List of EastEnders characters (1994)
Geoff Barnes is played by David Roper. Geoff is introduced as a love interest for the long running character, Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully), in 1994. He is much older than Michelle, and their age difference causes most of the major problems in their relationship. They plan to marry, but in the end Geoff realises that Michelle doesn't really love him. He ends the relationship and moves to Scotland in April 1995, but returns in September as part of Michelle's exit storyline. His last appearance is in October 1995.
Michelle Fowler
Michelle considers her life in Walford and the following year she plans to move to Scotland with her boyfriend, Geoff Barnes (David Roper), her former university lecturer. They decide to marry but Michelle has second thoughts and calls it off. After Sharon leaves, following the breakup of her marriage, Michelle and Grant have a heated argument about the way he treated Sharon and this leads to them having a one-night stand. Michelle soon regrets it when she discovers she's pregnant. She tells Arthur and her brother Mark (Todd Carty), but not Pauline, and only confides in Mark that Grant is the father. When she is offered a job in Alabama, Michelle decides she needs to get away from Grant and emigrates to the United States.