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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 sixth broadcasted year on 2 January 1990 with its 512nd episode, with Michael Ferguson continuing his role as executive producer for his first full year in the running. EastEnders aired 104 episodes in 1990, 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 1990 included Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp), Jackie Stone (Richard Beale), Disa O'Brian (Jan Graveson), Eddie Royle (Michael Melia), Celestine Tavernier (Leroy Golding), Clyde Tavernier (Steven Woodcock, Etta Tavernier (Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence), Hattie Tavernier (Michelle Gayle), Jules Tavernier (Tommy Eytle), Lloyd Tavernier (Garey Bridges), Sam Mitchell (Daniella Westbrook), Kofi Tavernier (Marcel Smith), and Ken Raynor (Ian Redford). John Boswall, Sheila White, Paddy Joyce, Mary Miller, Stephen Churchett, Ellen Thomas, and Thomas Baptiste guest starred throughout the year as Harry Osborne, Carol Hanley, John Royle, Joan Garwood, Marcus Christie, Pearl Chadwick, and Henry Chadwick. John Altman reprised his role as Nick Cotton as a regular cast member, while Christopher Hancock made a guest return to his role as Charlie Cotton. The character of Mark Fowler also returned to the show, with Todd Carty taking over the role.

Characters that left the series in 1990 included Marge Green (Pat Coombs), Danny Whiting (Saul Jephcott), Trevor Short (Phil McDermott), Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton), Laurie Bates (Gary Powell), Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham), Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright), Rod Norman (Christopher McHallem), Ashraf Karim (Aftab Sachak), Sufia Karim (Rani Singh), Shireen Karim (Nisha Kapur), Sohail Karim (Ronny Jhutti), Barnsey Barnes (John Hallam), Mo Butcher (Edna Doré), Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), and Steven Beale (Edward Farrell). Leonard Fenton (Harold Legg) and Gretchen Franklin (Ethel Skinner) were also demoted from regular status to recurring status in 1990.

Cast and characters
Following Ferguson's appointment, several characters were axed from the show. The seven characters — Marge Green (Pat Coombs), Danny Whiting (Saul Jephcott), Trevor Short (Phil McDermott), Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton), Laurie Bates (Gary Powell, Vince Johnson (Hepburn Graham) and Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright) — introduced by Gibbon throughout 1989 were axed and all had left the series by March. Other characters to be axed by Ferguson included Rod Norman (Christopher McHallem) and the Karim family. John Hallam also departed from his series when his character Barnsey Barnes' storyline came to a conclusion. Edna Doré chose to leave at the end of her contract in 1990, with her character Mo Butcher departing at the end of a storyline which saw her diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Nick Berry and Michelle Collins decided to leave their roles of Simon Wicks and Cindy Beale. Berry chose to leave as he feared being typecast and was offered a "lucrative" deal with rival network ITV. Their son, Steven Beale (Edward Farrell), was also written out alongside them in December. Leonard Fenton and Gretchen Franklin, who had played regular characters Harold Legg and Ethel Skinner since the first episode, were demoted to a recurring capacity following Ferguson's introduction.

Ferguson decided to take the show into a new direction in 1990 and following the axing of several characters, he introduced two new major characters, the Mitchell brothers - Phil (Steve McFadden) and Grant (Ross Kemp), Walford's latest "tough men", who would become "firmly rooted at the heart" of the series Phil and Grant's younger sister Sam Mitchell was introduced in July, with Daniella Westbrook cast in the role due to her "round face". Ferguson created the Jamacian Tavernier family who were introduced in July. They consisted of: grandfather Jules (Tommy Eytle); his son and daughter-in-law Celestine and Etta (Leroy Golding and Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence); their eldest son Clyde (Steven Woodcock); and their twins Lloyd (Garey Bridges) and Hattie (Michelle Gayle). Writer Colin Brake described them as "the major new additions" of 1990. Marcel Smith was introduced in December as Clyde's infant son Kofi. Michael Melia also joined the cast in July as the new landlord of The Queen Victoria public house, Eddie Royle and his father, John Royle was introduced in a recurring capacity, played by Paddy Joyce. Richard Beale began appearing a recurring capacity as market trader, Jackie Stone in March. Jan Graveson joined the cast as Disa O'Brien, a homeless girl who aids Diane Butcher's (Sophie Lawrence) homeless storyline. She returned for her own storyline which saw her give birth to a daughter, Jasmine and reveal that her stepfather, Ken Raynor (Ian Redford), who was introduced in December, sexually abused and raped her. Sheila White appeared across four months in a recurring capacity as Sharon Watts' (Letitia Dean) birth mother, Carol Hanley. Stephen Churchett began appearing in the role of the Mitchells' solicitor, Marcus Christie.

Mark Fowler returned to the series in 1990 on a regular basis, with the role recast from David Scarboro to Todd Carty. John Altman and Christopher Hancock returned to their roles of Nick and Charlie Cotton in autumn 1990, with Altman appearing as a regular cast member and Hancock appearing a guest character. They featured in a storyline which would see Nick and Charlie plan to steal £1,000 from Dot Cotton (June Brown) individually. This marked Hancock's last appearance in the show.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 1990 cast:

Regular cast

 * John Altman as Nick Cotton
 * Nick Berry as Simon Wicks
 * Garey Bridges as Lloyd Tavernier
 * June Brown as Dot Cotton
 * Todd Carty as Mark Fowler
 * Michelle Collins as Cindy Beale
 * Pat Coombs as Marge Green
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts
 * Peter Dean as Pete Beale
 * Edna Doré as Mo Butcher
 * Tommy Eytle as Jules Tavernier
 * Michelle Gayle as Hattie Tavernier
 * Leroy Golding as Celestine Tavernier
 * Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence as Etta Tavernier
 * Hepburn Graham as Vince Johnson
 * Saul Jephcott as Danny Whiting
 * Ronnie Jhutti as Sohail Karim
 * Nisha Kapur as Shireen Karim
 * Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell
 * Sophie Lawrence as Diane Butcher
 * Phil McDermott as Trevor Short
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Christopher McHallem as Rod Norman
 * Michael Melia as Eddie Royle
 * Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher
 * Louise Plowright as Julie Cooper
 * Gary Powell as Laurie Bates
 * Mike Reid as Frank Butcher
 * Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler
 * Aftab Sachak as Ashraf Karim
 * Rani Singh as Sufia Karim
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Butcher
 * Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale
 * Mark Thrippleton as Paul Priestly
 * Bill Treacher as Arthur Fowler
 * Susan Tully as Michelle Fowler
 * Daniella Westbrook as Sam Mitchell
 * Steven Woodcock as Clyde Tavernier
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale

Recurring and guest cast

 * Richard Beale as Jackie Stone
 * Stephen Churchett as Marcus Christie
 * Edward Farrell as Steven Beale
 * Leonard Fenton as Harold Legg
 * Gretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner
 * Jan Graveson as Disa O'Brien
 * John Hallam as Barnsey Barnes
 * Christopher Hancock as Charlie Cotton
 * Paddy Joyce as John Royle
 * Samantha Leigh Martin as Vicki Fowler
 * Rebecca Michael as Janine Butcher
 * Jon Peyton-Price as Martin Fowler
 * Marcel Smith as Kofi Tavernier

List of episodes
During 1990, EastEnders aired two half-hour episodes 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. Michael Ferguson continued his role as executive producer. The episodes were repeated on Drama from August to October 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 individual episodes, 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 (10 episodes)
 * June (8 episodes)
 * July (9 episodes)
 * August (9 episodes)
 * September (8 episodes)
 * October (9 episodes)
 * November (9 episodes)
 * December (8 episodes)