User:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes (2008)

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 entered its 24th broadcasted year on 1 January 2008 with its 3498th episode, with Diederick Santer continuing his role as executive producer for his second full year in the running, having taken on the role in October 2006. EastEnders aired 208 episodes in 2008, 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
Tanya Franks reprised her role of guest character Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks), the sister of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), for four episodes. Clare Bates (Gemma Bissix) was announced to be returning in September 2007, ten years after her initial departure; she returned on 1 February 2008. At the end of her six-month contract, Bissix chose to leave the show, with Clare departing the show in August. For "Frank Week" in April 2008, Sid Owen, Charlie Brooks and Sophie Lawrence reprised their roles as Ricky Butcher, Janine Butcher and Diane Butcher. Whilst Brooks and Lawrence only appeared in three episodes, Owen returned to the show as a regular cast member. Brooks later returned to the show on a regular basis, with Janine returning in December. Patsy Palmer's decision to return to her role of Bianca Jackson, nine years after her last appearance on the show, was announced on 29 October 2007. It was subsequently announced on 18 March 2008 that Bianca would return alongside her son Liam Butcher, who would now be portrayed by James Forde. They were reintroduced with Bianca's step-daughter Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), daughter Tiffany Dean (Maisie Smith) and son Morgan Jackson-King (Devon Higgs). Bianca's partner, Tony King (Chris Coghill), was introduced in September for a child sexual abuse storyline involving Whitney. The character of Suzy Branning was reintroduced in July, with Maggie O'Neill taking over the role from Julie Christian-Young. O'Neill left the show in December at the end of her contract. Having departed in the show in 2007, Amanda Drew returned to the show as May Wright for several episodes. She appeared during June. A return for Nick Cotton (John Altman) was announced on 2 October 2008; he began appearing on 25 December. His secret daughter, Dotty Cotton (Molly Conlin) was introduced alongside him.

The first regular character to be introduced in 2008 was Christian Clarke (John Partridge), the homosexual brother of Jane Beale (Laurie Brett). The estranged father of Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin), Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet), was introduced in April and his son, Jordan (Michael-Joel David Stuart), was introduced the following month. Carmel Cryan joined the cast in June as Brenda Boyle, the love interest of Charlie Slater (Derek Martin). Larry Lamb began appearing in the role of Archie Mitchell, father to Ronnie (Samantha Womack) and Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) in July. The son of Vinnie Monks (Bobby Davro), Callum, was introduced in August, portrayed by Elliott Jordan. A love interest for Callum was also introduced in August, Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace).

Phil Daniels quit his role of Kevin Wicks in 2007, stating that he wanted "to move on and do other things." Producers subsequently chose to write out Kevin's children, Carly (Kellie Shirley) and Deano (Matt Di Angelo). Diane Parish took maternity leave from the show, with her character Denise Wicks departing alongside the Wicks family. Daniels' exit aired in January whilst Shirley, Di Angelo and Parish departed in the following month. Parish returned in June. Babita Pohoomull's departure from the show was announced on 6 December 2007; her character Preeti Choraria departed in January. Hazel Hobbs (Kika Mirylees) departed from the show in April, whilst Mohammed George (who has portrayed Gus Smith since 2002) quit his role and departed in May. Steven Beale (Aaron Sidwell) was written out of the series in 2008 in a decision which Sidwell praised. Keith and Mickey Miller (David Spinx and Joe Swash) were axed from the show in 2008, with the characters departing in July. Stephen Lord's departure was reported in July 2008; his character Jase Dyer departed in August. Emma Barton was axed from the show in April 2008; her character Honey Mitchell departed in September. When producers "ran out of storylines ideas" for the character, Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter) was written out of the series. Zahra Ahmadi's decision to quit her role of Shabnam Masood was reported on 8 September 2008, with Ahmadi citing her reason for departing as "producers refusing to give her meaty storylines". Bobby Davro quit the show in July 2008, having appeared in the show as Vinnie Monks for a year. Davro later confirmed he left the role because he found it "boring".

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 2008 cast.

Regular cast

 * Zahra Ahmadi as Shabnam Masood
 * Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell
 * Tiana Benjamin as Chelsea Fox
 * Gemma Bissix as Clare Bates
 * Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown
 * Laurie Brett as Jane Beale
 * Charlie Brooks as Janine Butcher
 * June Brown as Dot Branning
 * Charlie Clements as Bradley Branning
 * Chris Coghill as Tony King
 * Lauren Crace as Danielle Jones
 * Carmel Cryan as Brenda Boyle
 * Phil Daniels as Kevin Wicks
 * Bobby Davro as Vinnie Monks
 * Matt Di Angelo as Deano 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
 * Don Gilet as Lucas Johnson
 * Ricky Groves as Garry Hobbs
 * Charlie G Hawkins as Darren Miller
 * Linda Henry as Shirley Carter
 * Samantha Janus as Ronnie Mitchell
 * Elliott Jordan as Callum Monks
 * Jo Joyner as Tanya Branning
 * Robert Kazinsky as Sean Slater
 * Larry Lamb as Archie Mitchell
 * Thomas Law as Peter Beale
 * Stephen Lord as Jase Dyer
 * Derek Martin as Charlie Slater
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean
 * Kika Mirylees as Hazel Hobbs
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Maggie O'Neill as Suzy Branning
 * Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher
 * Belinda Owusu as Libby Fox
 * Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson
 * Diane Parish as Denise Wicks
 * Cliff Parisi as Minty Peterson
 * John Partridge as Christian Clarke
 * 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
 * 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
 * Jake Wood as Max Branning
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
 * Angela Wynter as Yolande Trueman

Recurring and guest cast

 * John Altman as Nick Cotton
 * Nicholas Ball as Terry Bates
 * John Bardon as Jim Branning
 * Daisy Beaumont as Selina Branning
 * Paul Bhattacharjee as Inzamam Ahmed
 * Molly Conlin as Dotty Cotton
 * Judy Cornwell as Queenie Trott
 * Bart Edwards as Olly Greenwood
 * James Forde as Liam Butcher
 * Tanya Franks as Rainie Cross
 * Grace as Janet Mitchell
 * Siobhan Hayes as Melinda
 * Devon Higgs as Morgan Jackson-King
 * Charlie Jones as Ben Mitchell
 * Sophie Lawrence as Diane Butcher
 * Kamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka as Amy Mitchell
 * Mia McKenna-Bruce as Penny Branning
 * Alison Newman as DI Samantha Keeble
 * Jane Slaughter as Tracey
 * Maisie Smith as Tiffany Dean
 * Michael-Joel David Stuart as Jordan Johnson
 * Jan Uddin as Jalil Iqbal

List of episodes
During 2008, EastEnders typically aired four 30-minute 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. Every episode was executively produced by Diederick Santer, who continued his role as executive producer for his second full year. Episodes from April 2008 were repeated on BBC Four from June 2020.

Airdates, credits and running times are taken from episodes, the official EastEnders website, BBC programme schedules and BBC Genome Episode numbers are taken from the Radio Times. Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB).


 * January (19 episodes)
 * February (17 episodes)
 * March (17 episodes)
 * April (17 episodes)
 * May (18 episodes)
 * June (15 episodes)
 * July (18 episodes)
 * August (16 episodes)
 * September (18 episodes)
 * October (18 episodes)
 * November (15 episodes)
 * December (20 episodes)