EastEnders

Series 2

TV-PG
British television soap opera focusing on the everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough in England.
Where to Watch Series 2
105 Episodes
  • 02/01/1986
    E1
    02/01/19861986 in Walford starts with the Fowlers taking a trip to Southend to find Mark. On finding him, one of the first thing he and Michelle realise is they're both now parents.
  • 07/01/1986
    E2
    07/01/1986Den gets an early call from David in Ilford. Angie thinks it was Jan but is even more irritated when she learns that Den is up to his eyebrows in some dodgy goods again.
  • 09/01/1986
    E3
    09/01/1986Angie is at the Walford nick giving her statement about the car accident and they telephone Den since she says she took the car without permission. He lies and tell them that he gave her the car to use. Later Quick comes to the Vic and tells Den that as an accessory after the fact he'll be in trouble as well if he doesn't tell the truth. Den goes back to see the WPC and changes his story.
  • 14/01/1986
    E4
    14/01/1986Den and Kathy go to court with Angie leaving Debbie to take care of the pub lunches and Simon and Lofty to manage the bar. Debbie goes a bit overboard trying to fancy up the plates which go unappreciated by Arthur, Pete and the others. The case is delayed and Den returns in the late.
  • 16/01/1986
    E5
    16/01/1986Ali calls about the flat at 47B to arrange for a look. Sue is anxious to see it so it is agreed that they can see it the same day. Ali gets the key from Naima and they have a few embarrassing moments about what happened when Ali helped her move her things out. It seemed that they had sex in the empty flat.
  • 21/01/1986
    E6
    21/01/1986Two blokes have been in the shop flexing muscles and threatening violence if Naima doesn't cough up protection money, and the old Bill don't much seem to care.
  • 23/01/1986
    E7
    23/01/1986As Ali and Sue open the café before dawn, Beresford and Victor get out of their Merc and force their way in. Victor puts Ali's arm in a lock and Beresford calmly explains Mr Scanlon's scheme to provide the immigrants protection for £10 per week and tells them to think about it for 24 hours.
  • 28/01/1986
    E8
    28/01/1986Andy is surprised when Debbie brings Naima home followed by DS Quick who is lugging a Zed bed for the front room. He is quite upset when Debbie informs him that in order to help with the finances since she quit her job, she decided to take in a lodger.
  • 30/01/1986
    E9
    30/01/1986Beresford and Victor are waiting outside the café in Beresford's Mercedes when Ali and Sue open up. Victor goes in to collect the first weekly £10 protection money. Sue quickly gives him the money over Ali's protest. They then go to Tony's house and Beresford goes in. Tony laughs at his insurance scheme and hits him very hard in the stomach.
  • 04/02/1986
    E10
    04/02/1986Den closes the bar early after Jan appears with the news that her dad died. As soon as Angie realises who the new arrival is she shoots upstairs and sits in the darkened kitchen. With all the tension at the pub, Simon goes home with Lofty to spend the night while John Fisher sleeps on the sofa upstairs at the pub.
  • 06/02/1986
    E11
    06/02/1986Sharon comes downstairs to the bar and just stares at Jan who tries to explain how her situation with Den happened. Sharon doesn't say anything but listens rather sympathetically. When Jan decides it's time for her to leave she asks where she could freshen up. Sharon says upstairs and Jan smiles saying not "up there" (where Angie was). She asks about "down here" and Sharon motions toward the corner saying "but the water's cold".
  • 11/02/1986
    E12
    11/02/1986Lou tells Ethel that she gave Simon Albert's watch. Pauline overhears and is upset with Lou for giving the watch to Simon. Pauline claims it should have been given to her as she was the first born. Lou is taken back by this objection and says nothing.
  • 13/02/1986
    E13
    13/02/1986Some thugs show up in the Square looking for Simon. Angie hits up Dot for her sleeping pills to add to her collection. The café and shop are vandalised with red paint and most everyone including the postman pitch in to help clean up.
  • 18/02/1986
    E14
    18/02/1986Angie plumbs the depths of despair when Den tells her he's moving out. Wicksy's true motive for returning to the Square comes to light when he tries to con Pete into giving him a loan.
  • 20/02/1986
    E15
    20/02/1986Ethel puts posters around the square trying to find her missing little Willie. Angie sends her off early from her cleaning at the pub so she can look for him.
  • 25/02/1986
    E16
    25/02/1986Den returns early morning in a cab as Angie covers for him telling Sharon he is walking Roly. Sharon is in a bad mood and nasty to both of them. John Fisher comes by early on his day off to pick up the rest of his gear. He has been worried about Angie since the night before and probably wants to see that she is OK.
  • 27/02/1986
    E17
    27/02/1986Tony takes his laundry to the launderette and Dot tells him all about her date the night before with "a darky" who wined and dined her. Tony confronts her that he saw her in the "Burger Barn" last night on her own. He tells her to give up the dating stories before everyone finds out the truth and laughs at her. She says they do anyway but gets him to promise not to tell anyone.
  • 04/03/1986
    E18
    04/03/1986Angie's slumped over the kitchen table at the Vic full of gin and pills. Time's moving on and it's the small hours when Den finds her.
  • 06/03/1986
    E19
    06/03/1986Sharon tells Angie that she knows about the overdose. Andy helps Mary with her reading. Debbie accepts a date with DS Quick to go to a jazz club. Dot receives a visitor.
  • 11/03/1986
    E20
    11/03/1986'We were made for each other... you know that. Den and me. Made for each other. Whatever anybody says.'
  • 13/03/1986
    E21
    13/03/1986Kath's getting wind of Angie's suicide attempt and it's worrying her. It's her day to watch out for Angie and she's pampering her with hot soup and heart-to-hearts.
  • 18/03/1986
    E22
    18/03/1986Michelle begins to feel the pinch. She's feeling lonely and it's dawned on her that she's got the rest of her life and the baby to care for on her own.
  • 20/03/1986
    E23
    20/03/1986Tony and Lofty are beginning to galvanise the Square into making preparations for the carnival. Kelvin and Ian have been delegated costume dying - and things go badly wrong.
  • 25/03/1986
    E24
    25/03/1986In the Vic, the Melbourne Star promotion is in full swing. Lofty and Wicksy are fighting over customers and trying to spot the 'mystery guest' from the brewery.
  • 27/03/1986
    E25
    27/03/1986Den and Michelle have one of their rare but revealing heart-to-hearts. Den's surprised she's behaving like an immature kid over the birth of their baby.
  • 01/04/1986
    E26
    01/04/1986Carnival time in the Square and it goes with a real swing. Lofty's running round like a demented amateur director on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
  • 03/04/1986
    E27
    03/04/1986Hannah and Cassie stayed the night at Tony's after, Hannah's boyfriend hit Cassie once again and Tony gave him a smack.
  • 08/04/1986
    E28
    08/04/1986Kelvin tries to reason with Cassie that she needs to stop getting in the way all the time if she wants Hannah and Tony to get back to together.
  • 10/04/1986
    E29
    10/04/1986Sue starts to lose her rag with everyone treating the café like a doss house. Pete tells Arthur about Michelle asking Lofty to marry her and it doesn't go down well.
  • 15/04/1986
    E30
    15/04/1986Arthur tells Michelle that Lofty has no prospects but Pauline agrees to stand by Michelle's decision to marry him. Mary is back to her punk look and tells Andy she was never interested in him. Ethel reads Dot's fortune.
  • 17/04/1986
    E31
    17/04/1986Dot's in a state and hot on the trail of Ethel, who's been telling her fortune. Pauline chooses a new carpet but Lou doesn’t like the final choice. Lofty starts reading palms and takes all the business from Ethel.
  • 22/04/1986
    E32
    22/04/1986
  • 24/04/1986
    E33
    24/04/1986Lofty tells Michelle he is planning to become a traffic warden. Mary's propositioned on the street. Arthur is in demand for all kinds of jobs. Den turns into a Victorian parent when he finds Sharon and Ian necking on the sofa. Nick appears in Dot's life again.
  • 29/04/1986
    E34
    29/04/1986
  • 01/05/1986
    E35
    01/05/1986Angie tells Kathy about her affair with Andy - she doesn't take it well. Ali and Sue invite Mehmet and Guizin to the Vic to celebrate the pregnancy. An unknown person breaks into Ethel's.
  • 06/05/1986
    E36
    06/05/1986Naima is visited by Mr Gill from The Firm, who takes cash from her till. Mr Gill then goes to the Vic looking for Den but he is not there. DS Quick asks Nick for help finding information on a bank raid. Den catches Angie and Andy together.
  • 08/05/1986
    E37
    08/05/1986
  • 13/05/1986
    E38
    13/05/1986
  • 15/05/1986
    E39
    15/05/1986
  • 20/05/1986
    E40
    20/05/1986
  • 22/05/1986
    E41
    22/05/1986
  • 27/05/1986
    E42
    27/05/1986
  • 29/05/1986
    E43
    29/05/1986
  • 03/06/1986
    E44
    03/06/1986
  • 05/06/1986
    E45
    05/06/1986
  • 10/06/1986
    E46
    10/06/1986
  • 12/06/1986
    E47
    12/06/1986Pat arrives in Walford to a mixed reception. Pete and Kathy have a fight with her in the pub, while Wicksy is worried that she's purely out to cause trouble around Albert Square.
  • 17/06/1986
    E48
    17/06/1986Pat is intent on causing trouble for her ex-husband, Pete. So she tells Pauline exactly what she thinks of him, but Pauline loyal as ever and in defence of her brother, slaps Pat.
  • 19/06/1986
    E49
    19/06/1986
  • 24/06/1986
    E50
    24/06/1986
  • 26/06/1986
    E51
    26/06/1986
  • 01/07/1986
    E52
    01/07/1986
  • 03/07/1986
    E53
    03/07/1986
  • 08/07/1986
    E54
    08/07/1986
  • 10/07/1986
    E55
    10/07/1986
  • 15/07/1986
    E56
    15/07/1986
  • 17/07/1986
    E57
    17/07/1986
  • 22/07/1986
    E58
    22/07/1986
  • 24/07/1986
    E59
    24/07/1986
  • 29/07/1986
    E60
    29/07/1986
  • 31/07/1986
    E61
    31/07/1986
  • 05/08/1986
    E62
    05/08/1986
  • 07/08/1986
    E63
    07/08/1986
  • 12/08/1986
    E64
    12/08/1986
  • 14/08/1986
    E65
    14/08/1986
  • 19/08/1986
    E66
    19/08/1986
  • 21/08/1986
    E67
    21/08/1986
  • 26/08/1986
    E68
    26/08/1986
  • 28/08/1986
    E69
    28/08/1986
  • 02/09/1986
    E70
    02/09/1986
  • 04/09/1986
    E71
    04/09/1986
  • 09/09/1986
    E72
    09/09/1986
  • 11/09/1986
    E73
    11/09/1986
  • 16/09/1986
    E74
    16/09/1986
  • 18/09/1986
    E75
    18/09/1986
  • 23/09/1986
    E76
    23/09/1986
  • 25/09/1986
    E77
    25/09/1986
  • 30/09/1986
    E78
    30/09/1986
  • 02/10/1986
    E79
    02/10/1986
  • 07/10/1986
    E80
    07/10/1986
  • 09/10/1986
    E81
    09/10/1986
  • 14/10/1986
    E82
    14/10/1986
  • 16/10/1986
    E83
    16/10/1986
  • 21/10/1986
    E84
    21/10/1986
  • 23/10/1986
    E85
    23/10/1986
  • 28/10/1986
    E86
    28/10/1986
  • 30/10/1986
    E87
    30/10/1986
  • 04/11/1986
    E88
    04/11/1986
  • 06/11/1986
    E89
    06/11/1986
  • 07/11/1986
    E90
    07/11/1986
  • 13/11/1986
    E91
    13/11/1986
  • 18/11/1986
    E92
    18/11/1986
  • 20/11/1986
    E93
    20/11/1986
  • 25/11/1986
    E94
    25/11/1986
  • 27/11/1986
    E95
    27/11/1986
  • 02/12/1986
    E96
    02/12/1986
  • 04/12/1986
    E97
    04/12/1986
  • 09/12/1986
    E98
    09/12/1986
  • 11/12/1986
    E99
    11/12/1986
  • 16/12/1986
    E100
    16/12/1986
  • 18/12/1986
    E101
    18/12/1986
  • 23/12/1986
    E102
    23/12/1986
  • 25/12/1986 - Part 1
    E103
    25/12/1986 - Part 1Den hands Angie his divorce papers.
  • 25/12/1986 - Part 2
    E104
    25/12/1986 - Part 2
  • 30/12/1986
    E105
    30/12/1986
Cast of Series 2
  • Gillian TaylforthKathy
  • Anna WingLou Beale
  • Anita DobsonAngie Watts
  • Nej AdamsonAli Osman
  • Oscar JamesTony Carpenter
  • Linda DavidsonMary Smith
  • Shirley CheritonDebbie Wilkins
  • Leslie GranthamDen Watts
  • Wendy RichardPauline
  • Letitia DeanSharon
  • Leonard FentonDr. Legg
  • Peter DeanPete Beale
  • Susan TullyMichelle Fowler
  • Bill TreacherArthur Fowler
  • Nick BerrySimon 'Wicksy' Wicks
  • June BrownDot Cotton
  • Adam WoodyattIan Beale
 
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   
  •   

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices