Hi everyone, it's the start of a new year which means it's time to start a new count
hopefully you'll join me throughout the year, too see who appears in the most episodes. The thread will be updated weekly.

EE character count 2011: The Top 20

to view the rest of last year's count, click on the link below
ee character count 2011

Top appearances per month:
January: Alfie(14)

February: Janine(14)

March: Heather(12)

April: Jack & Dot (12)

May: Jack & Ian (13)

June: Tanya & Eddie (12)

July: Tanya (13)

August:Tanya, Vanessa & Alfie (11)

September: Eddie (14)

October: Christian (15)

November: Shirley (12)

December: Zainab (16)

happy new year to all

The first update of the year

EE character appearance count(up to and including 6th Jan.)
no. of episodes aired:5

005 episodes: David Wicks & Carol Jackson

004 episodes: Bianca Butcher, Ricky Butcher, Tiffany Butcher, Phil Mitchell, Patrick Trueman, Alfie Moon, Denise Fox & Syed Masood

003 episodes: Derek Branning, Janine Butcher, Liam Butcher, Shirley Carter, Ben Mitchell, Kat Moon, Amira Masood, Jay Mitchell & Christian Clarke

002 episodes: Ian Beale, Michael Moon, Mandy Salter, Dot Branning, Whitney Dean, Morgan Butcher, Jean Slater, Anthony Moon, Zainab Masood, Masood Ahmed, Roxy Mitchell & DCI Marsden

001 episode: Tanya Jessop, Max Branning, Lauren Branning, Tyler Moon, Mo Harris, Norman Simmonds, Billy Mitchell, Tamwar Masood, Afia Masood, Jane Beale, Qadim Shah, Kim Fox, Heather Trott & Andrew Cotton

Yet to appear:
Jack Branning, Fatboy, Abi Branning, Lola Pearce, Cora Cross, Rose Cotton, Bobby Beale & Shenice Quinn

Departed characters:
001 episode: Pat Evans

Wow, Carol and David are leading!

UPDATED
sorry there were 3 mistakes in the 1st cast list of the year

EE character appearance count(up to and including 6th Jan.)
no. of episodes aired:5

005 episodes: David Wicks & Carol Jackson

004 episodes: Bianca Butcher, Ricky Butcher, Tiffany Butcher, Phil Mitchell, Patrick Trueman, Alfie Moon, Denise Fox & Syed Masood

003 episodes: Derek Branning, Janine Butcher, Liam Butcher, Shirley Carter, Ben Mitchell, Kat Moon, Amira Masood, Jay Mitchell & Christian Clarke

002 episodes: Ian Beale, Michael Moon, Mandy Salter, Dot Branning, Whitney Dean, Morgan Butcher, Jean Slater, Anthony Moon, Zainab Masood, Masood Ahmed, Roxy Mitchell & DCI Marsden

001 episode: Tanya Jessop, Max Branning, Lauren Branning, Tyler Moon, Mo Harris, Norman Simmonds, Billy Mitchell, Tamwar Masood, Afia Masood, Jane Beale, Qadim Shah, Kim Fox, Heather Trott, Andrew Cotton, Cora Cross, Abi Branning & Fatboy

Yet to appear:
Jack Branning, Lola Pearce, Rose Cotton, Bobby Beale & Shenice Quinn

Departed characters:
001 episode: Pat Evans

Thanks for that - very interesting

Dullag, when are you next going to update your character count? It's very good!

Is there a duff duff count?

I'm sorry I'm really busy this weekend, next update will be on Wednesday


I think there is on Walford Web, you could start one if you want

Are you continuing this, as non-members of Walford Web can't view posts/threads now.

Technically, Tiffany's been in every episode as well. Her voice was heard in the third episode of the year calling down to Carol, but she wasn't seen or credited...

EE character appearance count(up to and including 12th Jan.)
no. of episodes aired: 8

008 episodes: David Wicks & Carol Jackson

007 episodes: Bianca Butcher

006 episodes: Derek Branning & Tiffany Butcher

005 episodes: Ricky Butcher, Denise Fox, Patrick Trueman, Liam Butcher, Janine Butcher, Whitney Dean & Morgan Butcher

004 episodes: Phil Mitchell, Alfie Moon, Syed Masood & Michael Moon

003 episodes: Shirley Carter, Ben Mitchell, Kat Moon, Amira Masood, Jay Mitchell, Christian Clarke, Ian Beale, Mandy Salter, Zainab Masood, Anthony Moon, Roxy Mitchell, Tyler Moon, Lauren Branning & Cora Cross

002 episodes: Dot Branning, Jean Slater, Masood Ahmed, DCI Marsden, Tanya Jessop, Max Branning, Jane Beale, Fatboy, Heather Trott & Andrew Cotton

001 episode: Mo Harris, Norman Simmonds, Billy Mitchell, Tamwar Masood, Afia Masood, Qadim Shah, Kim Fox, Abi Branning, Ray Dixon, Lucy Beale & Jack Branning

Yet to appear:
Lola Pearce, Rose Cotton, Bobby Beale & Shenice Quinn

Departed characters:
001 episode: Pat Evans

Friday's cast list is wrong so I couldn't update any further...

Wow hope Carol keeps it up!

EE character appearance count(up to and including 13th Jan.)
no. of episodes aired: 9
009 episodes: Carol Jackson

008 episodes: Bianca Butcher

007 episodes: Derek Branning & Tiffany Butcher

006 episodes: Ricky Butcher, Denise Fox, Patrick Trueman, Liam Butcher, Janine Butcher, Whitney Dean & Morgan Butcher

005 episodes: Phil Mitchell, Alfie Moon & Michael Moon

004 episodes: Syed Masood, Shirley Carter, Ben Mitchell, Kat Moon, Jay Mitchell, Ian Beale, Mandy Salter, Zainab Masood, Roxy Mitchell, Tyler Moon, Lauren Branning & Cora Cross

003 episodes: Amira Masood, Christian Clarke, Anthony Moon, Dot Branning, Jean Slater, Masood Ahmed, Tanya Jessop, Max Branning, Jane Beale, Fatboy & Heather Trott

002 episodes: DCI Marsden, Andrew Cotton, Mo Harris, Billy Mitchell, Kim Fox, Abi Branning, Lucy Beale & Jack Branning

001 episode: Tamwar Masood, Afia Masood, Ray Dixon, Lola Pearce & Rose Cotton

Yet to appear:
Bobby Beale & Shenice Quinn

Recurring characters:
001 episode: Norman Simmonds, Qadim Shah & Reverend Stevens

Departed characters:
009 episodes: David Wicks
001 episode: Pat Evans & Simon Wicks

big update after last night's episode which featured 42 regulars and a return of a well known face

Looking at the cast lists, it looks like Bianca is going to overtake Carol at the top!

Derek Branning = 7 episodes too many!

Well put

only 1 episode of Derek this week, Jayma

EE character appearance count(up to and including 20th Jan.)
no. of episodes aired: 13
012 episodes: Bianca Butcher

011 episodes: Carol Jackson & Tiffany Butcher

010 episodes: Whitney Dean & Morgan Butcher

009 episodes: Liam Butcher

008 episodes: Derek Branning, Ricky Butcher, Lauren Branning, Phil Mitchell & Patrick Trueman

007 episodes: Cora Cross, Denise Fox, Janine Butcher, Jay Mitchell, Tanya Jessop, Jane Beale, Zainab Masood & Ben Mitchell

006 episodes: Alfie Moon, Shirley Carter, Ian Beale, Mandy Salter & Lucy Beale

005 episodes: Michael Moon, Max Branning, DCI Marsden, Masood Ahmed & Abi Branning

004 episodes: Syed Masood, Kat Moon, Roxy Mitchell, Tyler Moon, Fatboy, Heather Trott, Dot Branning, Tamwar Masood, Afia Masood & Amira Masood

003 episodes: Christian Clarke, Anthony Moon, Jean Slater, Mo Harris, Andrew Cotton & Kim Fox

002 episodes: Billy Mitchell, Jack Branning, Ray Dixon, Lola Pearce & Rose Cotton

001 episode: Bobby Beale

Yet to appear:
Shenice Quinn

Recurring characters:
001 episode: Norman Simmonds, Qadim Shah & Reverend Stevens

Departed characters:
009 episodes: David Wicks
001 episode: Pat Evans & Simon Wicks


Bianca leads the way with 6 January episodes left

RE: The 13/01/12 episode.

Roxy Mitchell didn't actually make an appearance. I know she was credited as in the episode but I've watched it twice and she's not in it. I know many, many characters didn't get any lines (Zainab, Masood, Denise, Kim, Patrick, Phil, Shirley, Ben, Jay, Heather... the list goes on) but you could see them all hanging around in the background, and a few close ups so they were physically in the episode and therefore, made an appearance. Roxy, on the other hand, is no where to be seen. There's two scenes where it 'may' be her, but it's impossible to tell due to other cast members 'blocking' her, and therefore you can only see blonde hair.

Ok, I just realised I'm taking this far too seriously...

Who's betting Derek will be at the top of this year's list?

Zainab may have appeared in 16 more episodes than Syed in general but the difference in actual screentime feels even wider - thanks to her loooooong storyline with Yusef.

thanks for that, I know what you're saying but it's impossible to tell if she was at the church or not, I only spotted Rose at the back of the Vic, everyone else who was credited was in it so I'll assume she was there somewhere
I had to watch the ep. twice because I was too busy checking who was there


I think Derek will definetly be in the top 10 but I don't know if he'll win it

I'm actually glad Alfie + Kat have had a slow start to the year, as much as I love them (yes, I said it) I want a different character to top the chart. I'd like either Bianca or Carol but I don't think it will happen. I hope Derek doesn't top the chart either but who knows, normally whoever has a strong month in January do reasonably well and end up in the top 5 (if they don't depart)

Only 5 eps of Michael

Thanks for the count

I really hope Alfie, Kat and Jack don't score high this year. I can only take so much of each of them. Hopefully they'll be axed by the end of the year though

Lucy's doing well considering she only just arrived.

Hope Bianca or Denise comes top this year

Aye, since the credits were correct for everyone else, it's hard to judge whether Roxy being in the credits was a mistake or not since lots of other characters were just background characters for the episode - but at least we got confirmation on those characters by actually seeing their faces and not just a piece of hair

There's a Corrie and an Eastenders Character Count so I thought it's high time we had one for Emmerdale too...



After week 1:-



6 Episodes:

+ Cain Dingle
+ Chastity Dingle



5 Episodes:

+ Debbie Dingle
+ Jimmy King
+ Jai Sharma
+ Charity Tate


4 Episodes:

+ Rodney Blackstock
+ Sam Dingle
+ Zak Dingle
+ Nicola King
+ Aaron Livesy
+ Nikhil Sharma
+ Ashley Thomas
+ Laurel Thomas


3 Episodes:

+ Edna Birch
+ Belle Dingle
+ Lisa Dingle
+ Angelica King
+ Carl King
+ Arthur Thomas
+ Gabrielle Thomas
+ Sandy Thomas


2 Episodes:

+ John Barton
+ Marlon Dingle
+ Sarah Dingle
+ Lizzie Lakely
+ Declan Macey
+ David Metcalfe
+ Hazel Rhodes
+ Rishi Sharma
+ Diane Sugden
+ Katie Sugden
+ Noah Tate
+ Jude


1 Episode:

+ Adam Barton
+ Detective Inspector Fletcher
+ Jacob Gallagher
+ Rhona Goskirk
+ Paddy Kirk
+ Alex Moss
+ Cameron Murray
+ Eric Pollard
+ Val Pollard
+ Sean Spencer
+ Victoria Sugden
+ Genesis Walker
+ Amy Wyatt


0 Episodes:
+ Hannah Barton
+ Holly Barton
+ Moira Barton
+ Rachel Breckle
+ Samson Dingle
+ Betty Eagleton
+ Alicia Gallagher
+ Leo Goskirk
+ Ruby Haswell
+ Bob Hope
+ Cathy Hope
+ Heath Hope
+ Pearl Ladderbanks
+ Georgia Sharma
+ Priya Sharma
+ Ali Spencer
+ Amelia Spencer
+ Andy Sugden
+ Alan Turner
+ Brenda Walker