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The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which aired in 2008 (in order of first appearance). All characters were introduced by executive producer Diederick Santer, who introduced four characters in January: Mr. Lister (Nick Wilton), a new market inspector; Christian Clarke (John Partridge), the brother of Jane Beale (Laurie Brett); and two members of the Branning family, Selina (Daisy Beaumont) and Penny (Mia McKenna-Bruce). In March, he introduced Jalil Iqbal (Jan Uddin), a new love interest for Shabnam Masood (Zahra Ahmadi). In April, he introduced Ricky Butcher's (Sid Owen) fiancée, Melinda (Siobhan Hayes), as well as Bianca Jackson's (Patsy Palmer) children, Whitney (Shona McGarty), Morgan (Devon Higgs) and Tiffany (Maisie Smith). In April, he also introduced Denise Fox's (Diane Parish) ex-husband, Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet), and Opal Smith (Rustie Lee), the aunt of Gus (Mohammed George) and Juley Smith (Joseph Kpobie). In May, he extended the Johnson family and introduced Lucas's son, Jordan (Michael-Joel David Stuart), as well as introducing Brenda Boyle (Carmel Cryan), a new love interest for Charlie Slater (Derek Martin). In July, he introduced two members of the Mitchell family: Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) and Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace). In August, he introduced Callum Monks (Elliott Jordan), the son of Vinnie (Bobby Davro), and in September Tony King (Chris Coghill) was introduced as the partner of Bianca. Poppy Merritt (Amy Darcy) was also introduced as the new GP of Walford. November saw the only birth of the year, Amy Mitchell, the child of Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) and Jack Branning (Scott Maslen). The final introduction of the year was Dotty (Molly Conlin), Nick Cotton's (John Altman) daughter, in December.