The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2008, by order of first appearance.

Mr Lister, played by Nick Wilton, is the market inspector at Bridge Street market, and successor of Marie Matthews. He first appears on 3 January 2008 when he sacks his assistant, Bradley Branning. He later appears when Tamwar Masood seeks approval for a new stall. In August 2008 Billy Mitchell gets a job as the market cleaner and Mr Lister sacks him when he loses his cart. In October 2008, Ronnie Mitchell phones him because Danielle Jones is selling stolen nightwear on the clothes stall. In May 2009 he closes down Stacey Slater's stall ^[1] and in September 2009 he closes it again and gives it to Ryan Malloy. In February 2010, Stacey and her friend Becca Swanson decide to set up a stall but Mr Lister turns them down as he does not like Stacey. Becca dresses up and pretends to be from Walford Council and tells Mr Lister that Stacey has lodged a complaint against him and makes legal threats. Mr Lister then gives Stacey her stall. In April 2010, Mr Lister is seen investigating Fatboy's van, as Fatboy is trying to sell T-shirts from the vehicle without a market license. In May 2010, Syed Masood asks Mr Lister if he can start a market stall, and Mr Lister suggests a mobile phone stall. They go into The Queen Victoria to celebrate but Roxy Mitchell refuses to serve Syed, revealing that it is his fault her friend Christian Clarke has been beaten up, so Syed storms out.

Ashley Jennings, played by Tony Boncza, is the fiancé of Christian Clarke, who attends a meal with Christian's sister Jane Beale and her husband Ian on 17 January 2008. He is Christian's rich " sugar daddy", ^[2] who leaves the meal early after Christian reveals that he was in love with Jane's ex-husband David. He and Christian break up, which leads to Christian moving in with Ian and Jane.

"Tegs" Teague, played by Ben Smith, is first seen on 17 January 2008 when he and his gang harass Dot Branning by wolf-whistling at her and calling her a " zombie". Shirley Carter sees them and tells them to leave her alone. The gang, including Tegs' friend Ziggy, steal DVDs from Winston's market stall with the help of Jay Brown. Tegs asks Jay if he wants to join the gang and gives him a mobile phone so they can call each other. ^[3] Jay later sneaks out and Tegs hands him a knife, which is found by Jay's father, Jase Dyer and his girlfriend Dawn Swann. The next day, the gang steal several packs of cigarettes from the Minute Mart. They harass Dot by making silent phone calls and knocking on her door and running away. ^[4] Tegs pulls a knife on Minty Peterson, who confronts the group of youths. After Jay criticises Tegs's harassment of Dot, they have a fight. After appearing to have reconciled their differences, Tegs is asked by his gang whether he is with them or Jay, at which point he stabs Jay in the leg, leaving him bleeding on the ground in the play park. Tegs is sentenced in an off-screen trial on 29 February to two years in a Young Offenders Institution for his crime.

Selina Branning, played by Daisy Beaumont, is the ex-wife of Jack Branning. ^[5] This is Beaumont's second role in EastEnders as she previously played Helen Graham in 2000.

Selina is first heard when she leaves a message for Jack and Ronnie Mitchell speaks to her on the phone. Ronnie later visits Selina and speaks to her about Jack not being allowed to see their daughter, Penny. It is revealed that Penny is in a wheelchair, paralysed from the waist down. On 25 January, Jack sleeps with Selina in the club office and they are seen by Ronnie's sister Roxy. Selina's last appearance is on 1 February.

On 1 December, Jack tells Ronnie that Selina is engaged to remarry. It is revealed on 2 March 2009 that Selina got married over the weekend.

Penelope "Penny" Branning, played by Mia McKenna Bruce, is the daughter of Jack and Selina Branning. On 21 January 2008, Jack's girlfriend Ronnie Mitchell finds tickets for a ballet which Jack says are for Penny as it is her birthday on the day of the performance and she loves dancing. Later, Jack finds a message on his answerphone from Selina, ranting about the birthday present. Ronnie answers the phone and meets with Selina. At the house, while talking to Selina about the circumstances of her and Jack's relationship, Penny enters the room in a wheelchair. Selina asks Ronnie if she knows why Penny is paralysed from the waist down. Later, Jack tells Ronnie that when he was a police officer, he caught a drug dealer who deliberately hit Penny with his car when she and Selina were waiting at a bus stop, causing Penny's spine to be severed. It is later revealed that it was due to Jack being a corrupt police officer and taking payment from a drugs baron in return for tip-offs. When Jack was unable to tip him off and he was arrested, one of his associates carried out the attack in revenge. Penny and Selina move to France where Selina's parents live. Penny visits her father in April 2008 and is cold towards Ronnie, preferring her aunt Tanya.

Ray Walters, played by Richard Hollis, appeared on 25 January 2008. He booked R&R for a private function and met with the owners, Jack Branning and Ronnie Mitchell, neither of whom had read an e-mail from him explaining what he had booked the club for. He revealed that he was a naturist and that he wanted to hold a naked party in the club. Ronnie and Jack joked that they and the staff could join in. ^[6]

Roger "the Dodger" Grant, played by Max Gold, was a dodgy old friend of Mo Harris who sold some clothes to Stacey Branning for her stall on 5 February 2008. Mo was insistent that the stock was faulty, and tried to make the dye on a shirt run by pouring tea over it, and when Jean Slater tried to wash the tea stain out, the top broke in the washing machine.

The actor Max Gold (brother of Louise Gold) previously played the part of Dougie Briggs in EastEnders. His casting as Roger was criticised by television critic Dek Hogan, as Gold had previously played "such an iconic role". ^[7]

Marni Merrick, played by Lisa Ellis, is a journalist from To Love and to Cherish magazine, who visited Minty Peterson for a photoshoot for the wedding competition he had entered with his ex-fiancée, Hazel. Heather Trott pretended to be Hazel when Marni arrived. She appeared between 5 February and 25 April 2008.

Edward Tunstall was a councillor who Ian Beale met at a council lunch. He wanted to throw a party, and decided to use Ian and Christian's events organising business, Fit for a Queen, to organise it. He assumed Ian was gay, and asked him out for a meal. During the meal, Ian admitted that he wasn't totally in love with his wife, Jane. Edward invited him to be his guest when he collected his MBE from the Queen, but due to Lucy's disappearance, Ian was unable to attend.

In January 2009, Tunstall was reported to be involved in a scandal with a young man, mentioned in the Walford Gazette newspaper. It was then revealed that he stepped down from the role of councillor, and Peggy Mitchell was interested in becoming the councillor in the upcoming by-election. ^[8]

Harriet Burgess, played by Lucy Robinson, is Tanya Branning's divorce solicitor, who introduces herself to Max on 12 February 2008. She represents Tanya in the divorce hearing on 14 February, although her assistant is bribed by Max to "lose" the incriminating DVD of him kissing Stacey and she has to change Tanya's reason for divorcing Max from "adultery" to "inappropriate behaviour". Tanya loses her temper in court, and later gets drunk and phones Harriet.

She appears on 22 February when Tanya wants to get an injunction against Max after she suspects he spiked her drink. Harriet advises Tanya to smooth things over with Max or risk losing her children. She then appears 21 March so Tanya and Max could cancel their divorce proceedings.

Tina Teague is the mother of Tegs, who stabbed Jay Brown. Tina appeared on 25 February in an attempt to bully Jay into not testifying against her son in court. On 28 February, she visited the Millers' house to talk to Dawn. She started threatening her and told her that Jay shouldn't go to court but when she broke Summer's toy, Dawn snapped and threw her out and set Genghis on her.

Tina's bullying tactics failed and Tegs was sentenced to two years in a Young Offenders Institution.

Alex French, played by Pippa Hinchley, was the head of a construction site on George Street, who Bradley Branning approached to ask for a job on 6 March 2008. They got off to a bad start, with Bradley initially assuming that Alex was male due to her unisex name. She offered him labouring work, though he told her that he was looking for work as as salesman. He was later offered a job selling the flats.

Julia Ellison ( Sally Giles) interviewed Stacey Branning on 6 March 2008 for a place on a B.Tech course in fashion design. Although she could not offer Stacey a place at Walford college, as the course was oversubscribed, she offered to get Stacey a place at a college in Croydon. Stacey declined the offer as she did not want to have to move away from Walford.

Jalil Iqbal, played by Jan Uddin, was a family friend of the Masoods who appeared between 18 and 28 March 2008. Zainab invited him to stay with the family and work in the post office for a while, trying to set him up with her daughter, Shabnam.

Shabnam was initially against this, as she remembered Jalil as a "geek" from her childhood, though when she saw him, she was attracted to him. Zainab set the pair up with a romantic meal, listening in on their conversation using a baby monitor. Shabnam discovered that Jalil had a girlfriend, though Zainab saw a picture of her and said she was ugly, and that her make-up looked like it had been done by Edward Scissorhands. Shabnam later bumped into Jalil on a night out in R&R, where they flirted. Jalil and Shabnam shared a kiss in R&R on 27 March, but during a conversation with the Masood family, he said that he thought modern Muslim women like Shabnam provided "great entertainment" but were not marriage material. Zainab was, in her own words, offended at his "arrogance and chauvinism" and she sent him away.

Melinda was the fiancée of Ricky Butcher, played by Siobhan Hayes. ^[9]

Melinda came to Walford with Ricky for the funeral of his father, Frank Butcher. Throughout the day she spent most of the time on the phone to her father asking him for £25,000 as a property deposit, in which later that day, he fails to provide for her.

She made several attempts to introduce herself to Pat Evans and was later dismissive when Ricky mentioned Bianca's absence from the funeral.

At Frank's wake it soon became clear that Melinda was only interested in what Frank had left to Ricky in his will. When it was discovered there was no financial gain, Melinda stormed off in a strop.

Later, Ricky announced that he and Melinda had split up, and Bianca told Pat that Melinda was responsible for Ricky's lack of contact with their son Liam.

Morgan Jackson-King is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, played by Devon Higgs. ^[10] Higgs was not credited in the role until 8 September 2009.^{[ citation needed]}

He is the youngest son of Bianca Jackson ( Patsy Palmer). The man he thinks is his father, Tony King ( Chris Coghill) (though it has been confirmed that Tony is not his biological father) ^[11] served a prison sentence for assaulting a teenager who had allegedly threatened Morgan's stepsister, Whitney. ^[10]

He is described as "the most spoilt out of all of the kids. He's a boisterous, adventurous lad and can hold his own among Bianca's rabble. Morgan only eats chicken nuggets". ^[12]

Morgan's first appearance is on 1 April 2008 when he, along with his mother Bianca Jackson, his half siblings Tiffany Dean ( Maisie Smith) and Liam Butcher ( James Forde), and his stepsister Whitney Dean ( Shona McGarty), are thrown out their house by their landlord. After initially spending a week in care, Morgan and the rest of his family move to Walford, where they begin living with his great-grandmother Pat Evans ( Pam St. Clement). The same week, a family party is held, where Morgan and his half-siblings meet the rest of their extended family.

In June 2008 Bianca attempted to enter Morgan into the 'Beautiful Baby Competition' held at The Queen Vic, but is forced to withdraw him, due to his age. A few days later, Morgan celebrates his third birthday by going to a restaurant with his mother, great-grandmother, half-siblings and Ricky Butcher ( Sid Owen), who buys him a toy truck for his birthday.

Despite initially being thought to be the son of Bianca's partner Tony King, it is discovered in September 2008 that this was not the case due to Morgan's ethnicity. Bianca reveals that Morgan was the result of a one-night stand she had with an unknown man but has always seen Tony as his father due to the fact that they got together during her pregnancy and has always been a consistent figure in Morgan's life.

Later that month Morgan becomes ill and is diagnosed by Dr. Poppy Merritt ( Amy Darcy) with chicken pox. This leads to Pat having to vacate the family home as she had never had the illness.

When Tony is arrested in December 2008 for having had a sexual relationship with Whitney, Morgan starts asking for his dad, leading the family to make up an excuse as they know that he will not understand what Tony had done.

In March 2010, Janine Butcher and Ryan Malloy use Morgan to raise money for their rent, pretending they are his parents and they are collecting money for a new playground.

Alice Grayling was a social worker who Bianca Jackson went to try and get some emergency accommodation, after her children were taken into care because they were homeless. She told Bianca it would be hard to place her, and asked her to wait until morning, but Bianca raged at her about being a single mother, and then told her she had found a place to stay - 31 Albert Square ( Pat's house).

Bianca then pretended to be back together with her son Liam's father Ricky, so Alice would think that there were three adults to look after her children. Alice was about to go to inspect Pat's house, but was called away to deal with another case.

When Alice inspected Pat's house, she approved that the children could live there.

Opal Smith was Gus Smith's aunt. She was first mentioned in May 2007, when Gus had to go to Wolverhampton to look after her following a fall. She later appeared in April 2008 to visit Gus, as she had a coach ticket to use. She embarrassed Gus by assuming that he was dating Keisha, and later gave him his mother's engagement ring.

Alan Daniels was a journalist from the Walford Gazette, who organised a 'Barmaid of the Year' competition. Roxy Mitchell and Dawn Swann competed in the competition, and although Dawn rightfully won, Roxy's lover Sean Slater threatened Alan, telling him to make Roxy the winner. Roxy later asked Alan about her victory, and he revealed that Sean had threatened him.

Wendy Simmons, played by Karren Winchester, was a friend of Jean Slater, who Jean met at a support group for people with bipolar disorder on 17 April 2008. Wendy, along with Jean and Wendy Hewson, interrupted Jean's daughter Stacey and her boyfriend Steven when they were trying to have a romantic evening.

Both Wendys have been mentioned a couple of times since their appearance, mainly when Jean needs somewhere to stay and calm down.

Wendy Hewson, played by Elizabeth Nestor, was a friend of Jean Slater, who Jean met at a support group for people with bipolar disorder on 17 April 2008. Wendy, along with Jean and Wendy Simmons, interrupted Jean's daughter Stacey and her boyfriend Steven when they were trying to have a romantic evening. Jean could not remember Wendy's name, despite being able to remember the other Wendy's name. Wendy took photographs of the Slaters' living room on her mobile phone.

Both Wendys have been mentioned a couple of times since their appearance, mainly when Jean needs somewhere to stay and calm down.

Inzamam Ahmed is the brother of Masood Ahmed, who visits Walford to check up on his brother's family while Masood is in Karachi visiting their sick father. He is rude and sexist towards Masood's wife Zainab and daughter Shabnam, but praises his son Tamwar's achievements. He is shocked to see that Jay Brown has graffitied "Shabnam is a hore" [ sic] on the Masoods' wall.

He later meets up with Zainab, and she asks him for money. He comes onto her, and she leaves, forcing her to consider selling her house.

On the day before Syed's wedding to Amira Shah, Masood takes Inzamam to dinner to ask if he can help with some money. Inzamam does not know who is getting married as nobody has told him about it and also does not know the Zainab is pregnant. Masood asks Zainab why she did not invite Inzamam to the wedding and she says she forgot, but he realises she did it deliberately. She tells him that Inzamam sees her as a fallen woman as she was previously married when she met Masood, and he made many advances toward her. Masood orders Inzamam to stand and tells him that he knows what he has done. Masood returns Inzamam's money and says he is not invited to the wedding and is not welcome in their home.

Jamila Inzamam is the daughter of Masood Ahmed's brother, Inzamam. She attends a meal with Masood's wife Zainab and her children, Shabnam and Tamwar on 13 May 2008, as her father wants to check up on his brother's family.

On 1 January 2010 she is due to attend Syed and Amira's wedding, but leaves with her parents and brother after Masood tells Inzamam he is not welcome. Unlike Inzamam and Ali, Jamila and her mother Fatima are not creditied in this appearance.

Ali Inzamam is the son of Zainab's brother-in-law, Inzamam. He attended a meal with Zainab and her children, Shabnam and Tamwar, as his father wanted to check up on his brother's family.

In 2010 he attends Syed and Amira's wedding, but leaves with his parents and sister after Masood tells Inzamam he is not welcome at the wedding.

Sergeant Vicky Buchanan was the custody sergeant at Walford Police Station when Shirley Carter and Heather Peterson were arrested for being drunk and disorderly. She put them in a cell together due to overcrowding, but turned the cell alarm due to Shirley using it to call her constantly. When Heather had an asthma attack, Shirley had to bang on the door to attract her attention, when she gave Heather her medication, then listened to Heather and Shirley's woes about Minty, Phil and Vinnie.

Jordan Johnson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michael-Joel David Stuart.

He is the son of Lucas Johnson and the half-brother of Chelsea Fox, who arrived on Chelsea's birthday with his father. ^[13] Lucas told Denise that Jordan's mother Trina had abandoned him shortly after he was born. He was in an incubator, addicted to heroin, as Trina was a drug addict.

He later appeared when Yolande Trueman tried to get Chelsea to bond with him, and he found cocaine in her handbag. Chelsea claimed it was sherbet but Jordan wasn't deceived and told her that their dad helps drug addicts.

Jordan reappeared on 26 June 2008 when he had forgotten his key to his father's flat, Yolande took him back to the B&B. Denise Wicks, Chelsea's mother, wasn't very pleased at all with the fact he was there but eventually enjoyed his company.

On 1 August, Denise gave Jordan a lift home and brought him some fried chicken. Jordan explained that Lucas had told him everything about his teenage drug past and how Lucas' friend, Jordan, who he was named after, died after being shot.

On 12 December 2008, Lucas asked Denise to take Jordan to school as he had "something to do". Later that day, Jordan left the square with his father, Lucas, after locals blamed Lucas for Tony King being allowed to work with children. Jordan and Lucas returned a month later and stayed at the King George B&B before preparing to leave for Leeds.

After Denise proposed to Lucas, Jordan revealed to her that Lucas was married to his mother, Trina. Unknown to Jordan and Denise, in February 2009, his mother had turned up to find Lucas, who now knows his wife's whereabouts. She asked about Jordan and told Lucas that she is no longer a drug addict for their son's sake. However, he stated that he is now with Denise and is determined to marry her. Lucas said that he hadn't seen Trina for years but it was revealed that he had spent Christmas with her. Jordan had been bonding with Trina since her return, but when Denise had arranged a holiday for everyone except Trina, he felt unhappy about not being able to spend time with his mother. He then contacted Trina about Denise's holiday arrangements and she comes to try to put a stop to it. Jordan later a friendship with Ben Mitchell and Abi Branning.

Trina was killed while trying to seduce Lucas, and Lucas left her in a shed on the allotment. Jordan had been trying to contact her on her mobile after she promised that she would contact him. But he and Abi discover Trina's body when they volunteer to clean the shed for Charlie Slater. To tribute in her memory, Jordan and Abi decide to fundraise their money for a tree. However, unknown to anyone, Lucas murders Denise's ex-husband Owen Turner and buries his corpse under the tree.

In May 2010, Ben dares Jordan to drink alcohol that Ben stole from his family's pub. Lucas catches him and threatens to get Ben's father Phil involved but Jordan insists it was his idea and nothing to do with Ben. Jordan is annoyed when he sees Ben's sister Louise kicking Trina's tree and she later blames him for locking her in a shed when it was actually Ben. Jordan swears on the bible that he did not do it, so Lucas believes him, and he tells Phil that he thinks Ben did it. This eventually turns out to be true, and Ben reveals that Jordan has been bullying him, so Phil and Lucas leave them with Minty Peterson to help them bond. After Minty leaves them alone, Jordan insults Ben, so Ben throws him to the ground and attacks him with a spanner, leaving him there. The next day he is found by Phil and taken to hospital where he is left in a coma with a fractured skull.

Margaret "Maggie" Townsend is Bradley Branning's boss, taking over from Alex French. She first appeared when Sean Slater stole a crane from the building site she was in charge of, and later appeared on a corporate night out at R&R, where Mickey Miller flirted with her, and she flirted with Bradley and Jack. She also clashed with Chelsea Fox and Tanya Branning, when Chelsea did her manicure wrong, then shouted at her in Booty.

She later invited Bradley to dinner, but he pretended to be ill and didn't go, as he was not attracted to her. He confided in Dot, who went to the restaurant without Bradley's knowledge, and argued with Maggie, telling her to "keep her filthy hands to herself." Maggie later saw Bradley at the singles' night at The Vic, and fired him for lying to her. He ran after her when she left, and she took him home and they slept together, but he did not get his job back.

Sandra Fielding is an employee at Walford Primary School, who tested Liam Butcher for dyslexia. She also let Liam's father Ricky take the test, as Liam was nervous. She concluded that there was a strong possibility that Liam had dyslexia, but Ricky was just not intelligent. On 24 March 2009, Ricky and Bianca met her at another parents evening and on 25 September 2009 she visited Ricky and Bianca at home to discuss Liam's education.

She is EastEnders' first character with dwarfism.

Oliver "Olly" Greenwood was the boyfriend of Lucy Beale, who she met while she was homeless. He is five years Lucy's senior.

Lucy introduced her father Ian to scruffy hippie Olly in June 2008, and told him that Olly was moving in or she was leaving. Lucy tried to antagonise Ian by telling him that she and Olly were going to get matching tattoos, and insinuating that they were sexually active, at which point Ian threw Olly out. Lucy later persuaded her stepmother Jane's brother, Christian to let her use his flat to see Olly.

On the same day that the Miller's house exploded, the square was celebrating a Best of British theme day. On this day, Ian caught Lucy participating in foreplay with Olly. He then took him outside with Olly dressed in nothing but his boxerbriefs and made everyone hurl sponges at him - he then told him to leave and left is an embarrassed state.

Olly returned in August 2008 when Lucy threw a party at Christian's flat, then decided to go on the pill after pressure from Olly to have sex with him. Ian found out and visited Olly's mother Camilla, inviting her and Olly to a meal at the Beales' house. Lucy was shocked to learn that Olly was not all he seemed, he came from a privileged background and was expected to attend Oxford or Cambridge University. When this was revealed, Ian tried to set Lucy up for life by seeking Camilla's approval of Olly and Lucy's relationship, however Camilla stormed out of the house, followed by Olly.

Brenda Boyle is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, played by Carmel Cryan.

Brenda is a woman Jean Slater met on a dating website and started e-mailing on Charlie Slater's behalf. She visited Walford in June 2008, and Jean was forced to reveal the truth to an unsuspecting Charlie. Brenda later discovered the deception. She revealed that she is a member of the Salvation Army, and plays the horn. When Shirley Carter made a jokey off-hand comment about Charlie being a womaniser, Brenda left Walford, leaving her horn behind. She later gave Charlie a second chance when she collected it, and participated in a pub quiz with him and his family. She started a relationship with Charlie, and comforted him when he got a spray tan to impress her and it went wrong, leaving him orange. He later visited her in Clacton.

In August 2008, she bought Charlie a summerhouse for his allotment. However, when it arrived, the concrete flooring was smashed by Suzy Branning which looked like it would ruin Charlie's gift from Brenda. However, the following day, Charlie managed to sort the problem and the concrete would be re-laid again. She returned on 13 November 2008, to help raise money for Children in Need in the Queen Vic. She then walked out of the pub after Linda Clarke started flirting with Charlie. On 25 December 2008, Sean Slater sang the song Stop The Cavalry to Roxy as a Christmas present. Brenda and her friend accompanied him on the tube.

She didn't reappear until early March 2009, when Charlie shared his concerns with Patrick Trueman that his and Brenda's relationship was moving too slowly. Patrick told him to invite her to dinner and use candles to make it more romantic. Charlie also asked Winston for some romantic music but instead it was rather club like. After this Charlie gave her some drink but spilt it on Brenda and wiped it off her only to touch her breast and be interrupted by Danielle Jones. Finally after this, Brenda left and reassured Charlie that she had feelings for him but left the square with a worried look on her face.

On 6 March, Brenda was supposed to join Charlie in pottery class but she called him and told him she couldn't make it. This upset Charlie, making him leave the class and when getting back home, Mo Harris teased him about being stood up. On 7 April 2009, Brenda was seen by Mo with another man. Mo took a picture of them both together embracing; as evidence to show to Charlie. The man was later revealed to be Clive, her brother. He told her to tell Charlie about something before it is too late as it will be in two months. On 11 August 2009, Brenda announced to Charlie that she wanted to end their relationship. Mo had overheard the conversation, followed Brenda out of the house and confronted her. Brenda revealed that she would soon be emigrating, but promised to tell Charlie about her plans. A day later, Mo told Charlie, and Brenda confirmed she was moving to Madeira with her brother Clive, and his family. The couple decided to spend one last day together, and Brenda kept hinting to Charlie that she wanted to see more of him... in Madeira. Charlie got the hint at the last moment, and tried to stop the bus Brenda was leaving on. Brenda delayed leaving, and the next day, after having a farewell meal in the house, Stacey and Mo gave Charlie their blessing to go to Madeira with Brenda and the two of them left the Square in a taxi after receiving an emotional farewell. Whilst in Madeira, Charlie and Brenda end their relationship and he returns to London with another woman, Orlenda.

Helen Hughes is the registrar who marries Sean Slater and Roxy Mitchell in the episodes broadcast on 31 July and 1 August 2008. She has another wedding booked, so is exasperated when Sean turns up late, and is further outraged when he and Bradley Branning swap clothes at the altar, and Roxy and Sean will not stop kissing. Roxy's sister Ronnie then storms in and tears up the marriage certificate, causing further problems. On 18 February 2010, she marries Bradley and Stacey Slater. ^[14]

Shannon Jacobs was an environmental health inspector who arrived to inspect the Masoods' kitchen as they had started their takeaway business from home. When she arrived, Tamwar was dissecting a bull's eye on the kitchen table, and showed her it as he thought she was a reported from the Walford Gazette. She later returned and carried out a full inspection, telling Zainab that she would be shutting down the business until regulations were met.

Callum Monks played by Elliott Jordan, made his first appearance on 18 August 2008. ^[15]

It was announced on 26 June 2008 that a new character, Callum, would be introduced to EastEnders as the son of already established character Vinnie Monks (played by Bobby Davro). The character has been described as a " lothario", " Casanova" and "Jack-the-lad". ^[15] The role of Callum was given to Elliott Jordan, who had previously appeared in EastEnders in August 2005 as Gavin, an acquaintance of Leo Taylor ( Philip Dowling). Of his casting, Jordan said: "I am thrilled and really excited to be joining EastEnders. Callum is a great part to play and I can't wait for him to make his mark in Walford." EastEnders executive producer, Diederick Santer commented: "Callum - played by the very talented and striking Elliott Jordan - will bring a breath of fresh air to Walford. Bright, twinkly, and with the gift of the gab, he'll get the women of Walford all of a flutter." ^[15]

It was reported on 20 January 2009 that the character was to depart from the series in March 2009. ^[16] He made his final appearance on 6 March 2009. ^[17]

Arriving in Walford in search of his father Vinnie, Callum is instantly attracted to Stacey Branning. Unperturbed by her rejections Callum attempts to woo Stacey, despite discovering that she is married. He briefly dates Stacey's friend Dannielle Jones, but only to make Stacey jealous. Stacey continues to reject Callum, but after her husband Bradley angers her one night, she kisses Callum. Realising that her marriage is over, Stacey finishes with Bradley, allowing a casual relationship with Callum to begin. Their romance does not last however, as Callum cannot bear to be around Stacey's mother Jean, who is mentally ill. Blaming Jean for the relationship's demise, Callum aggressively tells Jean that she is ruining her daughter's life. When Stacey discovers this, she punches Callum and he reveals that his mother, who was also mentally ill, used to abuse him and lock him in cupboards when he was a child. He has scars on his legs from an incident where his mother attacked him with a wire coat hanger at the age of ten. Due to this and realising that Stacey would never leave Jean, Callum declares there was nothing left for him in Walford. He bids a final goodbye to Stacey and leaves to pursue his father Vinnie, who had already departed. ^[18] The EastEnders website showed that Callum went to live with his Dad in Southend. ^[19]

Waseem is a friend of Tamwar Masood, who works on the Masood family's market stall, Masala Masood. He is seen working in the background of scenes, and on his own when the Masoods are elsewhere.

Camilla Greenwood was the mother of Lucy Beale's boyfriend Olly. She attended a meal at the Beales' house, and Lucy's father Ian tried to affiliate himself with her as she was rich. She disapproved of Olly and Lucy's relationship as she wanted Olly to focus on his studies, and therefore stormed out of the house.

Cynthia Marshall is a rich lady whose vintage car broke down in Walford, and Garry Hobbs and Minty Peterson flirted with her while they took it to the Arches to fix it. Although she had a fancy car and house, she did not have £200 to pay to Garry and Minty, so she gave them (along with their flatmate Vinnie Monks) her boat Phillippa instead.

Amir Khan ^[20] is Bradley Branning's work colleague. He attended a sales pitch with Bradley and they sold all the flats available. To celebrate, they went to Fargo's restaurant, and were joined by Bradley's wife Stacey. Amir told the Brannings that he had two children, and had booked an adventure holiday with his wife as they hadn't had time away from the children for two years. He got a call from his wife telling him his child was ill, and was forced to cancel the holiday. This made Stacey realise that she did not want children at the time as she felt she was too young.

Bradley and Stacey later took Amir and his wife's places on the holiday.

He appeared again on 6 November 2008 when he showed Sean and Roxy Slater a home. He was supposed to go inside and show them round, but Sean intimidated him into staying outside.

Doctor Poppy Merritt made her first appearance on 22 September 2008. ^[20] She was introduced as the new general practitioner for Walford, ^[21] succeeding May Wright. She was first seen diagnosing Morgan Jackson-King with chicken pox, when she assumed Bianca Jackson was married to Tony King, and put the idea in Bianca's head.

She appeared again when Dot Branning had food poisoning, and connected Dot's food poisoning to unchilled food sold by Patrick Trueman at the Minute Mart. She said it was her duty to report Patrick and his wife Yolande to environmental health.

Whilst cycling past Pat Evans's house, she saw Bianca shouting at Whitney Dean for being miserable. Poppy went to talk to her but Whitney didn't admit to being sexually abused by Bianca's partner, Tony, though she did tell her that she felt suicidal. This prompted Poppy to tell Bianca that Whitney needed to see to a psychiatrist. Bianca disagreed initially but after realising Whitney needed professional help, she agreed and Poppy referred Whitney to a psychiatrist. The next day, Poppy left Bianca a message asking her to rearrange the psychiatrist's appointment after Whitney failed to attend.

Poppy received an emergency call-out to check on pregnant Roxy Slater after she had a fall at Walford East tube station. Later, Poppy told Roxy that she and her baby are fine and she was given the all clear.

On 28 April 2009, a removal van was seen outside the surgery with a man removing the placard with Poppy's name on it. Poppy made her final appearance on 30 April, after Heather Trott had an asthma attack in the Square. Poppy stated that she wanted to leave Walford to retrain as a pathologist.

On 1 May 2009, Al Jenkins moved in as the new GP.

Alistair Childs was the regional manager of the Minute Mart franchise, who came to inspect the Bridge Street, Walford branch and its franchisees Patrick and Yolande Trueman, after Patrick sold an unchilled prawn sandwich to Dot Branning and gave her food poisoning. He found the shop in good order, despite assistant Heather's comments about Yolande trying to bribe Dot into keeping quiet.

He later offered Yolande a job in the head office in Birmingham.

Lee Thompson was a former school friend of Ronnie Mitchell, who appeared when Ronnie attended a school reunion, with Christian Clarke posing as her husband. Lee is also the best friend of Joel, the father of Ronnie's daughter. He revealed that Joel knew about the school reunion but wouldn't be coming. Lee also realised that Christian was not Ronnie's husband and was in fact gay, so slid his own contact details into Christian's blazer pocket. Christian later went out for a drink with him and got Joel's contact details for Ronnie.

Over the next few days Lee and Christian started a relationship, this was thanks to Christian's sister Jane sending Lee a text from Christian's phone. A few days into this relationship, Lee said that he was surprised he was attracted to Christian, as he tended to prefer younger men. Christian later invited Lee for a lunch with some 'friends', Jane and Roxy, who had both insisted on meeting Lee. However, Lee ended up being rude to both Jane and Roxy, and later left while Christian was out buying wine, telling Jane and Roxy that Christian was too old for him.

Carrie Dunlop was a woman who worked at the care home in which Jay Brown was staying following the death of his father, Jase. She escorted Jay to his father's funeral, and later appeared when Billy Mitchell visited Jay.

Adam Smith was the compere and organiser of the stand-up show that Jane Beale and Tamwar Masood appeared in. He flirted with Jane and asked her out for a meal.

Detective Inspector Stuart Turner first arrived in Walford along with Kenny Morris after Max Branning reported a burglary at his home. After Sergeant Morris found bullet holes in the wall, Max said that they were the work of his brother Jack. This however turned out to be a ploy of his in order to prevent Jack moving away to France with Max's wife Tanya and their three children. As a result Jack was arrested for attempted murder, but was later released due to lack of evidence. The gun had been found by Turner, however he later met Jack and handed the gun over to him, as he had respect for him as a former police officer.

He later appeared after Max was mowed down by a moving car. DI Turner was worried about being discovered for giving Jack the gun, but Jack assured him that he was safe. However things got worse for DI Turner when Samantha Keeble turned up and announced that she was taking over the case of the Branning brothers' feud. After Tanya confessed to the hit and run and later refused bail, Jack enlisted DI Turner to help find the witness of Max's hit-and-run. DI Turner was reluctant, but after being blackmailed by Jack over his involvement with the "missing" gun, he relented and later revealed that the witness was Stacey Slater.

Detective Inspector Samantha Keeble was the inspector who was dealing with the case of Max Branning hit and run. She was angry at his former wife Tanya for not letting her speak to their daughter Abi, as Abi was in Max's house, near the 'accident'.

Will Holden was one of the many journalists around the Square when Max Branning was run over. He heard Bianca Jackson talking about the incident in Bridge Street café and spoke to her about it. When she revealed that Max was her uncle, Holden gave her his card. Bianca later asked Max's wife Tanya some questions about Max, but when she realised the distress it was causing Tanya, she walked away and ripped up the card. He appeared a month later to report on Christmas tree lights in the Square.

Kendra Hills-Smythe first appeared in Walford after being employed by Jack Branning to defend his partner Tanya in her upcoming case after she had been arrested for attempted murder on her estranged husband Max Branning. Despite promising Jack Tanya's freedom and helping her client in every way she could in order to see that she would be given bail, Kendra admitted to Jack that Tanya didn't stand a chance of getting released. This proved true when Tanya's bail application was denied later that day.

She later appeared on 1 December 2008, when she visited Tanya in prison to inform her that Max is concerned she is covering for Jack. However, this has been proven incorrect, although it has been revealed that Tanya is covering for Lauren.

On 2 January 2009, she returned to accompany Tanya in court, she asked Tanya to think about what her plea would be. When the truth about Lauren was revealed, she asked Kendra to contact social services because she felt that she will only make things worse for her family.

On 7 April 2009, she seemingly attended Lauren's court appearance.

Amy Christina Margaret Mitchell (née Slater) is the daughter of Roxy Mitchell and Jack Branning. However, for the first few weeks of her life, she was raised as the daughter of Roxy's husband Sean Slater as he and Jack were unaware of Amy's true paternity.

Amy was born two months premature and was put on a ventilator from birth. She is named after her presumed-deceased cousin (now known as Danielle Jones), the daughter of Roxy's sister, Ronnie. Her mother initially decided to raise Amy with her friend Christian Clarke, after Sean missed Amy's birth but changed her mind when she and Sean reconciled.

Jack asked Roxy for a paternity test, aware Amy may be his daughter. It transpired that this was so on Christmas Day 2008, ^[22] which led to Sean abducting Amy, ^[23] although she was returned to Roxy, by Sean's sister Stacey, on New Year's Day.

Ronnie decided Amy should be christened and Roxy agreed. Amy's godfather is Christian Clarke and her godmother is her step-grandmother Dot Branning, although her aunt Ronnie was originally meant to be her godmother, but got drunk and turned up late to the ceremony.

Ahmet is an ex-boyfriend of Suzy Branning who made his first appearance on 5 December 2008.

Suzy's dog, Prince, went missing but after she received a "special postcard" she immediately knew who had taken him. She met up with Ahmet in a cafe where it was revealed that the gold bar Suzy originally had belonged to him and she stole it.

On 15 December 2008, he returned, leaving a heart in a box on Suzy's doorstep. He later threatended her demanding that she give him the gold bar by the end of the day. Phil arranged to meet with him to make him back off, he handed him a wad of cash and in return, Ahmet gave Prince back. He later met up with Suzy in the park and revealed that Suzy had previously lied about a pregnancy with him. He gave her until Christmas to get the money she owed him.

Detective Sergeant Louise Hills investigated in the child abuse storyline involving Tony King and Whitney Dean.

She first appeared when she visited Bianca Jackson on 11 December 2008 to interview her and Whitney. Whilst there, Lauren Branning also came forward and told her the story of how Tony treated her.

On 12 December 2008, she returned to Pat's to let Bianca know that Tony had been released on police bail because Whitney hadn't given her statement. Whitney later gave her statement to the police and Tony was later charged.

On 5 February 2009, she returned to tell Whitney and Bianca that Tony had pleaded "Not Guilty" to the charges and on 30 November 2009 she informs them that Tony attempted suicide while in custody. On 17 December, she returned to tell Whitney that a verdict is expected on whether Tony will be sentenced.

Maria Leys is a social worker, who visited Whitney Dean following her abuse by Tony King. She reappeared in January 2009 to inform Tanya Branning that her daughter Lauren wanted to remain in care.

Paul is a barman who Ronnie Mitchell employed to help run R&R for a Christmas Party on 23 December 2008. He got Danielle Jones drunk and they slept together. He reappeared taking her out on a date on 28 December. Then in January 2009, Danielle discovered she was pregnant and met Paul to tell him but backed out when he told her that he already had a girlfriend.

Paul re-appeared on 2 March 2009 at an '80s theme night at R&R. He bumped into Danielle and her friend Stacey Slater, and offered to buy them a drink. Stacey later revealed to Paul that Danielle had aborted his baby. This made him feel guilty and realised that he should have supported her. Later he had a heart to heart with Stacey and told her about how he felt. However this led to them kissing, while a heartbroken Danielle looked on.

He then later appeared when Stacey and Danielle were in the club with some boys Paul knew. Danielle spilt her drink on one of the boys and Paul appeared offering to buy her another one. At first she refused but then after Stacey butted in, she accepted his offer. When Stacey went outside to take a call from her mum, Paul talked to Danielle and apologized for the way he had behaved. He then walked her to the bar and confronted her about her abortion. He thanked her because he believed he was too young to be a dad. Danielle realised Stacey told him and threw her drink at Paul. This was the last time he appeared on-screen, since Danielle died in a road accident in April 2009.

Kirsty "Dotty" Cotton, played by Molly Conlin, is the daughter of Nick Cotton. John Altman, who plays Nick, described Dotty as "a chip off the old block". ^[24] Dotty was the result of a one-night stand that Nick had with an alcoholic woman named Sandy. Whilst serving time in prison, Nick received a letter from Sandy telling him that she had given birth to their daughter. Upon his early release from prison in April 2008, Nick took custody of Dotty, having told her that Sandy had died in a car crash.

Dotty arrives in Walford Christmas Day 2008 with her father Nick, to see his estranged mother Dot Branning. Nick introduces Dot to Dotty and they quickly bond. He lies to Dot that he had promised to send money to Sandy on the condition that she named their daughter Dorothy after her grandmother, so that Dot will trust him and bond with his daughter; Dot does not know Dotty's real name. After spending the night, Dotty begs Dot to let them stay longer. Dot lets them stay for the rest of the week. Dot soon discovers that Nick hasn't changed; he doesn't have a job and he and Dotty have been living rough. Nick says he will either put Dotty into care, or sell her to Dot for the money that Bradley Branning had given her. After serious consideration, she buys Dotty, to get her away from Nick.

Dotty learns that Dot has made a will, leaving all of her money to Dotty when she dies. She tells Nick, and they form a plan to kill Dot in order to inherit the money. They trick her into thinking she is suffering from dementia. Eventually, Nick tells Dotty to give Dot an overdose of her medication by crushing up the tablets and putting them in her tea. However, Dotty has had a change of heart, and gives the pills to Nick in his beer. When Nick learns of Dotty's double-crossing, He drags her to the café and holds everyone inside hostage. Dotty manages to escape along with most of the others, but the café explodes, and in the commotion, Nick escapes. Later, Dot suspects her granddaughter may be just as evil as her father, So she plants some tablets on the kitchen table whilst Dotty has her back turned. Dot leaves the room, and then spies Dotty ignoring the tablets and pinching a chocolate biscuit instead. While practicing for the nativity, Dotty causes trouble for ( Mo Harris) by being naughty, But vows to be good when 'Father Christmas' takes a visit to the community centre.

Dot holds a birthday party for Dotty, inviting Tiffany Dean and Liam Butcher, but they do not want to go. Dot tells Dotty that a lot of people cancelled. When Dotty looks out of the window, she waves at Tiffany, who pokes out her tongue. The next day, Tiffany tells Dotty she is not invited to her birthday party. Dotty tells Dot that Tiffany is not having a party and asks if they can invite her round. When they ask Tiffany's mother Bianca Jackson, Bianca invites them to Tiffany's party. The next day, Tiffany and Dotty lie so they do not have to go to school. Dotty takes Tiffany's bridesmaid's dress and MP3 player and runs away with them, throwing the MP3 player into a bin in the Square. Tiffany tries to get it and then Dotty pushes her in. When Max Branning sees her, saying she should be in school, she runs away. When Bianca realises Tiffany's dress is missing, Jack says he saw Dotty with something by the bins. Tiffany will not say how she got in the bins, so Bianca goes to see Dot, who says it is not like Dotty, who is a kind and gentle girl. Dotty tells Dot she knows nothing about the dress but Dot then finds it in Dotty's school bag. Dot returns the dress to Bianca without Dotty's knowledge. The next day, Dotty is left alone with Dot's husband Jim who is recovering from a stroke. She pours water on him to make it seem he has wet himself, but Dot catches her. Dotty says she hates them both and wishes that Nick had killed her. Dot smacks Dotty across the legs as Jim's granddaughter Sonia Fowler, who is visiting, walks in. Dot apologises, but Dotty manipulates her into letting her stay off school. After Dotty calls the police, Dot is arrested for assault and Sonia tells Dotty off for making it seem like she was an abused child. However, Dot is released without charge but is told to expect a visit from Social Services. When Dot returns home, Dotty apologises.

Dot receives a visit from Dotty's mother Sandy, who Dot assumes is from Social Services, but she is looking for her daughter Kirsty. Dot says she knows nobody of that name but realises it is Dotty when she sees a photo. Dot hides Sandy's visit from Dotty but later talks to Sandy about Dotty and her past. When she goes home, she asks Dotty about friends and family she used to have, but Dotty says Dot is the only family she needs. However, Dotty soon admits that she misses her mother, and Dot reveals that she is alive and Nick had lied to her. Dotty says she wants to see her mother, so Dot calls her. When her mother Sandy arrives, Dotty is delighted and Dot tells Dotty she should go with her mother. They say an emotional goodbye, and Dot says she can visit at any time.

• Morgan Jackson-King at BBC Online
• Jordan Johnson at BBC Online
• Callum Monks at BBC Online