2019

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2019 was EastEnders' thirty-fifth year of production. In charge of the programme was senior executive producer Kate Oates, who took over the role from John Yorke, who was the executive consultant until February.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Karen Taylor	Lorraine Stanley	Full year	137	317	6
2	Mitch Baker	Roger Griffiths	Full year	131	138	46
3	Ben Mitchell	Max Bowden	From April	129	1078	51
4	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden	Full year	128	3101	19
5	Jack Branning	Scott Maslen		127	1058	15
6	Linda Carter	Kellie Bright		125	750	1
7	Louise Mitchell	Tilly Keeper		121	573	24
7	Kat Moon	Jessie Wallace		121	1386	9
8	Sonia Fowler	Natalie Cassidy		119	1551	26
9	Sharon Mitchell	Letitia Dean		117	2070	12
10	Tiffany Butcher-Baker	Maisie Smith		114	278	10
11	Kush Kazemi	Davood Ghadami		113	537	26
12	Kathy Beale	Gillian Taylforth		112	1686	23
13	Jean Slater	Gillian Wright		111	682	12
13	Mick Carter	Danny Dyer		111	812	3
14	Jay Brown	Jamie Borthwick		110	975	22
14	Martin Fowler	James Bye		110	1648	6
15	Callum Highway	Tony Clay		109	195	17
16	Keegan Butcher-Baker	Zack Morris		107	292	14
16	Stuart Highway	Ricky Champ		107	181	22
17	Whitney Dean	Shona McGarty		106	1141	10
18	Keanu Taylor	Danny Walters		102	278	4
19	Stacey Fowler	Lacey Turner	Until August	100	1391	2
20	Rebecca 'Bex' Fowler	Jasmine Armfield	Full year	98	506	28
21	Lola Pearce	Danielle Harold	From April	96	423	-
22	Billy Mitchell	Perry Fenwick	Full year	95	1803	8
23	Shirley Carter	Linda Henry		94	1301	5
24	Ruby Allen	Louisa Lytton		93	273	36
25	Max Branning	Jake Wood		91	1286	25
26	Rainie Branning	Tanya Franks		90	227	30
27	Denise Fox	Diane Parish		89	1634	18
28	Honey Mitchell	Emma Barton	Full year	87	603	21
29	Mel Owen	Tamzin Outhwaite	Until November	85	619	12
29	Chantelle Atkins	Jessica Plummer	From March	85	85	-
30	Tina Carter	Luisa Bradshaw-White	Full year	82	598	15
31	Mo Harris	Laila Morse		81	1241	7
32	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt		79	3358	16
33	Bernadette Taylor	Clair Norris		78	242	9
34	Gray Atkins	Toby-Alexander Smith	From March	77		-
35	Bailey Baker	Kara-Leah Fernandes	From January	72
36	Iqra Ahmed	Priya Davdra	From February	70
37	Habiba Ahmed	Rukku Nahar	From February	66
38	Adam Bateman	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	Until December	56	75	40
39	Bobby Beale	Clay Milner Russell	From June	50	391	-
40	Dennis Rickman	Bleu Landau	Full year	49	151	31
41	Lexi Pearce	Isabella Brown	From April	48	116	-
42	Lisa Fowler	Lucy Benjamin	From September	44	544	-
43	Patrick Trueman	Rudolph Walker	Full year	40	1252	29
44	Ollie Carter	Harry Farr		39	137	38
45	Abi Branning Jr	unknown actress		36	55	41
46	Amy Mitchell	Abbie Burke		32	356	39
46	Tommy Moon	Shay Crotty		32	210	45
47	Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney	Until September	31	970	19
48	Mia Atkins	Mahalia Malcolm	From April	30	30	-
49	Hunter Owen	Charlie Winter	Until September	29	101	24
50	Leo King	Tom Wells	From September	28	28	-
	Ernie Moon	Cody Briffett	Full year		69	45
	Kim Fox-Hubbard	Tameka Empson	Break from February		654	17
	Arthur Fowler Jr	Hunter Bell	Full year		164	34
51	Bert Moon	Elliot Briffett		27	68	45
	Cherry Slater	unknown actress			55	35
	Will Mitchell	Freddie Phillips			132	42
	Mackenzie Atkins	Isaac Lemonius	From April		27	-
52	Sheree Trueman	Suzette Llewellyn	From August	26		-
53	Dot Branning	June Brown	Until March, from October	24	2275	37
53	Janet Mitchell	Grace	Full year	24	126	43
54	Arshad Ahmed	Madhav Sharma	Until November	21	68	31
	Mariam Ahmed	Indira Joshi	Until November		59	32
	Dotty Cotton	Milly Zero	From October		69	-
55	Ricky Mitchell	Frankie Day	Full year	20	123	44
56	Daniel Cook	Adrian Edmondson	From June	18		-
56	Ash Kaur	Gurlaine Kaur Garcha	From August	18		-
57	Riley Taylor	Tom Jacobs	Full year	16	64	41
58	Ted Murray	Christopher Timothy	Until September	15	130	27
59	Hope Fowler	unknown actress	Until August	14	58	34
59	Chatham Taylor	Alfie Jacobs	Full year	14	60	41
60	Lily Fowler	Aine Garvey	Until August	13	123	33
61	Jagvir 'Jags' Panesar	Amar Adatia	From October	12	12	-
62	Alfie Moon	Shane Richie	Until January	11	1064	38
	Hayley Slater	Katie Jarvis	Until February		108	13
	Kheerat Panesar	Jaz Deol	From October		11	-
63	Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra	Until February	10	736	24
64	Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton	Until February	9	269	47
65	Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer	September	8	1225	-
66	Sami Jackson	Shiven Shankar	June	7	15
66	Vinny Panesar	Shiv Jalota	From October	7	7
67	Sean Slater	Robert Kazinsky	April - May	6	260
67	Lee Carter	Danny Hatchard	December	6	338
68	Ray Kelly	Seán Mahon	Until January	5	31	36
69	Pearl Fox-Hubbard	Arayah	Until January	4	131	35
70	Lucy Beale	unknown actress	August - September (hallucinations/voice)	3	835	-
71	Pam Coker	Lin Blakley	November	2	212	54
72	Mary Smith	Linda Davidson	February	1	243	-
	Annie Smith	Marilyn O'Brien			116
	George 'Lofty' Holloway	Tom Watt			256
	Mica Fox-Hubbard	unknown actor	Until January		4	48
	Nita Mistry	Bindya Solanki	June		96	-

Directors

Writers

Doof-Doof Count

Note: We have calculated the doof-doofs based on which character(s)/face(s) appeared at the end of an episode in frame.

Character	Solo	Group	Total	Julia's Theme	Running total
Ben Mitchell	17	7	24	No	77
Mel Kelly/Owen	16	2	18	No	70
Sharon Mitchell	15	1	16	No	213
Martin Fowler	10	3	13	No	78
Phil Mitchell	10	2	12	No	313
Keanu Taylor	8	2	10	No	20
Kat Moon	5	3	8	No	137
Tiffany Butcher/Butcher-Baker	5	3	8	No	13
Linda Carter	5	1	6	No	60
Ruby Allen	4	3	7	No	26
Jean Slater	4	2	6	No	25
Callum Highway	4	2	6	No	6
Whitney Dean	4	2	6	No	58
Non character	6	0	6	Yes	237
Stacey Fowler	2	3	5	No	123
Lola Pearce	2	3	5	No	23
Louise Mitchell	3	2	5	No	21
Bobby Beale	5	0	5	No	8
Jack Branning	3	2	5	No	59
Rainie Branning	3	1	4	No	11
Karen Taylor	3	1	4	No	9
Sean Slater	3	1	4	No	34
Hunter Owen	2	2	4	No	7
Chantelle Atkins	4	0	4	No	4
Hayley Slater	3	0	3	No	3
Dr Legg	3	0	3	Yes	5
Jay Brown	1	2	3	No	23
Bex Fowler	2	1	3	No	15
Max Branning	2	1	3	No	155
Kush Kazemi	1	2	3	No	16
Honey Mitchell	2	1	3	No	23
Stuart Highway	2	1	3	No	18
Mick Carter	2	1	3	No	85
Leo King	1	2	3	No	3
Kathy Beale	2	1	3	No	117
Sonia Fowler	0	3	3	No	45
Bernadette Taylor	2	0	2	No	3
Adam Bateman	1	1	2	No	2
Shirley Carter	1	1	2	No	62
Lisa Fowler	1	1	2	No	44
Evie Steele	1	0	1	No	1
Midge	0	1	1	No	1
Mitch Baker	0	1	1	No	3
Abi Branning Jr	0	1	1	No	2
Iqra Ahmed	1	0	1	No	1
Bianca Jackson	1	0	1	No	93
Keegan Butcher-Baker	0	1	1	No	5
Gray Atkins	1	0	1	No	1

Episodes

Episode Number	Number in Year	Date	Director	Writer	Doof-Doof	Viewers (millions)
5841-5842	1	1 January 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Lauren Klee	Mel Kelly	6.30
5843	2	3 January 2019 - Part 1	Michael Owen Morris	Richard Davidson	Mel Kelly	6.59
5844	3	3 January 2019 - Part 2	Michael Owen Morris	Richard Davidson	Mel Kelly	6.45
5845	4	4 January 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Jeff Povey	Mel Kelly	6.83
5846	5	8 January 2019	Bruce Webb	Daran Little	Alfie Moon	5.71
5847	6	10 January 2019	Bruce Webb	Mark Catley	Evie Steele	6.63
5848	7	11 January 2019 - Part 1	Bruce Webb	Rob Gittins	Bernadette Taylor	6.31
5849	8	11 January 2019 - Part 2	Bruce Webb	Rob Gittins	Bernadette Taylor	5.54
5850	9	14 January 2019	Thomas Hescott	Johnny Candon	Tiffany Butcher	6.52
5851	10	15 January 2019	Thomas Hescott	Paul Walker	Hayley Slater	6.40
5852	11	17 January 2019	Thomas Hescott	Pete Lawson	Hayley Slater	6.79
5853	12	18 January 2019	Thomas Hescott	Pete Lawson	Harold Legg	6.39
5854	13	21 January 2019	Clive Arnold	Mark Catley	Hayley Slater	6.34
5855	14	22 January 2019	Clive Arnold	Rob Gittins	Kat Moon	6.40
5856	15	24 January 2019 - Part 1	Clive Arnold	Jonny O'Neill	Kat Moon	6.53
5857	16	24 January 2019 - Part 2	Clive Arnold	Rebecca Wojciechowski	Kat Moon	5.91
5858	17	28 January 2019	Mickey Jones	Mark Catley	Sharon Mitchell	6.40
5859	18	29 January 2019	Mickey Jones	Daran Little	Keanu Taylor	6.31
5860	19	31 January 2019 - Part 1	Mickey Jones	Paul Walker	Mel Owen	6.24
5861	20	31 January 2019 - Part 2	Mickey Jones	Lorraine Newman	Mel Owen Hunter Owen	5.66
5862	21	4 February 2019	Toby Frow	Lauren Klee	Mel Owen	6.13
5863	22	5 February 2019	Toby Frow	Lauren Klee	Mel Owen	6.25
5864	23	7 February 2019	Toby Frow	Jeff Povey	Sharon Mitchell	6.26
5865	24	8 February 2019	Toby Frow	Pete Lawson	Non character (forest where Ray Kelly's body is buried)	5.79
5866	25	11 February 2019	David Kester	Pete Lawson	Mel Owen	6.00
5867	26	12 February 2019	David Kester	Pete Lawson	Jack Branning	6.24
5868	27	14 February 2019 - Part 1	David Kester	Davey Jones	Mel Owen	6.24
5869	28	14 February 2019 - Part 2	David Kester	Matthew Hurt	Mel Owen	5.73
5870	29	15 February 2019	David Tucker	Rob Gittins	Harold Legg (Julia’s Theme)	6.03
5871	30	19 February 2019	David Tucker	Rob Gittins	Non character (candle) (Julia's Theme)	6.56
5872	31	21 February 2019	David Tucker	Johnny Candon	Sharon Mitchell	5.93
5873	32	22 February 2019	David Tucker	Yasmeen Khan	Mel Owen	5.11
5874	33	25 February 2019	Will Brenton	Daran Little	Ruby Allen	5.63
5875	34	26 February 2019	Will Brenton	Daran Little	Kat Moon Jean Slater	6.40
5876	35	28 February 2019	Will Brenton	Lynne Dallow	Jean Slater	6.29
5877	36	1 March 2019	Will Brenton	Bo Poraj	Rainie Branning	5.59
5878	37	4 March 2019	Hannah Quinn	Jonny O'Neill	Tiffany Butcher	6.08
5879	38	5 March 2019	Hannah Quinn	Jonny O'Neill	Karen Taylor	5.83
5880	39	7 March 2019	Hannah Quinn	Sydney Thompson	Sonia Fowler Stacey Fowler	6.01
5881	40	8 March 2019	Hannah Quinn	Sydney Thompson	Tiffany Butcher	5.49
5882	41	11 March 2019	Laura Way	Jeff Povey	Stacey Fowler Martin Fowler	5.94
5883	42	12 March 2019	Laura Way	Peter Mattessi	Jean Slater	5.47
5884	43	14 March 2019 - Part 1	Laura Way	Peter Mattessi	Stacey Fowler	5.89
5885	44	14 March 2019 - Part 2	Laura Way	Michael Begley	Rainie Branning	5.16
5886	45	18 March 2019	John Dower	Davey Jones	Phil Mitchell	6.12
5887	46	19 March 2019	John Dower	Philip Lawrence	Ruby Allen	5.08
5888	47	21 March 2019	John Dower	Carey Andrews	Ruby Allen	6.25
5889	48	22 March 2019	John Dower	Carey Andrews	Ruby Allen	5.33
5890	49	25 March 2019	Conor Morrissey	Mark Catley	Keanu Taylor	5.51
5891	50	26 March 2019	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Keanu Taylor	5.06
5892	51	28 March 2019	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Tiffany Butcher Jack Branning	5.81
5893	52	29 March 2019	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Tiffany Butcher	5.28
5894	53	1 April 2019	Richard Platt	Lauren Klee	Ben Mitchell	5.76
5895	54	2 April 2019	Richard Platt	Lauren Klee	Lola Pearce Ben Mitchell	4.99
5896	55	4 April 2019	Richard Platt	Wendy Granditer	Stacey Fowler Ruby Allen Jay Brown	5.92
5897	56	5 April 2019	Richard Platt	Rob Gittins	Ruby Allen Tiffany Butcher	5.50
5898	57	8 April 2019	Richard Lynn	Patrick Homes	Ben Mitchell	5.89
5899	58	9 April 2019	Richard Lynn	Michael Begley	Sharon Mitchell	5.86
5900	59	11 April 2019	Richard Lynn	Paul Walker	Sharon Mitchell	5.56
5901	60	12 April 2019	Richard Lynn	Johnny Candon	Lola Pearce Ben Mitchell	5.10
5902	61	15 April 2019	Jane Ashmore	Lena Rae	Lola Pearce	5.68
5903	62	16 April 2019	Jane Ashmore	Christopher Reason	Lola Pearce Ben Mitchell	5.94
5904	63	18 April 2019	Jane Ashmore	Yasmeen Khan	Midge	5.46
5905	64	19 April 2019	Jane Ashmore	Rob Gittins	Keanu Taylor	5.18
5906	65	22 April 2019	Clive Arnold	Jonny O'Neill	Non character (shot of shipping yard)	5.42
5907	66	23 April 2019	Clive Arnold	Jonny O'Neill	Ben Mitchell	5.99
5908	67	25 April 2019	Clive Arnold	Mark Catley	Phil Mitchell	6.07
5909	68	26 April 2019	Clive Arnold	Daran Little	Sean Slater	5.61
5910	69	29 April 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Peter Mattessi	Sean Slater	5.73
5911	70	30 April 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Peter Mattessi	Sean Slater	5.84
5912	71	2 May 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Pete Lawson	Jean Slater	5.59
5913	72	3 May 2019	Michael Owen Morris	Pete Lawson	Jean Slater Sean Slater	5.61
5914	73	6 May 2019	John Howlett	Lynne Dallow	Ben Mitchell	5.79
5915	74	7 May 2019	John Howlett	Matthew Hurt	Ben Mitchell Jay Brown	5.78
5916	75	9 May 2019	John Howlett	Rob Gittins	Louise Mitchell	5.62
5917	76	10 May 2019	John Howlett	Rob Gittins	Louise Mitchell	5.56
5918	77	13 May 2019	John Greening	Lauren Klee	Louise Mitchell	5.39
5919	78	14 May 2019	John Greening	Lauren Klee	Keanu Taylor Sharon Mitchell	5.45
5920	79	16 May 2019	John Greening	Lisa McMullin	Mitch Baker Karen Taylor	5.54
5921	80	17 May 2019	John Greening	Jeff Povey	Karen Taylor	5.31
5922	81	20 May 2019	John Dower	Davey Jones	Lola Pearce	5.46
5923	82	21 May 2019	John Dower	Philip Lawrence	Ben Mitchell	5.51
5924	83	23 May 2019	John Dower	Jonny O'Neill	Ben Mitchell	5.34
5925	84	24 May 2019	John Dower	Jonny O'Neill	Ben Mitchell	5.79
5926	85	27 May 2019	Jamie Annett	Richard Davidson	Bex Fowler	4.51
5927	86	28 May 2019	Jamie Annett	Richard Davidson	Bex Fowler	4.91
5928	87	30 May 2019	Jamie Annett	Johnny Candon	Kush Kazemi	4.62
5929	88	31 May 2019	Jamie Annett	Daran Little	Callum Highway	4.62
5930	89	3 June 2019	Thomas Hescott	Kim Revill	Kat Moon Kush Kazemi	5.25
5931	90	4 June 2019	Thomas Hescott	Colin Wyatt	Honey Mitchell Adam Bateman	5.65
5932	91	6 June 2019 - Part 1	Thomas Hescott	Pete Lawson	Callum Highway	5.42
5933	92	6 June 2019 - Part 2	Thomas Hescott	Pete Lawson	Ben Mitchell Callum Highway	4.82
5934	93	10 June 2019	James Larkin	Mark Catley	Sharon Mitchell	5.83
5935	94	11 June 2019	James Larkin	Mark Catley	Sharon Mitchell	5.73
5936	95	13 June 2019 - Part 1	James Larkin	Rob Gittins	Non character (motorway as the Carters drive to a Spice Girls concert)	5.31
5937	96	13 June 2019 - Part 2	James Larkin	Rob Gittins	Bobby Beale	5.38
5938	97	17 June 2019	Sarah Esdaile	Jake Riddell	Keanu Taylor	5.47
5939	98	18 June 2019	Sarah Esdaile	Yasmeen Khan	Sharon Mitchell	5.82
5940	99	20 June 2019	Sarah Esdaile	Daran Little	Max Branning	5.66
5941	100	21 June 2019	Sarah Esdaile	Daran Little	Max Branning	5.08
5942	101	24 June 2019	Karl Neilson	Jeff Povey	Bobby Beale	5.70
5943	102	25 June 2019 - Part 1	Karl Neilson	Jonny O'Neill	Jack Branning	5.80
5944	103	25 June 2019 - Part 2	Karl Neilson	Jonny O'Neill	Rainie Branning Abi Branning	4.29
5945	104	27 June 2019	Karl Neilson	Wendy Granditer	Jack Branning Max Branning	4.16
5946	105	1 July 2019 - Part 1	Laurence Wilson	Pete Lawson	Kat Moon Kush Kazemi	5.15
5947	106	1 July 2019 - Part 2	Laurence Wilson	Michael Begley	Kat Moon	4.82
5948	107	4 July 2019	Laurence Wilson	Pete Lawson	Stuart Highway	4.89
5949	108	5 July 2019	Laurence Wilson	Pete Lawson	Ben Mitchell	5.09
5950	109	8 July 2019	Indra Bhose	Peter Mattessi	Kat Moon	5.53
5951	110	9 July 2019	Indra Bhose	Lynne Dallow	Honey Mitchell	4.64
5952	111	11 July 2019	Indra Bhose	Lauren Klee	Adam Bateman	5.32
5953	112	12 July 2019	Indra Bhose	Lauren Klee	Chantelle Atkins	4.94
5954	113	15 July 2019	Matthew Evans	Richard Davidson	Jack Branning	5.34
5955	114	16 July 2019	Matthew Evans	Richard Davidson	Tiffany Butcher	5.23
5956	115	18 July 2019	Matthew Evans	Matthew Hurt	Shirley Carter	5.48
5957	116	19 July 2019	Matthew Evans	Wendy Granditer	Stuart Highway Kathy Beale	5.05
5958	117	22 July 2019	David Moor	Johnny Candon	Ben Mitchell	5.44
5959	118	23 July 2019	David Moor	Michael Begley	Martin Fowler	5.48
5960	119	25 July 2019	David Moor	Kim Revill	Stacey Fowler	5.17
5961	120	26 July 2019	David Moor	Kim Revill	Non character (1 Albert Square)	5.16
5962	121	29 July 2019	Will Brenton	Colin Wyatt	Ben Mitchell	5.15
5963	122	30 July 2019	Will Brenton	Jeff Povey	Phil Mitchell	5.57
5964	123	1 August 2019	Will Brenton	Rob Gittins	Ben Mitchell	5.36
5965	124	2 August 2019	Will Brenton	Rob Gittins	Non character (shot of Albert Square as Martin and Stacey Fowler leave)	5.17
5966	125	5 August 2019	Sean Healy	Daran Little	Ben Mitchell	5.40
5967	126	6 August 2019	Sean Healy	Daran Little	Phil Mitchell	5.51
5968	127	8 August 2019	Sean Healy	Christopher Reason	Keanu Taylor Louise Mitchell	5.30
5969	128	9 August 2019	Sean Healy	Philip Lawrence	Mick Carter	5.37
5970	129	12 August 2019	Richard Platt	Sydney Thompson	Iqra Ahmed	5.36
5971	130	13 August 2019	Richard Platt	Yasmeen Khan	Callum Highway	5.29
5972	131	15 August 2019	Richard Platt	Daran Little	Mick Carter	5.19
5973	132	16 August 2019	Richard Platt	Daran Little	Bobby Beale	5.36
5974	133	19 August 2019	Christopher McGill	Jake Riddell	Phil Mitchell	5.42
5975	134	20 August 2019	Christopher McGill	Simon Norman	Jean Slater	5.48
5976	135	22 August 2019	Christopher McGill	Carey Andrews	Mel Owen	5.57
5977	136	23 August 2019	Christopher McGill	Carey Andrews	Mel Owen Hunter Owen	5.22
5978	137	26 August 2019	Lance Kneeshaw	Rob Gittins	Mel Owen	4.63
5979	138	27 August 2019	Lance Kneeshaw	Natalie Mitchell	Hunter Owen	5.46
5980	139	29 August 2019	Lance Kneeshaw	Jonny O'Neill	Whitney Dean	5.35
5981	140	30 August 2019	Lance Kneeshaw	Jonny O'Neill	Whitney Dean	5.48
5982	141	2 September 2019	Karl Neilson	Pete Lawson	Whitney Dean	5.68
5983	142	3 September 2019	Karl Neilson	Pete Lawson	Hunter Owen	6.01
5984	143	5 September 2019	Karl Neilson	Lauren Klee	Non character (The Queen Victoria)	5.66
5985	144	6 September 2019	Karl Neilson	Lauren Klee	Non character (Albert Square)	5.98
5986	145	9 September 2019	David Kester	Johnny Candon	Bianca Jackson	5.94
5987	146	10 September 2019	David Kester	Yasmeen Khan	Chantelle Atkins	5.57
5988	147	12 September 2019	David Kester	Richard Davidson	Bobby Beale	5.87
5989	148	13 September 2019	David Kester	Richard Davidson	Mel Owen	5.48
5990	149	16 September 2019	Conor Morrissey	Colin Wyatt	Kathy Beale	5.61
5991	150	17 September 2019	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Kathy Beale	5.33
5992	151	19 September 2019	Conor Morrissey	Pete Lawson	Bobby Beale	5.70
5993	152	20 September 2019	Conor Morrissey	Philip Lawrence	Mel Owen	5.31
5994	153	23 September 2019	John Howlett	Lynne Dallow	Sharon Mitchell	5.57
5995	154	24 September 2019	John Howlett	Daran Little	Sharon Mitchell	5.71
5996	155	26 September 2019	John Howlett	Daran Little	Sharon Mitchell	5.53
5997	156	27 September 2019	John Howlett	Daran Little	Leo King Whitney Dean	5.39
5998	157	30 September 2019	David Moor	Wendy Granditer	Ben Mitchell	5.61
5999	158	1 October 2019	David Moor	Matthew Hurt	Callum Highway	5.68
6000	159	3 October 2019	David Moor	Kim Revill	Sonia Fowler Bex Fowler	5.69
6001	160	4 October 2019	David Moor	Kim Revill	Martin Fowler	5.71
6002	161	7 October 2019	Sean Healy	Rebecca Wojciechowski	Martin Fowler	5.78
6003	162	8 October 2019	Sean Healy	Mark Stevenson	Martin Fowler	5.15
6004	163	10 October 2019	Sean Healy	Peter Mattessi	Rainie Branning	5.93
6005	164	11 October 2019	Sean Healy	Peter Mattessi	Martin Fowler	5.09
6006	165	14 October 2019	Richard Lynn	Michael Begley	Keegan Baker Tiffany Butcher	5.45
6007	166	15 October 2019	Richard Lynn	Sydney Thompson	Stuart Highway	5.10
6008	167	17 October 2019	Richard Lynn	Jonny O'Neill	Martin Fowler	5.84
6009	168	18 October 2019	Richard Lynn	Jonny O'Neill	Leo King	5.13
6010	169	21 October 2019	Indra Bhose	Pete Lawson	Chantelle Atkins	5.43
6011	170	22 October 2019	Indra Bhose	Jonny O'Neill	Jay Brown	4.64
6012	171	24 October 2019	Indra Bhose	Pete Lawson	Ben Mitchell	5.51
6013	172	25 October 2019	Indra Bhose	Pete Lawson	Martin Fowler	5.08
6014	173	28 October 2019	Simon Massey	Richard Davidson	Martin Fowler Sonia Fowler	5.67
6015	174	29 October 2019	Simon Massey	Richard Davidson	Sharon Mitchell	5.04
6016	175	31 October 2019	Simon Massey	Johnny Candon	Leo King Whitney Dean	5.39
6017	176	1 November 2019	Simon Massey	Yasmeen Khan	Mel Owen	5.37
6018	177	4 November 2019	Daniel Wilson	Lynne Dallow	Keanu Taylor	5.60
6019	178	5 November 2019	Daniel Wilson	Colin Wyatt	Sharon Mitchell	4.96
6020	179	7 November 2019	Daniel Wilson	Daran Little	Karen Taylor	5.70
6021	180	8 November 2019	Daniel Wilson	Daran Little	Mel Owen	5.37
6022	181	11 November 2019	Matthew Evans	Rob Gittins	Sharon Mitchell	5.67
6023	182	12 November 2019	Matthew Evans	Rob Gittins	Sharon Mitchell	5.35
6024	183	14 November 2019	Matthew Evans	Rob Gittins	Phil Mitchell	5.90
6025	184	18 November 2019	Richard Platt	Matthew Hurt	Ben Mitchell	5.53
6026	185	19 November 2019	Richard Platt	Nick Saltrese	Gray Atkins	5.00
6027	186	21 November 2019	Richard Platt	Daran Little	Ben Mitchell Callum Highway	5.68
6028	187	22 November 2019	Richard Platt	Daran Little	Martin Fowler	4.63
6029	188	25 November 2019	Laurence Wilson	Wendy Granditer	Linda Carter	5.47
6030	189	26 November 2019	Laurence Wilson	Jonny O'Neill	Linda Carter	4.74
6031	190	28 November 2019	Laurence Wilson	Kim Revill	Linda Carter	5.67
6032	191	29 November 2019	Laurence Wilson	Kim Revill	Martin Fowler Ruby Allen	5.18
6033	192	2 December 2019	John Dower	Madeleine Clifford	Phil Mitchell	5.45
6034	193	3 December 2019	John Dower	Mark Stevenson	Honey Mitchell	5.23
6035	194	5 December 2019	John Dower	Jonny O'Neill	Keanu Taylor	5.60
6036	195	6 December 2019	John Dower	Jonny O'Neill	Lisa Fowler	5.74
6037	196	9 December 2019	Waris Islam	Rebecca Wojciechowski	Louise Mitchell Lisa Fowler	4.72
6038	197	10 December 2019	Waris Islam	Peter Mattessi	Whitney Dean	5.68
6039	198	12 December 2019	Waris Islam	Peter Mattessi	Phil Mitchell	5.76
6040	199	13 December 2019	Waris Islam	Lisa McMullin	Phil Mitchell Ben Mitchell	4.75
6041	200	16 December 2019	David Moor	Dana Fainaru	Phil Mitchell	5.94
6042	201	17 December 2019	David Moor	Natalie Mitchell	Keanu Taylor	5.91
6043	202	19 December 2019	David Moor	Simon Norman	Phil Mitchell	5.97
6044	203	20 December 2019	David Moor	Jeff Povey	Ben Mitchell	5.28
6045	204	23 December 2019	Toby Frow	Lauren Klee	Martin Fowler	5.89
6046	205	24 December 2019	Toby Frow	Lauren Klee	Phil Mitchell Ben Mitchell	6.04
6047/6048	206	25 December 2019	Toby Frow	Pete Lawson	Martin Fowler	7.21
6049	207	26 December 2019	Thomas Hescott	Daran Little	Linda Carter	6.11
6050	208	27 December 2019	Thomas Hescott	Daran Little	Chantelle Atkins	6.26
6051	209	30 December 2019	Thomas Hescott	Simon Ashdown	Linda Carter	6.03
6052	210	31 December 2019	Thomas Hescott	Simon Ashdown	Linda Carter Martin Fowler	5.39

Weddings

Ray Kelly and Mel Owen - 1 January 2019
Keegan Baker and Tiffany Butcher - 8 November 2019

Births

Peggy Taylor (daughter of Louise Mitchell and Keanu Taylor) - 6 December 2019

Storylines

Mel Owen and Hunter Owen suffering from the murder of Ray Kelly as he attacked his wife Mel on their wedding day. Hunter had shot his step-father with a gun and Melanie experienced great trauma from this as she feared Hunter becoming a psychopath just like his father Steve Owen.
Hayley Slater struggled as a mother as Alfie Moon and Kat Slater's relationship are falling apart. Hayley finds it difficult to cope and tries to commit suicide before being put into professional care and departing in January 2019.
Dr Harold Legg returns and dies with Dot Branning's company.
Jean Slater is diagnosed with cancer and tries to hide her condition from her family.
Tiffany Butcher returns and becomes involved with drug dealers.
Sean Slater makes a return and attempts suicide after finding out Roxy Mitchell had died, however, his mother, Jean, stops him.
Ben Mitchell and Lola Pearce return with the intention of bringing Phil Mitchell down and inheriting the Mitchell family fortune.
Keanu Taylor had an affair with Sharon Mitchell before ending the affair and entering a relationship with Louise Mitchell.
Ian Beale runs for the office of local councillor, while Bobby Beale converts to Islam with the help of Iqra Ahmed.
Rainie Branning goes into intensive care as she suffers from drug and alcohol abuse and Kathy is worried about the influence on Abi Branning.
Mick Carter suffers from a number of panic attacks due to his recent struggles.
Dinah Wilson, passes away leaving Bailey Baker distraught.
Ben Mitchell discovers Callum Highway is gay. After a night of passion, Callum ends his relationship with Whitney and starts dating Ben.
Callum Highway ended his relationship with Whitney Dean putting her into the arms of Leo King who is the son of Tony King who previously groomed her. Leo King is found to be a stalker when he kidnaps Whitney.
Martin Fowler loses his wife, children and kind personality when he starts working for Ben Mitchell.
Melanie Owen blackmails Sharon Mitchell after discovering her affair with Keanu but then dies when she tries to deliver the news to Phil.
Sharon and Keanu's secret is revealed, leading to the disappearance of Keanu.
Linda Carter struggles with her alcoholism, putting a strain on her and Mick's relationship.
Ruby Allen was in court after accusing Martin Fowler's school friends of raping her.
Stacey Fowler leaves the square as she is scared of Phil Mitchell after she hit him over the head with a spanner.
Bernadette Taylor coming out as lesbian.
Chantelle Atkins is domestically abused by husband Gray Atkins.
Adam Bateman had an affair with Habiba Ahmed.
Bex Fowler falling into depression as a result of her parent's high expectations.
Keegan Baker and Tiffany Butcher marry.

Cast Changes

NEW ARRIVALS

*MAIN CHARACTERS ONLY*
Character	Played by	First Appearance
Bailey Baker	Kara-Leah Fernandes	Episode 5847 (10 January 2019)
Iqra Ahmed	Priya Davdra	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Habiba Ahmed	Rukku Nahar	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Chantelle Atkins	Jessica Plummer	Episode 5891 (26 March 2019)
Gray Atkins	Toby-Alexander Smith	Episode 5893 (29 March 2019)
Daniel Cook	Ade Edmondson	Episode 5944 (25 June 2019 - Part 2)
Sheree Trueman	Suzette Llewellyn	Episode 5965 (2 August 2019)
Ash Kaur	Gurlaine Kaur Garcha	Episode 5980 (29 August 2019)
Leo King	Tom Wells	Episode 5983 (3 September 2019)
Jags Panesar	Amar Adatia	Episode 6001 (4 October 2019)
Kheerat Panesar	Jaz Deol	Episode 6001 (4 October 2019)
Vinny Panesar	Shiv Jalota	Episode 6015 (29 October 2019)

EXITS

*MAIN CHARACTERS ONLY*
Character	Played by	Last appearance
Ray Kelly	Seán Mahon	Episode 5845 (4 January 2019)
Alfie Moon	Shane Richie	Episode 5855 (22 January 2019)
Hayley Slater	Katie Jarvis	Episode 5865 (8 February 2019)
Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton	Episode 5870 (15 February 2019)
Masood Ahmed	Nitin Ganatra	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Lofty Holloway	Tom Watt	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Mary Smith	Linda Davidson	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Sean Slater	Robert Kazinsky	Episode 5914 (6 May 2019)
Nita Mistry	Bindya Solanki	Episode 5937 (13 June 2019 - Part 2)
Stacey Fowler	Lacey Turner	Episode 5965 (2 August 2019)
Martin Fowler	James Bye	Episode 5965 (2 August 2019)
Hunter Owen	Charlie Winter	Episode 5988 (12 September 2019)
Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer	Episode 5989 (13 September 2019)
Robbie Jackson	Dean Gaffney	Episode 5992 (19 September 2019)
Ted Murray	Christopher Timothy	Episode 5997 (27 September 2019)
Arshad Ahmed	Madhav Sharma	Episode 6017 (1 November 2019)
Mariam Ahmed	Indira Joshi	Episode 6017 (1 November 2019)
Mel Owen	Tamzin Outhwaite	Episode 6024 (14 November 2019)
Adam Bateman	Stephen Rahman-Hughes	Episode 6034 (3 December 2019)

RETURNS

*MAIN CHARACTERS ONLY*
Character	Played by	Return appearance
Lofty Holloway	Tom Watt	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Mary Smith	Linda Davidson	Episode 5871 (19 February 2019)
Ben Mitchell	Max Bowden	Episode 5894 (1 April 2019)
Lola Pearce	Danielle Harold	Episode 5894 (1 April 2019)
Sean Slater	Robert Kazinsky	Episode 5909 (26 April 2019)
Bobby Beale	Clay Milner Russell	Episode 5937 (13 June 2019 - Part 2)
Nita Mistry	Bindya Solanki	Episode 5937 (13 June 2019 - Part 2)
Bianca Jackson	Patsy Palmer	Episode 5982 (2 September 2019)
Lisa Fowler	Lucy Benjamin	Episode 5982 (2 September 2019)
Dotty Cotton	Milly Zero	Episode 6000 (3 October 2019)
Martin Fowler	James Bye	Episode 6001 (4 October 2019)
Lee Carter	Danny Hatchard	Episode 6046 (24 December 2019)