EastEnders

Set in the East End of London, the show focuses on the tensions between love and family with stories ranging from hard-hitting social issues, to personal, human tragedies. And there's plenty of funny moments too. 

Classic characters old and new across thousands of episodes have shared a drink in The Queen Vic, shed tears of despair or joy, sat on Arthur's bench in the Square... and at some point or other they probably crossed paths with Ian Beale.

Release date: 1985-02-19
Official Sites: bbc.co.uk
Genres: Drama
IMDb Rating: 7.1
Cast
Adam Woodyatt
Ian Beale
Steve McFadden
Phil Mitchell
Letitia Dean
Sharon Watts
Gillian Taylforth
Kathy Cotton
Perry Fenwick
Billy Mitchell
Lacey Turner
Stacey Slater
James Bye
Martin Fowler
James Alexandrou
Martin Fowler
Natalie Cassidy
Sonia Fowler
Jessie Wallace
Kat Mitchell
Diane Parish
Denise Fox
Barbara Windsor
Peggy Mitchell
Linda Henry
Shirley Carter
Shona McGarty
Whitney Dean
Sid Owen
Ricky Butcher
Rudolph Walker
Patrick Trueman
Scott Maslen
Jack Branning
Jake Wood
Max Branning
Harry Reid
Ben Mitchell
Joshua Pascoe
Ben Mitchell
Ben Mitchell
Ben Mitchell
Jamie Borthwick
Jay Brown
Patsy Palmer
Bianca Jackson
Laila Morse
Mo Harris
Shane Richie
Alfie Moon
Charlie Brooks
Janine Butcher
Kellie Bright
Linda Carter
Danny Dyer
Mick Carter
Ross Kemp
Grant Mitchell
Jenna Russell
Michelle Fowler
Susan Tully
Michelle Fowler
Gillian Wright
Jean Slater
Rita Simons
Roxy Mitchell
Jacqueline Jossa
Lauren Branning
Madeline Duggan
Lauren Branning
Tameka Empson
Kim Fox
Emma Barton
Honey Mitchell
Thomas Law
Peter Beale
Peter Beale
Ben Hardy
Peter Beale
Derek Martin
Charlie Slater
Danniella Westbrook
Sam Mitchell
Kim Medcalf
Sam Mitchell
Samantha Womack
Ronnie Mitchell
Danielle Harold
Lola Pearce-Brown
Maisie Smith
Tiffany Butcher-Baker
Luisa Bradshaw-White
Tina Carter
Michelle Collins
Cindy Beale
Lorraine Stanley
Karen Taylor
Davood Ghadami
Kush Kazemi
Bobby Beale
Zaraah Abrahams
Chelsea Fox
Tiana Benjamin
Chelsea Fox
Leslie Grantham
Den Watts
Lucy Benjamin
Lisa Fowler
Tony Clay
Callum 'Halfway' Highway
Michelle Ryan
Zoe Slater
Kacey Ainsworth
Maureen "Little Mo" Morgan
Clair Norris
Bernadette Taylor
Ricky Norwood
Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb
Roger Griffiths
Mitch Baker
Matt Di Angelo
Dean Wicks
Aaron Sidwell
Steven Beale
Zack Morris
Keegan Butcher-Baker
Liam Butcher
Elaine Lordan
Lynne Hobbs
Maddy Hill
Nancy Carter
Angela Wynter
Yolande Trueman
Danny Walters
Keanu Taylor
Louisa Lytton
Ruby Allen
Tanya Franks
Rainie Highway
Lin Blakley
Pam Coker
Suki Panesar
Sam Strike
Johnny Carter
Ted Reilly
Johnny Carter
Charlie Suff
Johnny Carter
Ricky Champ
Stuart Highway
Ellie Dadd
Amy Mitchell
Lily Slater
Danny-Boy Hatchard
Lee Carter
Belinda Owusu
Libby Fox
Gary Beadle
Paul Trueman
James Farrar
Zack Hudson
Bobby Brazier
Freddie Slater
Toby-Alexander Smith
Gray Atkins
Vinny Panesar
Leonard Fenton
Harold Legg
Anita Dobson
Angie Watts
Robert Kazinsky
Sean Slater
Andrew Lynford
Simon Raymond
Richard Blackwood
Vincent Hubbard
Tom Watt
Lofty Holloway
Milly Zero
Dotty Cotton
Brian Conley
Tom 'Rocky' Cotton
Heather Peace
Eve Unwin
Nicholas R. Bailey
Anthony Trueman
Ross Boatman
Harvey Monroe
Linda Davidson
Mary Smith
Ricky Branning
Jaz Singh Deol
Kheerat Panesar
Lexi Pearce
Kellie Shirley
Carly Wicks
Annette Badland
Babe Smith
Harriet Thorpe
Elaine Peacock
Don Gilet
Lucas Johnson
Michael Cashman
Colin Russell
Tommy Moon
Roger Sloman
Les Coker
Neil McDermott
Ryan Malloy
Will Mitchell
Ravi Gulati
Navin Chowdhry
Nish Panesar
Ash Kaur
Ameet Chana
Janet Mitchell
David Witts
Joey Branning
Jasmyn Banks
Alice Branning
Larry Lamb
Archie Mitchell
Kara-Leah Fernandes
Bailey Baker
Jamie Foreman
Derek Branning
Karl Howman
Andrew 'Buster' Briggs
Billy Murray
Johnny Allen
Priya Davdra
Iqra Ahmed
Delroy Atkinson
Howie Danes
Ashvin Luximon
Asif Malik
Rose Ayling-Ellis
Frankie Lewis
Felix Baker
Jessica Plummer
Chantelle Atkins
Wendy Richard
Pauline Fowler
Mimi Keene
Cindy Williams
Stevie Basaula
Isaac Baptiste
Denzel Danes
Colin Salmon
George Knight
Gary Hailes
Barry Clark
Molly Rainford
Anna Knight
Francesca Henry
Gina Knight
Lisa Hammond
Donna Yates
Alex Ferns
Trevor Morgan
Ellen Thomas
Claudette Hubbard
Laurie Brett
Jane Beale
Katie Jarvis
Hayley Slater
Jonny Labey
Paul Coker
Glynis Barber
Glenda Mitchell
Davinder 'Nugget' Gulati
Jonny Freeman
Reiss Colwell
June Brown
Dot Branning
Lorna Fitzgerald
Abi Branning
Timothy West
Stan Carter
Suzette Llewellyn
Sheree Trueman
Rukku Nahar
Habiba Ahmed
Bert Moon
Bonnie Langford
Carmel Kazemi
Ashley Byam
Finlay Baker
Jasmine Armfield
Bex Fowler
Barbara Smith
Dana Monroe
Nitin Ganatra
Masood Ahmed
Alison Newman
DCI Samantha Keeble
Tilly Keeper
Louise Mitchell
Mia Atkins
Gwen Taylor
Vi Highway
Leanne Lakey
Belinda Peacock
Carli Norris
Belinda Peacock
Aftab Sachak
Ashraf Karim
Riley Carter Millington
Kyle Slater
Polly Perkins
Rose Cotton
Louie Beale
Mercy Olubunmi
Shaheen Jafargholi
Shakil Kazemi
Linda Marlowe
Sylvie Carter
Jade Masood
Scarlett Butcher
Emer Kenny
Zsa Zsa Carter
Declan Bennett
Charlie Cotton
Corinne Skinner-Carter
Audrey Truman
Duncan Boyd
Ernie Moon
William Ellis
Theo Hawthorne
Lindsey Coulson
Carol Jackson
Sophie Khan Levy
Priya Nandra-Hart
Aaliya James
Avani Nandra-Hart
Liam Bergin
Daniel Mitchell
Sam Attwater
Leon Small
Adam Croasdell
Al Jenkins
Jada Lennox
Jags Panesar
Ruhtxjiaïh Bellènéa
Mila Marwa
Kristian Kiehling
Aleks Shirovs
Himesh Patel
Tamwar Masood
Rebecca Scroggs
Fiona "Tosh" Mackintosh
Charlie Wernham
Aaron Monroe
Penny Branning
Lynda Baron
Linda Clarke
Pastor Clayton
Ann Mitchell
Cora Cross
Zahra Ahmadi
Rakhee Thakrar
Dr Nina Gupta
Michael Elphick
Harry Slater
Khali Best
Dexter Hartman
Hetti Bywater
Melissa Suffield
Aidan O'Callaghan
Lewis Butler
Jamie Lomas
Jake Stone
Terry Alderton
Terry Spraggan
Jan Graveson
Disa O'Brien
Patsy Kensit
Emma Harding
Jazzy Phoenix
Nadine Keller
Anna Barkan
Nadia Mitchell
Alex McSweeney
Graham Foster
Michael French
David Wicks
Simone Lahbib
Katy Lewis
Christopher Fairbank
Eddie Knight
Lola Campbell
Britney Wainwright
Elizabeth Counsell
Gloria Knight
John Altman
Nick Cotton
Martha Cope
Sandy Gibson
Anil Goutam
Ranveer Gulati
Pauline McLynn
Yvonne Cotton
Kirsty J Curtis
Keeley Wainwright
Alan Ford
Stevie Mitchell
John Partridge
Christian Clarke
Kierston Wareing
Kirsty Branning
Gary Lucy
Danny Pennant
Phaldut Sharma
Amjad Jahangir "AJ" Ahmed
Cheryl Fergison
Heather Trott
Matilda Ziegler
Donna Ludlow
Kathryn Apanowicz
Magda Czajkowski
Daniel Coonan
Carl White
Isobelle Molloy
Kate Magowan
Rachel Bright
Poppy Meadow
Chucky Venn
Clare Perkins
Cornell S. John
Jo Joyner
Nina Wadia
Steve John Shepherd
Tony Discipline
Marc Elliott
Matt Lapinskas
Nicola Stapleton
Ricky Grover
Charlie G. Hawkins
David Essex
John Bardon
Pam St. Clement
Pat Evans
Stefan Booth
Zöe Lucker
Cavan Clerkin
Charlie Clements
Bradley Branning
Cliff Parisi
Rick "Minty" Peterson
Josie Lawrence
Preeya Kalidas
Rolan Bell
Carmel Cryan
Elliott Jordan
Kara Tointon
Lauren Crace
Nina Toussaint-White
Bobby Davro
Christopher Coghill
Gemma Bissix
Joe Swash
Maggie O'Neill
Mohammed George
Dave Hill
Ray Brooks
Shana Swash
David Spinx
Christopher Parker
Hilda Braid
Nana Moon
Jake Maskall
Jemma Walker
Jill Halfpenny
Joseph Kpobie
Michael Higgs
Nabil Elouahabi
Nigel Harman
Pooja Shah
Raji James
Ash Ferreira
Ray Panthaki
Tracy-Ann Oberman
Brooke Kinsella
Kelly Taylor
Dean Gaffney
Robbie Jackson
Hannah Waterman
Lucy Speed
Robyn Moore
Scarlett Alice Johnson
Vicki Fowler
Shaun Williamson
Bindya Solanki
Jane How
John Bowler
Dougie Slade
Tara Lynne O'Neill
Todd Carty
Tony Caunter
Krystle Williams
Martin Kemp
Steve Owen
Michael Greco
Sylvester Williams
Tamzin Outhwaite
Melanie Owen
Clare Wilkie
Craig Fairbrass
Frankie Fitzgerald
Susan George
Carly Hillman
Nicky Di Marco
Elizabeth Kelly
Gretchen Franklin
Ethel Skinner
Jimi Mistry
Joe Absolom
Leila Birch
Leslie Schofield
Louise Jameson
Marc Bannerman
Russell Floyd
Troy Titus-Adams
Barbara Keogh
Carol Harrison
Daniela Denby-Ashe
Deborah Sheridan-Taylor
Des Coleman
Mark Homer
Melanie Clark-Pullen
Richard Driscoll
Richard Elis
Sean Gleeson
Caroline Paterson
Deepak Verma
Jamila Massey
Janet Dibley
Martine McCutcheon
Pamela Salem
Paul Bradley
Paul Moriarty
Shobu Kapoor
Gita Kapoor
Victoria Gould
Polly Becker
Brian Croucher
Ted Hills
Devon Anderson
Billy Jackson
Harry Landis
Felix Kawalski
Howard Antony
Alan Jackson
Jacqueline Leonard
Lorraine Wicks
Mona Hammond
Blossom Jackson
Paul Nicholls
Joe Wicks
Sophie Lawrence
Diane Butcher
Bill Treacher
Arthur Fowler
Debbie Arnold
April Branning
Mark Monero
Steve Elliot
Michael Tudor Barnes
Willy Roper
Dilys Laye
Nicola Duffett
Debbie Bates
Ian Reddington
Richard Cole
Nicole Arumugam
Shelley Lewis
Tommy Eytle
Jules Tavernier
Jacquetta May
Rachel Kominski
Etta Tavernier
Leroy Golding
Celestine Tavernier
Michelle Gayle
Hattie Tavernier
Michelle Joseph
Della Alexander
Sean Maguire
Aidan Brosnan
Steven Woodcock
Clyde Tavernier
Edna Doré
Mo Butcher
Garey Bridges
Lloyd Tavernier
Susanna Dawson
Gill Fowler
William Boyde
James Wilmott-Brown
Helen Pearson
John Hallam
Barnsey Barnes
Louise Plowright
Julie Cooper
Mark Thrippleton
Paul Priestley
Nick Berry
Simon Wicks
Nisha Kapur
Shireen Karim
Pat Coombs
Rani Singh
Sufia Karim
Ronny Jhutti
Sohail Karim
Steven Hartley
Matthew Jackson
Haluk Bilginer
Mehmet Osman
Ishia Bennison
Guizin Osman
Nej Adamson
Ali Osman
Sandy Ratcliff
Sue Osman
Anna Wing
Lou Beale
Donald Tandy
Tom Clements
Oscar James
Tony Carpenter
Sally Sagoe
Hannah Carpenter
Shirley Cheriton
Debbie Wilkins
Shreela Ghosh
Naima Jeffrey
Delanie Forbes
Cassie Carpenter
Ross Davidson
Andy O'Brien
Peter Dean
Pete Beale
Nadia Sawalha
Annie Palmer
Roberta Taylor
Irene Raymond
Race Davies
Jackie Owen
Jack Ryder
Jamie Mitchell
Gavin Richards
Terry Raymond
Mike Reid
Frank Butcher
Gerry Cowper
Rosie Miller
Ricky Groves
Garry Hobbs
Kate Williams
Liz Turner
Simone James
Becca Swanson
Paul J. Medford
Kelvin Carpenter
Phil
Grant
Jaime Winstone
Peggy
George Russo
Eric
George Greenland
Billy
Charlie
Dean Roberts
Stephen
Henry Garrett
Rose Reynolds
Glenda
Ronnie