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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 BBC One and entered its 21st broadcasted year on 3 January 2005 with its 2864th episode, with Kathleen Hutchison continuing her role as executive producer until Kate Harwood took over, with John Yorke acting as executive produce until Harwood's appointment. EastEnders aired 209 episodes in 2005, with the the typical week comprising four half-hour episodes on BBC One, in a time slot of 7.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8.00pm on Mondays and Fridays.

Cast and characters
Billy Murray joined the cast in late 2004 as Johnny Allen; the character first appeared on 4 January. The characters of Tina Stewart, Johnny's girlfriend, and Ruby Allen, Johnny's daughter, were announced on 3 February 2005. Charlotte Avery was cast as Tina, whereas Louisa Lytton was cast as Ruby; Tina first appeared on 15 March and Ruby debuted on 18 March. Tina later departed on 1 November. The castings of Petra Letang as Naomi Julien, a nurse who knows Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), Ray Brooks as Joe Macer, a love interest for Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) who is recently-widowed, and Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann, the sister of Mickey Miller (Joe Swash) who is billed as "a real charmer with a touch of the footballer's wife about her", were announced on 23 June 2005. Dawn and Mickey's father, Mike Swann (Mark Wingett), also debuted alongside Dawn on 26 September. The character of Honey Edwards, the final regular character to be introduced in 2005, was announced on 21 September 2005, with Emma Barton cast in the role.

Actor Alex McSweeney reprised his role as Graham Foster for one episode on 24 January. Nicholas Bailey, who portrayed Anthony Trueman for three years, returned for a three episode guest stint in February. Letitia Dean returned to filming after taking maternity leave in 2004; her character Sharon Watts returned on 18 February. Rebecca Miller, the biological daughter of Sonia and Martin Fowler (James Bye), was reintroduced on 22 March, with the role recast to Jade Sharif. Steve McFadden was confirmed to return to the show following his sabbatical across 2004 on 11 February 2005; his character Phil Mitchell returned for two episodes in April, before returning permanently in September. Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon) returned to the show in May, following an absence for maternity leave. In July 2005, Wallace announced her intentions to leave the series; Kat departed on 25 December. It was announced on 28 January 2005 that Barbara Windsor would return to her role as Peggy Mitchell after an extended sabbatical; the character returned on 8 September. Following the returns of McFadden and Windsor, Ross Kemp was announced to be reprising his role as Grant Mitchell for a guest stint on 22 May 2005; the character returned in October, before departing on 10 November. Mike Reid reprised the role of Frank Butcher for four episodes in December. This marked his final appearance on the show following Reid's death in 2008.

2005 encompassed several axings as a result of the changes in executive producers. Characters who departed as a result of being axed included: Kate Mitchell (Jill Halfpenny), Spencer Moon (Christopher Parker), Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs), the Ferreira family and Sasha Perkins (Jemma Walker), Juley Smith (Joseph Kpobie), Derek Harkinson (Ian Lavender), Danny Moon (Jake Maskall), Jake Moon (Joel Beckett) and Nana Moon (Hilda Braid). However, Kpobie and Beckett were given reprieves and returned in September. Michelle Ryan and Kim Medcalf's intentions to quit their respective roles as Zoe Slater and Sam Mitchell were announced on 29 January 2005. Zoe made her final appearance on 24 June, whereas Sam departed on 17 November, marking Metcalf's final appearance in the role. Tracy-Ann Oberman was announced to be leaving the series on 6 July 2005; her character Chrissie Watts departed on 9 December. Shane Richie decided to quit his role as Alfie Moon in April 2005; Richie's departure aired on 25 December alongside that of Wallace. Nigel Harman and Dean's departures from their respective roles as Dennis Rickman and Sharon Rickman were announced on 13 August 2005, althought it was later reported that Dean would only be taking a break from the series. Dennis departed on 30 December and Sharon departed in January 2006.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 2005 cast, followed by their respective episode count out of 209 total episodes.

Regular cast

 * Kacey Ainsworth as Little Mo Mitchell
 * James Alexandrou as Martin Fowler
 * Charlotte Avery as Tina Stewart
 * John Bardon as Jim Branning
 * Emma Barton as Honey Edwards
 * Joel Beckett as Jake Moon
 * Hilda Braid as Nana Moon
 * Laurie Brett as Jane Collins
 * Ray Brooks as Joe Macer
 * June Brown as Dot Branning
 * Natalie Cassidy as Sonia Fowler
 * Ameet Chana as Adi Ferreira
 * Gerry Cowper as Rosie Miller
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts
 * Philip Dowling as Leo Taylor
 * Nabil Elouahabi as Tariq Larousi
 * Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell
 * Mohammed George as Gus Smith
 * Leslie Grantham as Den Watts
 * Ricky Groves as Garry Hobbs
 * Jill Halfpenny as Kate Mitchell
 * Nigel Harman as Dennis Rickman
 * Michael Higgs as Andy Hunter
 * Raji James as Ash Ferreira
 * Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell
 * Joseph Kpobie as Juley Smith
 * Ian Lavender as Derek Harkinson
 * Petra Letang as Naomi Julien
 * Louisa Lytton as Ruby Allen
 * Derek Martin as Charlie Slater
 * Jake Maskall as Danny Moon
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Kim Medcalf as Sam Mitchell
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Billy Murray as Johnny Allen
 * Tracy-Ann Oberman as Chrissie Watts
 * Ray Panthaki as Ronny Ferreira
 * Cliff Parisi as Minty Peterson
 * Christopher Parker as Spencer Moon
 * Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler
 * Shane Richie as Alfie Moon
 * Michelle Ryan as Zoe Slater
 * Pooja Shah as Kareena Ferreira
 * David Spinx as Keith Miller
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Evans
 * Joe Swash as Mickey Miller
 * Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater
 * Jemma Walker as Sasha Perkins
 * Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman
 * Jessie Wallace as Kat Moon
 * Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell
 * Mark Wingett as Mike Swann
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Angela Wynter as Yolande Trueman

Recurring and guest cast

 * Janet Amsden as Margaret Wilson
 * Nicholas Bailey as Anthony Trueman
 * Paul Brennan as Dominic Price
 * Freya and Phoebe Coltman-West as Aleesha Miller
 * Pamela Cundell as Nora Swann
 * Kevin Curran as Bobby Beale
 * Nina Fry as Amy
 * Charlie G. Hawkins as Darren Miller
 * Melvyn Hayes as Michael Rawlins
 * Ivan Kaye as Jonathan Leroy
 * Michael Keating as Reverend Stevens
 * Alex and Tom Kilby as Freddie Mitchell
 * James Martin as Peter Beale
 * Alex McSweeney as Graham Foster
 * Cathy Murphy as Trisha Taylor
 * Trevor Peacock and Zac McGuire as Sid
 * Sarah Preston as Amanda Parry
 * Mike Reid as Frank Butcher
 * Jade Sharif as Rebecca Miller
 * Melissa Suffield as Lucy Beale
 * Shana Swash as Demi Miller
 * Sian Webber as Ritchie Scott
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater

List of episodes
During 2005, EastEnders aired three half-hour episodes in a time slot of 7.30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays and 8.00pm on Mondays and Fridays. The episodes were broadcast on BBC One. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. Kathleen Hutchison continued her role as executive producer until Kate Harwood took over, with John Yorke acting as executive produce until Harwood's appointment.

Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB) and airdates are taken from BBC Genome.


 * January (17 episodes)
 * February (16 episodes)
 * March (17 episodes)
 * April (17 episodes)
 * May (18 episodes)
 * June (17 episodes)
 * July (17 episodes)
 * August (18 episodes)
 * September (18 episodes)
 * October (17 episodes)
 * November (17 episodes)
 * December (20 episodes)