List of EastEnders characters (2000)
Character Date ( s ) Actor Circumstances
Dr. Coucher 17 January 2000 - 24 January 2003 Philip Brook
Ralph Clemens 31 January - 1 February Nick Lumley A man who wants to buy Terry and Irene Raymond 's recently purchased Triumph car . Terry originally refuses to sell it for £ 1250 , but Ralph then buys the car for £2500
Will Harper 31 January - 1 February Douglas Fielding A private investigator hired by Steve Owen to find out who is terrorising him by slashing his tyres , covering his flat in red paint and vandalising his nightclub , e20 . The culprit turns out to be Matthew Rose , but he gets to Steve before Harper figures this out
Mr Hargrove 27 July Unknown An Insurance Assessor who Terry Raymond ( Gavin Richards ) invites to the First Til Last shop to assess the amount of money he will be able to claim
Adam Cherry 18 September Michael Fenton Stevens The vicar who conducts Ethel Skinner 's funeral
James Stocksbridge 21 September Peter Hamilton-Dyer Ian Beale 's solicitor when he is declared bankrupt . He also mentions to Sandra di Marco that he had worked with Ian to win custody of his children , Steven , Peter and Lucy , as Sandra wants to gain custody of her son Joe from her ex-husband Beppe
John Charrington 13 November - 14 December Jeremy Gittins Ian Beale 's accountant . He advises Ian not to invest in the construction of flats in Walford , a piece of advice Ian ignores , which leads to him eventually being declared bankrupt
Helen Graham 16 November Daisy Beaumont An employee of the housing association interested in buying the flats Ian Beale is having built , until he is declared bankrupt
Others
The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 2000, by order of first appearance. All characters were introduced by Matthew Robinson, or his successor, John Yorke. The first character to be introduced was Sandra di Marco (Clare Wilkie), the estranged wife of Beppe di Marco (Michael Greco). Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman), a love interest for Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), and Sophie Braddock (Hayley Angel Wardle), a new teenage character, were introduced in February, whereas Maureen Carter (Diana Coupland), the aunt of Irene Raymond (Roberta Taylor), and Rod Morris (Forbes Masson), the tutor of Nicky di Marco (Carly Hillman), were introduced for guest stints in May. Barbara Owen (Sheila Hancock), Steve Owen (Martin Kemp) and Jackie Owen's (Race Davies) mother, and Fiona Morris (Ashley Jensen), Rod's wife, made their first appearance in July, and Jack Robbins (Chook Sibtain), Sandra's former lover, debuted in August. The Slater family - Charlie Slater (Derek Martin), Mo Harris (Laila Morse), Lynne Slater (Elaine Lordan), Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves), Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), Little Mo Morgan (Kacey Ainsworth) and Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) - as well as Danny Harrison (Eddie Osei), a building contractor, Eddie Skinner (Richard Vanstone), the nephew of Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin), and Kevin (Daniel Mays), Kat's former boyfriend, were introduced in September. Kerry Skinner, the daughter of Eddie, Bex Fowler, the newborn daughter of Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy) and Martin Fowler (James Alexandrou), Ameena Badawi (Shobna Gulati), a social worker, made their first appearance in October. Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner-Carter) and Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey) were introduced in November and December respectively as the start of a new black family, the Truemans, while Trevor Morgan (Alex Ferns), the abusive husband of Little Mo, made his first appearance in late December.