| EastEnders (2014) | |
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| No. of episodes | 206 (+1 supplemental) |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One BBC Two (5 episodes) |
| Original release | 1 January – 30 December 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
EastEnders is a British soap opera, examining the domestic and professional lives of working class people who live in the fictitious London Borough of Walford in the East End of London. The show airs on BBC One and entered its 29th broadcasted year on 1 January 2014 with its 4775th episode, with Dominic Treadwell-Collins continuing his role as executive producer for his first full year in the running. In 2014, EastEnders ran for 209 episodes. On the typical week, EastEnders airs four half-hour episodes across each weekday except Wednesday, in a time slot of 8.00 pm on Mondays and Fridays, and an earlier time of 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Five episodes in July that were broadcast on BBC Two due to coverage of the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Storylines included the murder of Carl White (Daniel Coonan) who was killed by Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), Johnny Carter (Sam Strike) coming out as gay, Cindy Williams' (Mimi Keene) teenage pregnancy, Carol Jackson's (Lindsey Coulson) breast cancer, Charlie and Nick Cotton's (Declan Bennett and John Altman) plot to fake Nick's death, the murder of Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater), Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) being revealed as Mick Carter's (Danny Dyer) mother, Stan Carter (Timothy West) and Cora Cross' (Ann Mitchell) relationship, Sharon Mitchell's (Letitia Dean) plot to take down her husband Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden), Aleks Shirovs' (Kristian Kiehling) secret family, Patrick Trueman's (Rudolph Walker) stroke, Alfie Moon's (Shane Richie) arson, Tosh Mackintosh's (Rebecca Scroggs) domestic abuse of Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), and Linda Carter's (Kellie Bright) rape at the hands of Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo).
Characters that were introduced in 2014 included Nancy Carter (Maddy Hill), Aleks Shirovs, Stan Carter, Babe Smith (Annette Badland), Tosh Mackintosh, Charlie Cotton, Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard), Donna Yates (Lisa Hammond), Pam Coker (Lin Blakley), Emma Summerhayes (Anna Acton), Cameron Bryant (Glen Wallace), Yvonne Cotton (Pauline McLynn), Ineta Shirovs (Octavia Alexandru; Gledisa Osmani), Elaine Peacock (Maria Friedman), Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami), Andrew "Buster" Briggs (Karl Howman), and Sylvie Carter (Linda Marlowe). Busted singer, Matt Willis guest starred in February as Luke Riley. Cast returning in a regular or recurring capacity in 2014 included Laurie Brett as Jane Beale, Natalie Cassidy as Sonia Fowler, Lacey Turner as Stacey Branning, four years after her exit, Matt Di Angelo as Dean Wicks, six years after his exit, Roger Sloman as Les Coker, Alison Newman as DI Samantha Keeble, and John Altman.
Cast returning for a guest stint included Emma Barton as Honey Mitchell, Belinda Owusu as Libby Fox, John Partridge as Christian Clarke, Nicola Cowper as Gina Williams, seven years since her last appearance, Tanya Franks as Rainie Cross, Nicholas Bailey as Anthony Trueman, who appeared regularly between 2000 and 2003, Neil McDermott as Ryan Malloy, and Gillian Wright and Tony O'Callaghan as Jean Slater and Ollie Walters, less than a year since their exit. Characters that returned in 2014 with new actors were Shabnam Masood, now played by Rakhee Thakrar, Rebecca Fowler, now played by Jasmine Armfield, Lily Branning, now played by Aine Garvey, Ben Mitchell, now played by Harry Reid, and Martin Fowler, now played by James Bye. Amy Mitchell, Bobby Beale and Ineta Shirovs were recast during the year to Abbie Knowles, Elliot Carrington and Gledisa Osmani respectively. Characters that left the series in 2014 included Carl White, Kirsty Branning (Kierston Wareing), AJ Ahmed (Phaldut Sharma), Sadie Young (Kate Magowan), Poppy Meadow (Rachel Bright), Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), Danny Pennant (Gary Lucy), Lucy Beale, David Wicks (Michael French), Jake Stone (Jamie Lomas), Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Terry Spraggan (Terry Alderton), Tiffany Butcher (Maisie Smith), Morgan Butcher (Devon Higgs), TJ Spraggan (George Sargeant), Rosie Spraggan (Jerzey Swingler), Tosh Mackintosh, and Johnny Carter.