BBC EastEnders legend opens up on 'really sad' decision after three decades

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EastEnders icon Michael Greco has opened up about the sad axing of the BBC One soap's weekly omnibus. Fans of the serial drama will remember the weekly compilation of episodes which ran for three decades from 1985 until 2015 on the BBC until it was taken over in 2016 by W before later being axed for good in April 2017.

Michael famously played Walford lothario Beppe DiMarco from 1998 until his departure from Walford in 2002 and says that the decision to remove the omnibus was "really sad." Speaking on behalf of FruitySlots.com, Michael said: "It was really sad when they took away the omnibus.

Not only because people loved that but also for the actors because financially it was better for us because we'd get extra money because it was shown on Sundays.

So that was taken away from us." After all his relationships ended in disaster, Beppe ended up leaving Albert Square for his mother's funeral which concluded the character's duration on the programme.