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Since 1985, EastEnders has cemented itself as an iconic part of British culture, and in the process, it has produced many stars who have gone on to become household names. From Letitia Dean’s character Sharon Watts to Adam Woodyatt’s Ian Beale, there are plenty of celeb fans that have wanted in on the Albert Square action, too. So much so, that some of them have even joined the cast with cameo appearances.

ROSS KEMP is making a return to acting but his new role won’t go down well with the Mitchell brothers – as he is set to play a copper. The former EastEnders favourite will star as Police Detective Tony Warden in new Channel 5 drama Blindspot.

And Michelle Collins added: " Oh no get well Patsy x".While a fan commented: "Take care, pneumonia is rotten I had it years ago, rest up, stay warm and get well soon".Another wrote: "Speedy recovery Patsy"."Get well soon," a third wrote followed by a red heart emoji.Last week, Patsy looked in high spirits as she posted a glam selfie to wish her followers a "happy Boxing day".Days later, she posted a snap of herself posing in a stunning black dress with puff sleeves, which she matched with a pair of black tights.In the caption, Patsy wrote: "YSL on NYE" followed by a series of star emojis.Last month, it was announced Patsy would be joining the cast of EastEnders and would be making an "explosive" entrance.The London-born actress will take on the role of Emma Harding, who is Lola Pearce's estranged mother.As the news was announced, Patsy said: "I’m so excited to be visiting Walford for this storyline. It has always been a dream to appear in EastEnders."The cast, producers, writers and crew have been wonderful, and I’ve had a ball."Viewers will learn how Emma left her daughter with Lola’s dad when she was aged just three. Patsy landed her role on the BBC One drama – described as a "short stint" – after saying she would love to be the next Peggy Mitchell."I’d like to play a really strong matriarch.

“I could wear a great mask and I could appear to be confident but actually deep down I was very insecure and I guess I had quite a low self worth, which I could never understand where it came from, why it was there...“You know, I’ve kind of done a lot of work on myself since that time, so I wasn’t really good at handling all of that.”Scott continued: “The ironic thing about being called a gold digger is it turned out that Barbara had a debt of £1 million at the time.“So I must’ve been the worst gold digger that you could ever meet in your life.“I went for the one with the £1 million debt to have a wonderful life with,” Scott quipped.Scott first got together with the iconic Peggy Mitchell actress back in 1992 when she was in her 50s and he was in his 20s.They later married in 2000 and stayed together for twenty years after their wedding until her death in 2020.The iconic actress was married three times in her life, first to Ronnie Knight in 1964, then to Stephen Hollings in 1986 after her first divorce.The couple had met through Scott’s parents, who had invited him to meet Barbara, hoping the veteran actress could impart some wisdom on their son who was just starting out on his own acting career. On BBC’s The One Show back in October, Scott spoke about his late wife in anticipation of his recently released book, which she predicted he would write. Scott explained: “She just said to me: ‘One day when I’m gone they will ask you to do a book.“'You’ll do a good one, I know that, but you must be honest otherwise there’s no point in doing it'.”Although the world knew Barbara as a superstar, Scott explained that she “was simply Barb, the love of my life”.At the start, Scott said Barbara would tell people he was simply “a mate”

FORMER EastEnders actress, Danniella Westbrook broke down in tears to The Sun over the death of Dame Barbara Windsor. The former I'm A Celeb campmate opened up on how she still feels emotional over the soap icon's death, nearly two years later.

BARBARA Windsor's husband has claimed the late actress' ghost still haunts their home. Barbara Windsor had a life full of achievements on and off screen. From the enormously successful and much loved Carry On films, to more than twenty years in Albert Square as Peggy Mitchell.

EastEnders - but the man who plays him has had a very different love life in the real world. The hunky policeman who lives on Albert Square and is currently loved up with Denise Fox has had a slew of romances on-screen.In the BBC One soap Scott Maslen's character has been married twice - first to Selina, and second to Ronnie Mitchell.READ NEXT: EastEnders' Alice Branning actress looks unrecognisable 9 years after soap exitHe has also been romantically involved with countless women including Tanya Branning, Roxy Mitchell, Rainie Branning, Sharon Rickman and Chelsea Fox.Away from the soap, Scott's love life is very low-key, unproblematic and incredibly loved-up.Scott's love life is a far cry from his EastEnders Jack Branning character's dating history.Away from Walford Scott is happily married to Estelle Rubio, and has been loved up with the stunning star since 1999.The pair began dating before the noughties and then got wed nine years later in 2008.Scott's EastEnder's co-stars were in attendance at the couple's nuptials, with wedding guests including the likes of Patsy Palmer (Bianca Jackson), Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell) and the late Dame Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell).Sharing regular snaps together, the couple seem to be going strong after 14 years of marriage.

Barbara Windsor's widower Scott Mitchell has revealed his marriage to the former EastEnders and Carry On star "wasn't a closed book"' and that she wanted him to "enjoy himself".The actor, 59, claimed the pair were not in an open relationship, but the star who was 27 years older, encouraged him to head back out into London.Peggy Mitchell icon Barbara died in December 2020 aged 83 following a battle with Alzheimer's disease, with the pair marrying in April 2000.READ MORE: Inside Barbara Windsor's will and who she left her eye-watering fortune toIn extracts from his new book, By Your Side: My Life Loving Barbara Windsor, shared with The Sun ahead of its October 13 release, he made the bombshell revelations.Scott wrote: "On only our second date Bar had talked to me in detail about her many, many conquests. She said it was always good to brush the cobwebs away.

Emmerdale, Coronation Street and EastEnders have had viewers hooked for decades - but do you know which soap character is disliked most by fans?A new survey by Bingo site Tombola analysed more than 109,668 tweets by viewers of three of the most watched UK soaps, to reveal which characters we have said goodbye to, who the public loved and disliked the most, as well as the most talked about soap exit.By analysing the positive vs negative sentiments of each tweet, the data has now revealed that Emmerdale icon Viv Hope has been revealed as the most disliked character across the three soaps.READ NEXT: EastEnders' iconic comebacks unveiled - from Dirty Den, Sean Slater and Kathy Beale More than 69% of tweets about Viv Hope, who died in a post office explosion in the dales in 2011, reportedly included negative sentiments.Tombola reported that "it seems her character and her exit wasn't best received."Closely behind Viv Hope was EastEnders Lucy Beale, whose exit and character received 63% of negative sentiment tweets.Despite this, her famous exit from Albert Square in the Who Killed Lucy Beale? storyline was the most talked about across the three soaps, with her exit mentioned most in viewer's tweets.Out of 18,760 tweets about the character, 495 referenced her exit storyline, with the total number of tweets making Lucy the most talked about character across EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale.Her exit also came just ahead of Peggy Mitchell's sad death, with more than 408 tweets referencing her exit from the soap.More than 6,201 tweets were also about Peggy, making her the fifth most talked about soap character behind EastEnders Ian Beale and Emmerdale's Kim Tate.Coronation Street villain Pat Phelan also took third place

Peggy Mitchell throwing a no-good out of her pub- actors leaving in search of 'new challenges and opportunities'. While lots of stars are content to remain on their shows for decades, others get itchy feet and depart, in search of new roles.

Peggy Mitchell throwing a no-good out of her pub- actors leaving in search of 'new challenges and opportunities'. While lots of stars are content to remain on their shows for decades, others get itchy feet and depart, in search of new roles. Some make it big in Hollywood or carve out a career in the UK entertainment industry, and some return to where it all began, their ambitions perhaps not going to plan.We've taken a look at actors who have broken into Hollywood, and a few who didn't succeed.Ricky WhittleRicky, 40, played kind-hearted cop Calvin Valentine in Hollyoaks between 2006 and 2011.

READ MORE: Sharon Osbourne meets queue of people waiting to see Queen's coffin at Westminster She visited the sets of EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale at various points of her career.

EastEnders will return to BBC One after days of suspended programming in the wake of the Queen’s death.The broadcaster will continue to air rolling news coverage on Monday with a BBC News special filling regular TV slots alongside HM The King: Westminster Tributes and Scotland: A Service For HM The Queen. However, fan-favourite soap EastEnders will return to BBC One at 8.30pm, having been moved from its usual channel on Friday alongside Homes Under The Hammer and Bargain Hunt which aired on BBC Two.The highly-anticipated episode will see Alfie Moon, played by Shane Richie, return to Walford on the wedding day of Kat Slater and Phil Mitchell, played by Jessie Wallace and Steve McFadden.

Danny Dyer has revealed he left his role as Mick Carter in BBC soap EastEnders fearing drug binges would kill him.Dyer made his debut on the show in 2013, when his character Mick became landlord of the famous Queen Victoria pub.In 2017, Danny and his wife Joanne Mas split after having been childhood sweethearts, meeting at school at the age of 13 – although they later reconciled.READ MORE: EastEnders fans thrilled as kids' TV legend appears in special throwback episodeDanny and Jo had their children Dani, 26, Sunnie, 15 and Arty, eight, together.The destruction of his relationship saw him turn to drugs , going "down the wrong path" and eventually having to take a break from his EastEnders role.Speaking on the Greatest Night Ever podcast with host Jaime Winstone, who played Peggy Mitchell in the recent EastEnders flashback episode, Danny confessed that he told bosses he was going to die. "I turned around to the bosses of EastEnders and I said, ‘Listen, I’ve gotta go somewhere.

EastEnders fans were thrilled to see a beloved children's TV star crop up in the BBC soap's shocking throwback episode.The one-off special aired on Monday and exposed the origins behind the long-held grudge DCI Samantha Keeble (Alison Newman) has for the Mitchell family.Starring Jaime Winstone as a young Peggy Mitchell, the episode confirmed Phil and Grant's father Eric (George Russo) had murdered Keeble's father in 1979.READ MORE:EastEnders new Mitchell family stars as BBC soap airs throwback episode set in 1979The Mitchell patriarch brutally gunned down the security guard in cold blood following Phil's refusal to do so.Keeble's murder followed the crime family's botched robbery of a warehouse which also involved Grant and Billy Mitchell.Portrayed by Christopher Pizzey, eagle-eyed EastEnders fans were quick to recognise the actor as Mr Stephen from The Basil Brush Show and shared their surprised delight in a series of online tweets.One fan wrote: "Living for Mr Stephen from Basil Brush having a career resurgence in EastEnders."Another commented: "Obsessed with Keeble's dad being Steven from Basil Brush as well as Sarah Jane Smith's dad."Meanwhile, a third said: "Omg, the security guard is Mr Stephen from Basil Brush!"A fourth fan commented: "That security guard used to hang with Basil Brush."A fifth asked: "Isn't that Steven from Basil Brush?" while another fan concluded: "Omg Christopher Pizzey."Before playing DCI Keeble's security guard father, Pizzey portrayed Mr Stephen on Basil Brush.In 2008, he also starred as Eddie Smith in the Doctor Who spin-off series The Sarah Jane Adventures.Pizzey's other acting credits include a role in a recent Hollywood blockbuster.The actor starred alongside Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Famke

EastEnders has aired a special throwback episode after Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) finally discovered who DCI Keeble (Alison Newman) wanted him to inform on.Viewers were sent back to 1979 during Monday's (September 5) special instalment and more information about the Mitchell family aired as they are hit by “economic turmoil”.A young Peggy Mitchell was the head of the household, trying to keep everyone in check as she struggled to maintain her marriage to her abusive husband Eric Mitchell.READ MORE: EastEnders fans emotional as they bid farewell to Dana ahead of university stintThe episode also showed characters that have never been seen before, including Eric and Billy Mitchell’s older brother Charlie.Before the credits rolled, fans were informed that Eric killed DCI Keeble's father but she believes Billy is responsible.Therefore she wanted Phil to inform on his cousin, but will he go against one of his own?Daily Star has taken a look at the new stars who played the Mitchell family 40 years ago.Jaime previously played Dame Barbara Windsor in BBC’s biopic Babs and she is set to play the actress’ iconic character.She said that at the time it was “a real honour” to be asked to play Peggy and said that her journey with Barbara “hadn’t really finished”.The actress revealed: “When we shot BabsI got to work with her very closely and became great friends with her.

EastEnders fans couldn't help getting emotional as they watched the legendary Peggy Mitchell return to Albert Square. The BBC soap took soap fans on a trip down memory lane on Monday night (September 5) as it transported them back to 1979 to learn more about Phil Mitchell's chequered past.The special flashback episode saw actress Jamie Winstone act as Peggy, who used to be played by the late Dame Barbara Windsor who passed away in 2020.READ MORE:EastEnders' Phil downfall unveiled as DCI Keeble seeks revenge for murdered dadJamie previously played Dame Barbara in the TV biopic Babs, so it wasn't the first time she had transformed into Barbara on screen.Some viewers couldn't help but miss Peggy being on their screens, and many praised Jamie for her portrayal of the iconic Peggy.One fan wrote: "Wow I miss Peggy" A second said: "it was nice seeing grant, peggy, ronnie, roxie, grant on our screen! really miss them.

flashback episode of EastEnders airs tonight as fans get taken back in time to 1979. The one-off special episode will give viewers and insight into the backstory of one of the most renowned EastEnders families, the Mitchells.Viewers can expect to how the family's past made them who they are in modern day as the episode shows them being hit hard by "economic turmoil" while the cracks in Peggy's marriage to Eric start showing.

Five years after playing the late Dame Barbara Windsor in BBC biopic Babs, Jaime Winstone has stepped into her shoes once again.The 37-year-old actress appears as a younger version of the icon’s most famous character, Peggy Mitchell, in a flashback episode of EastEnders and says, “It’s a real honour.” While her role in Babs covered Barbara’s childhood, early romances and rise to fame in the Carry On films in detail, Jaime felt like her “journey with Barbara” hadn’t really finished and revealed she even felt she had received a sign from the late soap favourite to accept her latest portrayal. “When I got offered the part, I thought, ‘God, is this something I should do? Am I risking getting typecast?’" says Jaime. "So I did actually have a little word with Barbara up above and I got my sign and I felt like it was written for me.

Barbara Windsor was with her as she played a younger version of Peggy Mitchell. The 37-year-old appears as the Queen Vic landlady tomorrow night in a flashback episode of EastEnders. Jaime said: “There were moments when we were shooting this when I felt her presence and I felt guided by her.” READ MORE: EastEnders first-look as huge Mitchell secret 'exposed' in special episode with new castShe added: “I hope I’ve done her justice – I feel like I have.