almost hit by Shirley. He ended up staying the night and having sex with Shirley.

In November 2007, Kevin Wicks sold him a stolen car. When Darren Miller told Kevin that the car was stolen and that Kenny was a police officer, they stole the car and set it on fire.

[edit] Marion Crawford

EastEnders character
Marion Crawford
Portrayed by Ann Firbank
Duration 2007
Appeared on 29 June 2007
Status Married

Marion Crawford was the mother of Stella who appeared when Stella and her fiancé Phil Mitchell visited Marion and her husband Edward to announce their engagement. She apologised for her husband's absence, lying that he was out playing golf. Phil, however, saw Edward hiding in another room. While Phil was out of the room, Marion told Stella that she shouldn't be left alone with Phil's son Ben, and blamed her for the death of her other daughter, Catherine. After Phil and Stella left, Phil pretended to go back to the house to retrieve his lost phone, but instead confronted Edward for hiding from Stella. Marion then revealed that Catherine had died in Stella's care.

[edit] Edward Crawford

EastEnders character
Edward Crawford
Portrayed by David Quilter
Duration 2007
Appeared on 29 June 2007
Status Married
Occupation Queen's Counsel

Edward Crawford, Queen's Counsel is the father of Stella, who appeared when Stella and her fiancé, Phil Mitchell visited Stella's parents. He hid in a room away from Stella, and was confronted by Phil when Phil realised he was there, not playing golf as his wife Marion had told him. Edward revealed that he was estranged from Stella because he and his wife blamed her for the death of their other daughter, Catherine.

[edit] Cheryl Andrews

EastEnders character
Cheryl Andrews
Portrayed by Charlotte Palmer
Duration 2007
Appeared on 3 July 2007
Status Married

Cheryl Andrews was the wife of Bradley Branning's boss, Tony, who attended a dinner party with Bradley and his girlfriend Stacey Slater. An East End girl herself, she got on with Stacey, and told her of the merits of being married to a banker, including living in Paris.

[edit] Charity Kase

EastEnders character
Charity Kase
Portrayed by Morgan Crowley
Created by Alexander Lamb
Duration 2007
First appearance 9 July 2007
Last appearance 24 August 2007

Karl "Charity Kase" was an Irish drag act employed by Peggy Mitchell for a night in The Queen Vic. He sang "Big Spender" to Billy Mitchell and Bradley Branning, made Bradley go up on stage and repeat his proposal to Stacey Slater in front of the audience, and sang a duet with barmaid Shirley Carter. He also after being told by Sean Slater made enemies with Deano Wicks after dressing him up and making a fool of him.

He later appeared when Shirley was in Brighton with her best friend Heather Trott and they ran into him. He offered them a lift back to Walford because their car had been clamped.

[edit] Myra Sim

EastEnders character
Myra Sim
Portrayed by Naomi Ryan
Duration 2007
Appeared on 17 July 2007
Occupation Police officer

Police Constable Myra Sim was the police officer who investigated Wellard's kidnapping. She spoke to Mickey Miller and Gus Smith, and found the recently-departed Li Chong's stash of dodgy mobile phones. Mickey asked her not to tell Gus about the phones, which she did not. When Bert Atkinson later plastered posters of Wellard around Walford, she dealt with a complaint about them, telling Gus to take them down or he would be fined.

[edit] Jasmine Field

EastEnders character
Jasmine Field
Portrayed by Karen Ascoe
Duration 2007
Appeared on 24 July 2007
Occupation Police officer

Detective Constable Jasmine Field was the police officer who, along with her partner PC Tony Webster, interviewed Ben Mitchell following months of abuse from his father Phil's fiancée Stella Crawford.

[edit] Tony Webster

EastEnders character
Tony Webster
Duration 2007
Appeared on 24 July 2007
Occupation Police officer

Police Constable Tony Webster was the police officer who, along with his partner DC Jasmine Field, interviewed Ben Mitchell following months of abuse from his father Phil's fiancée Stella Crawford.

[edit] Alice Lord

EastEnders character
Alice Lord
Portrayed by Toni Palmer
Duration 2007
Appeared on 2 August 2007

Alice Lord was a family friend of Tanya Branning and her sister Rainie. When they were children they would call her "Auntie Alice", although she was not related to them. She lived on the same housing estate as the sisters, and appeared when Tanya tried to get in contact with Rainie, telling Tanya that Rainie had many men visiting her flat.

[edit] Ellen Dunn

EastEnders character
Ellen Dunn
Portrayed by Phillipa Peak
Duration 2007
First appearance 7 August 2007
Last appearance 7 September 2007
Occupation Police officer

Detective Sergeant Ellen Dunn is the leading officer investigating the attack on Patrick Trueman. She interrogated Sean Slater, and later interviewed Deano Wicks when he was attacked after making a statement against Sean. One month later, she led a team of officers to arrest Deano and Chelsea Fox for attempting to pervert the course of justice

[edit] Zachary Carson

EastEnders character
Zachary Carson
Portrayed by Jonah Russell
Duration 2007
First appearance 7 August 2007
Last appearance 13 August 2007
Occupation Police officer

Detective Constable Zachary Carson was one of the police officers investigating the attack on Patrick Trueman. He collected witness statements from Deano Wicks and Chelsea Fox, who claimed they saw Sean Slater attack Patrick, and later interviewed Patrick when he regained consciousness, distressing him until Denise Wicks told Carson to leave the hospital. He left Patrick his card, and Patrick later telephoned him and told him Sean was the culprit. One month later, the police officers arrested Chelsea and Deano after they had been discovered they were perverting the course of justice.

[edit] Alan Simon

EastEnders character
Alan Simon
Portrayed by Simon Meacock
Duration 2007
First appearance 10 August 2007
Last appearance 13 August 2007
Occupation Duty solicitor

Alan Simon was Sean Slater's duty solicitor when he was accused of attacking Patrick Trueman. He constantly advised Sean that he was allowed to answer "no comment", as Sean was getting irate with police officers in the interview room. He later visited Sean's girlfriend Carly Wicks.

[edit] Jo Davis

EastEnders character
Jo Davis
Portrayed by Jennifer Taylor
Duration 2007
Appeared on 20 August 2007
Occupation Receptionist

Jo Davis was the receptionist who booked Garry Hobbs and Dawn Swann a room in a hotel in Brighton. She was unable to book them a twin room, so booked them a double room instead, and assisted them in getting a cot for Dawn's baby Summer.

[edit] Len Harker

EastEnders character
Len Harker
Portrayed by Christopher Ellison
Duration 2007
First appearance 20 August 2007
Last appearance 24 August 2007
Occupation Rocking horse maker

Len Harker was a man who unknowingly helped Shirley Carter and Heather Trott to steal a car that Pat Evans borrowed from Kevin Wicks. As Shirley and Heather drove away to Brighton, Pat came out from the service station and called out that it was her car, but she slipped and broke her shoe. Len mended her broken shoe, and then offered her a lift to Worthing, where she had been heading for. After Pat accepted, he drove her to a run-down mental facility where Pat's long-lost sister Joan had been sent sixty years previously. After being refused entry, he helped Pat to break in, where they discovered that Joan hadn't died aged 22 as Pat had been told, but had been sent to a different hospital in the 1980s. However, while running from the police, he dropped the paper which revealed which hospital she had been sent to, but he searched the Internet and found the location. He took Pat there, where they discovered that Joan had only died a few years ago, and that she had married in 1963. He took Pat back to Walford, where he said goodbye to her, giving her his card, looked around, and then drove away.

He wasn't heard of again until Christmas Day 2007, when he sent Pat a rocking horse for her Christmas and a card to let her know that he was thinking of her.

[edit] Will Passmore

EastEnders character
Will Passmore
Portrayed by Patrick Brennan
Duration 2007
Appeared on 24 August 2007
Occupation Care home manager

Will Passmore was the manager of a care home called Springview, where Pat Evans sister, Joan, once lived. Pat and her companion Len Harker found the care home, and Will told them that Joan had died three years ago, but that she had been happily married to a man named Michael and was well liked in the community.

[edit] Damian

EastEnders character
Damian
Portrayed by James Hillier
Duration 2007
First appearance 27 August 2007
Last appearance 29 October 2007
Status Single
Home Ibiza
Occupation Businessman

Damian was Roxy Mitchell's fiancé whom she started avoiding calls from during her stay in Walford. Roxy told her sister Ronnie she was going to leave Damien and never go back to Ibiza, but Ronnie warned her to wait until she got the money out of his business. They then both got into an argument over the situation during which Damien turned up totally unexpected at The Queen Victoria. Later left after Roxy and Ronnie tricked him into believing Roxy's new boyfriend was Ian Beale and she was pregnant with Ian's baby and Roxy snogged Ian to prove she loved him with all her heart in front of Damian. Damian then left to go back to Ibiza.

Two months later, he returned to Walford to be with Roxy, who was then found crying on the bed pretending she had a miscarriage. Ronnie was horrified that Roxy was setting him up. Roxy tried not to let him know that she was using him only for the money to help Peggy pay off her £40,000 debts and the funds for her and Ronnie's future ownership of the Scarlet nightclub. On 29th October, Damian attacked Ian in the cafe when he discovered that he and Roxy were never even in love, and then got himself arrested by Jack Branning when he 'hit' Ronnie (this was set up by Ronnie, when she made him look like he was sexually assaulting her). Damian also realised what the Mitchell sisters were up to when he then realised that Roxy doesn't really love him, but is using him - only because he had everything. During the arrest, Ronnie made an excuse and told Damian why he was set up - because he owed her money, so he accepted her offer and then was taken in Jack's car. This was the very last time we ever saw of him.

[edit] Queenie Trott

EastEnders character
Queenie Trott
Portrayed by Judy Cornwell
Duration 2007, 2008
First appearance 25 September 2007
Last appearance 24 April 2008

Queenie Trott is the mother of Heather Peterson. Queenie is a controlling woman, who prefers Heather to be at her beck and call. She regularly taunts, insults and demeans her daughter, always calling her by the name "Pig", but she does not react kindly to those who might want to lure her away. When Shirley Carter asked Heather to move out of her mother's flat and into hers, Queenie manipulated Heather into staying. Queenie claimed she was pleased to see her daughter leave, but then pretended to have an accident and Heather was so concerned for her mother's safety that she decided not to move out. However, Heather later heard Queenie laughing about her deception to a friend on the phone, mocking her daughter's stupidity, calling her a "stupid cow." Heather was so angry that she decided to move in with Shirley after all, only to find that Shirley had been evicted as she'd failed to pay the rent. Not wanting to remain living with her spiteful mother, Heather decided to pay the rent with money she had in her savings account. She sneaked back to Queenie's to find her savings book, but discovered that her mother had stolen most of her money.

She turned up on Heather's doorstep on 16 March 2008 to meet Heather's new fiancé, Minty Peterson. She blackmailed Minty and Heather, saying she would not leave unless they gave her their winnings from the wedding competition they were in. Heather revealed to Minty that Queenie had told her that her father walked out on them because he hated living with Heather. Minty then encouraged Heather to stand up to Queenie, which she did, prompting Queenie to leave.

Queenie later tried to stop Minty and Heather's wedding, revealing Heather's true identity to Marni from the magazine. Heather married Minty and later berated Queenie for trying to ruin her happiness, and Queenie left.

[edit] Brendan Hughes

EastEnders character
Brendan Hughes
Portrayed by Tim Hudson
Duration 2007
First appearance 1 October 2007
Last appearance 9 October 2007
Occupation Lawyer

Brendan Hughes was the lawyer of Chelsea Fox and Deano Wicks. He represented them in court when they were charged with falsifying evidence in a police enquiry. Despite Mr. Hughes plea for lenience, Dean and Chelsea were sentenced to 6 months in prison.

[edit] Tony Evans

EastEnders character
Tony Evans
Duration 2007
Appeared on 15 October 2007
Occupation Psychiatrist

Tony Evans was a psychiatrist friend of Ian Beale, who agreed to take Ian's ex-stepson, Steven into his mental hospital.

[edit] Felix Riley

EastEnders character
Felix Riley
Portrayed by John Webber
Duration 2007
Appeared on 22 October 2007
Profile
Occupation Loan shark

Felix Riley was a loan shark, who tried to loan money to Peggy Mitchell when she was £40,000 in debt. When he explained that he would effectively be buying The Queen Vic from her and renting it back to her, Peggy threw him out.


[edit] Bird Meadows

EastEnders character
Bird Meadows
Portrayed by Brett Fancy
Duration 2007
First appearance 22 October 2007
Last appearance 15 November 2007

Liam "Bird" Meadows was a member of Terry Bates's gang of football hooligans. He caught up with Jase Dyer, a former member of the gang, in Walford and attempted to recruit him back into the gang. When Jase refused, Bird helped Terry and the gang to arrange a car crash for a man who had sent Jase to prison. When this failed to win Jase back, the gang raided The Queen Vic looking for him.

[edit] Raymond Storry

EastEnders character
Raymond Storry
Portrayed by Julien Ball
Created by Sarah Phelps
Duration 2007
Appeared on 8 November 2007
Occupation Psychiatrist

Doctor Raymond Storry was a psychiatrist who worked at Tony Evans's mental hospital, who looked after Steven Beale. He told Steven's grandmother Pat Evans that Steven was ready to leave the hospital, and prescribed him some pills, which Steven later threw down Pat's sink.

[edit] William Mitchell

EastEnders character
William Mitchell
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007—
First appearance 13 November 2007
Date of birth 12 November 2007
Home 31 Albert Square

William Mitchell is the son of Billy and Honey Mitchell. On 20 March 2007, Honey found out she was pregnant with her second child, and told Pat Evans, asking her not to tell Billy. Pat berated Honey for not telling Billy and when she eventually did tell him. Billy was distant with Honey after this but the two finally had a heart to heart and he admitted to having the same concerns as her including that they may love the new baby more than their first child Janet, which Honey reassured him could never happen. After this the two agreed they wanted the new baby and gradually spread the news to their family. The baby was due on 12 November 2007.

On 12 November 2007, Honey was knocked down due to an incident at The Queen Vic involving Jase Dyer, Terry Bates and Terry's gang. This caused the placenta to become dislodged from the uterine wall, and Honey went into labour. When he was born, it seemed that William had died because he wasn't breathing, however he eventually pulled through. Honey came up with the idea for him to be named after his father. She felt guilty that she was happy that he did not have Down's syndrome like his sister.

The scenes in which Honey was attacked were subject to heavy criticism, with Ofcom receiving 78 complaints from viewers about the level of violence displayed, and concerns for the safety of her baby. The media regulatory body stated that: "In Ofcom's view the violence was not appropriately limited for this time of the evening when many children are available to view television."[7] EastEnders was found to have breached the broadcasting code on this occasion, though the BBC defended itself by stating that there had been a gradual build up to the event over several episodes, and that a content warning was aired prior to the episode's broadcast.[8]

[edit] Dave Stewart

EastEnders character
Dave Stewart
Portrayed by Vincent Carmichael
Duration 2007
Appeared on 20 November 2007
Occupation Insurance salesman

Dave Stewart was a colleague of Max Branning who interviewed Max's son Bradley for a job as an insurance salesman. Stewart was impressed by Bradley in the interview and offered him the job, but Bradley turned him down as he didn't feel that it was the right career path for him.

[edit] Jamie Stewart

EastEnders character
Jamie Stewart
Portrayed by Edward MacLiam
Duration 2007, 2008
First appearance 29 November 2007
Last appearance 13 May 2008
Occupation Doctor

Doctor Jamie Stewart was an Irish doctor at Walford General Hospital who helped Ronnie Mitchell when she sprained her wrist. He flirted with Ronnie's sister, Roxy, who invited him to attend the opening of their new nightclub, R&R - which he attended on 30 November.

The character reappeared in May 2008 when Roxy had to go to hospital after fainting. Jamie gave Roxy his number. He later met up with Roxy at the Queen Vic, though was interrupted when his ex-wife Laura arrived and asked him to look after their son, Felix. Roxy got on well with Felix, but when she fainted and found out she was pregnant, Jamie told her that he couldn't commit to a relationship with her, as he was already preoccupied with Felix.

[edit] Oscar Branning

EastEnders character
Oscar Branning
Created by Diederick Santer
Duration 2007—
First appearance 14 December 2007
Date of birth 13 December 2007
Home 5 Albert Square

Oscar Branning is the son of Tanya Branning and Max Branning and first appeared on 14 December 2007, having been delivered by his father,[9] because it was too late to go to the hospital. The midwife was not present so Max had to follow her instructions over the (speaker)phone. Oscar was named by his sister Abi.[9] Max was not very keen on the name but Tanya liked it. Tanya later asked Jane Beale if she would be godmother which she accepted. In March 2008 it was revealed that everytime Tanya looks at Oscar, she thinks of Max and his affair.

[edit] Others

Date(s) Character(s) Actor(s) Circumstances
01/01 - 11/10 DS Grimwood Steve Hansell A police officer investigating Pauline Fowler's murder.
11/01 Dermot Scott Mean A man who came onto Stacey Slater, but ended up getting beaten up by her brother Sean.
11/01-08/05 Ellie Hazel Holder A nurse at Walford General Hospital. She appeared when May Wright pushed Dawn Swann down some steps.
15/01 Jonathan Iain Stirland
15/01 Jenny Hattie Ladbury
16/01-18/01 Dr Newton Rebecca Sarker Naomi Julien's mortgage advisor.
16/01-18/01 Maddy Annabel Scholey A man who came onto Stacey Slater, but ended up getting beaten up by her brother Sean.
29/01-30/01 Mr Rogers Alan Perrin
05/02-15/02 PC Henderson Jem Wall A police officer involved in the search for missing Kevin Wicks.
13/02 Guy Andrew French
27/03-29/03 Nadezhda Irina Diva A Bulgarian woman brought in to work at the Launderette. Dot Branning berated her for booking too many service washes, so she threw a tantrum, jumping on the laundry.[10]
17/04-25/06 Olive Sylvia Syms Stella Crawford's wedding dress fitter. She was hired by Peggy Mitchell and she was not particularly pleasant to Stella.
13/07 Sian Claire Adams A woman who Max Branning flirted with, who ended up being a supplier for his wife, Tanya.
17/07 Fin Danny Alder A vet who told Abi Branning that her guinea pig, Marge was pregnant.
03/09-05/09 Tamara Helen Coombe Gus Smith's date, twin sister of Tonicha.
03/09-05/09 Tonicha Rachel Coombe Mickey Miller's date, twin sister of Tamara.
24/09/07-12/03/08 Norman David Schaal Shirley Carter's landlord who she humiliated.
05/10 Pedro Joseph Thompson Manager of a gay bar which Carly Wicks worked at. Carly and brother Deano Wicks lodged at his flat.
09/10 Gwen Rebecca Jo Hanbury Chelsea Fox's cellmate.
20/11-23/11 Monique Heather Cave Peter Beale's French exchange student who took a liking to Steven Beale. She left the Square when the Beales forbade her from seeing Steven, setting up Peter with Lauren Branning in the process.
10/12-21/12 Bernadette Olivia Grant A child in Dot and Yolande's nativity play, who Abi Branning was jealous of, as she was playing Mary.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Mandana Jones in EastEnders? UPDATED", Digital Spy. URL last accessed 2006-01-08
  2. ^ "Dot's secret's in danger", bbc.co.uk/eastenders. URL last accessed 2007-05-07.
  3. ^ "May's torment", bbc.co.uk/eastenders. URL last accessed 2007-05-07.
  4. ^ "Enders star on being TV mother", The Sun. URL last accessed 2007-10-28.
  5. ^ "Isobella & Rebecca Hegarty"
  6. ^ "Toxic sofa burns TV star baby", The Sun. URL last accessed 2008-06-11.
  7. ^ John Plunkett (25 February 2008). EastEnders violence ruled out of order. The Guardian. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  8. ^ Matthew Hemley (25 February 2008). Ofcom raps BBC over EastEnders violence. The Stage. Retrieved on 2008-03-05.
  9. ^ a b "Oscar.. Bravo!", Daily Mirror, 2007-12-08. Retrieved on 2007-12-12. 
  10. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: In Video: First-look 'EastEnders' clip", Digital Spy, 2007-03-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-19.