Ritchie Stringer | |
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EastEnders character | |
Portrayed by | Gareth Hunt |
First appearance | Episode 2095 10 April 2001 |
Last appearance | Episode 2096 12 April 2001 |
Classification | Former; guest |
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Occupation | Gangster |
Donna Andrews | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Alison Senior (2001) Paula Jennings (2001–2002) |
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Duration | 2001–2002 | ||
First appearance | Episode 2101 24 April 2001 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2409 8 November 2002 |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||
Profile | |||
Occupation | Mistress | ||
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Sons | Sean Andrews |
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Harry Slater | |||||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | Michael Elphick | ||||||||||||||
First appearance | Episode 2105 3 May 2001 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2179 4 October 2001 |
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Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||
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Occupation | Bar owner | ||||||||||||||
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Father | Frederick Slater |
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Mother | Mary Slater |
Brothers | Charlie Slater |
Sisters | Violet Slater |
Sons | Luke |
Daughters | Zoe Slater |
Nieces |
Lynne Hobbs Kat Moon Little Mo Mitchell Belinda Peacock |
Gary Bolton | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Bruce Byron | ||
First appearance | Episode 2109 14 May 2001 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2134 10 July 2001 |
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Classification | Former; recurring | ||
Profile | |||
Occupation | Builder | ||
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Sons |
Kevin Bolton Robbie Jackson |
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Margaret Walker | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Susan George | ||
First appearance | Episode 2121 11 June 2001 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2156 24 August 2001 |
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Classification | Former; guest | ||
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Brothers | David Walker |
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Angel Hudson | |||
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EastEnders character | |||
Portrayed by | Goldie | ||
Duration | 2001–2002 | ||
First appearance | Episode 2125 19 June 2001 |
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Last appearance | Episode 2345 19 July 2002 |
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Classification | Former; regular | ||
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Occupation | Gangster | ||
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The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2001, by order of appearance. Many were introduced by the show's executive producer, John Yorke.
Detective Chief Inspector Jill Marsden is played by Sophie Stanton. She makes her first appearance on 5 March 2001, when she investigates who shot Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) which is part of the whodunit storyline, Who Shot Phil?. She returns in 2002 and 2003, and returns again in 2009 for another whodunit storyline, Who Killed Archie? and returns again on 5 January 2012 for her third whodunnit storyline, 'Who's Stalking Phil?'.
When brought back in 2009, Marsden feelings are further explored in a segment of the BBC EastEnders homepage entitled 'Marsden's Video Diaries', documenting the character's thoughts on the storyline she is involved in. Marsden's relationship with Phil has been explored since her first appearance, the BBC describing their relationship as "romance in negative" and "Her ultimate dream is that some day she'll get [Phil]… behind bars."
Ritchie Stringer, played by Gareth Hunt, is a gang boss who knows Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). Phil contacts him in April 2001 to call in a few favours. Ritchie and Phil have a mutual acquaintance, Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass). Phil asks Ritchie to help him frame Dan. Dan had worked for Ritchie in the past, and so he does not suspect anything untoward when Ritchie provides him with a gun to do a raid on Phil. However it is all part of Phil's plan, and Dan is caught by the police in the middle of the armed robbery. It transpires that the gun Ritchie had given Dan is the same gun that Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin) had used to shoot Phil earlier that year. Dan is blamed for the shooting.