Which character should have been used a lot more in the last 12 months?

For me it's Johnny, I don't know why they bothered bringing him back as they've done diddly squat with the character.

Lauren Branning.....

I wish they hadn't brought her back. The less Branning's in the show the better

Shirley hasn't had much to do for ages. We didn't even see much reaction when Buster disappeared.

I agree with the posters above that Johnny has been very underused and Lauren's return has been pretty pointless too.

Shirley has had a low key year.

It would be nice to see Donna given a story.

Steven, Johnny and Shirley have all had a relatively quiet year but I suspect that will change with the exits, and Linda disappearing for a while.

Max Branning...no contest

I agree, I love Donna. She has a very droll sense of humour like myself. I approve of her and I think Lisa is a decent actress.

Johnny and Steven.

Shirley

More like most overused, a couple of episodes a year for him is a few too many

Yes, I think Lisa is capable of a lot more than she's been given. I really appreciate the droll humour too.

Yes I agree and it's scandalous that the likes of Jack and Roxy have had a significant presence if not at Max's expense.

The last significant storyline she had was the ludicrous pregnancy one. Think she's far better than that rubbish.

I think the pregnancy storyline had the potential to be a good one but it was ruined by the ridiculous decision to have Donna fixate on Vincent as the baby daddy, and by DTC's goldfish attention span. The idea of a disabled woman trying to bring up a baby on her own, and society's perceptions of that, could have given Donna some excellent material but they screwed it up. A shame.

I'd actually add Patrick. Rudolph's a quality, versatile actor and Patrick's probably the patriarch of Walford. No other male role models in a place of crooks and those who can't keep it in their pants.

A sound, decent bloke with a devilish sense of humour. Really shone with the stroke storyline and looks like he could have another one as a focal point for another health or personal issue which may come when Denise gives birth. Would like to see him deal with a bereavement or someone close to him having a terminal illness.

God that sounds too depressing doesn't it?

EE - Johnny Carter

CS - Rana

ED - Leyla

HO - Neeta

Not been watching the others as long.

He takes too much sympothy for Dot. She is an evil homophobic serial killer!

Totally agree with you Elly. Looked to me that DTC was just trying to get headlines as with Kyle as a trangender without trying to expand the character out by giving an evolving and substantial plot. Really detested that lsuperficiality and almost destroying a character's persona at the extent of the more mainstream characters.

MyLauren. As underused as she is over-clothed.

She's swapping the droopy mouth expression with Linda, hope she can manage ownership when the doll from the Vic leaves the show albeit temporaraily.

Kim and Jay

I felt the same way. There's a lot of potential with Donna to tell conventional stories in a different way but they really cheapened what could have been strong material before dropping it altogether.

I agree with those already mentioned. I'd like Stacey and Martin to get a proper s/l. Ditto Kush and Vincent. There seem to be a lot of characters that just float around to make up the numbers.