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*'''2001''': The main storyline of 2001 was ''Who Shot Phil?''. There were so many people that wanted him dead at the time including - Steve Owen, Mel Owen, Ian Beale, Lisa Fowler and Dan Sullivan. But as Phil lay wounded in the Square he saw the culprit running away, and when he got out of hospital we discovered that it was Lisa. Phil however made a truce and set up Dan instead. [[Image:Who_shot_Phil_01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Phil laid out cold after falling down the steps of his door, onto the street, after being shot through the bushes.]] However, Dan was found not guilty and upon his release took revenge by kidnapping Mel, demanding £100,000 from Phil and Steve for her return. Little Mo Slater was the victim of domestic abuse from husband [[Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)|Trevor]], he burnt her hand with the iron, subjected her to cruel mental torment and attacked her in the bathroom and raped her. [[Image:LittleMo_Trevor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Little Mo finally fights back against Trevor, hitting him with an iron.]] Trevor wanted a child with her but she didn't in the situation, and when he found her birth control pills he kicked her violently in the stomach. Whilst Mo was babysitting Louise at the Fowler's household, Trevor cornered her and attackedattempted to attack her. Mo looked for the nearest object - an iron, and ripped it from its plug and struck Trevor with it repeatedly. Little Mo however, wasn't the only Slater sister with trouble. Zoe was planning to leave London to go and work with her Uncle Harry in Spain. But Kat was dead against the idea much to Zoe's disgust. It was then revealed that Kat was Zoe's mother and Uncle Harry was the father who had regularly been having sex with a teenage Kat. Viv, Kat's mother knew the truth but Charlie was kept in the dark - they raised Zoe as their own. The woman Zoe had called her mum was really her nan, her sister was her mum and her uncle was her great uncle and her father! Zoe fled the Square and Kat slashed her wrists.

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*''[[Pauline Fowler]]'' played by [[Wendy Richard]] - Pauline is one of the original cast members, appearing since the first episode in 1985. Pauline works in the launderette with her friend Dot. She was married to the now-deceased Arthur Fowler, with whom she had her children Mark, Michelle and Martin. Pauline also had a twin brother called Pete. Her character is known to be cynical, strong-willed and argumentative.

*''[[Ian Beale]]'' played by [[Adam Woodyatt]] - Another original cast member, Ian is Walford's business tycoon. He is known to have three failed marriages and once lost every business he owned when he went bankrupt. Ian is the son of Pete and Kathy Beale, and has three children of his own: twins Peter & Lucy (with first wife Cindy) and Bobby (with third wife Laura).

*''[[Sharon WattsRickman]]'' (''née Watts; previously Mitchell'') played by [[Letitia Dean]] - The only other remaining original cast member, Sharon is the adopted daughter of 'Dirty' Den and Angie Watts. She shares a close relationship with Michelle Fowler and her family. Sharon is famous for the storyline known as ''Sharongate''. In this storyline, Sharon had an affair with her husband Grant's brother Phil, which was revealed to the occupants of the ''Queen Victoria'' on video. Sharon left the series in 1995 but returned in 2001. SheAfter hastracking starteddown upher long-lost half-brother Dennis Rickman(her adoptive father Den was his biological father, thus they are not blood related), it became clear that feelings were growing between the pair. This was halted when their father, Den Watts (who was believed to be dead) returned. Eventually they outed and their relationship went public, but Den manipulated Dennis (who had never had a loving childhood) and taunted him about the beatings he suffered by his mother's lovers. Dennis broke down and dumped Sharon so he could secure a family. They began an affair during his relationship with Zoe Slater and planned to runaway together, but Den told Zoe to fake a pregnancy to keep Dennis. This worked and Sharon fled to the States to recover with her adoptedadoptive brotherhalf-sister, Vicki. Den and Zoe slept together (resulting in a pregnancy) and Dennis discovered the truth so he went searching for Sharon. Zoe aborted Den's child and his wife, Chrissie, discovered the truth and made him confess while Sharon was secretly lurking in the darkness, listening to how her father was confessing that he enjoyed splitting her and Dennis up. She cut her ties with him and left, and just minutes later Chrissie killed Den in a fight, and buried his body in the pub. Dennis and Sharon returned to Walford together, in search of their father. They married, and as they headed to their reception Den's body was discovered, leaving Sharon devastated.

*''[[Dot Branning|Dot Cotton/Branning]] (formerly Cotton)'' played by [[June Brown]] - OAP Dot is one of the most popular characters. She is a religious chainsmoker who is known to recite from memory passages from the Bible. She was married to the cruel Charlie Cotton and had her equally evil son Nick by him. She has since remarried to Jim Branning. She was recently diagnosed with cancer, but has now recovered.

*''[[Arthur Fowler]]'' played by [[Bill Treacher]] - Pauline's husband Arthur was an original cast member. He had a difficult life, having served time in jail and suffering a dramatic nervous breakdown. He died in 1996 and has had a bench named after him.

*''[[Den Watts]]'' played by [[Leslie Grantham]] - Known as "Dirty Den", he was the adoptive father of Sharon and landlord of the ''Queen Victoria'' pub. He earned his nickname for getting 16-year-old Michelle Fowler pregnant. He divorced his original wife Angie and was shot and presumed killed in 1989. He had actually survived the shooting and moved to Spain, but returned in 2003. Den then found out he had a secret son called Dennis, and revealed that he had a new wife called Chrissie Watts. Den was killed for the final time in 2005, when wronged wife Chrissie murdered him and buried his corpse in the cellar of the pub. His body has now been discovered and removed from the Vic.

*''Martin Fowler'' played by Jon Peyton Price & [[James Alexandrou]] - Martin is Pauline's son. She became pregnant with him in her forties, but refused to abort him. After the death of his father, Arthur, Martin went through a period of rebellion, but since he killed Jamie Mitchell in a car accident and married Sonia (Jamie's fiance) he has calmed down.

*''[[Pat Evans|Pat Evans (née Harris; formerly Beale, Wicks, Butcher]]'' played by [[Pam St. Clement]] - Pete Beale's ex-wife arrived on the show in 1986 after escaping her abusive spouse, Brian. She had two children, David and Simon ('Wicksy') Wicks who were believed to be Pete's. It was suspected that Pete's brother Kenny could be the true father after they admitted an affair years ago, and also his best friend Den Watts after their fling shortly after Pete's and Pat's split was revealed. The children turned out to be the sons of her second husband, Brian Wicks. In more recent times, ''EastEnders'' storyliners have said that the storyline as to the paternity of Pat's children has been changed and messed about with so much that it's impossible to know the truth. They say that David ''is'' Pete's son and Simon ''possibly is''. She was re-united with true love Frank Butcher and they married in the late 80s. They ran ''The Queen Vic'' together and after Frank's car lot faced bankruptcy, he fled Walford, leaving Pat with his debts. Pat moved on and married Roy Evans, but after Frank's return and wedding to Peggy Mitchell, they began an affair. The truth came out and Frank left, while Roy and Pat repaired their marriage. Roy suffered a heart attack and died in 2003.

*''[[Pat Evans|Pat Wicks/Butcher/Evans]]'' played by [[Pam St. Clement]] - Pete Beale's ex-wife arrived on the show in 1986. She has since been married to true love Frank Butcher, and also Roy Evans. Pat sometimes feels lonely since Roy and best friend Laura are dead, Frank is AWOL and her sons Simon and David have moved away.

*''[[Phil Mitchell]]'' played by [[Steve McFadden]] - Phil is a member of the infamous Mitchell family. He is a brutish hardman, like his brother Grant. Phil is deeply saddened by his loss of contact with his children Ben and Louise. He married a Romanian refugee so she could stay in the country, and later Kathy Beale. He was involved in the ''Sharongate'' affair, in which he slept with his sister-in-law (before his marriages). His other big storyline was the ''Who Shot Phil?'' saga, in which Phil was shot with a gun, but for some time the identity of his attacker was a mystery (it was his ex-girlfriend Lisa). Phil surprisingly forgave Lisa and framed his nemesis Dan Sullivan for his shooting. After beingLisa setmarried upMark Fowler, Phil found out that her daughter Louise was his. They started an affair, and moved in together. Lisa realised that Phil only wanted his daughter, and was slowly pushing her out of Louise's life, so she escaped to Portugal, Phil in hot persuit. Phil returned with his daughter, and Lisa's disappearance remained a mystery. He fell head over heels for Kate Tyler, but she was secretly a police officer investigating Lisa's disappearance. He confessed the whole truth about the events in Portugal, and revealed that he emotionally manipulated Lisa into giving Louise to him, and he left her by Dena Wattscliff. Kate in turn admitted her true occupation, but quit for Phil. He forgave her and they married, and Lisa returned to Walford at the reception, catching the bouquet of flowers Kate through. He planned a bank robbery with Den Watts, but Den set him up and the police arrested him at the scene. Kate was disgusted that Phil had reverted to his criminal ways, and after just three months of marriage, it was over, and she handed Louise over to Lisa, who left Walford. Phil escaped jail, and attacked Ian Beale, but he was caught and is innow policein custodyprison.

*''[[Sam Hunter (née Mitchell; previously Butcher]]'' played by [[Daniella Westbrook]] & [[Kim Medcalf]] - Sam is Phil and Grant's younger sister. She doesn't really fit in with her brothers and mother since she isn't quite as independant and strong-willed as Mitchells are expected to be. WhenAt hera entireyoung familyage, she eloped with Ricky Butcher, but after a year of marriage, Sam was bored and left him and Walford for a modelling career. She to and fro'd to Walford and slept with David Wicks, Beppe di Marco and Steve Owen. After Phil was imprisoned, there was no family left in Walford for Sam, endedand upshe losingtook charge of Phil's businesses, The Arches, Brodge Street Café and The Queen Vic. Her lawyer Marcus Christie said that Phil had escaped and needed her to sell everything so she ownedcould raise the cash to give to him. It was a lie, and alsoMarcus marriedfled gold-diggerwith the cash. Her new husband, Andy Hunter, kicked her out of her own home when he discovered all the businesses were gone, and revealed he only married her for money. Since witnessing Den's murder, she has refound her assertive side in order to blackmail his killer, Chrissie. This has now backfired on her as the killer Chrissie has framed Sam for Den's murder after Sam dug his body up in drunken madness.

*''[[Peggy Mitchell]]'' played by [[Barbara Windsor]] - Peggy is the matriarch of the Mitchell family. She was a leading character for some time, battling breast cancer and being cheated on by her husband Frank. After hearing that her son, Grant, had been injured in Brazil, she fled Walford to nurse him but stayed there full time. She came back for her daughter Sam's wedding to con man Andy Hunter. She has returned to Walford after two years absence in order to support daughter Sam as she faces murder charges against Den Watts (although she didn't kill him).

*''[[Sonia Jackson|Sonia Jackson/Fowler (née Jackson)]]'' played by Natalie Cassidy - One of the most popular characters, Sonia joined the show in 1993. She is currently taking a nursing course and is married to Martin Fowler. At 15, she and Martin Fowler had sex, and nine months later she gave birth to their surprise daughter, Chloe (she didn't even know that she was pregnant). Her daughter was given up for adoption. A few years later she has a nervous breakdown and kidnapped her daughter, Chloe (now named Rebecca). She was engaged to Jamie Mitchell untiland they were love's young dream, surviving his betrayal with Zoe Slater and her obsession with Chloe. Her ex, Martin killedFowler, himknocked atdown Jamie and he subsequently died on Christmas 2002Day. Sonia has since forgiven Martin and they are now married, although this has been tested by the arrival of stalker Sarah and finding Chloe/Rebecca after her adoptive parents' deaths.

*''[[Jim Branning]]'' played by [[John Bardon]] - Another popular character, Jim is Sonia's grandfather and Dot's second husband. After months of chasing after her, he proposed for a second time to which she accepted. He used to be racist, and was therefore disgusted when his daughter Carol married an African-European. He also likes to gamble, and spends a lot of time in the pub with his friend, Patrick Trueman.

*''Billy Mitchell and [[Mo Mitchell|Maureen ('Little Mo') Morgan/Mitchell (née Slater; previously Morgan]]'' played by [[Perry Fenwick]] and [[Kacey Ainsworth]] - Billy is a distantsecond relativecousin ofto thePhil, otherGrant Mitchellsand Sam Mitchell and Little Mo is the second youngest daughter of the infamous Slater family. Billy was originally a mean-spirited character, abusing his nephew Jamie. Over time, he has grown into a more mellow person. Little Mo is known for being married to the abusive Trevor Morgan, who she once beat almost to death with an iron in self-defence. Billy and Little Mo eventually got together after a long time of being just good friends. They had a happy married life prior to Little Mo's rape by Graham. She became pregnant by her rapist but didn't want an abortion, thus alienatingwhich Billy couldn't accept. TheyAfter trying to work things out with Mo and her son, Freddie, things got worse and they are now separated, but remain very good friends, despite hopes of a reconciliation one day. Little Mo isand currently involvedher brother-in-law, theAlfie astoundinglyMoon unpopular(estranged husband of Mo's sister, Kat) fell in love trianglebut knownhave never got together due to Kat's return and Alfie being torn with which girl he wants to be with. He evntually chose Kat, leaving Mo heartbroken asyet Molfieagain.

*''[[Kat Moon|Kat Slater/Moon (née Slater)]] and [[Alfie Moon]]'' played by [[Jessie Wallace]] and [[Shane Richie]] - Kat is one of the Slaters most famous girls, fitting the description of "a tart- with- a- heart". She was raped by her uncle, Harry Slater, when she was a teenager and became pregnant with Zoe, who was brought up thinkingby Kat's was her sisterparents. The truth came out eventually and Kat and Zoe are now very close. Alfie was from 2002-2004 the landlord of the ''Queen Victoria'' pub, a job which he obtained through a mistaken identity. Kat and Alfie married, but their marriage was destroyed by Kat's ex-boyfriendfiancé Andy Hunter, a didgy crook whom she jilted at the altar for Alfie. Alfie owed Andy a lot of money, and the gangster threatened to kill Alfie unless he payed back the debt or Kat slept with him. Kat chose the latter option, and Alfie found out. They broke up and Kat left Walford. She returned in 2005 and sorted her differences with daughter Zoe. SheKat almostwanted gotto backre-unite with Alfie, onlyand tothey discoversecretly thatgot heback hadtogether beenbut havingit acame relationshipout withthat he and her timid sister, Little Mo, were on the verge of becoming an item.

==Disasters in Walford==

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*1988: Lou Beale passes away of old age.

*1989: Dirty Den ostensibly meets his end after he is shot at the canal banks by a man weaving a boquetbouquet of daffodils.

*1990: Charlie Cotton dies in a lorry accident; the Mitchells arrive.

*1991: Grant Mitchell and Sharon Watts marry and take over the pub.

*1991: The Mitchells arrive. Sharongate starts, and builds up until its explosive climax in 1994. Nasty Nick Cotton attempts to kill his mum, Dot, but fails.

*1992: Mark Fowler returns after a few years, and confesses to his parents that he has contracted HIV; while Grant is in prison, his brother Phil and his wife Sharon begin a steamy affair.

*1993: Roly the Poodle is run over by a lorry, and dies.

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*1994: Grant Mitchell discovers that the woman he is marital to, Sharon Watts, is having an affair with his brother, Phil. On Phil and Kathy Beale's engagement party, he walks into the pub and plays a tape casette Sharon recorded revealing the details of one point in their affair.

*1996: Cindy Beale hires a hitman to kill her husband Ian, supposedly becauseso she couldn'tcan hirebe awith divorceher lawyerlover/Ian's half-brother, David Wicks. She isflees chargedto Italy with attemptedtwo murder,of andher dieschildren givingbut birthDavid tostays Ian'sin childEngland inafter dumping her at the prisonairport.

*1998: Cindy gives birth to her lover, Nick's, daughter in prison and dies. Her daughter is named Cindy after her and goes to live with Cindy's mother and sister.

*1999: Relative newcomer [[Steve Owen]] murders ex Saskia Duncan on Valentine's Day with a heavy ashtray, and blames DJ Matthew Rose. Grant goes missing after he drives his car into the River Thames.

*2001: [[Steve Owen]] and [[Melanie Owen|Mel Healy]] wed, but in a whodunnit, or JR spoof, Phil is shot on his doorstep. The shootist turns out to be Phil's ex, Lisa Fowler. Mel is kidnapped by Dan Sullivan, who is framed by Steve and Phil. In revenge for all her husband's lies after she is released, Mel burns down the E20. Chinny the Turkey is run over at [[Christmas]]. On [[New Year's Eve]], after months of abuse, Little Mo Slater finally snaps and smashes abusive ex-husband [[Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)| Trevor Morgan]] in the head with an iron.

*1999: Relative newcomer [[Steve Owen]] murders deranged ex Saskia Duncan on Valentine's Day with a heavy ashtray, and blames DJ Matthew Rose. Grant goes missing after he drives his car into the River Thames; on New Year's Eve, Ian Beale marries Melanie Healy after telling her his daughter, Lucy, has cancer (he overheard her saying she didn't love Ian and that she'd only marry him if Lucy was truly ill as they suspected). She discovers that he lied so she'd marry him, and leaves him as the millenium starts.

*2002: Steve Owen dies after his car crashes and explodes in flames. Little Mo goes to court, and is sent to prison for attempted murder but, she gets out again and becomes engaged to Billy Mitchell. In Trevor Morgan's finale, he dies in an explosion as the result of a housefire started by himself on Halloween. Jamie Mitchell is run over and killed on Christmas Day.

*2001: [[Steve Owen]] and [[Melanie Owen|Mel Healy]] wed, but in a whodunnit, or JR spoof, Phil is shot on his doorstep. The shootist turns out to be Phil's ex, Lisa FowlerShaw. Mel is kidnapped by Dan Sullivan, who is framed by Steve and Phil. In revenge for all her husband's lies after she is released, Mel burns down the E20. Chinny the Turkey is run over at [[Christmas]]. On [[New Year's Eve]], after months of abuse, Little Mo Slater finally snaps and smashes abusive ex-husband [[Trevor Morgan (EastEnders)| Trevor Morgan]] in the head with an iron.

*2003: [[Dennis Rickman]] has Jack Dalton shot. Dalton dies. [[Den Watts|'Dirty' Den Watts]] returns after fourteen years of remaining in exile, and he frames [[Phil Mitchell]].

*2002: Steve Owen dies after his car crashes and explodes in flames. His widow , Mel, is crushed when she discovers that he was sleeping with Sam Mitchell behind her back and had secretly sold their house and club. Mel was then arrested in a drugs scam. She realised that Steve had forged her signature on documents that led to the drugs, leaving her in the frame. She discovers she was pregnant and flees to Portugal while on bail; Little Mo goes to court, and is sent to prison for attempted murder but, she gets out again and becomes engaged to Billy Mitchell. In Trevor Morgan's finale, he dies in an explosion as the result of a housefire started by himself on Halloween. Jamie Mitchell is run over and killed on Christmas Day.

*2004: Billy Mitchell blows up Angie's Den but also rescues Vicky Fowler from the fire. On Christmas Day, Den's two daughters move away as a result of his scheming.

*2003: [[Dennis Rickman]] hasshoots gangster Jack Dalton shotafter discovering he ordered the death of his father, Den Watts. Dalton diesadmits that Den actually survived and fled abroad, but this doesn't stop Dennis killing him. [[Den Watts|'Dirty' Den Watts]] returns after fourteen years of remainingfaking inhis exiledeath, and he framessets up [[Phil Mitchell]] in a robbery.

*2005: Den's wife, [[Chrissie Watts|Chrissie]], murders her husband with a blow to the head with an iron doorstop. Andy Hunter is murdered after he is thrown over a flyover. Sam digs up Den's body as Sharon and Dennis become marital to each other.

*2004: Billy Mitchell blows up Angie's Den but also rescues Vicki Fowler from the fire. On Christmas Day, Den orders Zoe Slater to fake a pregnancy with Dennis's child to stop him leaving with his adoptive daughter, Sharon. He admits that he doesn't truly love Vicki, and as a result, both of his daughters go to America.

*2005: In a bid to cover up Zoe's 'pregnancy', they sleep together to make her pregnant to keep up with the pretence of their child. Dennis catches them in bed, tells Chrissie (who keeps the information to herself) and tracks down Sharon. Zoe aborts Den's child, and she, Chrissie and Sam Hunter all confront Den in The Vic. Den confesses to everything, unaware that the only person he truly loved, his adoptive daughter, Sharon, is hiding in the other side of the pub. She appears, tells him that her father died a long time ago and flees. An enraged Den attacks Chrissie for taking awaythe one precious thing he had. Zoe hits Den over the head with an iron doorstop to protect Chrissie. She and Sam exit the room and Den grabs Chrissie's leg. She picks up the doorstop and delivers a fatal blow (secretly watched by Sam), but allows Zoe to believe that she killed him. Sam wants The Vic back or she'll blow Chrissie's cover, and after a few months, she tells Zoe that Chrissie murdered Den. Zoe leaves for Spain, and Sam smashes up Den's grave and his body is discovered, with the intention of serving Chrissie her just deserts. This backfires, and Chrissie frames Sam, who is currently in prison.