Very EMOTIONAL News!!! YOU DECIDE! EastEnders at 40: Vote for your favourite Walford faces with our poll to celebrate those who make you smile

AFTER 40 years of drama, laughter and tears, we all have a favourite EastEnders character.

Thousands have appeared in the show, from pub landlords to hardmen and the big personalities who never fail to make us smile.

You can now pick your top EastEnders characters in our online poll

Love ’em or loathe ’em, they’ve all made their mark.

Now, Sun on Sunday readers can pick their top Walford faces in our online poll.

Vote at thesun.co.uk/eastenders and next week we’ll unveil the nation’s favourites – chosen by you.

BEST DOUBLE ACT

Den and Angie Watts v Mick and Linda Carter

Photo of Anita Dobson and Leslie Grantham as Angie and Den Watts from EastEnders.

Den and Angie Watts’ stormy marriage had us laughing and crying

Portrait of Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright.

Mick and Linda Carter stuck together through thick and thinCredit: WARNING: Use of this image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures’ Digital Picture

THEIR stormy marriage had us laughing, crying and gasping with shock but Angie refused to let cheating husband Den go, even during the rockiest of times.

Mick and Linda stuck together through thick and thin and there wasn’t a dry eye in the house when the couple renewed their wedding vows in a touching Christmas ceremony at the Queen Vic.

FUNNIEST CHARACTER

Alfie Moon v Dot Cotton

June Brown as Dot Cotton in EastEnders.

Alfie Moon got held up at gunpoint in the shop as he tried to buy condoms

June Brown as Dot Cotton in EastEnders.

Dot Cotton had many memorable moments including when she discovered that her special herbal tea was cannabis

DOT’S memorable moments include stumbling across porn as she innocently searched the internet for bushes, and discovering that her special herbal tea was actually cannabis. Ooh, I say!

Shane Richie brought perfect comedy timing to the role of Alfie.

Who can forget him getting held up at gunpoint in the shop as he tried to buy condoms?

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BEST BAD BOY

Phil Mitchell v Nick Cotton

Steve McFadden as Phil Mitchell from EastEnders standing by an Albert Square sign.

Phil Mitchell has committed just about every crime you care to mention

Headshot of Nick Cotton in a black leather jacket.

Nick Cotton killed war veteran Reg Cox and stabbed landlord Eddie Royle

HARDMAN Phil has committed just about every crime you care to mention.

He killed a homeless man, fired a gun at his brother Grant, took part in an armed robbery and tried to murder Dennis Rickman.

Not content with killing war veteran Reg Cox and stabbing landlord Eddie Royle, Nasty Nick tried twice to bump off mum Dot to get his hands on her money.

BEST BAD GIRL

Janine Butcher v Stella Crawford

Portrait of Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) wearing a black top and pants.

Janine Butcher fell out with Pat Butcher, Kat Slater and Laura Beale and killed two husbands

Headshot of Sophie Thompson as Stella Crawford.

Stella Crawford was one of the soap’s most hated characters

WALFORD’S Queen of Evil, Janine fell out with Pat Butcher, Kat Slater and Laura Beale.

She killed two husbands (including pushing Barry off a cliff), tried to kill Ryan Malloy and stabbed Michael Moon.

Stella Crawford was one of the soap’s most hated characters. Jealous of fiancé Phil Mitchell’s son Ben, she cruelly abused him physically and emotionally.

BEST BATTLEAXE

Pat Evans v Pauline Fowler

Pat Evans, from the soap opera EastEnders, wearing a beige coat.

Pat Evans’ most notable showdown was with Peggy Mitchell

Wendy Richard as Pauline Fowler in EastEnders.

Pauline Fowler famously feuded with Peggy and Sonia

TOUGH-talking Pat could not resist a slanging match with anyone who crossed her, most notably her classic “You bitch!” showdown with Peggy Mitchell.

Overbearing Pauline never held back, famously feuding with Peggy and Sonia, who she described as the “daughter of a scrubber, lesbian, underage mother who gave away her own baby”.

BEST PUB BOSS

Angie Watts v Peggy Mitchell

Anita Dobson on the set of EastEnders.

Angie Watts was loud and feisty

Barbara Windsor as Peggy Mitchell in a pub setting.

Peggy Mitchell was famous for telling anyone who upset her to ‘Get outta my pub!’Credit: BBC

LOUD and feisty, Angie sure had her hands full as the Queen Vic’s first landlady – and the wife of cheating husband Dirty Den.

Famous for telling anyone who upset her to “Get outta my pub!” the formidable Peggy ruled the Queen Vic with a rod of iron, all while trying to keep her two warring sons Phil and Grant in check.

SEXIEST FEMALE

Tiffany Butcher v Lucy Beale

Maisie Smith in a colorful knit dress.

Tiffany Butcher (played by Maisie Smith) regularly sets social media alight with her bikini snapsCredit: instagram

Woman in black bikini.

Lucy Beale (played by Hetti Bywater) sends fans wil

TIFFANY is played by Maisie Smith, girlfriend of The Wanted pop star Max George, and she regularly sets social media alight with her sexy bikini snaps.

Hetti Bywater, who plays Lucy, has also showcased her bikini body in social media posts, as well as sending soap fans wild with her glamorous red-carpet looks.

HOTTEST HEART-THROB

Ravi Gulati v Joe Wicks

Aaron Thiara as Ravi Gulati in EastEnders, standing outside Walford East station.

Ravi Gulati’s good looks have won him an army of admirers

Photo of Joe Wicks, portraying a character with schizophrenia on the TV show Eastenders.

Joe Wicks was twice voted TV’s sexiest actor

WHEN he’s not breaking hearts on the soap as bad-boy Ravi, Aaron Thiara is working out. His fit body and good looks have won him an army of admirers.

Paul Nicholls captured the hearts of fans as tormented Joe in the 90s as the pin-up of his era.

He was twice voted TV’s sexiest actor and graced covers of magazines.

HAPPIEST COUPLE

Billy & Honey Mitchell v Ricky & Bianca Butcher

Honey and Billy Mitchell from EastEnders holding hands.

Billy & Honey Mitchell have been on and off since 2006

Sid Owen as Ricky Butcher and Patsy Palmer as Bianca Jackson from EastEnders.

Ricky & Bianca Butcher’s romance has captivated fan

HONEY and Billy have been on and off since marrying in 2006. They are due to remarry on February 19 – the actual date of the soap’s 40th anniversary.

Ricky and Bianca’s on-off romance captivated fans and, in 1997, one of the biggest-ever audiences of 22million saw them marry.

A spin-off followed – EastEnders: Ricky & Bianca. The pair remarried in 2010.

STRONGEST WOMAN

Cindy Beale v Sharon Watts

Michelle Collins as Cindy Beale in EastEnders.

Cindy Beale has always bounced back

Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts in EastEnders.

Sharon Watts takes everything in her stridE

SCHEMING Cindy looks after No1 and, while the homewrecker has had her heart broken countless times, she always bounces back.

Sharon famously married one Mitchell brother, then had an affair with another.

She takes everything in her stride, including an affair with Keanu, 30 years her junior and becoming a mum again at 50.

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