List of minor EastEnders characters (1998)

The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" in 1998, by order of first appearance.

Hayley Edwards

Infobox EastEnders character 3


character_name=Hayley Edwards
actor_name=Karin Diamond
years=1998
appeared=26 February 1998
brothers=Huw Edwards
home = Wales

Hayley Edwards was the sister of Huw, who tried to contact her brother in February 1998 to tell him that their father had died. She left messages with Huw's friend Lenny Wallace, but Huw denied knowing anyone called Hayley (he had fallen out with his family when he was caught in bed with his fiancée's sister). She then arrived in Walford to persuade him to attend the funeral, but he flatly refused until the last minute, when he took the train home to Wales with her.

Eliot Saunders

Infobox EastEnders character 3


character_name=Eliot Saunders
actor_name=Lawrence Lambert
years=1998
first=
last=
status = Divorced
wife=Julie Haye
sons=Josh Saunders

Eliot Saunders was the father of Josh Saunders and ex-husband of Julie Haye. He was angry about Julie taking Josh to live in Scotland, and insisted that Josh have his Bar Mitzvah before he left, or he and his family would not support Josh in his life. Josh went through with the Bar Mitzvah.

Gina Williams

Infobox EastEnders character 3


character_name=Gina Williams
actor_name=Nicola Cowper
years=1998, 1999, 2007
first=10 November 1998
last=25 September 2007
home=Devon
status=Single
father=Tom Williams
mother=Bev Williams
sisters=Cindy Beale
nephews=Steven Beale
Peter Beale
nieces=Lucy Beale
Cindy Williams
aunts=Pam

Gina Williams is the sister of Cindy Beale, who first appeared for Cindy's funeral in 1998. She refused to let Cindy's ex-husband Ian have custody of Cindy's newborn daughter, Cindy Jr., whose father was Nick Holland. Gina and Ian later reminisced about Cindy and kissed. She then revealed that she couldn't have children, and Ian decided to let her care for Cindy Jr. Ian later visited Gina to see the eclipse in 1999, and she nearly kissed him again, but was interrupted by Melanie Healy, who later proposed to Ian.

Gina was seen again in September 2007. Ian went to visit her as he suspected that she had been harassing him—pretending to be his deceased wife Cindy and sending malicious emails and packages. He entered her house without permission and was shocked to see that Gina had made a shrine to Cindy on her living room wall. When Gina appeared, she was initially hostile to Ian—she greeted him with a shotgun—but she then assured him that both she and her dead sister had now put the past behind them. Ian was disturbed when Gina confessed that she regularly conversed with her dead sister and that Cindy had even informed her to expect Ian's visit. When Ian accused Gina of stalking him, she denied being responsible. Ian was not convinced, and told Gina that she needed to seek professional help.

Ian was later kidnapped by the real stalker, Cindy's son Steven Beale. Ian's wife Jane became frantic, and when Gina arrived in Walford to give Ian a photo of Cindy Jr., Jane accused Gina of terrorising Ian and they nearly came to blows.

askia Duncan

Infobox EastEnders character 3
character_name=Saskia Duncan


actor_name=Deborah Sheridan-Taylor
years=1998–1999
first=31 December 1998
last=15 February 1999
dod=14 February 1999
status=Deceased
sisters=Claudia Fielding

Saskia Duncan arrived in Walford as the obsessive ex-girlfriend of new e20 club owner Steve Owen in December 1998. It was clear that Steve was not happy to see her but Saskia continued to stalk him even though he constantly told her he didn't want her any more. When Steve started a relationship with Melanie Healy, Saskia tried to break them up by trying to seduce him. She succeeded when she and Steve ended up sleeping together one drunken night, but Steve made it clear it was a mistake. Even so, Saskia wouldn't listen.

She went too far one night on 14 February 1999, the launch night of e20, when she broke into Steve's club office. It was then revealed that she was pregnant with Steve's baby but had had it aborted when he didn't want it, so she blamed him for killing the baby. Steve told her to get out but she attacked him and tried to strangle him with his tie. Matthew Rose, who worked in the club as a DJ, came in and tried to get her off him but she pushed him away. Steve reached for the nearest object, an ashtray, and gave her a brutal blow to the head, killing her instantly. Steve and Matthew then buried her body in Epping Forest.

Saskia's disappearance was investigated by police, and her sister Claudia Fielding arrived and was suspicious that Steve had something to do with her disappearance. Matthew panicked that Claudia would find out about Saskia's death but Steve tried to keep him under control. The body was later discovered and both Steve and Matthew were arrested. In a cruel twist of fate, Matthew ended up being found guilty of her manslaughter when Steve pointed the finger of blame on him.

Matthew was eventually released after his conviction was quashed in December 1999 and got revenge on Steve by tying him to a chair and threatening to burn him alive, but later revealed it was all fake just to turn Steve into an emotional wreck, and left Albert Square.

Carrie Swann

Infobox EastEnders character


character_name=Carrie Swann
actor_name=Holly Atkins
years=1998, 1999
last=13 April 1999
status=In a relationship
home = Westcountry

Carrie Swann was an artist and friend of Teresa di Marco. She held an exhibition in the night café in 1998, and returned in 1999 when she started dating Huw Edwards. She moved to the West country, and Huw decided to leave Walford and live with her.

Richard Crowe

Infobox EastEnders character 3


character_name=Richard Crowe
actor_name=Simon Thomsen
years=1998, 1999
first=
last=
status=Married
occupation=Police officer
wife=Shirley Crowe|

Police Constable Richard Crowe was a police officer who first appeared as the community liaison officer at a community meeting organised by Ian Beale. He later appeared in 1999 to present Dot Cotton with an award, after she foiled an attempted burglary at the surgery. He noticed that Dot had (inadvertently) been making tea from cannabis, and arrested her.

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