User:Frickative/List of EastEnders episodes (2009)

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 25th broadcasted year on 1 January 2009 with its 3711th episode, with Diederick Santer continuing his role as executive producer for his third full year in the running, having taken on the role in October 2006. EastEnders aired 209 episodes in 2009, 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. However the episode on 29 June was moved to BBC Two.

Cast and characters
Robert Kazinsky announced his intentions to leave the series in January 2008; his character Sean Slater departed on 1 January. Elliott Jordan was axed from the series in January 2009 and his character Callum Monks departed on 6 March. Speculation arose in 2009 that Lauren Crace had left her role as Danielle Jones, but the series refused to confirm or deny the speculation. The character made her final appearance on 3 April when she was killed after revealing her true identity to her mother Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), marking the conclusion to eight-month long storyline. Following a return to the series in December 2008, John Altman quit his role as Nick Cotton and the character departed at the conclusion to his storyline. Carmel Cryan made her final appearance as Brenda Boyle on 14 August. Kara Tointon, Ricky Groves and twins, Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty were axed from the series when producers chose not to renew their contracts; they made their final appearance on 27 August. Larry Lamb departed his role as villain Archie Mitchell on 10 April at the conclusion of his storyline. It was announced that Lamb would return four days later; Archie returned on 9 July. However, it was announced Lamb would return for one storyline and would depart at its conclusion. The character was killed-off in a 'whodunit' storyline, entitled "Who Killed Archie?" and made his final appearance, as a corpse, on 28 December. Jo Joyner announced her pregnancy in July 2009; her character Tanya Branning departed the series on 25 December when she walked out on her husband.

Rolan Bell was cast as love interest for Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin), Theo Kelly in January 2009; he made his first appearance on 26 January. Nina Toussaint-White joined the cast as Syd Chambers, a love interest for Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements), in January 2009; she debuted on 6 February. Syd's son, Noah Chambers (Micah Thomas), was introduced in May. Both characters departed the series on 9 October, but returned for four episodes between 7 and 11 December. Lucas Johnson's (Don Gilet) estranged wife, Trina Johnson (Sharon Duncan Brewster), was introduced on 23 February; she made her final appearance when she was killed-off on 4 September. Comedian Josie Lawrence made her first appearance as a love interest for Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi), Manda Best, on 6 March. Manda's son, Adam Best, joined the series on 10 September. David Proud was cast as Adam. The eldest son of Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia) and Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra), Syed Masood, made his first appearance on 21 April. Marc Elliott was cast in the role. Syed's girlfriend, Amira Shah, was introduced on 7 May. Preeya Kalidas was cast in the role. Amira's father, Qadim Shah (Ramon Tikaram), made his first appearance on 17 December as part of a five-episode guest stint. Neil McDermott made his first appearance on 28 April. The character was later revealed to be Ryan Malloy, the half-brother of Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty). Adam Croasdell was cast as the show's resident general practitioner, Al Jenkins; the character made his first appearance on 1 May. Cavan Clerkin's casting in the role as Ronnie Mitchell's first love and father of Danielle Jones, Joel Reynolds, was announced on 23 July 2009; the character made his first appearance on 6 August. Tameka Empson and Robbie Gee guest appeared in the series between 24 and 27 November as Denise Fox's (Diane Parish) sister Kim Fox and her boyfriend Dexter Mulholland. Simone James joined the cast as Becca Swanson on 7 December, as a friend Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) meets in a psychiatric hospital.

Sam Mitchell's reintroduction was announced on 7 April 2009, with Danniella Westbrook returning to the role instead of Kim Medcalf, who previously played the character. Sam returned on 4 September. Lee Ross and Kate Williams reprised their roles as Libby Fox's (Belinda Owusu) father, Owen Turner, and gradmother, Liz Turner, following their 2006 departures. They returned in October. Ross' character was axed from the series to aid the storyline of Lucas Johnson being a serial killer. Owen made his final appearance on 26 November. Chris Coghill returned to the series for five episodes between 7 and 18 December for his character Tony King to stand trial for the sexual abuse of Whitney Dean. Sophie Stanton's return to her role as DCI Jill Marsden, following a six year absence, was announced on 10 November 2009; she returned on 28 December for the "Who Killed Archie?" storyline.

The following is a full list of the EastEnders 2009 cast, followed by their respective episode count out of 209 total episodes.

Regular cast

 * Samantha Womack as Ronnie Mitchell (115 episodes)
 * Rita Simons as Roxy Mitchell (105 episodes)
 * Charlie Brooks as Janine Butcher (104 episodes)
 * Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell (102 episodes)
 * Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell (101 episodes)
 * Diane Parish as Denise Fox (93 episodes)
 * Larry Lamb as Archie Mitchell (91 episodes)
 * Jake Wood as Max Branning (91 episodes)
 * Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher (89 episodes)
 * Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson (89 episodes)
 * Laurie Brett as Jane Beale (88 episodes)
 * Scott Maslen as Jack Branning (88 episodes)
 * Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale (88 episodes)
 * Nina Wadia as Zainab Masood (86 episodes)
 * Rudolph Walker as Patrick Trueman (86 episodes)
 * Marc Elliott as Syed Masood (84 episodes)
 * Perry Fenwick as Billy Mitchell (84 episodes)
 * Lacey Turner as Stacey Branning (83 episodes)
 * John Partridge as Christian Clarke (82 episodes)
 * Jo Joyner as Tanya Branning (81 episodes)
 * Shona McGarty as Whitney Dean (79 episodes)
 * Don Gilet as Lucas Johnson (78 episodes)
 * Cheryl Fergison as Heather Trott (76 episodes)
 * Nitin Ganatra as Masood Ahmed (75 episodes)
 * Belinda Owusu as Libby Fox (74 episodes)
 * Tiana Benjamin as Chelsea Fox (73 episodes)
 * Linda Henry as Shirley Carter (72 episodes)
 * Cliff Parisi as Minty Peterson (72 episodes)
 * Gillian Wright as Jean Slater (72 episodes)
 * Derek Martin as Charlie Slater (70 episodes)
 * Laila Morse as Mo Harris (69 episodes)
 * Charlie Clements as Bradley Branning (68 episodes)
 * Preeya Kalidas as Amira Shah (62 episodes)
 * Charlie G. Hawkins as Darren Miller (60 episodes)
 * Ricky Groves as Garry Hobbs (53 episodes)
 * June Brown as Dot Branning (52 episodes)
 * Neil McDermott as Ryan Malloy (52 episodes)
 * Pam St. Clement as Pat Evans (52 episodes)
 * Kara Tointon as Dawn Swann (52 episodes)
 * Jamie Borthwick as Jay Brown (49 episodes)
 * Himesh Patel as Tamwar Masood (49 episodes)
 * Josie Lawrence as Manda Best (41 episodes)
 * Melissa Suffield as Lucy Beale (41 episodes)
 * Nina Toussaint-White as Syd Chambers (41 episodes)
 * Adam Croasdell as Al Jenkins (36 episodes)
 * Daniella Westbrook as Sam Mitchell (36 episodes)
 * Lauren Crace as Danielle Jones (35 episodes)
 * Kate Williams as Liz Turner (33 episodes)
 * Thomas Law as Peter Beale (29 episodes)
 * Lee Ross as Owen Turner (27 episodes)
 * John Altman as Nick Cotton (25 episodes)
 * Rolan Bell as Theo Kelly (22 episodes)
 * Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Trina Johnson (15 episodes)
 * Elliott Jordan as Callum Monks (14 episodes)
 * David Proud as Adam Best (14 episodes)
 * Ashley Kumar as Todd Taylor (13 episodes)
 * John Bardon as Jim Branning (9 episodes)
 * Lynda Baron as Linda Clarke (9 episodes)
 * Carmel Cryan as Brenda Boyle (7 episodes)
 * Chris Coghill as Tony King (5 episodes)
 * Simone James as Becca Swanson (3 episodes)
 * Robert Kazinsky as Sean Slater (2 episodes)

Recurring and guest cast

 * Maisie Smith as Tiffany Dean (56 episodes)
 * James Forde as Liam Butcher (50 episodes)
 * Lorna Fitzgerald as Abi Branning (47 episodes)
 * Charlie Jones as Ben Mitchell (41 episodes)
 * Michael-Joel David Stuart as Jordan Johnson (37 episodes)
 * Madeline Duggan as Lauren Branning (37 episodes)
 * Molly Conlin as Dotty Cotton (32 episodes)
 * Devon Higgs as Morgan Butcher (31 episodes)
 * Cavan Clerkin as Joel Reynolds (21 episodes)
 * Alex Francis as Bobby Beale (19 episodes)
 * Micah Thomas as Noah Chambers (16 episodes)
 * Pooja Ghai as Bushra Abbasi (8 episodes)
 * Nick Wilton as Mr Lister (7 episodes)
 * Anna Karen as Aunt Sal (6 episodes)
 * Pooky Quesnel as Rachel Branning (6 episodes)
 * Aneirin Hughes as Andy Jones (4 episodes)
 * Tameka Empson as Kim Fox (3 episodes)
 * Robbie Gee as Dexter Mulholland (3 episodes)
 * Ryan Philpott as Kenny Morris (3 episodes)
 * Sophie Stanton as DCI Jill Marsden (3 episodes)
 * Ramon Tikaram as Qadim Shah (3 episodes)
 * Nicholas Ball as Terry Bates (2 episodes)
 * Meryl Fernandes as Afia Khan (2 episodes)
 * Sian Webber as Ritchie Scott (2 episodes)
 * Edward Woodward as Tommy Clifford (unknown episodes)
 * Grace as Janet Mitchell (unknown episodes)
 * Charlee and Neo Hall as Oscar Branning (unknown episodes)
 * Isabella and Rebecca Hegarty as Summer Swann (unknown episodes)
 * Joshua Jacobs as George Trott (unknown episodes)
 * Kamil and Natalia Lipka-Kozanka as Amy Mitchell (unknown episodes)
 * Toby Walpole as William Mitchell (unknown episodes)

List of episodes
During 2009, EastEnders typically aired four 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, apart from one which was shown on BBC Two. A weekly omnibus edition was also broadcast on Sundays. All episodes were executively produced by Diederick Santer, who continued his role as executive producer for his third full year in the running. Official ratings are taken from the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB). Airdates and credits are taken from the official EastEnders website, BBC programme schedules and BBC Genome. Episode numbers are taken from Holy Soap.


 * January (19 episodes)
 * February (16 episodes)
 * March (17 episodes)
 * April (17 episodes)
 * May (17 episodes)
 * June (18 episodes)
 * July (18 episodes)
 * August (17 episodes)
 * September (17 episodes)
 * October (18 episodes)
 * November (16 episodes)
 * December (19 episodes)
 * Supplemental episodes (1 episode)

Supplemental episodes
In December 2009, the first of nine video diaries made by police Detective Chief Inspector Jill Marsden (Sophie Stanton), who is investigating the murder of Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb), was released.