Vicki Fowler List of EastEnders characters (1986)

vicki fowler, played emma herry character s birth in 1986 1988, samantha leigh martin 1988 1995, , scarlett johnson 2003 2004, daughter of michelle fowler (susan tully). character born in serial, , conceived in controversial storyline teenage pregnancy. exploiting whodunnit angle, @ time of first showing, viewers not told father, , press interest in fledgling show escalated journalists attempted guess. audience discovered identity in october 1985 in episode 66. written series co-creator/script-editor tony holland , directed co-creator/producer julia smith, considered landmark episode in show s history. 4 possible suspects seen leaving square in episode: tony carpenter (oscar james), ali osman (nejdet salih), andy o brien (ross davidson), , den watts (leslie grantham). michelle waits rendezvous point, car pulls , fluffy white legs of soap landlord s poodle roly leap out of car , give away: den watts father michelle s baby. after storyline programme started appear in newspaper cartoons moved more , more public mainstream. character of vicki written out in 1995, after actress played vicki s mother decided leave soap. after 8-year absence, reintroduced executive producer louise berridge in 2003 rebellious teenager.