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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 37th broadcast year on 3 January 2022 with episode number 6410. Jon Sen departed his role as executive producer in November 2021, with his final episode airing on 10 March. He was replaced by Chris Clenshaw, while Kate Oates continued as senior executive producer. Until 4 March, EastEnders typically aired four episodes in a time slot of 8:00pm on Mondays and Fridays, and 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with episodes being 30 minutes long with the exception of Tuesdays, which are 20 minutes long; effective from 7 March onwards, the show aired four consecutive episodes from Mondays to Thursdays, all in a time slot of 7:30pm. The following month, on 5 April, Tuesday broadcasts were restored to 30 minutes.

Storylines broadcast in 2022 included Aaron Monroe's (Charlie Wernham) involvement in a far-right extremist gang and subsequent arrest after being reported by his father, Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman); Stuart Highway's (Ricky Champ) battles with male breast cancer and postnatal depression; Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) struggling in the wake of a homophobic attack and later being raped by Lewis Butler (Aidan O'Callaghan); Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) being persuaded by DCI Samantha Keeble (Alison Newman) to turn informant to evade a charge for his involvement in the murder of Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood); Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall) experiencing bullying at school and accidentally stabbing one of his bullies; Gray Atkins' (Toby-Alexander Smith) past murders being exposed upon the discovery of Tina Carter's (Luisa Bradshaw-White) body in the Argee Bhajee; Jean Slater's (Gillian Wright) rollercoaster relationship with Harvey in the midst of a manic episode; a feud between Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) resulting in Janine framing Linda for causing a car accident; an affair between Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and Eve Unwin (Heather Peace); Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) murdering his father Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam) and allowing Suki to believe it was her; and Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling-Ellis) suffering from street harrassment following a night out.

Departing cast members in 2022 included Priya Davdra (Iqra Ahmed) in January, Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa (Mila Marwa) in February, Keegan Butcher-Baker (Zack Morris) and Stevie Basaula (Isaac Baptiste) in March, Charlie Wernham (Aaron Monroe) in April, Maddy Hill (Nancy Carter) in June, Dayle Hudson (Peter Beale) in July, Tanya Franks (Rainie Highway) and Champ (Stuart) in August, Kelsey Calladine-Smith (Jada Lennox), Barbara Smith (Dana Monroe) and Ayling-Ellis (Frankie) in September and Danny Dyer (Mick Carter) in December. Returning cast members included Kim Medcalf (Sam Mitchell) in April, and Shane Richie (Alfie Moon) in September; the character of Freddie Slater also returned, now played by Bobby Brazier. New regular cast members introduced included Hersha Verity (Nina Gupta) in February, Thiara (Ravi), Ashley Byam (Finlay Baker) and Matthew James Morrison (Felix Baker) in July, and Navin Chowdhry (Nish Panesar) later in the year. Guest appearances from former regular cast members included Lin Blakley (Pam Coker) for two episodes in January, Tiffany Butcher (Maisie Smith) for one episode in March, Robert Kazinsky (Sean Slater) for one episode in April, Laila Morse (Mo Harris) for multiple episodes between August and September, and Jacqueline Jossa (Lauren Branning), Tom Watt (Lofty Holloway), Linda Davidson (Mary Smith), Michael Cashman (Colin Russell), Gary Hailes (Barry Clark), Jan Graveson (Disa O'Brien) for a handful of episodes in December surrounding the death of Dot Cotton (June Brown), and Sid Owen (Ricky Butcher) later in the year.

Cast and characters
50 regular characters and an additional 25 child characters were present at the beginning of the year. The Mitchell family consists of patriarch Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), his son Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden), Phil's distant relative Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick), Billy's granddaughter Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), who was fostered by Billy and runs the car lot and the funeral parlour. Ben and Lola have a child together, Lexi Pearce (Isabella Brown), while Billy has two children with his ex-wife Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton), Janet Mitchell (Grace) and Will Mitchell (Freddie Phillips). Honey is in a relationship with Jay. Ben is married to police officer Callum "Halfway" Highway (Tony Clay), and the couple live with Callum's brother Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) and his wife Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks), who at the funeral parlour. Phil is romantically involved with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), part of the Slater family along with her children Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall), Bert Moon (Elliot Briffett) and Ernie Moon (Cody Briffett), her cousin Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Stacey's children Lily Slater (Lillia Turner), Arthur Fowler (Rocco Brenner) and Hope Fowler (Noach Persell), as well as Stacey's wife Eve Unwin (Heather Peace) and mother Jean Slater (Gillian Wright). Kat and Phil run the launderette and a cab firm together. The Beale family consists of Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), her two grandsons, Bobby Beale (Clay Milner Russell) and Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson), who runs the restaurant, Walford East, and distant relative Martin Fowler (James Bye), who is Hope's father. Kathy is also Ben's mother and runs the local café and a gay bar, The Prince Albert. The Fox/Trueman family includes Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), who has a son, teacher Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula) who has schizophrenia. Patrick acts as a father figure to sisters Denise Fox (Diane Parish), who runs the salon, Fox and Hair, and Kim Fox (Tameka Empson). Denise has a son with Phil, Raymond Dawkins (Michael Jose Pomares Calixte), and a daughter, Chelsea Atkins (Zaraah Abrahams), who lives with her husband, solicitor Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith), their prematurely newborn child Jordan Atkins, and Gray's two children, Mia Atkins (Mahalia Malcolm) and Mackenzie Atkins (Isaac Lemonius). Kim meanwhile has two children of her own, Pearl Fox (Arayah Harris-Buckles) and Mica Fox. Denise is in a civil partnership with police officer Jack Branning (Scott Maslen), whose two nieces, Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), a nurse, and Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), also live on the square together; Jack has two children, Amy Mitchell (Abbie Burke until June, and Ellie Dadd from August onwards) and Ricky Mitchell (Frankie Day). Martin is the ex-husband of Sonia, and lives with gym owner Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), her son Albie Watts and her half-brother Zack Hudson (James Farrar). Sharon also has a granddaughter, Alyssa, whose mother is teenager Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith).

The Carter family consists of Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), her son Mick Carter (Danny Dyer), Mick's wife Linda Carter (Kellie Bright), who is an alcoholic, their two children Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill) and Ollie Carter (Harry Farr), Linda's infant daughter Annie Carter, and Mick's adult daughter Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling-Ellis), who is deaf. Mick and Linda are landlords of The Queen Victoria public house. The Taylor family includes Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley), her daughter Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris), her former romantic interest Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths) and their son Keegan Butcher-Baker (Zack Morris), and Mitch's daughter Bailey Baker (Kara-Leah Fernandes). Karen and Mitch are also grandparents to Mia and Mackenzie. The Panesar family run the local shop and a pest-control business, and they consist of Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal) and her three children Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol), DJ Vinny Panesar (Shiv Jalota) and doctor Ash Kaur (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha). Kheerat is in business with Ben, running the mechanics' garage. The Monroe family consists of cab driver Harvey Monroe (Ross Boatman) and his two children Dana Monroe (Barbara Smith), who is Bobby's girlfriend, and Aaron Monroe (Charlie Wernham). Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) lives with Sonia while her daughter, Scarlett Butcher (Tabitha Byron), who is also Tommy's half sister, stays with Kat and her family. Dotty Cotton (Milly Zero) runs the local nightclub, Ruby's. Barmaid Mila Marwa (Ruhtxjiaïh Bèllènéa) works for Kathy, her girlfriend is Iqra Ahmed (Priya Davdra) and the couple are legal guardians of Mila's sister, Kioni Marwa (Florisa Kamara). Other characters present at the beginning of the year are Dotty's uncle, Tom "Rocky" Cotton (Brian Conley) and Howie Danes (Delroy Atkinson).

The first cast change of the year was in the first episode, 6410, on 3 January when Davdra made a previously unannounced departure from her role as Iqra; the departure was confirmed after the episode was broadcast. Bèllènéa left her role as Mila in episode 6428, broadcast on 3 February, followed shortly by the departures of Morris (Keegan) and Basaula (Isaac) on 17 and 31 March respectively. Wernham's final scenes in his role as Aaron aired in episode episode 6475 on 26 April although it was not revealed until June that he had been written out. On 10 June, it was revealed that Hudson (Peter), Champ (Stuart), Calladine-Smith (Jada) and Barbara Smith (Dana) had been axed by incoming executive producer Chris Clenshaw; they made their final appearances on 14 July, 25 August, 31 August and 1 September respectively. Franks (Rainie) was also axed and departed unannounced alongside Champ. Hill and Ayling-Ellis quit their roles as Nancy and Frankie, making their final appearances on 28 June and 22 September respectively. Dyer is due to depart from his role as Mick at the end of his contract.

Gwen Taylor made a return to the show as Vi Highway, grandmother of Stuart and Callum, in March 2022 following her departure in November 2021. Kim Medcalf returned as Sam Mitchell, Phil's sister, in episode 6470, broadcast on 18 April, after last appearing in 2005, taking over the role from Danniella Westbrook, who last appeared in 2016, for a second time. The character of Freddie Slater, Kat's nephew, returned on 6 September after a sixteen year-long absence, with the role recast to Bobby Brazier. Shane Richie reprised his role as Alfie Moon, Kat's ex-husband, making a cameo appearance in the episode broadcast on 12 July followed by a permanent return from September onwards. The child character of Arthur Fowler was recast from Hunter Bell to Rocco Brenner in 2022, with Bell last appearing on screen in December 2021 and Brenner's first episode being on 21 March 2022.

Five regular characters were introduced in 2022: Nina Gupta, played by Hersha Verity, first appeared as a guest character on 10 February, before making regular appearances from 27 June onwards as the fiancé and later wife of Ranveer Gulati (Anil Goutam), a family friend of the Panesars. Ranveer's son Ravi Gulati, played by Aaron Thiara, first appeared on 4 July. Brothers Finlay and Felix Baker, played by Ashley Byam and Matthew James Morrison respectively, began appearing regularly from 7 July onwards as Mitch's nephews. Nish Panesar, Suki's husband, made his first appearance towards the end of the year following his release from prison.

Lin Blakley reprised her role as Pam Coker in episodes 6416 and 6417 on 13 and 14 January. Maisie Smith, who last appeared as Tiffany Butcher-Baker, Keegan's ex-wife and Whitney's sister, in December 2021, returned for a cameo appearance in Spring 2022. Robert Kazinsky made an unannounced cameo as Sean Slater, Jean's son and Stacey's brother, in episode 6465, broadcast on 7 April, appearing via video call, while Laila Morse and Sid Owen reprised their roles as Mo Harris, Kat's grandmother, and Ricky Butcher, Janine's brother, respectively for multiple episodes throughout the latter half of 2022. Jacqueline Jossa returned as Lauren Branning for a special episode in 2022 depicting the funeral of long-serving character Dot Cotton (June Brown), Lauren's step-grandmother.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders cast in 2022:

Regular cast

 * Zaraah Abrahams as Chelsea Atkins
 * 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
 * Bobby Brazier as Freddie Slater
 * Kellie Bright as Linda Carter
 * Charlie Brooks as Janine Butcher
 * Ashley Byam as Finlay Baker
 * James Bye as Martin Fowler
 * Kelsey Calladine-Smith as Jada Lennox
 * Natalie Cassidy as Sonia Fowler
 * Ricky Champ as Stuart Highway
 * Navin Chowdhry as Nish Panesar
 * Tony Clay as Callum "Halfway" Highway
 * Brian Conley as Tom "Rocky" Cotton
 * Ellie Dadd as Amy Mitchell
 * Priya Davdra as Iqra Ahmed
 * Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts
 * 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
 * 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
 * Gurlaine Kaur Garcha as Ash Kaur
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell
 * Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean
 * Kim Medcalf as Sam Mitchell
 * Clay Milner Russell as Bobby Beale
 * Zack Morris as Keegan Butcher-Baker
 * Matthew James Morrison as Felix Baker
 * Clair Norris as Bernadette Taylor
 * Diane Parish as Denise Fox
 * Heather Peace as Eve Unwin
 * Shane Richie as Alfie Moon
 * Barbara Smith as Dana Monroe
 * 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
 * Aaron Thiara as Ravi Gulati
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater
 * Hersha Verity as Nina Gupta
 * Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman
 * Jessie Wallace as Kat Slater
 * Charlie Wernham as Aaron Monroe
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater
 * Milly Zero as Dotty Cotton

Recurring cast

 * Juliette Alexandra as Molly Ellis
 * Rocco Brenner as Arthur Fowler
 * Cody Briffett as Ernie Moon
 * Elliot Briffett as Bert Moon
 * Isabella Brown as Lexi Pearce
 * Ulric Browne as Winston
 * Ian Burfield as DCI Peter Arthurs
 * Abbie Burke as Amy Mitchell
 * Tabitha Byron as Scarlett Butcher
 * Ben Champniss as Shrimpy
 * Juhaim Rasul Choudhury as Davinder "Nugget" Gulati
 * Thomas Coombes as Neil Hughes
 * Frankie Day as Ricky Mitchell
 * Tanya-Loretta Dee as PC Olsen
 * Harry Farr as Ollie Carter
 * Kara-Leah Fernandes as Bailey Baker
 * Anil Goutam as Ranveer Gulati
 * Grace as Janet Mitchell
 * Arayah Harris-Buckles as Pearl Fox
 * Hot Lips as Lady Di (dog)
 * Dystin Johnson as Nurse Lennon
 * Andrew Joshi as Mr Pandit
 * Florisa Kamara as Kioni Marwa
 * Sonny Kendall as Tommy Moon
 * Jaden Ladega as Denzel Danes
 * Isaac Lemonius as Mackenzie Atkins
 * Niamh Longford as Melody Wiles
 * Mahalia Malcolm as Mia Atkins
 * Mark Mooney as Jonah Tyler
 * Alison Newman as DCI Samantha Keeble
 * Aidan O'Callaghan as Lewis Butler
 * Noach Persell as Hope Fowler
 * Freddie Phillips as Will Mitchell
 * Michael Jose Pomares Calixte as Raymond Dawkins
 * Liani Samuel as Chess Newland
 * Jane Slaughter as Tracey
 * Liz Sweet as Marie Evans
 * Lillia Turner as Lily Slater
 * Sian Webber as Ritchie Scott
 * Nick Wilton as Mr Lister
 * Unknown as Alyssa
 * Unknown as Jordan Atkins
 * Unknown as Annie Carter
 * Unknown as Mica Fox
 * Unknown as Roland Highway
 * Unknown as Albie Watts

Guest cast

 * Aishah Afzal as Tej Bansal
 * Julie Barclay as Martine
 * Maya Barcot as Dr Archer
 * Ben Cutler as Warren
 * Tim Fellingham as Henry
 * Joe Ferrera as Hassan
 * Lisa Gorgin as Angela
 * Owen Guerin as police officer
 * Tina Harris as DI Walken
 * Elizabeth Healey as consultant
 * Joan Hodges as Miss Miles
 * Donavan Imber as PC Grover
 * Ben Keenan as Bungalow
 * Ryan Masher as Matty
 * Lynsey Murrell as DI Bethany Crowe
 * Larry Olubamiwo as Teddy Graves
 * Cathy Owen as Kelly
 * Gordon Peaston as Trevor Barnes
 * Kwabena Peprah as teenage boy
 * Louise Rhian Poole as Claire Reid
 * Lucy Porter as Rita
 * Du'aine A Samuels as PC Cooper
 * Christopher Sherwood as paramedic
 * Buddy Skelton as Sid Bello
 * Henry ter Haar as Dr Forde
 * Lesley Vickerage as Ms Ramsey
 * Frankie Wade as Nathan
 * Reece Walters as Steve Masters

Guest appearances from former regular cast

 * Lin Blakley as Pam Coker
 * Michael Cashman as Colin Russell
 * Linda Davidson as Mary Smith
 * Jan Graveson as Disa O'Brien
 * Gary Hailes as Barry Clark
 * Jacqueline Jossa as Lauren Branning
 * Robert Kazinsky as Sean Slater
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris
 * Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher
 * Maisie Smith as Tiffany Butcher
 * Tom Watt as Lofty Holloway

List of episodes
At the start of the year, EastEnders aired four episodes each week in a time slot of 8:00pm on Mondays and Fridays, and 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, though episodes were sometimes moved or extra episodes added for different reasons. Beginning the week commencing 7 March, the show aired four consecutive episodes from Mondays to Thursdays, all in a time slot of 7:30pm. Whereas in the latter half of 2020 and the majority of 2021, COVID-19 restrictions meant that episodes were roughly 20 to 25 minutes in length, the beginning of 2022 saw a return to the original broadcast format with the exception of Tuesdays, which remained within a 20-minute duration. Tuesday episodes eventually returned to 30 minutes from 5 April. Socially distanced filming continued into 2022, with actors doing their own hair and make-up. Social distancing was later reduced in March. 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. On 12 November 2021, it was announced that Sen would step down from his role as executive producer and would be replaced by Chris Clenshaw in 2022. Sen's final episode was broadcast on 10 March, after which Oates temporarily became the show's sole executive producer. Clenshaw was then credited as executive producer for the episode broadcast on 2 June, and then permanently from 4 July onwards.

The episode airing on 7 March was the first episode to be filmed on the new EastEnders set, a project which began in 2014 and cost a total of £87.6million.

All official ratings cover a period of seven 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 (19 episodes)
 * April (16 episodes)
 * May (18 episodes)
 * June (18 episodes)
 * July (16 episodes)
 * August (19 episodes)
 * September (17 episodes)
 * October (17 episodes)
 * November (17 episodes)
 * December (19 episodes)

January
The beginning of the year focuses on the aftermath of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, as depicted in the final episode of 2021, where a bomb planted by far-right extremists Aaron Monroe (Charlie Wernham) and Neil Hughes (Thomas Coombes) was discovered in the derelict Argee Bhajee restaurant, which is due to be converted to a mosque. Pam Coker (Lin Blakley) returned to support Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) in the wake of a further homophobic attack led by Neil's gang. January's episodes also depict the continuation of an ongoing feud between Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Kim Fox (Tameka Empson), where Phil goes on the run with his and Denise Fox's (Diane Parish) son Raymond Dawkins (Michael Jose Pomares Calixte) after Kim discovers Phil's involvement in her late husband Vincent Hubbard's (Richard Blackwood) death. On-location filming for these scenes took place in Clacton-on-Sea and St Osyth in November 2021. Elsewhere, Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) encourages Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) to be open with his wife, Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks), about being diagnosed with male breast cancer. EastEnders worked with Macmillan Cancer Support to produce the storyline.

February
February covers storylines such as Chelsea Atkins (Zaraah Abrahams) succumbing to her husband Gray Atkins' (Toby-Alexander Smith) manipulation, resulting in her growing reclusive and separate from her friends and family, and Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall) becoming a victim of bullying, seeking protection from his stepfather-to-be Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). Both storylines reached their peak towards the end of the month, where an altercation between Gray and Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol) resulted in the latter physically injuring Gray and leaving him in a coma before going on the run, while Phil unwittingly discovered the remains of a deceased Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White)—murdered by Gray—in the Argee Bhajee while trying to protect Tommy. Scenes elsewhere depict Stacey Slater's (Lacey Turner) latest snack van business venture and worrying about her mother Jean Slater's (Gillian Wright) increasingly erratic behaviour.

March
The show's first schedule change since the introduction of a fourth episode in 2001 occured in March 2022, whereby Friday episodes were permanently replaced with a Wednesday episode. Further to this, the episode airing on 7 March was the first episode to be filmed on the new EastEnders set, a project which began in 2014 and cost a total of £87.6million. Storylines during this month include Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) discovering that it was Tina's (Bradshaw-White) body that was found in the Argee Bhajee, the conclusion of Gray's serial killing reign as his murders of Tina, Chantelle Atkins (Jessica Plummer) and Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) become public knowledge, and Tommy (Kendall) stabbing one of his bullies, Sid Bello (Buddy Skelton), amid a confrontation.

April
Starting from 5 April, episodes broadcast on Tuesday returned to 30 minutes for the first time since the show's return following the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. This month's storylines focus around Tina Carter's (Bradshaw-White) funeral, which encompasses the return of Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and her subsequent fallout with Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) for meddling in her marriage to Mick. April also encompassed the return of Kim Medcalf as Sam Mitchell, taking over the role from Danniella Westbrook for a second time as Sam tries to prove herself to Phil (McFadden).

May
May included a storyline whereby Ben (Bowden) is raped by newcomer Lewis Butler (Aidan O'Callaghan), with the show working with charities such as Survivors UK and the Male Survivors Partnership "to make sure that the storyline is covered as sensitively as possible".

June
On 1 April, it was confirmed that EastEnders had filmed a special episode to honour the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, with Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall making special guest appearances. It was later revealed that Simon May would produce a special Jubilee edition of the EastEnders theme tune to mark the occasion. This month also featured a car crash involving Janine (Brooks) and Linda (Bright) in scenes filmed on-location in April.