List of EastEnders characters (1987)

The following is a list of characters that first appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in 1987, by order of first appearance.

Tina Hopkins

Tina Hopkins, played by Eleanor Rhodes, is introduced as Ian Beale’s (Adam Woodyatt) girlfriend in February 1987. Ian’s friend Kelvin Carpenter (Paul J. Medford) takes a shine to Tina and makes several passes at her, which she shuns.

Tina gets a job working at Naima Jeffery’s (Shreela Ghosh) grocery store, the First til Last, and by May 1987 she and Ian decide that they want to move in together. They manage to persuade Kelvin to rent them one of his father’s flats, and although their parents’ are against it, they move in with each other in July 1987.

Things do not go well for the couple. They find it difficult to pay the rent and when money goes missing from the cash register at Tina’s workplace, Naima accuses her of stealing it (it was actually one of Mary Smith’s (Linda Davidson) wayward friends named Sandra). Tina eventually manages to clear her name with the help of Rod Norman (Christopher McHallem), who sets a trap for the real thief.