List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2003
Kate goes to the Mitchell's house wearing a wire, and hears Phil's confession that he had mentally abused Lisa into handing over Louise, leaving her in Portugal.
Price and Marsden later appear in November 2003, when Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) and his son Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) set Phil up for armed robbery; this time they are successful in convicting him, keeping him in custody until his case collapses in 2005.
Dennis Rickman, played by Nigel Harman, is introduced as the hardman successor to the character of Steve Owen (Martin Kemp), who was killed off in the series in 2002.
It was announced on 25 February 2008 that the characters of Mickey and his stepfather Keith (David Spinx) had been axed by EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer.
Shirley asks if Vicki Fowler (Scarlett Alice Johnson) is old enough to gamble and her half-brother Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) vouches for her.
He first appears in EastEnders in May 2003, although the events surrounding the apparent death of the character Den Watts (Leslie Grantham), who was supposedly murdered in February 1989 were then retconned to include him.
Strokes had a rival bar in the form of The Dagmar, fronted by James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde), who went on to rape his employee Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) – the wife of Den's best friend Pete (Peter Dean).
However, he managed to outrun them in his friend's car and handed himself into the police; Den was then held under remand in custody on an arson charge until he appeared in court the following February.
This is first evident when he first appears onscreen at his nightclub, the Imperial Room, and receives a visit from Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) – the local hardman of Albert Square, a community from East London and its fictionalised borough: Walford.
Dalton's death would later be avenged at the end of 2005, when Dennis is murdered by Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) on the orders of his crime boss Johnny Allen (Billy Murray), who himself had killed Dalton's representative Andy Hunter (Michael Higgs) nearly a year before; ironically, Andy died on the same night Den was ultimately killed by his wife Chrissie (Tracy-Ann Oberman).
When he first arrives in Albert Square, he claims to be a widower, talking about his wife, Pushpa (Madhur Jaffrey) as being dead, both to the neighbours and his children, but they have merely separated after she had an affair.
Dan disappears suddenly and clears out the family's bank account, and it is later revealed that Tariq Larousi (Nabil Elouahabi) is his illegitimate son.
Ash Ferreira, played by Raji James, is the eldest son of Dan (Dalip Tahil) and brother of Adi (Ameet Chana), Ronny (Ray Panthaki) and Kareena (Pooja Shah).
Adi Ferreira, played by Ameet Chana, is the brother of Ash (Raji James), Ronny (Ray Panthaki) and Kareena (Pooja Shah).
Adi runs a clothes stall on the market with his sister, and spends a lot of time trying to impress his father, Dan (Dalip Tahil) but fails.
Ronny Ferreira, played by Ray Panthaki, is the brother of Ash (Raji James), Adi (Ameet Chana) and Kareena (Pooja Shah).
She has a relationship with Mickey Miller (Joe Swash), but problems arise when Juley Smith (Joseph Kpobie) gives Kareena cocaine and she is seduced by him.
Andy Hunter, played by Michael Higgs, is a mobster who originally as representative of The Firm – though he later takes control of the organization following the murder of its leader and his gangland boss, Jack Dalton (Hywel Bennett).
He has a relationship with local resident Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), but she leaves him at their wedding ceremony to be with his love rival – Alfie Moon (Shane Richie).
Ironically, Andy died on the same night that his frenemy Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) is murdered by his wife Chrissie (Tracy-Ann Oberman).
Soon afterwards, Andy's death is discovered by his friend and Dalton's killer Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman) – which prompts Johnny to have him assassinated by his employee Danny Moon (Jake Maskall).
She is initially shown as Adi Ferreira's (Ameet Chana) escort friend in 2003, whom he hires to pretend to be his girlfriend at a wedding to impress his father, Dan (Dalip Tahil).
Originally a guest character, executive producer Louise Berridge opted to bring her back the following year, offering actress Jemma Walker a 6-month contract.
Graham Foster, played by Alex McSweeney, first appears as a customer in The Queen Victoria public house and befriends barmaid Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth).
His return involves a storyline that sees Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) learn who his real father is, a story that McSweeney was excited to be part of and thought was important to tell.
Little Mo's father, Charlie Slater (Derek Martin) subsequently assaults Graham, resulting in three months imprisonment and a suspension of his taxi license.
Graham then sues Charlie for compensation, which is paid by Little Mo's sister Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) and her husband, Alfie (Shane Richie).
When Little Mo witnesses Graham verbally abusing Deirdre, she feels sorry for her, while explaining that it reminds her of how her late ex husband Trevor Morgan (Alex Ferns) spoke to her.
Edwin goads Jim into one final match, which his wife Dot Branning (June Brown) and granddaughter Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy) advise him against.
In 2017, Inside Soap said that Edwin's storyline was "a bit of light-hearted fun in the drama-packed run up to EastEnders' Christmas" and said it was "nice" to see Moody in action.
