User:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes (1989)

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 fifth broadcasted year on 3 January 1989 with its 408th episode, with Mike Gibbon continuing his role as executive producer until Michael Ferguson took over the role. EastEnders aired 104 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 1989 included Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton), Marge Green (Pat Coombs), Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright), Trevor Short (Phil McDermott), Janine Butcher (Rebecca Michael), Danny Whiting (Saul Jephcott),Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham), Reggie Thompson (John Rutland), Laurie Bates (Gary Powell) and Steven Beale (Edward Farrell). Ella Wilder and Lucy Foxell guest starred throughout the year as Maxine Roberts and Clare Butcher respectively. John Altman, Christopher Hancock and Gary Hailes reprised their roles in 1989 for guest stints as Nick Cotton, Charlie Cotton and Barry Clark respectively.

Characters that left the series in 1989 included Benny Bloom (Arnold Yarrow), Joanne Francis (Pamela Salem), Queenie Price (John Labanowski), Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Gregory Mantel (Pavel Douglas), Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt), Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan), Guizin Osman (Ishia Bennison), Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer), Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler), James Willmott-Brown (James Willmott-Brown), Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff), Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih), Little Ali Osman (Omer Mustafa Salih), Carmel Jackson (Judith Jacob), Matthew Jackson (Steven Hartley), Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington), Aisha Roberts (Aisha Jacobs), Melody (Lyanne Compton), Duncan Boyd (David Gillespie) and David Samuels (Christopher Reich).

Cast and characters
The first half of 1989 encompassed departures for Benny Bloom (Arnold Yarrow), Joanne Francis (Pamela Salem), Queenie Price (John Labanowski), Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Gregory Mantel (Pavel Douglas), Brad Williams (Jonathan Stratt), Den Watts (Leslie Grantham),  Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan), Guizin Osman (Ishia Bennison), Mehmet Osman (Haluk Bilginer), Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler), James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde) and Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff). Guizin, Mehmet and Sue had been written out of the series and Sue's estranged husband, Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih) and their son Little Ali Osman (Omer Mustafa Salih) were subsequently written out in October. Judith Jacob opted to leave her role of Carmel Jackson in 1989, commenting that it "seemed like the right thing to do at the time". Carmel's husband Matthew Jackson (Steven Hartley) was written out at the end of a storyline which saw Matthew abuse Carmel. Carmel's exit aired in August, with her neice and nephew, Aisha Roberts (Aisha Jacobs) and Junior Roberts (Aaron Carrington) leaving the show alongside her. Despite this, Carrington made regular appearances in the show until October. Following Carrington's axing, Lyanne Compton was axed from her role of Junior's friend Melody. David Gillespie and Christopher Reich were also written out of the series during 1989, with their characters Duncan Boyd and David Samuels departing in July and September respectively.

Following the departures of many long-running characters, the show's producers decided to introduce several comic characters as a mean of light relief for the show in a year where humour became an important element in the storylines. Characters introduced for comedic purposes included: northern heartbreaker Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton) and his sidekick Trevor Short (Phil McDermott), "the nearest thing to a village idiot that Walford had seen in many years"; Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright), the man-mad hairdresser; Marge Green, a batty older lady played by veteran comedy actress Pat Coombs; wheeler-dealer Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham) and Laurie Bates (Gary Powell), who became Pete Beale's (Peter Dean) sparring partner. Paul was introduced to fill the gap left by Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), who had matured; Trevor filled the lonely misfit gap left by Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt); Marge would "work well" in partnership with Mo Butcher (Edna Dore); and Laurie would become a love interest for Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth). Rebecca Michael was introduced in June as Frank Butcher's (Mike Reid) daughter Janine Butcher, with her arrival completing the Butcher family who had been introduced a year previously. Saul Jephcott was cast as Danny Whiting, who first appeared on the show in August as a love interest for Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully). Vicky Murdock joined the cast in a recurring capacity for four months as trainee hairdresser, Marie Davies appearing between August and December. Former Target star Vivien Heilbron also joined the cast in a semi-regular capacity as bookkeeper Christine Pretis, appearing from August. The final character to be introduced during the year was Steven Beale (Edward Farrell), the son of Simon Wicks and Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins). John Altman and Christopher Hancock made guest returns to the show as Nick Cotton and Charlie Cotton during the year. Following his departure in 1988, Gary Hailes returned to his role of Barry Clark in February to aid the departure of Cashman.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 1989 cast, followed by their respective episode count out of 104 total episodes.

Regular cast

 * Ishia Bennison as Guizin Osman
 * 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
 * Michelle Collins as Cindy Beale
 * Pat Coombs as Marge Green
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts
 * Peter Dean as Pete Beale
 * Nicholas Donovan as Guido Smith
 * Edna Doré as Mo Butcher
 * Pavel Douglas as Gregory Mantel
 * Leonard Fenton as Harold Legg
 * Gretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner
 * David Gillespie as Duncan Boyd
 * Hepburn Graham as Vince Johnson
 * Leslie Grantham as Den Watts
 * Steven Hartley as Matthew Jackson
 * Judith Jacob as Carmel Jackson
 * Saul Jephcott as Danny Whiting
 * Ronnie Jhutti as Sohail Karim
 * Nisha Kapur as Shireen Karim
 * Sophie Lawrence as Diane Butcher
 * Phil McDermott as Trevor Short
 * Christopher McHallem as Rod Norman
 * Vicky Murdock as Marie Davies
 * Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher
 * Louise Plowright as Julie Cooper
 * Gary Powell as Laurie Bates
 * Sandy Ratcliff as Sue Osman
 * Christopher Reich as David Samuels
 * Mike Reid as Frank Butcher
 * Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler
 * Aftab Sachak as Ashraf Karim
 * Pamela Salem as Joanne Francis
 * Nejdet Salih as Ali Osman
 * Rani Singh as Sufia Karim
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Butcher
 * Jonathan Stratt as Brad Williams
 * Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale
 * Mark Thrippleton as Paul Priestly
 * Bill Treacher as Arthur Fowler
 * Susan Tully as Michelle Fowler
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Arnold Yarrow as Benny Bloom
 * Matilda Ziegler as Donna Ludlow

Recurring and guest cast

 * John Altman as Nick Cotton
 * Aaron Carrington as Junior Roberts
 * Lyanne Compton as Melody
 * Edward Farrell as Steven Beale
 * Gary Hailes as Barry Clark
 * John Hallam as Barnsey Barnes
 * Christopher Hancock as Charlie Cotton
 * Aisha Jacob as Aisha Roberts
 * John Labanowski as Queenie Price
 * Samantha Leigh Martin as Vicki Fowler
 * Rebecca Michael as Janine Butcher
 * Omer Mustafa Salih as Little Ali Osman
 * Jon Peyton-Price as Martin Fowler

List of episodes
During 1989, EastEnders aired two half-hour episodes, typically in a time slot of 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday. The episodes were broadcast on BBC1. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. Mike Gibbon continued his role as executive producer until Michael Ferguson took over the role. The episodes were repeated on Drama from May to August 2019.

All official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), which were published in the The Listener, The Stage 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 (8 episodes)
 * May (9 episodes)
 * June (9 episodes)
 * July (8 episodes)
 * August (10 episodes)
 * September (8 episodes)
 * October (9 episodes)
 * November (9 episodes)
 * December (8 episodes)