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As a teenager, Ian argues with his father [[Pete Beale]] ([[Peter Dean (actor)|Peter Dean]]) over his desire to become a caterer but his grandmother [[Lou Beale]] ([[Anna Wing]]) encourages him. He starts several businesses and buys a local café soon after graduating from catering college. Ian has several failed romances, including with his childhood friend, [[Sharon Watts]] ([[Letitia Dean]]). Sharon becomes interested in [[Simon Wicks]] ([[Nick Berry]]), who was believed to be Ian's half-brother, but they remain close friends. When his cousin Michelle falls pregnant, he is initially suspected to be the father by Pete and Kathy. He starts a relationship with [[Tina Hopkins]] (Eleanor Rhodes) and the pair decide to move in together, renting one of [[Kelvin Carpenter]]'s ([[Paul J. Medford]]) father [[Tony Carpenter]]'s ([[Oscar James]]) flats. Ian eventually loses his virginity to her, to his glee. Ian and Tina break up when Tina's parents make an unannounced visit and are unhappy with their living conditions, so they take Tina to Ilford. Ian's uncle [[Kenny Beale]] ([[Michael Attwell]]) and cousin [[Elizabeth Beale]] (Lucy Bayler) visit from New Zealand and Ian and Elizabeth taking a liking to each other, but they break up when Elizabeth constantly flirts with men and she returns home. Ian begins to develop a relationship with [[Donna Ludlow]] ([[Matilda Ziegler]]), not knowing she is his half-sister until his mother [[Kathy Beale]] ([[Gillian Taylforth]]) tells him she was raped as a teenager and gave Donna up for adoption.
Ian gets engaged to [[Cindy Beale|Cindy Williams]] ([[Michelle Collins]]) in 1989; however, a one-night stand with Simon leaves her pregnant. Cindy marries Ian and claims that the baby she is expecting, [[Steven Beale]], is his, resulting in Ian attempting suicide when he learns the truth. He recovers and causes Simon to have a car accident in revenge so Simon, Cindy and Steven leave [[Walford]] together. Ian immerses himself in his catering business but his exploitative working practices alienate his friends, employees and family. He and Cindy later reconcile and Ian is overjoyed to become a father to twins, [[Peter Beale|Peter]] ([[Ben Hardy (actor)|Ben Hardy]]) and [[Lucy Beale]] ([[Melissa Suffield]]/[[Hetti Bywater]]) in December 1993. After opening a fish and chip shop, Ian becomes so obsessed with building his business empire that he neglects Cindy, who decides to leave him for his half-brother, [[David Wicks]] ([[Michael French]]). Ian wins custody of their children, and makes Cindy so miserable that in October 1996 she hires [[John Valecue]] (Steve Weston), a hitman to kill him. Ian is shot but is only clipped by the bullet and recovers. Cindy leaves the country with Steven and Peter and spends a year in [[Italy]] before Ian traces them and retrieves the boys. Cindy returns to Walford and wins back custody of the children but is implicated in Ian's shooting. She is jailed on remand and - supposedly - dies several months later in prison in Italy in November 1998 during [[childbirth]].
Ian has a serious romance with [[Melanie Healy]] ([[Tamzin Outhwaite]]), the manager of his bric-a-brac shop. She proposes to him but later cheats on him with [[Steve Owen (EastEnders)|Steve Owen]] ([[Martin Kemp]]). Suspecting that she is planning to leave him, Ian manipulates her by falsely claiming that Lucy is dying from [[lymphoma]]. They marry in 1999, but she leaves him during their wedding reception after discovering that Lucy is fine. Ian then pursues a new business venture: development of high-market flats. He begins a casual relationship with his nanny, [[Laura Dunn]] ([[Hannah Waterman]]), but only commits to her after being declared bankrupt. Laura buys back the fish and chip shop and, despite fearing that Ian is only interested in an inheritance she has received, they marry in May 2001. Their marriage deteriorates when Ian attempts to kiss Mel. He refuses to have a child with Laura, who frequently belittles him. Steven learns that Ian has been visiting local prostitute [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]]), and tells Laura, before moving to [[New Zealand]] to live with Simon. Laura forgives Ian on the condition that they have a baby. Although he agrees, Ian has a secret [[vasectomy]] and throws Laura out when she becomes pregnant later that year after conning her into signing over control of their businesses.
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