User:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes (1986)

EastEnders is a British soap opera, examining the domestic and professional lives of working class people who live in the fictitious London Borough of Walford in the East End of London. The show entered its second year of broadcast on 2 January 1986 with its 92nd episode, with show co-creator Julia Smith continuing the role of executive producer. EastEnders aired 105 episodes in 1986, with the the typical week comprising two half-hour episodes on BBC1, in a time slot of 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Characters that were introduced in 1986 included Jan Hammond (Jane How), Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt), Charlie Cotton (Christopher Hancock), James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde), Carmel Roberts (Judith Jacob), Harry Reynolds (Gareth Potter), Pat Wicks (Pam St. Clement), Eddie Hunter (Simon Henderson), Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Tom Clements (Donald Tandy), Dr Singh (Amerjit Deu), Barry Clark (Gary Hailes) and Rezaul Kabir (Tanveer Ghani). Dave Dale, Josephine Melville and Katherine Parr guest starred throughout the year as John Fisher, Tessa Parker and Irene respectively. David Scarboro made guest returns throughout the year as Mark Fowler. Characters that left the series in 1986 included DS Roy Quick (Douglas Fielding), Andy O'Brien (Ross Davidson) and Cassie Carpenter (Delanie Forbes).

Cast and characters
The first character to be introduced in 1986 was Jan Hammond (Jane How), the long-term mistress of Den Watts (Leslie Grantham). Jonathan Stratt was introduced as Brad Williams, a mobster heavy for gangster organisation The Firm. Nick Cotton's (John Altman) father and Dot Cotton's (June Brown) bigamous husband Charlie Cotton was introduced in March, with Christopher Hancock cast in the role. William Boyde also joined the cast in March as brewery area manager, James Willmott-Brown. A prominent storyline of 1985 was Michelle Fowler's (Susan Tully) teenage pregnancy and in May 1986, Michelle gave birth to a daughter, Vicki Fowler (Emma Henry). Following Vicki's birth, Judith Jacob was cast as Michelle's health worker, Carmel Roberts, but when the character proved popular she was introduced on a regular basis. Show bosses decided in 1986 to tackle "an important and complicated story about the ups and downs of a pop group" and thus The Banned, a fictional band within the show, which included some of the show's teenage characters, was created. For the storyline, three new characters were introduced: Harry Reynolds (Gareth Potter), Tessa Parker (Josephine Melville) and Eddie Hunter (Simon Henderson). Irene (Katherine Parr) was introduced in July as a long-term recurring character, the aunt of Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt). The show's first homosexual characters, Colin Russell and Barry Clark was introduced in August and November, with the roles cast to Michael Cashman and Gary Hailes respectively. Donald Tandy joined the show's cast in August as an elderly army war veteran, Tom Clements. A love interest for Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh) was introduced in November in the form of Dr Singh (Amerjit Deu), whilst Naima's cousin, Rezaul Kabir joined the show in December, played by Tanveer Ghani. David Scarboro made several guest returns as Mark Fowler throughout the year, following his departure in April 1985.

The first character to leave the series in 1986 was recurring police officer, DS Roy Quick (Douglas Fielding), in July. Andy O'Brien became the first regular character in the series' history to be killed off in August 1986; actor Ross Davidson was axed following an altercation with show producer, Julia Smith, in which she threatened to write out his character and Davidson told her to kill him off. Delanie Forbes was written out from her role as 11-year-old Cassie Carpenter and having not received a on-screen exit, Cassie last appeared in December 1986. She was officially written out of the show, off-screen, the following year.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 1986 cast. From episode 183, the majority of characters are credited without their surnames.

Regular cast

 * Nick Berry as Simon Wicks (99 episodes)
 * Leslie Grantham as Den Watts (95 episodes)
 * Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler (95 episodes)
 * Bill Treacher as Arthur Fowler (95 episodes)
 * Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale (90 episodes)
 * Peter Dean as Pete Beale (89 episodes)
 * Anita Dobson as Angie Watts (88 episodes)
 * Susan Tully as Michelle Fowler (88 episodes)
 * Tom Watt as Lofty Holloway (88 episodes)
 * Paul J. Medford as Kelvin Carpenter (85 episodes)
 * Nejdet Salih as Ali Osman (83 episodes)
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts (81 episodes)
 * Sandy Ratcliff as Sue Osman (78 episodes)
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale (77 episodes)
 * Shirley Cheriton as Debbie Wilkins (75 episodes)
 * June Brown as Dot Cotton (74 episodes)
 * Oscar James as Tony Carpenter (74 episodes)
 * Shreela Ghosh as Naima Jeffery (70 episodes)
 * Linda Davidson as Mary Smith (68 episodes)
 * Anna Wing as Lou Beale (68 episodes)
 * Gretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner (65 episodes)
 * Ross Davidson as Andy O'Brien (51 episodes)
 * Haluk Bilginer as Mehmet Osman (49 episodes)
 * Leonard Fenton as Dr Harold Legg (48 episodes)
 * Sally Sagoe as Hannah Carpenter (47 episodes)
 * Douglas Fielding as DS Roy Quick (40 episodes)
 * Michael Cashman as Colin Russell (33 episodes)
 * Donald Tandy as Tom Clements (24 episodes)
 * William Boyde as James Willmott-Brown (23 episodes)
 * Pam St Clement as Pat Wicks (23 episodes)
 * Gary Hailes as Barry Clark (12 episodes)

Recurring and guest cast

 * Roly as Roly (84 episodes)
 * Willy as Willy (56 episodes)
 * Jon Peyton-Price as Martin Fowler (40 episodes)
 * Jenna Alembick, Zara Posener and Samantha Crown as Annie Smith (39 episodes)
 * Emma Herry as Vicki Fowler (33 episodes)
 * Gareth Potter as Harry Reynolds (31 episodes)
 * Delanie Forbes as Cassie Carpenter (26 episodes)
 * Jane How as Jan Hammond (24 episodes)
 * Simon Henderson as Eddie Hunter (23 episodes)
 * Judith Jacob as Carmel Roberts (14 episodes)
 * Dave Dale as John Fisher (8 episodes)
 * Christopher Hancock as Charlie Cotton (8 episodes)
 * Josephine Melville as Tessa Parker (8 episodes)
 * David Scarboro as Mark Fowler (8 episodes)
 * Elaine Donnelly as WPC Alison Howard (7 episodes)
 * John Altman as Nick Cotton (5 episodes)
 * Katherine Parr as Irene (5 episodes)
 * Philip Brook as Owen Hughes (4 episodes)
 * Jennie Lee as Mrs Woods (4 episodes)
 * Ishia Bennison as Guizin Osman (3 episodes)
 * Peter Corey as Vic (3 episodes)
 * Winston Crooke as Beresford (3 episodes)
 * Garry Freer as reporter (3 episodes)
 * George Irving as Trevor Smith (3 episodes)
 * Judy Liebert as Ruth Lyons (3 episodes)
 * Jonathan Stratt as Brad Williams (3 episodes)
 * Unknown as Wilf (3 episodes)
 * Sydney Arnold as Mr Pavasars (2 episodes)
 * Graeme Eton as Mr Grant (2 episodes)
 * Leonard Gregory as DS West (2 episodes)
 * Carol Harrison as Sam's mother (2 episodes)
 * Marino Masé as Dario Chimisso (2 episodes)
 * Albert Welling as PC Gifford (2 episodes)
 * Unknown as Mr Barry (2 episodes)
 * Sharon Baylis as dog owner (1 episode)
 * Joanne Brookes as pet shop assistant (1 episode)
 * Gordon Case as Neville Agard (1 episode)
 * Sharon D. Clarke as Lizzie Burton (1 episode)
 * Amerjit Deu as Dr Singh (1 episode)
 * Charlotte Edwards as Gina (1 episode)
 * Beth Ellis as Jill (1 episode)
 * Sally Faulkner as Ingrid (1 episode)
 * Alan Ford as Sam Sangers (1 episode)
 * Érin Geraghty as Sandra Marsh (1 episode)
 * Yvonne Gilan as Mrs McCabe (1 episode)
 * John Grillo as Mr Makepeace (1 episode)
 * Aaron Harris as Eamon (1 episode)
 * Mark Jordon as youth (1 episode)
 * Paul Kelly as social worker (1 episode)
 * Lisa Lancashire as Adele (1 episode)
 * Leonard Maguire as Uncle (1 episode)
 * Natasha Matalon as little girl (1 episode)
 * Daniel Andre Pageon as barman (1 episode)
 * Charles Rea as Monty Kreitman (1 episode)
 * Anthony Short as John (1 episode)
 * Vanessa Short as Melanie (1 episode)
 * Unknown as Sam (1 episode)
 * Ulric Browne as Winston
 * Michael Leader as Michael
 * Martha Ross as Martha
 * Jane Slaughter as Tracey
 * Ron Tarr as Big Ron
 * Doreen Taylor as Maude
 * Jeannie Taylor as Lil

List of episodes
During 1986, EastEnders aired two half-hour episodes every week, typically in a time slot of 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday. An extra episode was shown on 25 December. The episodes were broadcast on BBC1. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. Every episode was executively produced by the show's creator Julia Smith since the first episode. Excluding episode 97, the episodes were repeated on Drama from October to December 2018.

All official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), which were published in the The Listener and Broadcast, and are combined with each respective week's omnibus edition. Airdates and credits are taken from BBC Genome and the book EastEnders: The First 10 Years: A Celebration.


 * January (9 episodes)
 * February (8 episodes)
 * March (8 episodes)
 * April (9 episodes)
 * May (9 episodes)
 * June (8 episodes)
 * July (10 episodes)
 * August (8 episodes)
 * September (9 episodes)
 * October (9 episodes)
 * November (8 episodes)
 * December (10 episodes)