1992

1992
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Info
Episodes	721-826
First Broadcast	2 January 1992
Last Broadcast	31 December 1992
Executive Producer	Leonard Lewis
Most.......
Doof Doofs	Mark Fowler
Appearances	Sharon Mitchell
Episodes Directed by	???????
Episdes Written by	????
Yearly Stats
Episode Count	106
Directors	?
Writers	?
Hours to Watch	?
Births	?
Deaths	?
Marriages	?
Main Characters	?
Guest Characters	?
Uncredited Characters	?
Pets	?

1992 was EastEnders' eighth year of production. Leonard Lewis and Helen Greaves continued their roles as executive producers until Greaves left and Lewis continued the role solo.

Main characters

Ranking	Character	Played by	Duration	Number of Episodes	Running total	Previous year's ranking
1	Sharon Mitchell	Letitia Dean	Full year	91	614	4
2	Arthur Fowler	Bill Treacher		89	655	2
3	Grant Mitchell	Ross Kemp		87	233	1
4	Pete Beale	Peter Dean		83	631	6
	Michelle Fowler	Susan Tully			628	3
5	Rachel Kominski	Jacquetta May		80	128	14
	Phil Mitchell	Steve McFadden			217	3
6	Mark Fowler	Todd Carty		78	202	5
7	Hattie Tavernier	Michelle Gayle		73	149	12
	Frank Butcher	Mike Reid			371	8
8	Ian Beale	Adam Woodyatt		70	602
9	Clyde Tavernier	Steven Woodcock		65	155	10
	Pat Butcher	Pam St. Clement			480	11
10	Sam Butcher	Danniella Westbrook		62	134	14
11	Dot Cotton	June Brown		61	570	7
12	Ricky Butcher	Sid Owen		60	266	15
13	Pauline Fowler	Wendy Richard		59	599	2
14	Kathy Beale	Gillian Taylforth		57	570	11
15	Mandy Salter	Nicola Stapleton	From March	56		-
16	Steve Elliot	Mark Monero	Full year	48	59	24
17	Christine Hewitt	Elizabeth Power	From February	38		-
18	Vicki Fowler	Samantha Leigh Martin	Full year	34	231	16
19	Jules Tavernier	Tommy Eytle		32	98	17
20	Nigel Bates	Paul Bradley	From March	31		-
21	Richard Cole	Ian Reddington	From July	30
	Martin Fowler	Jon Peyton Price	Full year	30	218	19
22	Kofi Tavernier	Marcel Smith	Full year	25	68	18
23	Gill Fowler	Susanna Dawson	January - June	24	29	26
24	Etta Tavernier	Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence	Until June	21	100	12
25	Lloyd Tavernier	Garey Bridges		17	63	20
	Celestine Tavernier	Leroy Golding			89	13
26	Cindy Beale	Michelle Collins	From October	15	211	-
	Janine Butcher	Rebecca Michael	Full year		63	25
27	James Willmott-Brown	William Boyd	January - February	12	152	-
28	Steven Beale	Stuart Stevens	From October	11	65
29	Ethel Skinner	Gretchen Franklin	Full year	9	302	21
30	Doctor Harold Legg	Leonard Fenton		4	218	27
31	Shelley Lewis	Nicole Arumugam	From November	2		-
32	Sophie Willmott-Brown	Natasha Knight	January	1	3	-
	Luke Willmott-Brown	Henry Power

Directors

Ranking	Director	Number of episodes	Running total	Previous year ranking
1	Philip Casson	10	28	2
2	Jonathan Wright Miller	8	14	3
	Bill Hays	8	12	4
3	Beryl Richards	6	6	-
	Barry Letts	6	24	3
	Sue Dunderdale	6	8	5
	Roger Gartland	6	6	-
4	Charles Beeson	5	18	1
5	Geoff Feld	4	10	3
	David Innes Edwards	4	6	5
	Mike Dormer	4	10	3
	Ronald Wilson	4	4	-
	Margy Kinmonth	4	4	-
	Matthew Evans	4	18	-
	Mike Dormer	4	10	3
6	Leonard Lewis	3	15	4
7	Nicholas Prosser	2	29	4
	John Bruce	2	6	4
	Paul Unwin	2	2	-
	Garth Tucker	2	40	-
	Tony McHale	2	2	-
	Indra Bhose	2	2	-
	Terry Iland	2	12	3
	Simon Meyers	2	2	-

Writers

Ranking	Writer	Number of episodes	Running total	Previous year ranking
1	Tony McHale	16	102	1
2	Tony Jordan	15	51	2
3	Deborah Cook	9	24	4
	Ashley Pharoah	9	13	6
	Susan Boyd	9	25	7
4	Barrie Shore	6	9	7
	Gillian Richmond	6	19	8
5	Michael Robartes	5	46	-
6	Charlie Humphreys	4	53	4
	Arnold Yarrow	4	4	-
7	Brendan J. Cassin	3	11	5
	Lilie Ferrari	3	3	-
	Matthew Graham	3	3	-
8	Helen Millar	2	5	8
	Lisa Evans	2	6	6
9	Stephen Stratford	1	1	-
	Anthony Forbes	1	1	-
	John Chambers	1	1	-
	Jez Simons	1	6	6
	Jyoti Patel	1	6	6
	Judy Forshaw	1	2	9
	Jeff Povey	1	1	-
	Duncan Gould	1	1	-
	Kolton Lee	1	1	-
	Colin Brake	1	1	-

Production

Towards the end of 1991, there was a flurry of activity behind the scenes at EastEnders, when Leonard Lewis and Helen Greaves joined the programme as co-producers. Together they formulated a new regime in which the writers of the schedule would 'drive' the series. Individual stories would be written and agreed or discarded at regular story conferences, and the progression of those stories would be the responsibility of the individual episode writers, with the script department providing guidance rather than prescriptive episodic storylines. With stories growing and developing in this new organic way, the writers were freed to write what they wanted - and the script editor's job of keeping the programme's continuity and tone intact became even harder!

The stories during 1992, while this new system evolved, were involved and lively. A danger of the new way of working was that stories wouldn't develop slowly, as they had in the past, and that events would occur suddenly and without warning. In practice, however, the stories were inter-related and fed each other remarkably well.

Some new regular characters made their debuts during 1992, and for the most part, they appeared gradually, making an initial appearance and then joining the programme full-time a couple of months later. This routine allowed the producers and writers to create new characters and see them brought to life by actors before committing them to a long contract.

The primary expectation of this was the creation of Tricky Dicky, the new man-we-love-to-hate. Richard Cole was designed to be a bit of a lad, a charming womaniser, and was supposed to be a Cockney according to his biography, written by Tony Jordan. However, when the producers saw Ian Reddington read for the part, they knew they had found Tricky Dicky, and the character's background was changed.

The other new characters made more tentative first appearances. Christine Hewitt first appeared in February as the latest employer of Arthur's gardening skills, but in the summer she returned to work with him. Mandy Salter visited the Butchers in March when her mother Lorraine was in a hospital. She left thinking that she was unwanted, and then returned in July to live in Walford. Nigel Bates also appeared in March, when he bought Frank's Mercedes. When his mother died later in the year, Nigel returned to Walford and became Dot's lodger. In November, a visit to Michelle's college introduced some fellow students. Two of them, Shelley and Jack, would appear more regularly the following year.

There weren't just arrivals in the Square. The summer saw the departure of half of the Tavernier family, when Celestine got a new job, a significant promotion, in Norwich. Etta was unwilling to move, but after Lloyd got himself into trouble with the police by joy-riding, she decided that a fresh start for the family might be the best idea. She continued to commute to her school in Walford until the end of the term, then joined Celestine and Lloyd in Norwich.

We also saw the death of an original EastEnder when Ethel's faithful dog Willy succumbed to old age and had to be put down. Sadly not long after his last appearance as Willy, the dog who played him also passed away.

June saw another death - this time it was Gill, who married Mark only the day before she died. Carefully researched, Gill's death was the inevitable conclusion to the Aids storyline and was handled with great care. Despite this, some viewers were upset at the naming of the specific disease that Gill was suffering from at the time of her death, as it is frequently unconnected with Aids. For actress Susanna Dawson, the experience of playing a person living with, and dying from, Aids was so intense that she co-produced an educational video based on the subject for use in schools and wrote a book, The Gill and Mark Story, to accompany it.

Doof-Doof Count

Character	Solo	Group	Total	Julia's Theme	Running total
Mark Fowler	4	10	14	Yes	29
Pete Beale	4	6	10	Yes	48
Michelle Fowler	4	6	10	Yes	80
Sharon Mitchell	6	4	10	Yes	48
Arthur Fowler	5	4	9	Yes	43
Phil Mitchell	6	3	9	Yes	15
Mandy Salter	6	3	9	Yes	9
Pauline Fowler	3	4	7	Yes	47
Grant Mitchell	3	3	6	No	19
Mrs. Hewitt	3	3	6	Yes	6
Kathy Beale	4	1	5	No	40
Sam Butcher	3	2	5	Yes	6
Frank Butcher	2	2	4	No	24
Pat Butcher	3	1	4	No	34
Ian Beale	4	0	4	No	38
Gill Robinson	0	4	4	No	5
James Willmott-Brown	2	1	3	No	5
Non Character	3	0	3	No	38
Rachel Kominski	3	0	3	No	7
Cindy Beale	3	0	3	No	19
Dot Cotton	1	2	3	Yes	28
Hattie Tavernier	2	0	2	No	4
Etta Tavernier	1	1	2	No	7
Ethel Skinner	1	1	2	Yes	12
Steve Elliot	0	2	2	Yes	2
Ricky Butcher	0	2	2	Yes	7
Jack Woodman	0	2	2	Yes	2
Terry Howes	1	0	1	No	1
Lloyd Tavernier	1	0	1	No	2
Celestine Tavernier	0	1	1	No	1
Clyde Tavernier	1	0	1	No	9
Jules Tavernier	1	0	1	No	3
Nigel Bates	0	1	1	Yes	1
Martin Fowler	0	1	1	Yes	2
Harold Legg	0	1	1	Yes	2

Episodes

Ep. No.	#	Date	Director	Writer	Doof Doof	Viewers (mil)
721	1	2 January 1992	Charles Beeson	Deborah Cook	Pete Beale	24.32
722	2	7 January 1992	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan	James Willmott-Brown	20.15
723	3	9 January 1992	Philip Casson	Tony Jordan	Michelle Fowler	22.93
724	4	14 January 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Stephen Stratford/Anthony Forbes	Pete Beale	19.24
725	5	16 January 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Barrie Shore	Kathy Beale	21.64
726	6	21 January 1992	David Innes Edwards	Charlie Humphreys	Pete Beale	20.36
727	7	23 January 1992	David Innes Edwards	Charlie Humphreys	Pete Beale	22.11
728	8	28 January 1992	Charles Beeson	John Chambers	Kathy Beale	19.78
729	9	30 January 1992	Charles Beeson	Susan Boyd	James Willmott-Brown	21.47
730	10	4 February 1992	Philip Casson	Jez Simons/Jyoti Patel	Pete Beale Grant Mitchell	19.56
731	11	6 February 1992	Philip Casson	Helen Millar	Grant Mitchell James Willmott-Brown	22.2
732	12	11 February 1992	Mike Dormer	Deborah Cook	Kathy Beale Pete Beale	19.63
733	13	13 February 1992	Mike Dormer	Deborah Cook	Non character (vodka in tea chest)	22.52
734	14	18 February 1992	Nicholas Prosser	Ashley Pharoah	Michelle Fowler	19.98
735	15	20 February 1992	Nicholas Prosser	Ashley Pharoah	Michelle Fowler Mark Fowler	21.28
736	16	25 February 1992	Barry Letts	Tony McHale	Arthur Fowler	20.77
737	17	27 February 1992	Barry Letts	Tony McHale	Hattie Tavernier	21.81
738	18	3 March 1992	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Arthur Fowler	19.46
739	19	5 March 1992	Geoff Feld	Tony McHale	Sharon Mitchell Frank Butcher	21.95
740	20	10 March 1992	Bill Hays	Judy Forshaw	Pat Butcher	19.39
741	21	12 March 1992	Bill Hays	Brendan J. Cassin	Frank Butcher	20.76
742	22	17 March 1992	Matthew Evans	Lisa Evans	Phil Mitchell	19.6
743	23	19 March 1992	Matthew Evans	Barrie Shore	Non character (Phil Mitchell's car)	20.07
744	24	24 March 1992	Barry Letts	Tony Jordan	Terry Howes	18.72
745	25	26 March 1992	Barry Letts	Tony Jordan	Phil Mitchell	20.16
746	26	31 March 1992	Geoff Feld	Susan Boyd	Etta Tavernier	17.45
747	27	2 April 1992	Geoff Feld	Susan Boyd	Lloyd Tavernier	17.24
748	28	7 April 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Charlie Humphreys	Mandy Salter	18.67
749	29	9 April 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Charlie Humphreys	Pat Butcher	18.57
750	30	14 April 1992	Beryl Richards	Helen Millar	Non character (18 Albert Square)	18.18
751	31	16 April 1992	Beryl Richards	Michael Robartes	Ian Beale	17.59
752	32	21 April 1992	John Bruce	Tony Jordan	Sam Butcher	18.45
753	33	23 April 1992	John Bruce	Arnold Yarrow	Pete Beale Pauline Fowler Arthur Fowler	19.23
754	34	28 April 1992	David Innes Edwards	Barrie Shore	Pat Butcher	16.4
755	35	30 April 1992	David Innes Edwards	Lisa Evans	Frank Butcher	18.56
756	36	5 May 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Deborah Cook	Rachel Kominski	16.91
757	37	7 May 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Deborah Cook	Sharon Mitchell	18.14
758	38	12 May 1992	Beryl Richards	Gillian Richmond	Ethel Skinner	14.8
759	39	14 May 1992	Beryl Richards	Gillian Richmond	Etta Tavernier Celestine Tavernier	14.39
760	40	19 May 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Dot Cotton	13.91
761	41	21 May 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Ian Beale	14.37
762	42	26 May 1992	Mike Dormer	Susan Boyd	Mark Fowler	14.4
763	43	28 May 1992	Mike Dormer	Susan Boyd	Gill Robinson Mark Fowler	16.09
764	44	2 June 1992	Bill Hays	Arnold Yarrow	Mark Fowler Pete Beale	14.82
765	45	4 June 1992	Bill Hays	Michael Robartes	Gill Robinson Mark Fowler	16.99
766	46	9 June 1992	Roger Gartland	Tony McHale	Phil Mitchell	14.56
767	47	11 June 1992	Roger Gartland	Tony McHale	Phil Mitchell	13.66
768	48	16 June 1992	Charles Beeson	Brendan J Cassin	Sam Butcher	14.99
769	49	18 June 1992	Charles Beeson	Brendan J Cassin	Mark Fowler Gill Robinson	14.1
770	50	23 June 1992	Leonard Lewis	Deborah Cook	Gill Fowler Mark Fowler	15.5
771	51	25 June 1992	Leonard Lewis	Deborah Cook	Mark Fowler Michelle Fowler	16.3
772	52	30 June 1992	Philip Casson	Ashley Pharoah	Ian Beale	15.7
773	53	2 July 1992	Philip Casson	Ashley Pharoah	Arthur Fowler Pete Beale Christine Hewitt	15.9
774	54	7 July 1992	Bill Hays	Lilie Ferrari	Sam Butcher	14.27
775	55	9 July 1992	Bill Hays	Michael Robartes	Michelle Fowler	15.57
776	56	14 July 1992	Roger Gartland	Barrie Shore	Steve Elliot Mark Fowler Mandy Salter	13.89
777	57	16 July 1992	Roger Gartland	Arnold Yarrow	Mark Fowler	15.13
778	58	21 July 1992	Beryl Richards	Tony Jordan	Hattie Tavernier	14.58
779	59	23 July 1992	Beryl Richards	Tony Jordan	Mandy Salter	16.25
780	60	28 July 1992	Philip Casson	Susan Boyd	Clyde Tavernier	13.37
781	61	30 July 1992	Philip Casson	Susan Boyd	Sharon Mitchell	14.55
782	62	4 August 1992	Paul Unwin	Tony McHale	Sharon Mitchell	16.7
783	63	6 August 1992	Paul Unwin	Tony McHale	Sharon Mitchell	11.85
784	64	11 August 1992	Ronald Wilson	Matthew Graham	Ian Beale	15.35
785	65	13 August 1992	Ronald Wilson	Ashley Pharoah	Arthur Fowler	16.94
786	66	18 August 1992	Margy Kinmonth	Ashley Pharoah	Jules Tavernier	15.76
787	67	20 August 1992	Margy Kinmonth	Ashley Pharoah	Christine Hewitt (Julia's Theme)	16.64
788	68	25 August 1992	Bill Hays	Michael Robartes	Rachel Kominski	15.48
789	69	27 August 1992	Bill Hays	Tony McHale	Michelle Fowler	17.41
790	70	1 September 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Phil Mitchell Sharon Mitchell	17.94
791	71	3 September 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Phil Mitchell	19.26
792	72	8 September 1992	Ronald Wilson	Barrie Shore	Mark Fowler	17.3
793	73	10 September 1992	Ronald Wilson	Barrie Shore	Mark Fowler	16.65
794	74	15 September 1992	Margy Kinmonth	Gillian Richmond	Grant Mitchell Phil Mitchell	16.74
795	75	17 September 1992	Margy Kinmonth	Gillian Richmond	Sharon Mitchell	17.27
796	76	22 September 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Deborah Cook	Pauline Fowler	16.65
797	77	24 September 1992	Jonathan Wright Miller	Deborah Cook	Arthur Fowler	17.62
798	78	29 September 1992	Philip Casson	Arnold Yarrow	Rachel Kominski	17.24
799	79	1 October 1992	Philip Casson	Lilie Ferrari	Ricky Butcher Sam Butcher	16.9
800	80	6 October 1992	Barry Letts	Tony McHale	Mark Fowler Mandy Salter	17.9
801	81	8 October 1992	Barry Letts	Tony McHale	Mandy Salter	19.91
802	82	13 October 1992	Matthew Evans	Ashley Pharoah	Cindy Beale	17.98
803	83	15 October 1992	Matthew Evans	Ashley Pharoah	Mandy Salter	18.89
804	84	20 October 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Pauline Fowler Michelle Fowler Dot Cotton	19.61
805	85	22 October 1992	Sue Dunderdale	Tony Jordan	Grant Mitchell	20.46
806	86	27 October 1992	Garth Tucker	Susan Boyd	Sharon Mitchell	21.34
807	87	29 October 1992	Garth Tucker	Susan Boyd	Grant Mitchell	21.26
808	88	3 November 1992	Mike Dormer	Gillian Richmond	Kathy Beale	19.88
809	89	5 November 1992	Mike Dormer	Gillian Richmond	Pauline Fowler	18.61
810	90	10 November 1992	Tony McHale	Tony McHale	Michelle Fowler Jack Woodman	21.27
811	91	12 November 1992	Tony McHale	Tony McHale	Sharon Mitchell Michelle Fowler	22.58
812	92	17 November 1992	Indra Bhose	Matthew Graham	Mandy Salter	21.15
813	93	19 November 1992	Indra Bhose	Jeff Povey	Pauline Fowler	21.39
814	94	24 November 1992	Terry Iland	Barrie Shore	Christine Hewitt	20.39
815	95	26 November 1992	Terry Iland	Barrie Shore	Christine Hewitt Pauline Fowler	20.67
816	96	1 December 1992	Bill Hays	Tony Jordan	Grant Mitchell	19.62
817	97	3 December 1992	Bill Hays	Tony Jordan	Arthur Fowler Christine Hewitt	21.36
818	98	8 December 1992	Mike Dormer	Lilie Ferrari	Cindy Beale	18.59
819	99	10 December 1992	Mike Dormer	Duncan Gould	Mandy Salter	18.73
820	100	15 December 1992	Simon Meyers	Matthew Graham	Cindy Beale	19.26
821	101	17 December 1992	Simon Meyers	Michael Robartes	Kathy Beale	19.8
822	102	22 December 1992	Roger Gartland	Tony McHale	Arthur Fowler	19.93
823	103	24 December 1992	Roger Gartland	Tony McHale	Christine Hewitt	24.3
824	104	25 December 1992	Leonard Lewis	Tony McHale	Mark Fowler Mandy Salter Pauline Fowler Arthur Fowler Michelle Fowler Jack Woodman Dot Cotton Ethel Skinner Nigel Bates Pete Beale Sharon Mitchell Phil Mitchell Ricky Butcher Sam Butcher Steve Elliot Martin Fowler Doctor Harold Legg (Julia's Theme)	21.47
825	105	29 December 1992	Bill Hays	Kolton Lee	Phil Mitchell	21.08
826	106	31 December 1992	Bill Hays	Colin Brake	Pat Butcher Frank Butcher	16.97

Storylines

Eastenders Inside Soap (October 1992)

The year began with problems for newlyweds Sharon and Grant Mitchell. He wanted to start a family, while she tried to concentrate on running the Queen Vic. Frank started to lose money and had to sell his Mercedes and the B&B. Pat, however, started up Pat Cabs which was run from the portacabin. Pat hit local teenager Stephanie Watson on Christmas Eve, and she was found to have been driving while over the drinking limit. Stephanie survived the accident but died a few days later in hospital as a result of her injuries.

In June, Mark Fowler married Gill, the day before she died of AIDS-related cancer, in scenes complimented for their sensitivity. Meanwhile, Arthur's friendship with Mrs Hewitt continued to develop, and on Christmas Eve they ended up in bed together.

During 1992, the sexual chemistry between Phil and his sister-in-law Sharon developed, and eventually erupted into a passion. They slept together and had to deal with the aftermath. Grant, still unaware of this affair set fire to the Vic in an insurance bid but failed, and Sharon, who nearly died in the fire, told Grant that they were finished. Phil was prepared to risk everything and tell his brother, but when it came to the crunch, Sharon chose Grant.

Promotional photos

Mark Fowler and Gill Fowler HIV (June 1992)

Who lives where

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