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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 airs on BBC1 and entered its third year of broadcast on 1 January 1987 with its 197th episode, with Julia Smith continuing her as executive producer since the first episode. EastEnders aired 107 episodes in 1987, 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 1987 included Tina Hopkins (Eleanor Rhodes), Reg Sparrow (Richard Ireson), Magda Czajkowski (Kathryn Apanowicz), Edie Smith (Eileen O'Brien), Graham Clark (Gary Webster), Rod Norman (Christopher McHallem), Darren Roberts (Gary McDonald), Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington), Aisha Roberts (Aisha Jacob), Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler), Duncan Boyd (David Gillespie), Gerry Fairweather (Jason Watkins) and Alan McIntyre (Pip Miller). Mike Reid and Peter Purves made guest appearances throughout the year as Frank Butcher and Martin Hunter respectively. David Scarboro and John Altman made guest returns throughout the year as Mark Fowler and Nick Cotton respectively. Characters that left the series in 1987 included Hannah Carpenter (Sally Sagoe), Tony Carpenter (Oscar James), Kelvin Carpenter (Paul J. Medford), Debbie Wilkins (Shirley Cheriton), Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh), Dr Singh (Amerjit Deu) and Jan Hammond (Jane How).

Cast and characters
The first character to be introduced in 1987 was Tina Hopkins, played by Eleanor Rhodes. Tina appeared for over seven months, joining in February and departing in September. Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer) and Guizin Osman's (Ishia Bennison) three children, Emine Osman (Pelin Ahmet), Rayif Osman (Billy Hassan) and Murat Osman (Eddie Izzet), were introduced in February, appearing in a recurring capacity. The following month saw the introduction of Luke Willmott-Brown (Henry Power) and Sophie Willmott-Brown (Natasha Knight), the son and daughter of James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde). They departed again in July. Richard Ireson was cast as the area manager for Luxford & Copley brewery, Reg Sparrow, who appeared in a recurring role. Former Angels star, Kathryn Apanowicz was introduced as Yorkshire-Polish caterer, Magda Czajkowski. A feature storyline in 1987 was when young, single mother Mary Smith prostituted herself resulting in the casting of Eileen O'Brien as Mary's mother, Edie Smith, and Ian Wilkinson as Mary's brother, Brendan Smith. Barry Clark's (Gary Hailes) older brother, Graham Clark was introduced in June, played by future Minder star Gary Webster. A love interest for Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh), Farrukh (Sumar Khan) was also introduced. He appeared for several episodes in July, before returning in November to aid Naima's departure. The head of the poorly-recieved Karim family, Ashraf Karim (Tony Wredden) debuted in July ahead of the family's introduction the following year. Christopher McHallem joined the show's cast in July as a modern-day hobo, Rod Norman, whilst Carmel Roberts' (Judith Jacob) family were introduced the same month. The extended Roberts family consisted of Carmel's brother, Darren Roberts (Gary McDonald), and his two children, tearaway son Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington) and toddler daughter Aisha Roberts, who was played by Jacob's real-life daughter, Aisha Jacob. The idea was suggested by Julia Smith and Jacob found it hard to turn her down and to avoid confusion, Smith named the character Aisha. The character of Donna Ludlow, played by Matilda Ziegler, was introduced in August. Originally seemingly unrelated to any characters, Donna was soon revealed to be the illegitimate daughter of Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) following her rape as a teenager.

Established comedian Mike Reid guest starred in the show as the former boyfriend of Pat Wicks (Pam St. Clement), Frank Butcher, in September. The appearance led to positive feedback and Frank became a regular character, who would eventually become one of the show's most popular and iconic characters. Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves guest starred in three episodes of the show in October as a TV presenter, Martin Hunter, making a documentary about East End life, featuring the residents of Walford. David Gillespie joined the show's cast as Duncan Boyd, the local curate and love interest for Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean). Future BAFTA award-winning actor Jason Watkins began guest starring in the show as Gerry Fairweather, a yuppie estate agent, whilst Pip Miller joined the cast in December as the Osman family's new landlord, Alan McIntyre. David Scarboro continued to make several guest returns as Mark Fowler throughout the year, following his departure the previous year. Scarboro's last television appearance before his death in 1988 was his guest appearance in the show on Christmas Day 1987. John Altman also made several guest appearances throughout the year as Nick Cotton, following his departure the previous year.

Sally Sagoe was the first actor to make her final appearance during 1987 as her character, Hannah Carpenter, left the series in February. Oscar James, who played Hannah's estranged husband Tony Carpenter, and Paul J. Medford, who played their son, Kelvin Carpenter, left their roles to pursue other projects, with their exit scenes airing in May and September respectively. Following the axing of her on-screen partner the previous year, Shirley Cheriton left the series, with her character Debbie Wilkins leaving in May. Original character, Naima Jeffery (Shreela Ghosh), left the series in November. The character Dr Singh (Amerjit Deu) was written out of the series following Naima's departure as he had served his purpose of Naima's love interest. Jane How also departed from her role as Jan Hammond in 1987, following the end of the character's storyline.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 1987 cast.

Regular cast

 * Kathryn Apanowicz as Magda Czajkowski
 * Nick Berry as Simon Wicks
 * Haluk Bilginer as Mehmet Osman
 * William Boyde as James Willmott-Brown
 * June Brown as Dot Cotton
 * Michael Cashman as Colin Russell
 * Shirley Cheriton as Debbie Wilkins
 * Linda Davidson as Mary Smith
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts
 * Peter Dean as Pete Beale
 * Amerjit Deu as Dr Singh
 * Anita Dobson as Angie Watts
 * Leonard Fenton as Dr Legg
 * Gretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner
 * Shreela Ghosh as Naima Jeffery
 * David Gillespie as Duncan Boyd
 * Leslie Grantham as Den Watts
 * Gary Hailes as Barry Clark
 * Judith Jacob as Carmel Roberts
 * Oscar James as Tony Carpenter
 * Gary McDonald as Darren Roberts
 * Christopher McHallem as Rod Norman
 * Paul J. Medford as Kelvin Carpenter
 * Pip Miller as Alan McIntyre
 * Allan O'Keefe as Chris Smith
 * Sandy Ratcliff as Sue Osman
 * Eleanor Rhodes as Tina Hopkins
 * Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler
 * Sally Sagoe as Hannah Carpenter
 * Nejdet Salih as Ali Osman
 * Pam St Clement as Pat Wicks
 * Donald Tandy as Tom Clements
 * Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale
 * Bill Treacher as Arthur Fowler
 * Susan Tully as Michelle Holloway
 * Tom Watt as Lofty Holloway
 * Gary Webster as Graham Clark
 * Anna Wing as Lou Beale
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Matilda Ziegler as Donna Ludlow

Recurring and guest cast

 * Pelin Ahmet as Emine Osman
 * John Altman as Nick Cotton
 * Joanne Bell as Jude
 * Ishia Bennison as Guizin Osman
 * Madaline Blakeney as June Watkins
 * Harriet Cole as Gillian
 * Samantha Crown as Annie Smith
 * Cindy Day as Sally
 * Colum Gallivan as Oxley
 * Michael Garner as Tel
 * Tanveer Ghani as Rezaul Kabir
 * Julia Goodman as Miss Taylor
 * Colin Gourley as Alexander
 * Billy Hassan as Rayif Osman
 * Tamsin Heatley as WPC
 * Emma Herry as Vicki Fowler
 * Bob Hewis as Ray
 * Jane How as Jan Hammond
 * Richard Ireson as Reg Sparrow
 * Ediz Izzet as Murat Osman
 * Merelina Kendall as Dr Bell
 * Natasha Knight as Sophie Willmott-Brown
 * Hugh Martin as W/O Atkinson
 * David McAlister as Dr Blackburn
 * Eileen O'Brien as Edie Smith
 * Katherine Parr as Irene
 * Jon Peyton-Price as Martin Fowler
 * Henry Power as Luke Willmott-Brown
 * Duncan Preston as DS Todd
 * Veronica Roberts as Ms Curbishley
 * Roly as Roly
 * Chris Sanders as Mr Fenwick
 * David Scarboro as Mark Fowler
 * Gary Whelan as DS Rich
 * Willy as Willy
 * 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
 * Unknown as Gaz
 * Unknown as Omo

List of episodes
During 1987, EastEnders aired two half-hour episodes every week in a time slot of 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday, plus extra episodes on Christmas Day and New Year's Eve, shown at later or earlier times, with the extra New Year's Eve episode being 35 minutes long. The episodes were broadcast on BBC1. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. Every episode in 1987 was executively produced by the show's creator Julia Smith. The episodes were repeated on Drama from December 2018 to March 2019.

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 (9 episodes)
 * April (9 episodes)
 * May (8 episodes)
 * June (9 episodes)
 * July (9 episodes)
 * August (8 episodes)
 * September (9 episodes)
 * October (9 episodes)
 * November (8 episodes)
 * December (12 episodes)