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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 23rd broadcasted year on 1 January 2007 with its 3286th episode, with Diederick Santer continuing his role as executive producer for his first full year in the running, with his first episode being broadcast this year, on 5 January 2007. EastEnders aired 208 episodes in 2007, 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
Ray Brooks was axed from the show in 2006; his character Joe Macer departed in "a dramatic exit". Natalie Cassidy (who portrayed Sonia Fowler since 1993) announced her intentions to take a break from the show and a BBC spokesperson said "Natalie is a valued member of the EastEnders cast and we wish her all the very best during her break from the show". Her on-screen partner James Alexandrou (who portrayed Martin Fowler since 1996) subsequently announced his intentions to leave the series, deciding it was "an appropriate time to leave." Cassidy, Alexandrou and their on-screen daughter Jade Sharif (Rebecca Miller) left the series on 2 February 2007. Despite it being specified as a break, Cassidy's exit was made permanent. Naomi Julien (Petra Letang) was axed from the series in January 2007; she made her final appearance on 24 May. The departures of Rob Minter (Stuart Laing) and May Wright (Amanda Drew) were announced on 15 June 2007 and both characters departed on 25 June 2007. Li Chong (Elaine Tan) and Bert Atkinson (Dave Hill) were axed from the series and both characters departed in July 2007. At the conclusion of her character's child abuse storyline, Sophie Thompson was written out of the series and her character Stella Crawford fell to her death in scenes airing on 23 July 2007.

Robert Kazinsky was suspended from the show in January 2007 for two months. His character Sean Slater was written out of the series on 27 March and returned on 28 May. Following off-screen health issues, Jim Branning (John Bardon) was written out of the series temporarily. Jim left the series on 6 August 2007 and returned in 2008.

Kika Mirylees joined the cast in April 2007 as Hazel Hobbs, the mother of Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves). Shirley Carter's (Linda Henry) best friend Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison) was introduced in June 2007 as a guest character. The character proved popular and eventually became a regular character. Show producers introduced a new family in 2007 consisting of parents Masood Ahmed and Zainab Masood (Nitin Ganatra and Nina Wadia) and their two children Shabnam and Tamwar (Zahra Ahmadi and Himesh Patel). Ahmadi and Wadia joined the cast in July and Ganatra and Patel joined the cast in October. In June 2007, the casting of Stephen Lord in the role of Jase Dyer, the estranged father of Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) was announced. The introduction of two new Mitchell family members, sisters Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Janus) and Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), were announced in April 2007. They were intended to bring "sexy, dramatic excitement" to the series and arrived in July 2007. Bobby Davro was cast in the role of "loveable rogue" Vinnie Monks, a love interest for Shirley Carter, in October 2007. The brother of Max Branning (Jake Wood), Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) was announced to be joining the show's cast in July 2007.

Gillian Wright's character Jean Slater was promoted to the main cast over the course of the year. Original character Harold Legg (Leonard Fenton) was reintroduced for one episode in June 2007. The return of Aunt Sal (Anna Karen) was announced on 13 July 2007, following a three-year absence from the show. Rachel Branning returned to the show, with the role recast to Pooky Quesnel. Following repeated speculation, the character of Steven Beale was announced to be returning, five years following his departure. The role was recast to Aaron Sidwell, who said he felt "so lucky" to be working on the show.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 2007 cast.

Regular cast

 * Zahra Ahmadi as Shabnam Masood
 * James Alexandrou as Martin Fowler
 * John Bardon as Jim Branning
 * Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell
 * Tiana Benjamin as Chelsea Fox
 * Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown
 * Laurie Brett as Jane Beale
 * Ray Brooks as Joe Macer
 * June Brown as Dot Branning
 * Natalie Cassidy as Sonia Fowler
 * Charlie Clements as Bradley Branning
 * Phil Daniels as Kevin Wicks
 * Bobby Davro as Vinnie Monks
 * Matt Di Angelo as Dean Wicks
 * Amanda Drew as May Wright
 * Madeline Duggan as Lauren Branning
 * Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell
 * Cheryl Fergison as Heather Trott
 * Lorna Fitzgerald as Abi Branning
 * Nitin Ganatra as Masood Ahmed
 * Mohammed George as Gus Smith
 * Ricky Groves as Garry Hobbs
 * Charlie G. Hawkins as Darren Miller
 * Linda Henry as Shirley Carter
 * Dave Hill as Bert Atkinson
 * Samantha Janus as Ronnie Mitchell
 * Jo Joyner as Tanya Branning
 * Robert Kazinsky as Sean Slater
 * Stuart Laing as Rob Minter
 * Thomas Law as Peter Beale
 * Petra Letang as Naomi Julien
 * Stephen Lord as Jase Dyer
 * Derek Martin as Charlie Slater
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Kika Mirylees as Hazel Hobbs
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Belinda Owusu as Libby Fox
 * Diane Parish as Denise Fox
 * Cliff Parisi as Minty Peterson
 * Himesh Patel as Tamwar Masood
 * Babita Pohoomull as Preeti Choraria
 * Kellie Shirley as Carly Wicks
 * Aaron Sidwell as Steven Beale
 * Rita Simons as Roxy Mitchell
 * David Spinx as Keith Miller
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Evans
 * Melissa Suffield as Lucy Beale
 * Joe Swash as Mickey Miller
 * Elaine Tan as Li Chong
 * Sophie Thompson as Stella Crawford
 * Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Branning
 * Nina Wadia as Zainab Masood
 * Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman
 * Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
 * Jake Wood as Max Branning
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Angela Wynter as Yolande Trueman

Recurring and guest cast

 * Nicholas Ball as Terry Bates
 * Judy Cornwell as Queenie Trott
 * Kevin Curran & Alex Francis as Bobby Beale
 * Leena Dhingra as Manju Patel
 * Grace as Janet Mitchell
 * Olivia Grant as Bernadette Logan
 * Olga Fedori as Anya Covalenco
 * Leonard Fenton as Harold Legg
 * Tanya Franks as Rainie Cross
 * Abbie Hackworth, Daisy Fitter and Harry Swash & Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty as Summer Swann
 * James Hillier as Damian
 * Rory Jennings as Craig Dixon
 * Charlie Jones as Ben Mitchell
 * Anna Karen as Aunt Sal
 * Gabriel Miller-Williams as Oscar Branning
 * Pooky Quesnel as Rachel Branning
 * Eva Sayer as Cindy Williams
 * Jade Sharif as Rebecca Fowler
 * Toby Walpole as William Mitchell
 * Sian Webber as Ritchie Scott
 * Dylan Woolf, Tyler Woolf and Joshua Wing as Tomas Covalenco

List of episodes
During 2007, 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. Diederick Santer continued his role as executive producer for his first full year in the running, with his first episode being broadcast this year, on 5 January 2007. Kate Harwood left the role the previous year but was credited as executive producer for the first four episodes.

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


 * January (19 episodes)
 * February (16 episodes)
 * March (16 episodes)
 * April (17 episodes)
 * May (18 episodes)
 * June (16 episodes)
 * July (18 episodes)
 * August (18 episodes)
 * September (16 episodes)
 * October (18 episodes)
 * November (17 episodes)
 * December (19 episodes)