Annie Wood

**Annie Wood** (born in Stoke Newington c.1951, died November 2015) wrote **108** episodes of *EastEnders* across two stints: November 1994 to January 2004, and February 2006 to January 2010.

Having attended Clissold Park School, Annie left with a certificate in shorthand and typing. She received a job at IPC Magazines, and later moved on to become the secretary of magazines Woman's Own and Ideal Home, before becoming a feature writer on Oh Boy! and Number One.

After getting married in 1988 and having two sons, Annie chose to join a playwriting class, run by American writer Olwen Wymark. Her scripts were described as showing "wit, warmth and humanity", and it was not long before producer Humphrey Barclay commissioned her to write for hospital sitcom *Surgical Spirit* in 1994. 1994 was also the year Annie joined *EastEnders*, a show she would work on for 15 years. Annie cared deeply about *EastEnders* - she would fight for the characters she cared about in story conferences and voice her opinion if potential storylines saw characters suddenly sway from the straight and narrow. The cast were also known to approve of her bittersweet scripts. When Annie's marriage ended in 2001, she took some time out of *EastEnders*. This was evidenced by the gap between her last episode in 2001 and first episode in 2002. Her second break from the show came around in 2005.

In 2009, Annie chose to retire from scriptwriting. Her final script for *EastEnders* aired in January 2010, and she then set up a business involving vintage jewellery, although she was known to often give it away to friends or passing customers she liked the look of.

She passed away of cancer in November 2015, aged 64. *EastEnders* remembered her in the 2015 end of year credits, which were broadcast in Episode 5203 (1st January 2016).

## Episodes written by Annie Wood

### 1990s

**1994 (1 episode)**

* Episode 1051 (10th November 1994)

**1995 (6 episodes)**

* Episode 1090 (7th February 1995)
* Episode 1125 (1st May 1995)
* Episode 1179 (4th September 1995)
* Episode 1180 (5th September 1995)
* Episode 1212 (20th November 1995)
* Episode 1213 (21st November 1995)

**1996 (13 episodes)**

* Episode 1255 (26th February 1996)
* Episode 1256 (27th February 1996)
* Episode 1266 (21st March 1996)
* Episode 1277 (16th April 1996)
* Episode 1278 (18th April 1996)
* Episode 1307 (25th June 1996)
* Episode 1308 (27th June 1996)
* Episode 1347 (23rd September 1996)
* Episode 1348 (24th September 1996)
* Episode 1365 (4th November 1996)
* Episode 1366 (5th November 1996)
* Episode 1386 (23rd December 1996)
* Episode 1387 (24th December 1996)

**1997 (13 episodes)**

* Episode 1405 (3rd February 1997)
* Episode 1406 (4th February 1997)
* Episode 1451 (19th May 1997)
* Episode 1452 (20th May 1997)
* Episode 1468 (26th June 1997)
* Episode 1478 (21st July 1997)
* Episode 1499 (2nd September 1997)
* Episode 1500 (4th September 1997)
* Episode 1519 (20th October 1997)
* Episode 1520 (21st October 1997)
* Episode 1521 (23rd October 1997)
* Episode 1534 (18th November 1997)
* Episode 1535 (20th November 1997)

**1998 (14 episodes)**

* Episode 1561 (13th January 1998)
* Episode 1562 (15th January 1998)
* Episode 1601 (14th April 1998)
* Episode 1602 (16th April 1998)
* Episode 1630/1631 (25th June 1998)
* Episode 1632 (26th June 1998)
* Episode 1660 (31st August 1998)
* Episode 1661 (1st September 1998)
* Episode 1665 (10th September 1998)
* Episode 1683 (19th October 1998)
* Episode 1684 (21st October 1998)
* Episode 1685 (22nd October 1998)
* Episode 1714 (25th December 1998)
* Episode 1715 (25th December 1998)

**1999 (9 episodes)**

* Episode 1741 (22nd February 1999)
* Episode 1742 (23rd February 1999)
* Episode 1743 (25th February 1999)
* Episode 1780 (24th May 1999)
* Episode 1781 (25th May 1999)
* Episode 1782 (27th May 1999)
* Episode 1830 (6th September 1999)
* Episode 1834 (13th September 1999)
* Episode 1835 (14th September 1999)

### 2000s

**2000 (7 episodes)**

* Episode 1896 (18th January 2000)
* Episode 1897 (20th January 2000)
* Episode 1928 (28th March 2000)
* Episode 1929 (30th March 2000)
* Episode 1968 (29th June 2000)
* Episode 1982 (1st August 2000)
* Episode 2025 (6th November 2000)

**2001 (8 episodes)**

* Episode 2067 (6th February 2001)
* Episode 2068 (8th February 2001)
* Episode 2097 (17th April 2001)
* Episode 2098 (19th April 2001)
* Episode 2133 (10th July 2001)
* Episode 2134 (12th July 2001)
* Episode 2188 (22nd October 2001)
* Episode 2189 (23rd October 2001)

**2002 (1 episode)**

* Episode 2385 (30th September 2002)

**2003 (6 episodes)**

* Episode 2492 (1st April 2003)
* Episode 2493 (3rd April 2003)
* Episode 2494 (4th April 2003)
* Episode 2536 (17th June 2003)
* Episode 2537 (19th June 2003)
* Episode 2565 (7th August 2003)

**2004 (2 episodes)**

* Episode 2660 (15th January 2004)
* Episode 2661 (16th January 2004)

**2006 (8 episodes)**

* Episode 3104 (20th February 2006)
* Episode 3140 (24th April 2006)
* Episode 3186 (13th July 2006)
* Episode 3187 (14th July 2006)
* Episode 3232 (2nd October 2006)
* Episode 3233 (3rd October 2006)
* Episode 3268 (4th December 2006)
* Episode 3269 (5th December 2006)

**2007 (8 episodes)**

* Episode 3310 (8th February 2007)
* Episode 3311 (9th February 2007)
* Episode 3364 (14th May 2007)
* Episode 3365 (15th May 2007)
* Episode 3408 (30th July 2007)
* Episode 3409 (31st July 2007)
* Episode 3458 (25th October 2007)
* Episode 3459 (26th October 2007)

**2008 (8 episodes)**

* Episode 3504 (7th January 2008)
* Episode 3505 (8th January 2008)
* Episode 3549 (25th March 2008)
* Episode 3550 (27th March 2008)
* Episode 3606 (3rd July 2008)
* Episode 3607 (4th July 2008)
* Episode 3653 (25th September 2008)
* Episode 3654 (26th September 2008)

**2009 (3 episodes)**

* Episode 3722 (19th January 2009)
* Episode 3723 (20th January 2009)
* Episode 3839 (11th August 2009)

### 2010s

**2010 (1 episode)**

* Episode 3938 (26th January 2010)