User:AnemoneProjectors/List of EastEnders episodes (2016)
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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 31st broadcasted year on 1 January 2016 with its 5,202nd episode, with Dominic Treadwell-Collins continuing his role as executive producer. Treadwell-Collins' departure from EastEnders after two-and-a-half years was announced on 18 February 2016, with Sean O'Connor taking over the role in May and being credited from July. In the typical week, EastEnders airs four half-hour episodes in a time slot of 8.00 pm on Mondays and Fridays, and 7.30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There were 210 episodes in 2016.
EastEnders (2016) | |
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No. of episodes | 210 |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 1 January (2016-01-01) – 30 December 2016 (2016-12-30) |
Season chronology | |
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Storylines in 2016 included Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner) suffering from postpartum psychosis, Lucas Johnson's (Don Gilet) prison escape attempt, Abi Branning's (Lorna Fitzgerald) fake pregnancy, Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and Mick Carter's (Danny Dyer) baby son Ollie Carter suffering a head injury, Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack) being stalked by Andy Flynn (Jack Derges), Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) discovering his girlfriend Linzi Bragg (Amy-Leigh Hickman) is underage and becoming a registered sex offender, Babe Smith (Annette Badland) blackmailing Les Coker (Roger Sloman) over his crossdressing, Peggy Mitchell's (Barbara Windsor) return and suicide, the death of Paul Coker (Jonny Labey) following a homophobic attack, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) alcohol relapse and later cirrhosis, and Lee Carter's (Danny-Boy Hatchard) depression and attempted suicide.
Two new regular cast members playing new characters were introduced in 2016: Derges (Andy Flynn), who left in the same year at the end of his storyline, and Shaheen Jafargholi (Shakil Kazemi). Guest actors portraying new characters included Leon Lopez (Linford Short), Amy-Leigh Hickman (Linzi Bragg), Denise Welch (Alison Slater), Gary Webster (Neville Peacock) and Ned Porteous (Mark Fowler). Aaron Sidwell (Steven Beale) was the only cast member to return on a regular basis in 2016, while there were guest stints for former regular cast members Glynis Barber (Glenda Mitchell), Gilet (Lucas Johnson), Derek Martin (Charlie Slater), Windsor (Peggy Mitchell), Neil McDermott (Ryan Malloy), Janet Dibley (Lorna Cartwright), Ross Kemp (Grant Mitchell), Pam St. Clement (Pat Butcher), Danniella Westbrook (Sam Mitchell), John Partridge (Christian Clarke), Lynda Baron (Linda Clarke), Michael Cashmore (Colin Russell), Ian Lavender (Derek Harkinson), Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison, voice only) and Danny Mitchell (Liam Bergin), and former recurring cast members Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher) and Devon Higgs (Morgan Butcher). Characters that returned in 2016 with new actors were Belinda Peacock (Carli Norris), Louise Mitchell (Tilly Keeper), Jordan Johnson (Joivan Wade), Johnny Carter (Ted Reilly), Courtney Mitchell (Alice Nokes) and Michelle Fowler (Jenna Russell). Departing regular cast included Jessie Wallace (Kat Moon), Shane Richie (Alfie Moon), Rakhee Thakrar (Shabnam Masood), Matt Di Angelo (Dean Wicks), Maddy Hill (Nancy Carter), Himesh Patel (Tamwar Masood), Labey (Paul Coker), Karl Howman (Buster Briggs), Lin Blakley (Pam Coker), Sloman (Les Coker), Derges (Andy Flynn), Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed), Ellen Thomas (Claudette Hubbard) and Riley Carter Millington (Kyle Slater). Natalie Cassidy (Sonia Fowler) and Kellie Bright (Linda Carter) also made temporary on-screen departures after taking maternity leave, while Jake Wood (Max Branning) returned following a temporary break.