Dave Payne

**Dave Payne** was a storyliner (sometimes credited as the "junior storyliner") on **225** episodes of *EastEnders* between April 2015 and September 2017. Notably, he pitched the homophobic murder storyline of Paul Coker and worked closely on Stacey Fowler's postpartum psychosis plot.

Dave initially graduated at the Birmingham Rep Write Away Scheme, with several of his story plays going on to be performed in theatres. He then became a core writer for Laughlines Comedy Entertainment, writing parody tributes to classic sitcom shows, such as *Blackadder*, *Only Fools and Horse* and *The Vicar of Dibley*. He also runs writing and story workshops in secondary schools. For television, Dave has written for a *Hollyoaks* online series surrounding teenage bullying, while for radio, he has served as the story producer on BBC Radio 4's long-running continuing drama *The Archers*.

## Episodes storylined by Dave Payne

**2015 (66 episodes)**

* All episodes between Episode 5045 (6th April 2015) and Episode 5048 (10th April 2015) (Credited as "junior storyliner")
* All episodes between Episode 5053 (20th April 2015) and Episode 5056 (24th April 2015) (Credited as "junior storyliner")
* All episodes between Episode 5061 (4th May 2015) and Episode 5064 (8th May 2015) (Credited as "junior storyliner")
* All episodes between Episode 5073 (25th May 2015) and Episode 5076 (29th May 2015) (Credited as "junior storyliner")
* All episodes between Episode 5081 (8th June 2015) and Episode 5084 (12th June 2015) (Credited as "junior storyliner")
* All episodes between Episode 5089 (22nd June 2015) and Episode 5092 (26th June 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5097 (6th July 2015) and Episode 5100 (10th July 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5105 (20th July 2015) and Episode 5108 (24th July 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5113 (3rd August 2015) and Episode 5116 (7th August 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5121 (17th August 2015) and Episode 5124 (21st August 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5129 (31st August 2015) and Episode 5132 (4th September 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5141 (21st September 2015) and Episode 5144 (25th September 2015)
* All episodes between Episode 5149 (5th October 2015) and Episode 5152 (9th October 2015)
* Episode 5154 (13th October 2015)
* Episode 5158 (20th October 2015)
* Episode 5162 (27th October 2015)
* Episode 5170 (9th November 2015)
* Episode 5174 (17th November 2015) and Episode 5175 (19th November 2015)
* Episode 5178 (24th November 2015)
* Episode 5182 (1st December 2015) and Episode 5183 (3rd December 2015)
* Episode 5186 (8th December 2015)
* Episode 5190 (15th December 2015)
* Episode 5193 (21st December 2015) and Episode 5194 (22nd December 2015)
* Episode 5197/5198 (25th December 2015)

**2016 (88 episodes)**

* Episode 5202 (1st January 2016) and Episode 5203 (1st January 2016)
* Episode 5205 (5th January 2016)
* Episode 5208 (7th January 2016)
* Episode 5210 (12th January 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5217 (25th January 2016) and Episode 5220 (28th January 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5225 (8th February 2016) and Episode 5228 (12th February 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5233 (22nd February 2016) and Episode 5236 (25th February 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5241 (7th March 2016) and Episode 5245 (14th March 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5249 (21st March 2016) and Episode 5252 (25th March 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5257 (4th April 2016) and Episode 5260 (8th April 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5265 (18th April 2016) and Episode 5268 (22nd April 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5273 (28th April 2016) and Episode 5276 (3rd May 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5281 (9th May 2016) and Episode 5284 (13th May 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5289 (23rd May 2016) and Episode 5292 (27th May 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5297 (6th June 2016) and Episode 5300 (10th June 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5305 (23rd June 2016) and Episode 5308 (28th June 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5313 (11th July 2016) and Episode 5316 (15th July 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5321 (25th July 2016) and Episode 5324 (29th July 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5329 (8th August 2016) and Episode 5332 (12th August 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5341 (29th August 2016) and Episode 5344 (2nd September 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5361 (3rd October 2016) and Episode 5364 (7th October 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5373 (24th October 2016) and Episode 5376 (28th October 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5389 (22nd November 2016) and Episode 5392 (28th November 2016)
* All episodes between Episode 5401 (13th December 2016) and Episode 5404 (19th December 2016)
* Episode 5413 (29th December 2016) and Episode 5414 (30th December 2016)

**2017 (71 episodes)**

* Episode 5415/5416 (1st January 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5422 (10th January 2017) and Episode 5425 (16th January 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5437 (7th February 2017) and Episode 5440 (10th February 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5449 (27th February 2017) and Episode 5452 (3rd March 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5463 (21st March 2017) and Episode 5468 (31st March 2017)
* Episode 5471 (6th April 2017) and Episode 5472 (7th April 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5477 (17th April 2017) and Episode 5488 (5th May 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5493 (15th May 2017) and Episode 5496 (19th May 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5501 (29th May 2017) and Episode 5504 (2nd June 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5509 (12th June 2017) and Episode 5512 (16th June 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5519 (29th June 2017) and Episode 5524 (7th July 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5529 (17th July 2017) and Episode 5532 (21st July 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5537 (31st July 2017) and Episode 5540 (3rd August 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5545 (14th August 2017) and Episode 5548 (18th August 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5557 (4th September 2017) and Episode 5560 (8th September 2017)
* All episodes between Episode 5565 (18th September 2017) and Episode 5568 (22nd September 2017)