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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 36th broadcast year on 1 January 2021 with episode number 6194–6196. 209 episodes were broadcast throughout 2021. Jon Sen continued his role as executive producer, working alongside Kate Oates as senior executive producer. In the typical week, EastEnders airs four episodes of roughly 30 minutes in a time slot of 8:00pm on Mondays and Fridays, and 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, production was cut to four episodes of around 20–25 minutes each week, in slightly varying time slots to the usual ones.

Cast and characters
At the start of the year, there are several characters and families. Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is the patriarch of the Mitchell family; he has a son, Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden), who is in a relationship with police officer Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay). Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) is Phil's relative; Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) is Billy's granddaughter and Lexi Pearce (Isabella Brown) is Lola's daughter with Ben. Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) is Billy's ex-wife and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) is a close family friend of the Mitchells who was taken in by Billy and is seen as family by many of the Mitchells. Billy and Honey have two children: Janet Mitchell (Grace) and Will Mitchell (Freddie Phillips). Phil's ex-wife is Sharon Beale (Letitia Dean), who is now married to Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). Sharon has an infant son, Albie Watts, and the three of them live together in The Queen Victoria pub (also known as the Vic). Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) is Ian's mother, while Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson) and Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) are Ian's sons. Kathy is also Ben's mother and Phil's ex-wife and she owns the local café and a gay bar, The Prince Albert, where Mila Marwa (Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa) is a barmaid. Callum's brother is Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ), who is married to Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks); Rainie has custody of her great-niece, Abi Branning. Stuart and Rainie work in a funeral parlour, which Jay manages.

Mick Carter and Linda Carter are married but separated at the start of the year; they have a young son, Ollie Carter. Shirley Carter is Mick's mother. Katy Lewis is a former carer from when Mick was a child in a care home, and Frankie Lewis is Katy's daughter, who is deaf. Linda starts the year in a relationship with Max Branning, who is also Rainie's ex-husband and Abi's grandfather. Jack Branning, a police officer, is Max's brother, and has two children, Amy Mitchell and Ricky Mitchell. Sonia, a nurse, is Jack and Max's niece. Martin Fowler is Sonia's ex-husband and is married to Ruby Allen, who runs a club, Ruby's. Stacey Slater is also Martin's ex-wife and a former friend of Ruby's. Stacey and Martin have a daughter, Hope, while Stacey also has a daughter, Lily Slater, and a son, Arthur Fowler, with Kush Kazemi, who is in a relationship with Stacey's relative, Kat Slater. Kat has three sons, Tommy Moon, Bert Moon and Ernie Moon. Mo Harris is Kat's grandmother and Jean Slater is Stacey's mother.

Sonia's niece is Tiffany Butcher-Baker, while Whitney Dean is seen as Tiffany's older sister. Tiffany is married to Keegan Butcher-Baker, whose mother is Karen Taylor. Karen's other children are Bernadette Taylor, Chatham Taylor and Riley Taylor. Karen is also grandmother to Albie. Solicitor Gray Atkins is Karen's son-in-law and his two children are Mia Atkins and Mackenzie Atkins. Mitch Baker is Keegan's father and he also has another daughter, Bailey Baker. Patrick Trueman is married to Sheree Trueman and Isaac Baptiste is their son. Sisters Denise Fox and Kim Fox see Patrick as their father figure and live with him. Lucas Johnson is Denise's ex-husband and Chelsea Fox is their daughter. Kim has a daughter, Pearl Fox, and a son, Mica Fox. Denise also has a son, Raymond Dawkins, whose father is Phil. Suki Panesar is the Slaters' landlord and owns the local shop. Her sons are Kheerat Panesar and Vinny Panesar. Her daughter, Ash Kaur, a doctor, is in a relationship with Iqra Ahmed and is Sonia's colleague. The Panesars own a call centre from which they run a pest control business. Dotty Cotton lives with Sonia and Whitney, and is related to Sonia via the marriage of their grandparents.

The first new character to arrive was Caleb Malone, played by Ben Freeman, in episode 6209. The character and casting details were announced on 12 January 2021, and it was explained that Caleb would appear "in a number of episodes" in a storyline involving Chelsea and Lucas.

On 31 January 2021, it was confirmed that James Farrar would join the cast as Zack Hudson. The character debuts in the first episode broadcast on 16 March 2021.

On 15 February 2021, it was announced that the character Terry Cant, Sonia's estranged father, would be joining the series, played by Brian Conley.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 2021 cast.

Regular cast

 * Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Fox
 * Delroy Atkinson as Howie Danes
 * Rose Ayling-Ellis as Frankie Lewis
 * Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell
 * Stevie Basaula as Isaac Baptiste
 * Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa as Mila Marwa
 * Ross Boatman as Harvey Monroe
 * Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown
 * Max Bowden as Ben Mitchell
 * Kellie Bright as Linda Carter
 * Charlie Brooks as Janine Butcher
 * James Bye as Martin Fowler
 * Kelsey Calladine-Smith as Jada Lennox
 * Natalie Cassidy as Sonia Fowler
 * Ricky Champ as Stuart Highway
 * Tony Clay as Callum "Halfway" Highway
 * Brian Conley as Tom "Rocky" Cotton
 * Priya Davdra as Iqra Ahmed
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Beale
 * Alfie Deegan as Liam Butcher
 * Jaz Deol as Kheerat Panesar
 * Danny Dyer as Mick Carter
 * Tameka Empson as Kim Fox
 * James Farrar as Zack Hudson
 * Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell
 * Tanya Franks as Rainie Highway
 * Gurlaine Kaur Garcha as Ash Kaur
 * Davood Ghadami as Kush Kazemi
 * Don Gilet as Lucas Johnson
 * Roger Griffiths as Mitch Baker
 * Danielle Harold as Lola Pearce
 * Linda Henry as Shirley Carter
 * Maddy Hill as Nancy Carter
 * Dayle Hudson as Peter Beale
 * Shiv Jalota as Vinny Panesar
 * Simone Lahbib as Katy Lewis
 * Suzette Llewellyn as Sheree Trueman
 * Louisa Lytton as Ruby Allen
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean
 * Clay Milner Russell as Bobby Beale
 * Zack Morris as Keegan Butcher-Baker
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Clair Norris as Bernadette Taylor
 * Diane Parish as Denise Fox
 * Barbara Smith as Dana Monroe
 * Maisie Smith as Tiffany Butcher-Baker
 * Toby-Alexander Smith as Gray Atkins
 * Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar
 * Lorraine Stanley as Karen Taylor
 * Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale
 * Gwen Taylor as Vi Highway
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater
 * Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman
 * Jessie Wallace as Kat Slater
 * Charlie Wernham as Aaron Monroe
 * Jake Wood as Max Branning
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
 * Milly Zero as Dotty Cotton

Recurring cast

 * Juliette Alexandra as Molly Ellis
 * Rachel Bavidge as Dr Natasha Black
 * Hunter Bell as Arthur Fowler
 * Tarrick Benham as Apostolos Papadopolous
 * Cody Briffett as Ernie Moon
 * Elliot Briffett as Bert Moon
 * Isabella Brown as Lexi Pearce
 * Ray Emmet Brown as Pastor Cassius Lawrence
 * Ulric Browne as Winston
 * Ian Burfield as DCI Peter Arthurs
 * Abbie Burke as Amy Mitchell
 * Tabitha Byron as Scarlett Butcher
 * Ben Champniss as Shrimpy
 * Thomas Coombes as Neil Hughes
 * Martha Cope as Sandy Gibson
 * Shay Crotty as Tommy Moon
 * Frankie Day as Ricky Mitchell
 * Tanya-Loretta Dee as PC Olsen
 * Harry Farr as Ollie Carter
 * Kara-Leah Fernandes as Bailey Baker
 * Grace as Janet Mitchell
 * Arayah Harris-Buckle as Pearl Fox
 * Hot Lips as Lady Di (dog)
 * Florisa Kamara as Kioni Marwa
 * Sonny Kendall as Tommy Moon
 * Isaac Lemonius as Mackenzie Atkins
 * Mahalia Malcolm as Mia Atkins
 * Sarah Paul as Laura Awoyinka
 * Heather Peace as Eve Unwin
 * Freddie Phillips as Will Mitchell
 * Michael Jose Pomares Calixte as Raymond Dawkins
 * Kate Robbins as Jen Glover
 * Jane Slaughter as Tracey
 * Liz Sweet as Marie Evans
 * Alwyne Taylor as DS Barnes
 * Lillia Turner as Lily Slater
 * Philip Wright as DI Steve Thompson
 * Adam Young as Stan "Stas" Saunders
 * Unknown as Alyssa
 * Unknown as Jordan Atkins
 * Unknown as Abi Branning
 * Unknown as Annie Carter
 * Unknown as Hope Fowler
 * Unknown as Mica Fox
 * Unknown as Albie Watts

Guest cast

 * Adam Achour as Derrick
 * Samson Ajewole as Freddie
 * Paul Albertson as George
 * Aram Armaghanian as male airport security guard
 * Phil Atkinson as Woody
 * Alex Austin as Darien
 * James Backway as Jed
 * Scott Baker as Paul Chewins
 * Louise Barrett as Helen Baxter
 * Richard Bennett as Ethan
 * Bhawna Bhawsar as Dr Shah
 * Basienka Blake as Dr Cole
 * Ellisha Blake as girl
 * Colin Blumenau as prosecution barrister
 * Daniel Boys as Rafe Vaughan
 * Sam Buchanan as Fitzy
 * Amie Buhari as Leah
 * Carrie Bunyan as Fern Driscoll
 * Isla Carter as doctor
 * Gunnar Cauthery as DS Hawkins
 * Amelia Cavallo as Luce
 * Jo Coffey as Elspeth
 * Suzy Cooper as Fiona
 * Chevin Dash as Pricilla Madden
 * Jane Deane as homeless woman
 * Shani Dhanda as estate agent
 * Ben Dilloway as James
 * Alison Dowling as Harriet
 * Oli Dunbar as partygoer
 * Dani Dyer as Jeanette
 * Douglas Fordyce as city boy
 * Libbi Fox as Jade
 * Ben Freeman as Caleb Malone
 * Geoffrey Freshwater as Reg
 * Grace Frost as Liv
 * Jane Garda as Dr Robinson
 * Theresa Godly as police sergeant
 * Juliet Gough as A&E doctor
 * Maisie Greenwood as Miss Bellamy
 * Meryl Griffiths as Dr Cheng
 * Bikramjit Gurm as giani
 * Suzanna Hamilton as Jackie
 * Josh Hanley as junior officer
 * Ellouise Shakespeare-Hart as police officer
 * Peter Henderson as Gavin's cousin
 * Seabert Henry as DI Pine
 * Luke Higgins as Alex Oakton
 * Sue Holderness as Estelle Jones
 * Lily Howkins as Mya
 * Nathan Hubble as thief
 * Michelle Huirama as Mrs Tenadii
 * Tyrone Huntley as Nathan Wood
 * Michelle Jeram as Magda
 * Andrew Joshi as Mr Pandit
 * Tom Joyner as David
 * Rob Kazinsky as Sean Slater
 * Faraz M. Khan as Waseem Qureshi
 * Luke Kidd as Kam
 * Haruka Kuroda as Dr Sakura Mori
 * Maria Leaf as Bea
 * Tim Lewis as Dr Hobbs
 * Samia Longchambon as Maria Connor
 * Joshua Lyster as Cody Harris
 * Charlie MacGechan as Mike
 * Srbo Markovic as businessman
 * Debra Michaels as Justine Simpson
 * Alan Mitchell as customer
 * Lloyd Morris as Greg
 * Craig Nash as Troy
 * Shala Nyx as Alanagh
 * Amanda Osborne as Judge Hallett
 * Tom Palmer as Simon Atmore
 * Aaron Phinehas Peters as Jamal
 * Lydia Piechowiak as Amelia
 * Brady Powell as removal man
 * Richard Pryal as Tom
 * Lewis Rainer as Tony
 * Valmike Rampersad as Dr Ibrahim Ramzen
 * Harry Redknapp as himself
 * Antonia Rita as Jodie
 * Charlie Roe as Alex Atkins
 * Poppy Roe as PC Turner
 * Lawrence Russell as nurse
 * David Schaal as DS Foden
 * Esther Shanson as PC Goddard
 * Joseph Siddle as mugger
 * Romo Sikdar-Rahman as paramedic
 * Alice May Simpson as Anna
 * Adam Jackson-Smith as Curtis
 * Jill Stanford as Sally
 * Athena Stevens as Imogen
 * Paulina Szarek as paramedic
 * Nico Tatarowicz as Richard
 * Simon Tcherniak as Mr Chris Hancock
 * Jack Thomson as Mr Anderson
 * Lucy Vandi as Nyangi Marwa
 * Michael Vivian as judge
 * Yvonne Wickham as Nurse Novia Fernandez
 * Francesca Williams as Sophie
 * Teresa Zaylor as Simone Garner
 * Muki Zubis as female airport security guard
 * Unknown as Georgina Barnes

List of episodes
In the typical week, EastEnders airs four episodes of roughly 30 minutes in a time slot of 8:00pm on Mondays and Fridays, and 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, though episodes are sometimes moved or extra episodes added for different reasons. However, because of lockdowns and restrictions relating to COVID-19, each episode produced in 2021 is roughly 20 to 25 minutes in length and they are broadcast usually at 8:05pm on Mondays, 7:30pm on Tuesdays, 7:35pm on Thursdays and 8:35pm on Fridays. Kate Oates continued her role as senior executive producer from 2018, and Jon Sen continued his role as executive producer, also from 2018, producing the episodes. After filming for EastEnders was suspended in 2020 "In light of the spread of COVID-19", it resumed in June 2020 with social distancing and actors doing their own hair and make-up, which continued into 2021.

All official ratings cover a period of 28 days from the original broadcast, and are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). Airdates, credits, running times and episode summaries are taken from episodes, the official EastEnders website and BBC programmes schedules. Episode numbers are taken from Radio Times.


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

June
It was announced that due to the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament, while broadcasts of EastEnders were moved in the schedules, that a week's worth of episodes would be available to stream on BBC iPlayer each Monday for three weeks from 14 June 2021.

November
On 13 October 2021, it was announced that EastEnders, along with BBC soaps and continuing dramams Holby City, Casualty and Doctors, ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale, and Channel 4's soap opera Hollyoaks, would take part in a week of crossover episodes starting on 1 November 2021, to coincide with the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The episodes all make various references to climate change with characters making cameo appearances and storylines being referreced in the other shows. The episodes were the idea of Emmerdale executive producer, Jane Hudson, and they took "many months of meetings and planning to bring the storylines together".