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Rudolph Walker
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Rudolph Walker, OBE, is a Trinidadian actor, best known for his roles on British television. He was the first black actor to appear in a major British TV series, his role as Bill in the 1970s sitcom Love Thy Neighbour leading to a long. He is currently best known as Patrick Trueman in the BBC One TV soap opera EastEnders, Rudolph Malcolm Walker was born in San Juan, Trinidad, and began acting as an eight-year-old in primary school, going on to join Derek Walcotts Trinidad Theatre Workshop as its youngest member. With the aim of furthering his career he left the island at the age of 20 in 1960, Walkers first major television role was as a policeman in the British drama The Wednesday Play, in the episode entitled Fable. He is known for his roles in Love Thy Neighbour, The Thin Blue Line, which starred Rowan Atkinson. He also appeared in Doctor Who, in the 1969 serial The War Games and he appeared in the first episode of On the Buses, The Early Shift, and the first episode of Mr. Bean as The Examiner. His other notable roles included as barrister Larry Scott in the 1985 BBC series Black Silk, by Mustapha Matura, since 2001, he has played Patrick Trueman in the BBC One television soap opera EastEnders and in 2010 he appeared in the Internet spin-off series EastEnders, E20. He also starred in a BBC One sitcom called The Crouches, about a family from Walworth and he played the grandfather for all seasons. Although most of his work has been on television, he has appeared in movies, including 10 Rillington Place, King Ralph. He was also Gower in Thackers 1989 production of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. w He also played opposite Diane Parish in Lovejoy where they played Father and Daughter. Walker also lent his voice to the American dubbed version of the popular British childrens television series Teletubbies, Walker was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2006 for his services to drama. A biography for children about him, written by Verna Wilkins, was published by Tamarind Books on 4 September 2008, the Foundation administers Rudolph Walkers inter-School Drama Award, competed for by schools across London. Rudolph Walker at the Internet Movie Database Rudolph Walker on Twitter Rudolph Walker at the British Film Institutes Screenonline Credits at Gavin Barker Associates website RWiSDA website, Rudolph Walker - The Interview, YouTube video
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EastEnders: E20
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EastEnders, E20 is a British Internet soap opera, which began airing on 8 January 2010. A spin-off from the established BBC soap EastEnders, it is set in EastEnders regular setting of Albert Square, the shows title comes from Walfords fictional London postcode district, E20. The four characters from series 1 also appear in EastEnders, as well as Faith from series 3, EastEnders, E20 originally aired as part of the main shows 25th anniversary celebrations. The shows writers, all aged between 17 and 22, were selected through a writing competition, and created the series at a BBC summer school. The theme tune was selected through a competition, promoted on BBC Radio 1. The show primarily operates as a series but also cross-references storylines of the main soap. The episodes are three and 16 minutes each in length and are available via EastEnders official website. Omnibus editions were available on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and, from April 2010. EastEnders, E20 was conceived by executive producer Diederick Santer as part of EastEnders 25th anniversary celebrations, described as the naughty little brother or sister to the main show, it was devised in a bid to target younger viewers and to develop and nurture new talent. The fact is because its online, we can take risks, nevertheless, the makers said they knew they had to get it right because the eyes of the World Wide Web would be watching. Santer conceived the idea of a parallel universe show with new characters, Yorke sought to improve the portrayal of teenagers in EastEnders and to get younger people writing for it. The ideas came together and EastEnders, E20 was created in what Yorke described as one of the quickest periods from idea to screen Ive ever known. The shows producer, Deborah Sathe, added, Technology is changing and its changing really quickly, the first series was commissioned by multi-platform commissioning executive Rosie Allimonos. Another incentive for the show was to get people to use the Internet. EastEnders, E20 primarily operates as a series but also cross-references storylines of the main soap. According to Santer, the series explores the stories of the soaps anonymous bystanders. He said, There are always other people milling round the market, There are four or five parallels you could do. It will be nice to see well-known characters through strangers eyes, ian Beale may show up and he is just a strange, irritating man
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Yolande Trueman
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Yolande Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Angela Wynter from 16 September 2003 to 3 October 2008. The character made an unannounced guest appearance on 20 March 2017, Yolande arrives in Albert Square on 16 September 2003, as Patrick Truemans holiday romance. Before long, Yolande realises that all Patrick wants is a fling, and prepares to leave the United Kingdom and her husband arrives to take Yolande home, and gives a tempted Patrick £10,000 to allow him to do so. After refusing, Yolande catches Patrick with the money in his hand, and she mistakes the situation, believing that he has accepted this payment, after Victor returns to Trinidad, Yolande returns to Walford, sharing the money with Patrick. They eventually settle down and marry in 2004 and they run the bed and breakfast and foster a little girl, Katie. They also manage a local store, the Minute Mart. Yolande strikes up a feud with Pat Evans when she starts to become involved in another Trueman business and their rivalry increases when Pat begins an affair with Patrick, but their Minute Mart employee Stacey Slater catches Pat and Patrick kissing and tells Yolande. This results in a brawl in The Queen Victoria pub, Yolande attempts to play Patrick at his own game. She goes to a nightclub intending to pick up a man and have an affair and she comes onto Kevin Wicks, he reciprocates, and the pair arrange to go back to his house for sex. However she has second thoughts and backs out, the next day, she confesses to Patrick that she almost had sex with another man, and, albeit reluctantly, gives Patrick another chance. Soon afterwards, in October 2006, Yolande then has a supposed drunken one-night stand with Aubrey Valentine, one of Patricks old friends. This results in Patrick throwing her out, but when they call Aubreys bluff, he admits they did not have sex, and the couple reconcile. In September 2008, Patrick accidentally turns off the chiller cabinet at the Minute Mart, the resulting complaints result in a visit from an inspector from the Minute Mart head office. He is so impressed with Yolandes efforts to clean up the shop that she is offered a job at the Minute Mart HQ in Birmingham. Yolande accepts with delight and busily prepares for the move, however Patrick is less keen, on 3 October 2008, Yolande leaves Albert Square for a new life in Birmingham. She surprises everyone at her party by announcing that she is leaving alone. But as Patrick waves her off at the station, he tells her that once the house is sold. However Patrick does not reunite with Yolande, and on 19 May 2009 Patrick receives their divorce papers, Yolande is next seen in 2017 when she attends Denise Foxs meeting at the Minute Mart HQ
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Anthony Trueman
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Doctor Anthony Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by British actor Nicholas Bailey. He made his first appearance in the episode broadcast on 11 December 2000 and left in 2003 but returned in 2004 and 2005 for brief stints such as the wedding of Yolande Duke, Anthony made a brief return on 22 July 2014 following Patricks stroke. Anthony is the son of Patrick and Audrey Trueman and the brother of Paul Trueman. He is the brains of a dysfunctional family, and his dodgy-dealing brother Paul always feels under his shadow. Anthony works as a doctor in the Square, Audrey becomes deeply involved with his life, whilst ignoring Paul. She disapproves of Anthony dating Kat Slater and tries to interfere many times, when Audrey dies, Anthonys long lost father, Patrick, arrives for Audreys funeral, reuniting with his two sons after decades apart. After Kat breaks up with Anthony, he and Kats teenage daughter Zoe Slater begin an affair, Zoe disowns Kat for disapproving of their relationship, and later runs away when Anthony reveals that he is still in love with Kat. Anthony and Kats relationship resumes, but Zoe returns and catches them in bed together, Zoe then accepts they are together. After Kat fails to impress Anthonys colleagues she breaks up him as he is about to propose. Kat discovers she is pregnant by him and decides to have an abortion and her boss Alfie Moon persuades her not to, but she suffers a miscarriage while on her way to tell Anthony of the pregnancy. Kat then breaks up with Anthony again after realising he is not who she wants, in 2003, when Anthony causes the death of a pregnant patient, he leaves the Square to go travelling, but returns for Patricks wedding to Yolande Duke and Pauls funeral. After living in Cambodia for several years, Anthony returns to the UK and settles in Glasgow, in 2013, Patrick falls from a ladder and considers staying with Anthony but decides not to. In 2014, Anthony is featured in a journal, in an article about his work in Cambodia. After hearing about Patricks stroke, he returns to Walford, though Patrick mistakes him for Paul, despite feeling obliged to take care of his father, Anthony admits he cannot forgive Patricks absence during his childhood. He writes Denise Fox a cheque for £2000 to help look after Patrick, in early 2000, it was announced that a new doctor would arrive in EastEnders. A few days later it was announced he would be played by Nick Bailey, Bailey was working for an investment bank unloading boxes, when he received the call about auditioning for Anthony. He explained I was alone in the stockroom when my agents wife rang, I just jumped up and punched the air, then did a rumba round the room. EastEnders marked Baileys first major television role, Anthony was introduced as the son of B&B owner Audrey Trueman
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Paul Trueman
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Paul Trueman is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Gary Beadle between 2001 and 2004. Gary was introduced as part of the already established Trueman family and he was portrayed as a bad boy. Beadle left the role in 2004, in his exit storyline, Paul became a drug dealer, and Beadle has been critical of the storyline, suggesting it played into black, racial stereotyping. It was implied that Paul was killed upon his exit, though his death was not screened, Paul follows his mother Audrey Trueman and brother Anthony Trueman to Walford after being estranged for them for some time. Audrey rejects him, but he decides to stay, blackmailing Anthony for money in exchange for keeping his drink-driving secret, Paul started playing in Steve Owens poker games, when an old acquaintance of his, Angel Hudson, joins a game and instanty recognises Paul. It transpires that Paul owes Angel money, and Angel threatens Pauls life unless he pays up, Paul tries to get the money by stealing property from his mother, pawning the goods and gambling the money he receives. This fails and he ends up with money than he began with. When Angel comes to collect his money, Paul fails to pay, so Angel gives him a beating and trashes Audreys bed. After more threats from Angel, Paul blackmails Anthony into giving him the money, Anthony has no choice but to oblige, he takes out a loan and Paul pays Angel. Audrey is struck by falling debris while walking past some building works, just before she dies, Audrey tells Paul that she knew about Anthony being the driver and tells Paul to tell Anthony that she loves him. Just as Audrey is about to say something to him, she dies, however, everything is left to Paul in Audreys will. Pauls supposed father Patrick Trueman arrives in Walford for her funeral, Paul initially reacts to Patrick with apprehension but they eventually bond. Both are devastated when Anthony discovers via DNA tests that Patrick is not Pauls biological father, Paul later discovers he is the biological child of Milton Hibbert, Patricks friend with whom Audrey had been having an affair. Despite this, Patrick and Paul maintain a close relationship, Angel returns with more orders for Paul. Angel is soon to stand trial for murder and is using his wife, Precious and he tells Paul to guard her until she could testify. Paul obliges and Precious moves to Albert Square, Paul initially does not know that Precious is Angels wife and when she make advances towards him, he has no qualms about having sex with her. The two begin an affair, but both fear repercussions from Angel, Precious refuses to be Angels alibi, hoping that he will be imprisoned, but he is found not guilty. Precious has no choice but to finish with Paul and leave Walford alone, Paul is shocked when an abandoned baby is left on his doorstep
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BBC
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, the BBC is the worlds oldest national broadcasting organisation and the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees. It employs over 20,950 staff in total,16,672 of whom are in public sector broadcasting, the total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, and fixed contract staff are included. The BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBCs radio, TV, britains first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mails Lord Northcliffe and featured the famous Australian Soprano Dame Nellie Melba, the Melba broadcast caught the peoples imagination and marked a turning point in the British publics attitude to radio. However, this public enthusiasm was not shared in official circles where such broadcasts were held to interfere with important military and civil communications. By late 1920, pressure from these quarters and uneasiness among the staff of the licensing authority, the General Post Office, was sufficient to lead to a ban on further Chelmsford broadcasts. But by 1922, the GPO had received nearly 100 broadcast licence requests, John Reith, a Scottish Calvinist, was appointed its General Manager in December 1922 a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast. The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC wireless receiving sets from approved manufacturers, to this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to inform, educate and entertain. The financial arrangements soon proved inadequate, set sales were disappointing as amateurs made their own receivers and listeners bought rival unlicensed sets. By mid-1923, discussions between the GPO and the BBC had become deadlocked and the Postmaster-General commissioned a review of broadcasting by the Sykes Committee and this was to be followed by a simple 10 shillings licence fee with no royalty once the wireless manufactures protection expired. The BBCs broadcasting monopoly was made explicit for the duration of its current broadcast licence, the BBC was also banned from presenting news bulletins before 19.00, and required to source all news from external wire services. Mid-1925 found the future of broadcasting under further consideration, this time by the Crawford committee, by now the BBC under Reiths leadership had forged a consensus favouring a continuation of the unified broadcasting service, but more money was still required to finance rapid expansion. Wireless manufacturers were anxious to exit the loss making consortium with Reith keen that the BBC be seen as a service rather than a commercial enterprise. The recommendations of the Crawford Committee were published in March the following year and were still under consideration by the GPO when the 1926 general strike broke out in May. The strike temporarily interrupted newspaper production and with restrictions on news bulletins waived the BBC suddenly became the source of news for the duration of the crisis. The crisis placed the BBC in a delicate position, the Government was divided on how to handle the BBC but ended up trusting Reith, whose opposition to the strike mirrored the PMs own
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EastEnders
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EastEnders is a long running British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985. Set in the East End of London in the fictional Bough of Walford the programme follows the stories of local residents, the series was initially screened as two 30-minute episodes per week however since 2001, episodes have been broadcast every day apart from Wednesdays and weekends. Same-day repeats and omnibus editions of the series were previously shown on BBC Three however as of 2016 these are broadcast on UK-based TV channel W. They gave the job of creating this new soap to script writer Tony Holland and producer Julia Smith and they created twenty-four original characters for the show, based upon Hollands own family, and people they remembered from their own experiences in the East End. Granada Television gave Smith unrestricted access to the Coronation Street production for a month so that she could get a sense how a continuing drama was produced and they cast actors for their characters, and began to film the show at BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. Julia Smith thought Eastenders looked ugly written down, and capitalised the second e, the central focus of EastEnders is the fictional Victorian square Albert Square in the fictional London Borough of Walford. In the shows narrative, Albert Square is a 19th-century street, named after Prince Albert, thus, central to Albert Square is The Queen Victoria Public House. Fans have tried to establish the location Walford would have within London if it were real, Walford has the postal district of E20. The postcode district was selected as if it were part of the actual E postcode area covers much of east London although the next unused postcode district in the area was. In 1917 the current postal districts in London were assigned according to the name of the main sorting office for each district. If Walford had been assigned in this scheme it would have been given E17, in March 2011, Royal Mail allocated the E20 postal district to the 2012 Olympic Park. The postal district in EastEnders was entirely fictional up to that point, the shows creators opted for E20 instead of E19 as it was thought to sound better. In September 2011 the postal code for Albert Square was revealed in an episode as E20 6PQ, there is also a market close to Fassett Square at Ridley Road. The postcode for the area, E8, was one of the titles for the series. The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where Tony Holland lived and a blend of Walthamstow and Stratford—the areas of Greater London where the creators were born, other parts of the Square and set interiors are based on other locations. The fictional local newspaper, the Walford Gazette, in local news events such as the arrests or murders of characters appear. EastEnders is built around the idea of relationships and strong families and this theme encompasses the whole Square, making the entire community a family of sorts, prey to upsets and conflict, but pulling together in times of trouble. Co-creator Tony Holland was from a large East End family, Pauline and Petes mother was the domineering Lou Beale, who lived with Pauline and her family
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Denise Fox
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Denise Celeste Fox is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Diane Parish. She made her first appearance on 11 May 2006 and temporarily left EastEnders in early 2008 to give birth to her second child and her exit coincided with the permanent departures of cast members Phil Daniels, Kellie Shirley and Matt Di Angelo. She returned to Walford on 6 June 2008 and this is Parishs second role in EastEnders, as she previously played singer Lola Christie in 1998. Introduced as a mother to Chelsea Fox and Libby Fox who has come from an abusive marriage. Firstly, to Kevin Wicks in 2007, who dies months later and she also embarks on a loveless engagement to Ian Beale, flings with younger men Fatboy and Kush Kazemi and a drunken one-night stand with Phil Mitchell which results in a pregnancy. Denises third child, a son, is born in 2017, moving to Walford, Denise has a tempestuous encounter with Kevin Wicks, however, an attraction develops and they begin dating. Denises former husband, Owen Turner, an alcoholic, tries to reunite with Libby and he tries to drown himself and Libby but she recovers and Owen is arrested. Denise, who never knew her father but knows he played in a band called The Five Hectors, thinks that Patrick Trueman may be her father as he was in the band, the band also consisted of Aubrey Valentine, Cedric Lucas, Dwight and Earl. The identity of Denises father is never discovered, but Aubrey also eliminates himself, when Kevins former wife, Shirley Carter, arrives in Walford, she causes problems for Denise and Kevin. Shirley reveals Kevins secret, that he is not Dean and Carly s biological father, after Shirley tells everyone this, Kevin flees. Upset, Denise threatens to move away but stays when Kevin returns, Kevin starts selling cars for Phil Mitchell, but discovers they are cut-and-shuts, he tries to destroy the cars but dies in an accident. Denise and Carly leave Walford after the funeral, seeking the place to scatter Kevins ashes. Denise returns, but is angry to discover Chelsea is using drugs, Denise is initially hostile but she warms to him when she sees he has changed and they eventually reunite. Denise proposes to Lucas but he is married to Trina, Trina attempts to seduce Lucas but he accidentally kills her. Denise helps Jordan come to terms with his mothers death, with them believing it to be an overdose, with Trina dead, Denise and Lucas are able to marry, though further complications arise when Owen is released from prison. He desperately tries to show Denise that she cannot trust Lucas, Lucas kills Owen on their wedding day and his body is discovered eight months later. Lucas confesses to Denise, claiming self-defence, at first, she agrees to protect him but convinces him to go to the police. However, he drives her to a canal
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Pat Butcher
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Patricia Louise Pat Evans, also occasionally referred to in the British media as Fat Pat, is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Pam St. Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired, until her departure on 1 January 2012. Pat was also portrayed by Emma Cooke in a soap bubble Pat and Mo, Ashes to Ashes, delving into her past with sister-in-law Mo Harris, the character died on 1 January 2012, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her funeral was on 13 January 2012, Pat was one of the longest serving characters on the show, being on it for twenty-five years and six months. She returned along with women from Ian Beales past in a concussion-related dream sequence for a Children in Need special on 14 November 2014. She also made a return as a hallucination for Peggy Mitchells exit on 17 May 2016, Pat is the youngest of four children. Her sister, Joan, had Downs syndrome, and was sent to an institution when Pat was four. Joan married Michael, who also had Downs and their mother, Lydia, disowned Joan and claimed she had died at age 22. After leaving school at 15, Pat unsuccessfully tried to become a model and she and her best friend, Mo Porter, entered a beauty contest in Clacton at 16, winning the title of Miss Butlins. There she met Frank Butcher, who was holidaying with his girlfriend, Frank was besotted with Pat, and they slept together. Frank was the first of what would be many lovers in Pats life, Pat and Frank would meet up from time to time, and on each occasion the affair would be rekindled, but Frank would not leave June. Pat began working for shady club owner Tony Cattani, who got her involved in prostitution and this shamed her family, particularly her brother Jimmy, and their relationship suffered. When Pat discovered that her best friend Mo, now Jimmys wife, had slept with Tony, she informed her brother, Mo denied it, while working as a prostitute, Pat was offered more money to work for up-and-coming gangster Johnny Allen. Pat then worked as a woman of the underworld for many years. She had flings with Den Watts and Kenny Beale —both restless men, kennys younger brother Pete proved more reliable, he married Pat when he thought she was pregnant by him—a false alarm which his mother Lou believed was Pats ploy to trap her son. While they were together, Pat had two sons, David and Simon, who Pete believed to be his, yet Pat could not settle down and embarked on an affair with Brian Wicks. Pete eventually left her and they divorced, soon after, Pat married Brian and he took on responsibility of her two sons. They left Walford due to Davids feud with fellow schoolboy Derek Branning who terrorised the entire family because David got his sister Carol pregnant and they moved to Romford and Pat stayed with Brian until 1986, when he started physically abusing her
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Gary Beadle
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Gary Beadle is a British actor, best known for playing Paul Trueman in EastEnders and Gary Barwick in Operation Good Guys. Beadle was raised in as one of five children in Bermondsey, South London, as children, he and his elder brother Rikki produced a version of the 1976 youth musical-gangster film Bugsy Malone for Southwark London Borough Council. Directed by Rikki who starred as Talula, Gary played janitor Fizzy, after developing a love of hip hop, and especially Run-D. M. C. and the Sugarhill Gang, Beadle he moved to New York City in his early twenties. On return to London, he formed a rap group called the City Limits Crew and he also worked as a comedian, one half of an act called Swift +2 Club Bouncers. In 2001 he won the role of Paul Trueman in EastEnders, a loveable rogue, Beadle left the role when his contract was due to terminate, as he had not appreciated the director and script writers wanting to be come a drug dealer. He therefore agreed an exit where his character was killed-off, in 2004 he presented the UMA Awards with singer, ex-EastEnder Michelle Gayle. Since leaving EastEnders, Beadle has roles in Holby City, Doctors, in 2007, he appeared in BBC Three comedy Thieves Like Us. His brother is actor, writer and performer Rikki Beadle-Blair, in 2008 he appeared in The Sarah Jane Adventures series 2 as Clyde Langers father, Paul. In 2010 he appeared in the Royal Court Theatres Sucker Punch by Roy Williams, in 2012 he appeared in Hustle as a police officer. In 2015 he played Docker in BBC One drama The Interceptor, in 2016, he starred as Abioseh, an ex-tribesman in the Royal National Theatres production of Les Blancs. He also starred in an episode of the BBCs Death in Paradise, Gary Beadle at the Internet Movie Database Interview at britishhiphop. co. uk, June 2008
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Ben Mitchell (EastEnders)
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Benjamin Ben Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. The role has played by five different actors. Matthew Silver appeared as an infant Ben from 1996–1998, and Morgan Whittle played him as a toddler from 1999–2000, after a six-year absence from the series, Charlie Jones assumed the role of Ben in 2006. In May 2010, it was announced that the role was recast to Joshua Pascoe, Pascoe then took a break from EastEnders between 13 May 2011 and 9 September 2011. In May 2012, it was announced that Pascoe would be leaving the role, on 14 May 2014, it was announced that Ben would be returning to the serial, with the part being recast to Harry Reid, who appeared from 22 September 2014. As played by Jones, Ben received generally poor reviews from critics, Grace Dent of The Guardian wrote several negative opinion pieces on the character, and contacted the BBC with a list of suggestions for humorous storylines in which he could be killed-off. However, the storyline where Ben was abused by Stella won Best Storyline at the 2007 Inside Soap Awards, in 2012, Pascoe was nominated Villain of the Year, but lost out to Andrew Lancel. Lisa OConnell, also writing for The Guardian, was complimentary of Bens later, protracted coming out storyline, Ben is born to Phil Mitchell and his wife Kathy. He has meningitis as a baby, which leaves him deaf in one ear. Two years later, Kathy moves to South Africa and takes Ben with her, Kathy marries a man named Gavin Sullivan. Eight years later, Walford residents hear that Kathy and Gavin have been killed in a car crash and he eventually moves in with Phil, after his father wins a long custody battle. Ben dislikes Phils new girlfriend Stella Crawford, who in turn feels that Ben is intruding on their relationship, on their wedding day, Ben admits that Stella has been abusing him, she commits suicide by jumping from a roof. Phil, an alcoholic, begins drinking again in the aftermath. Unbeknown to Phil, Ben develops an interest in dancing and he secretly takes classes, passing a dance exam, and is ultimately able to gain his fathers approval. In March 2010, Phils estranged daughter Louise comes to stay with the family and she steals Bens diary and fakes an entry which suggests he is gay. In retaliation, Ben burns Louises hand the same way Stella burnt his and he later locks Louise in a summerhouse for a day, then pretends to find her to earn approval from his father. Louise blames Jordan Johnson, an acquaintance of Bens, but when Phil sees burn marks on Louises arm, Phil worries Ben is copying Stella, and punches him when he catches Ben about to burn Louise again. Questioned as to why he hurt Louise, Ben claims that Jordan is bullying him, Phil advises Ben to fight back, soon after, Ben attacks Jordan with a spanner, leaving him with a fractured skull
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Phil Mitchell
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Philip James Phil Mitchell is a long-standing fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden. Phil was introduced to the opera on 20 February 1990. Phil is one of the major introductions made by executive producer Michael Ferguson, Phil and his brother Grant became popularly known as the Mitchell brothers in the British media with Phil initially portrayed as the more level-headed of the two thugs. Storylines featuring the Mitchell family dominated the soap throughout the 1990s, with Phil becoming a popular and long-running male protagonist into the 2000s. McFadden temporarily left the series in late 2003 then returned in March 2005 for a short stint, McFadden took a short break from the series in early 2017 at the conclusion of Phils liver cirrhosis storyline. One of the most culturally significant storylines featuring the character aired in 2001 and was dubbed Who Shot Phil, the plot saw Phil shot in a whodunit mystery, with the assailant eventually revealed as his former girlfriend Lisa Fowler. The storyline captured viewer and media interest and the episode was watched by 22 million viewers. Phil and Grant arrive in Walford to open a repair shop. Phil later goes into partnership at The Queen Victoria public house with Grant and his wife Sharon Watts, Phil grows close to Sharon, who turns to him for comfort during Grants violent outbursts. Sharon and Phil have sex but she stays with Grant, who is unaware of their betrayal, Sharon and Grants reconciliation is brief, and amidst more rowing and physical violence, Grant is arrested and imprisoned. In his absence, Phil and Sharon continue their affair but when Grant is released, Sharon reconciles with him, leaving Phil heartbroken. On the rebound, Phil enters into a marriage of convenience with Nadia Borovac, Phil begins a romance with Kathy Beale, but Nadia returns, needing Phil to prove he is her husband to prevent deportation. She moves in with him while she is investigated, Nadia seduces and sleeps with a drunken Phil. He regrets it, denying it to Kathy so Grant threatens to kill her to make her leave, Kathy agrees to marry Phil in 1994 despite discovering that he torched Frank Butchers car lot in an insurance scam, accidentally killing a homeless boy trapped inside. Intent on winning him back, Sharon kisses Phil but he ends things there, during Phil and Kathys engagement party, Grant listens to a cassette of Sharon admitting to the affair and plays it at the party. Kathy is incensed, and Grant beats Phil so badly that he has to go to hospital, Phil undergoes surgery, which stirs remorse in Grant. He pressures Phil into blaming Sharon for their affair and Grant forces her to leave Walford, Phil and Grant make peace but things between them are not the same. Kathy and Phil eventually sort out their differences, marry, and have a son, Ben, making Phil feel neglected and depressed so he turns to alcohol and this makes him abusive and neglectful towards Kathy and Ben, so Kathy takes Ben and moves out
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Steve McFadden
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Steve McFadden is an English actor, best known for his role as hardman Phil Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which he has played since 1990. He was also the presenter of fighting series Britains Hardest, McFadden was born Steve Reid in the Maida Vale area of London on 20 March 1959, the only child of Robert and Barbara Mallet Reid. His parents separated soon afterwards and his mother married a man called John McFadden. He left school in 1975 and over the few years had short stints in jobs including labouring. None of these gave him much satisfaction, so he decided to sell his motorbike and hitch-hike around Europe. He spent several months camping out in Montpellier, France, on land earmarked for development as a football stadium. He then returned to London and felt that the city was too repressive for his liking, so he went to a Job Centre, McFaddens first job after his return to London was on the Acorn Project, a scheme for blind people which involved attending college. He gained O and A Level passes in Sociology and Politics before enrolling at North London Polytechnic on an Economics course, just seven weeks after starting, he decided that the course was not for him, and withdrew himself from university. After graduating from RADA in 1987 he made his debut playing a small role in the 1988 television film The Firm. That same year he had a brief appearance in the film Buster as a gang member. This was followed by appearances in the television series The Bill, Minder and he has also appeared in Kevin and Perry Go Large where he played a doorman. McFadden then became famous for playing hard man Phil Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders and he joined EastEnders at the beginning of 1990, at the same time as Ross Kemp, who played Phils younger brother Grant Mitchell. During that time, his character has been involved in numerous ratings-pulling storylines such as Sharongate in 1994, storyline in March 2001 where his character was shot and wounded by a mystery attacker. The identity of the attacker was revealed later as Phils girlfriend Lisa. McFadden made a appearance in the film Kevin & Perry Go Large in 2000. He left EastEnders in late 2003 for a break to concentrate on pantomimes. His character was out of the series after being framed for an armed robbery by Den Watts. During his break from EastEnders he presented the reality television fighting series Britains Hardest which was an underground competition aired on Sky One and he returned to EastEnders for two episodes in April 2005
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Cora Cross
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Cora Cross is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Ann Mitchell. Cora is the mother of Tanya Branning and Rainie Cross and the grandmother of Lauren, Cora initially appeared from 11 to 15 April 2011, and returned as a regular character on 28 July. In May 2011, when it was confirmed that Cora would be returning to EastEnders, executive producer Bryan Kirkwood said, We all love Cora here—actress Ann Mitchell could be one of the Walford greats. Kirkwood was keen to find a new matriarch for the show after the loss of Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, kate White of Inside Soap praised Cora and added she could watch Ann Mitchell acting her socks off all day long. Mitchell took a break from the show from April until June 2015 and it was announced that Cora would return to the show in April 2017. Cora turns up at her daughter Tanya Brannings house unannounced, Tanya soon softens towards her mother and sister. On Tanyas hen night, Cora takes a dislike to Vanessa Gold after Vanessa laughs about them living on a council estate. The next day, Tanyas ex-husband, Max, goes to Tanyas house after tearing their daughter Abi Brannings bridesmaid dress and she tells Max that although the girls have his name, they are Crosses deep down. It is later revealed that Rainie is staying at Coras house, Cora then attends Tanyas wedding, and finds it amusing when Jane Beale says she kissed Greg the night before. Cora departs after the wedding on 15 April, and Rainie later reveals that she has moved out of her mothers home, Cora returns months later as she can no longer handle her abusive neighbours and asks to stay with Tanya for a few days. Tanya lets her stay longer, and on her birthday, she visits The Queen Victoria public house and meets Patrick Trueman and she gets drunk and confronts Tanya about forgetting her birthday and how she treats Rainie. Cora also guesses that Tanya does not love Greg, but Tanya denies this and she looks after Tanyas young son Oscar Branning but he annoys her due to the noise he makes. She leaves him to play on the stairs but he falls down them, eventually Cora is forced to move out of Tanyas and convinces Dot Branning to let her stay with her and her sister Rose Cotton. She asks Anthony Moon to help her move her things, saying he can keep one of her belongings as payment and he asks for her candlesticks, but she says they are the only decent thing she owns, so she lets him buy them for £200. She later finds out they could be worth £1000, so convinces Anthonys father Eddie to give her an extra £300, Dot later kicks Cora out for laughing at her and using language that Dot dislikes. Cora arrives at Tanyas house just as Shirley Carter is throttling Rainie so Cora fends Shirley off, Tanya then lets Cora stay with her. When Max returns because Abi is worried about Tanya, it leads to Lauren revealing that Tanya has cervical cancer and has stopped her treatment, Tanya explains that she did not tell anyone because of how it was for her when her father, William, was dying of cancer. She then tells Cora and Rainie that William did not die peacefully as they thought, Cora is initially horrified, but after Tanya explains further the circumstances surrounding Williams death, they reconcile
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Ian Beale
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Ian Albert Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Adam Woodyatt. He is the character and the only remaining original character to have appeared continuously since the first episode on 19 February 1985. The character appeared in his 2000th episode in the show on 26 March 2007 and he is currently one of four original main characters in EastEnders, the others being Ians mother Kathy Beale, his cousin Michelle Fowler as well as his close friend Sharon Mitchell. Woodyatt filmed his 3000th episode on 27 May 2016, Ian is the most-married character in EastEnders history, with five marriages to four women and two aborted engagements to Mandy Salter and Denise Fox. He has fathered three children, raised his first wifes son Steven Beale and is the guardian of his first wifes youngest daughter, Cindy Williams. As of 2017, Ian is also the current owner of 45 Albert Square, traditionally represented within the series as the home of the Beale. As a teenager, Ian argues with his father Pete Beale over his desire to become a caterer and he starts several businesses and buys a local café soon after graduating from catering college. Ian has several failed romances, including with his friend, Sharon Watts, with whom Ian remains close, fellow student, Tina Hopkins and his cousin. Ian gets engaged to Cindy Williams in 1989, however, a stand with her former lover Simon Wicks leaves her pregnant. Cindy marries Ian and claims that the baby she is expecting, Steven Beale, is his and 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 business but his exploitative working practices alienate his friends, employees. He and Cindy later reconcile and Ian is overjoyed to become a father to twins, Peter Beale and Lucy Beale. After opening a fish and chip shop, Ian becomes so obsessed with building his business empire that he neglects Cindy, Ian wins custody of their children, and makes Cindy so miserable that she hires John Valecue, 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 custody of the children but is implicated in Ians shooting. She is jailed on remand and dies several months later in prison during childbirth, Ian has a serious romance with Melanie Healy, the manager of his bric-a-brac shop. She proposes to him but later cheats on him with Steve Owen, 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
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Adam Woodyatt
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Adam Brinley Woodyatt is an English actor and media personality, best known for his role as Ian Beale in the long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is the longest-serving and only actor to have been in the show continuously since its inception in February 1985, alongside Letitia Dean and Gillian Taylforth, who play Sharon Watts and Kathy Beale respectively, Woodyatt is one of only three members of the original cast currently in EastEnders. He is a recipient of 5 British Soap Awards including one for Best Actor as well as a recipient of 1 TRIC Award, a native of Walthamstow, Woodyatt was raised in the East End of London, where EastEnders is set. He also attended Llanidloes High School, Llanidloes in Wales, following the completion of his studies at the Sylvia Young Theatre School, Woodyatt took a small part in childrens drama The Baker Street Boys. He then put his career on hiatus and worked as a butcher in Wales for a brief period. His longevity was honoured at the 2013 British Soap Awards when he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his role of Ian Beale. Woodyatt has also appeared as a guest personality on several BBC game shows and charity fundraisers, including A Question of Sport, Robot Wars and Children in Need. On 25 March 2015, it was announced that Woodyatt has signed up for a role in Snow White. Woodyatt will play the henchman of The Wicked Queen, speaking about joining the production, Woodyatt commented, I absolutely love performing in front of an audience as it’s so different to camera – I love the reaction of the audience. I am very much looking forward to spending the Christmas season at the Wyvern Theatre, Woodyatt is an accomplished photographer, a hobby he took up while performing On The Razzle at the National Theatre when he was 13 years old. In 2008 he won the Architectural Photographer of the Year Award of the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers with a picture he took at St Pancras, on 8 April 1998, Woodyatt married dancer Beverley Sharp in a private ceremony at Disney World, Florida. The couple have two children, and live in Southam, Warwickshire, some 72 miles northwest of the BBCs Elstree Studios in south Hertfordshire, despite hailing from the South East of England, Woodyatt supports Liverpool F. C. and has a keen appreciation for sport. An avid fan of science fiction, he took part in a special BBC evening dedicated to Star Trek and has attended some of the Series Launches of Doctor Who alongside many other celebrities and he appeared in Casualty as Paul Brown in 1995. Woodyatt is also a supporter of Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. and an Ambassador for the Childrens Air Ambulance
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Rainie Cross
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Lorraine Rainie Cross is a fictional character from the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, played by Tanya Franks. Introduced as the sister of Tanya Branning, Franks has had three separate guest stints in 2007,2008 and 2010 and between 12 April and 8 December 2011. Rainie returned on 16 June 2014, when she was revealed as Ian Beales mystery phone contact, having been with Ian on Good Friday, the night of Lucy Beales murder. Described as the slightly broken sister whos one step away from a bottle, Rainies storylines have often centred on her addictions to drugs. During her seven episode guest stint in 2010, Rainie was involved in a highly criticised crack cocaine storyline with Phil Mitchell and it was branded inappropriate and horrid by the Daily Record. EastEnders star Natalie Cassidy also criticised the storyline, saying she was shocked, in January 2015, it was confirmed that Rainie would return for the conclusion of the Lucy Beale murder storyline. Rainie leaves with the money without Tanya noticing but ignores the ultimatum, Tanya is in an emotional state, having recently split from her husband Max Branning. Rainie returns the money to Tanya and says she is not using drugs, so Tanya allows her to stay, Rainie returns to Walford in 2010 and tells Max she is clean and sober, and asks Max for Tanyas phone number. Tanyas daughter, Abi Branning, wants Rainie to stay and Max agrees and she steals money out of Maxs sister Carol Jacksons purse, which she uses to buy crack cocaine. Max catches her with the drugs and throws her out and she starts looking for her drugs where a drunken Phil Mitchell approaches, finds Rainies crack cocaine and is tempted to try some after she says it helps her block out her memories. Phil and Rainie get high at Phils home, Rainie goes to get more drugs when Phil steals money from The Queen Victoria public house, but is mugged by a drug dealer. Phils girlfriend Shirley Carter offers to him get clean but throws Rainie out of the house. In 2011, Rainie returns to Tanyas house as their mother, Rainie says she is now completely clean and is staying with Cora because her counsellor wants her to reconnect with her family. When Tanya and Greg Jessop go on their honeymoon, Rainie looks after their house and they talk about their past but he tells her that he does not want to associate with her and leaves. She and Jack Branning then get together and later go to his flat and have sex. Jack rejects Rainie the following morning, Tanya and Greg return and see how much trouble Rainie has caused. She also causes trouble with Shirley so Tanya asks her to leave but Rainie persuades Tanya to let her stay, much to Gregs disappointment. Rainie visits Jacks wife Ronnie Branning to find the knickers she supposedly left behind and taunts Ronnie, asking her to tell Jack to phone her and she joins a support group to help her stay off drugs and alcohol which Phil also attends
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Tanya Franks
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Franks is also the founder of Stock-pot Productions, a film and theatre production company. She returned to EastEnders in 2011 as a regular, but later departed, Franks worked for 14 years in theatre both in the UK and abroad. Tanya then rose to prominence when her TV career began in 2000, Franks continued in the soap opera for three years, with storylines including a cancer scare, infertility, surrogacy, and a child custody battle, before leaving the series in 2003. In 2004, Franks was cast as DI Rowanne Morell in the long-running ITV1 police serial-drama The Bill, Franks stayed with the serial for over a year, with her character investigating various murders of police officers and police corruption. In 2005, Franks appeared as a guest lead in an episode of the BBC1 medical serial-drama Holby City and in 2006, in 2006, Franks starred opposite Sharon Horgan and Rebekah Staton in the BBC Three comedy series Pulling. Franks was cast as Karen, a promiscuous, raunchy, aggressive primary school teacher, the sitcom ran for two series and a special feature episode, and gained a BAFTA nomination for best comedy series and won The South Bank Show award for Best Comedy. In July 2007, it was announced that Franks would play the role of Tanya Brannings sister, Franks returned to EastEnders as Rainie in January 2008, and again in August 2010. She returned again in April 2011, before departing once more later that year and she made a surprise return to the show on 16 June 2014. In 2008, Franks starred as Sandra Farrell in the BBC Two mocumentary The Cup, in 2009, Franks appeared in an episode of the E4 teen drama Skins. In 2010, she appeared in an episode of the BBC1 time-travelling drama Ashes to Ashes, from September 2010 to August 2011, Franks starred as a series regular in the CBBC comedy serial Hotel Trubble. Franks also appears in Episode 7, Series 9 of New Tricks as literary agent Roxanne Guthrie, in 2013 she was a guest lead in an episode of Pramface as Fiona. Tanya plays Richard Burtons wife, Sybil, in the 2012 made-for-television film Liz & Dick, in 2013 Tanya played Lucy Stevens, sister to DC Ellie Miller played by Olivia Colman, in the award winning series Broadchurch. She also played Mandy in the E4 sitcom Chewing Gum in 2015, early 2015 saw Tanya return to the stage in Contact. Com at The Park Theatre. In 2016 Tanya co-starred at The Menier Chocolate Factory in The Truth written by Florian Zeller, following its sell-out run the production transferred to the Wyndhams Theatre in Londons West End. Tanyas film career includes The Magnificent Eleven, We Still Steal The Old Way, the last two are soon to be released. Franks founded Stock-pot Productions in 1993, Theatre credits included Scenes of Shaw at Londons Theatre Museum starring Les Dennis and the late Paul Eddington, Deckchairs at Londons Kings Head Theatre in which Tanya also co-starred. Co-productions included the tour of You Dont Kiss and All Fall Away which the Guardian named Pick of the Week with Tanya playing the lead role at the Latchmere Theatre. The company has three short films, the last of which Franks wrote, produced, and starred in
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Vincent Hubbard
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Vincent Hubbard is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Richard Blackwood. He was first introduced by executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins during the shows 30th anniversary celebrations, during these appearances, he is only credited as Vincent. He returned as a character on 21 April 2015. Blackwood praised bosses for the character of Vincent, stating he knew that his portrayal would surprise viewers given his comedy background. He is described on the BBC website as an operator, whose easy charm and quick wittedness covers a steely, ruthless streak. They also state that Vincent believes himself to be the man in the room. During the wedding reception of Ian and Jane Beale, Denise Fox mocks her sister Kim Foxs relationship with Vincent, who is her husband, and she goes into premature labour with Vincents child. Kim tells Denise that Vincent never existed and Pearl was the result of a one-night stand, the following month, Vincent sends Ronnie a get well soon card after hearing that she has awoken from her coma, and later visits her. He reminds her of the times spent with each other when he owned a bar and attempts to romance her. He leaves, and Ronnie later explains to her sister Roxy Mitchell that she and Vincent were in a relationship before they left for Ibiza. Vincent visits Kim, who reveals what she saw him getting up to at his flat, Kim is still shaken after he leaves, believing that there is something strange about the article. Whilst in Albert Square, Vincent decides to pay a visit to his sister, Donna Yates. He also confesses to her that he is close with Ronnie, however, Ronnie reminds him that she still has the gun he gave her, so he lends her the favour. When Ronnie finds out that he has got the wrong end of the stick, Phil approaches Vincent, threatening to kill one of his family members if he refrains from leaving Ronnie alone. However, Vincent punches him and warns him to back off, following this, Kim forces Vincent to promise her no more lies, and Donna is disheartened to find that they have reunited, bitterly revealing to Kim that Vincent had dated Ronnie. Vincent reunites with Kim having promised her that he and Ronnie are no longer together. He later approaches Phil after finding out that he was the result of his arrest and blackmails him, Phils wife Sharon Mitchell disapproves of this, and she and Vincent are forced to share the business. Phil grows irritable about Vincents involvement in the business, and when Vincent changes the name of The Albert to Pearls, Kim decides to end their marriage after seeing him covered in blood, but he soon is able to change her mind
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Richard Blackwood
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Richard Clifford Blackwood is a British comedian, actor and rapper. He is currently playing Vincent Hubbard on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, Blackwood presented the hit UK version of Singled Out on mainstream television channel, Channel 5 and, in 1999, presented his own show called The Richard Blackwood Show. He was also a presenter on MTV television show, MTV Select with Donna Air, Blackwood scored a UK No.3 hit single in 2000, with the song Mama Who Da Man, based on Mama Used to Say by his uncle Junior. The 200, 000+ selling hit single was written and produced by Lucas Secon and Mickey P. He later followed it up with a couple more singles,1.2.3.4 Get with the Wicked and Someone There for Me and released the ironically titled album Youll Love to Hate This in late 2000. Blackwood appeared on Brass Eye in 2001, during which he was tricked into saying that Internet paedophiles can make computer keyboards emit noxious fumes in order to subdue children, Blackwood even sniffed a keyboard and claimed it made him feel suggestible. Blackwood also warned watching parents that exposure to the fumes would make their children smell like hammers and he had acting appearances in Holby City in 2003 and played the title character in the 2002 television series Ed Stone Is Dead. During May 2003, Blackwood appeared in Channel 5s Celebrity Detox Camp, in March 2007, he acted in the Bollywood smash-hit film Dont Stop Dreaming. In 2005, Blackwood appeared in Princes of Comedii DVD release, in March 2011, he played the role of Russell - the Store Manager, in Anuvahood, starring Adam Deacon. Also in 2011, he played the role of Donkey in the West End production of Shrek the Musical, the show opened at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 14 June 2011. He has starred alongside such performers as Amanda Holden, Nigel Lindsay, Nigel Harman, Kimberley Walsh, Blackwood appeared with the rest of the Shrek cast on Britains Got Talent for ITV on 31 May 2011. On 17 January 2015, it was announced that Blackwood would be joining the cast of EastEnders as mysterious character Vincent Hubbard and he made his first appearance on 17 February 2015, and had many connections to different characters before actually appearing on the Square. He had previously been interviewed in a 2003 EastEnders documentary on the return of Den Watts, in a 2000 interview, Blackwood claimed that if he had not made it in show business he would have been a graphic designer, designing buildings. Blackwood is a cousin of the actor Vas Blackwood and he became the step-brother of supermodel Naomi Campbell when his father married her mother in the 1980s, until their divorce several years later. Blackwood has said he attempted suicide after filing for bankruptcy in 2003. He has a son, Keaun, born in January 2001
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Trinidad
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Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies 11 km off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, though geographically part of the South American continent, from a socio-economic standpoint it is often referred to as the southernmost island in the Caribbean. With an area of 4,768 km2, it is also the sixth largest in the West Indies, many believe the original name for the island in the Arawaks language was Iëre which meant Land of the Hummingbird. Some believe that Iere was actually a mispronunciation or corruption by early colonists of the Arawak word Kairi which simply means Island, Christopher Columbus renamed it La Isla de la Trinidad, fulfilling a vow he had made before setting out on his third voyage of exploration. Caribs and Arawaks lived in Trinidad long before Christopher Columbus encountered the islands on his voyage in 1498. Tobago changed hands between the British, French, Dutch and Courlanders, but eventually ended up in British hands, Trinidad remained Spanish until 1797, but it was largely settled by French colonists from the French Caribbean, especially Martinique. In 1889 the two became a single British Crown colony. Trinidad and Tobago obtained self-governance in 1958 and independence from the United Kingdom in 1962, major landforms include the hills of the Northern, Central and Southern Ranges, the Caroni, Nariva and Oropouche Swamps, and the Caroni and Naparima Plains. Major river systems include the Caroni, North and South Oropouche, there are many other natural landforms such as beaches and waterfalls. Trinidad has two seasons per year, the rainy season and the dry season. El Cerro del Aripo, at 940 metres, is the highest point in Trinidad and it is part of the Aripo Massif and is located in the Northern Range on the island, northeast of the town of Arima. Diversity is the status quo in Trinidad and it is sometimes known as a rainbow island or more fondly a callaloo. There is a range of ethnicity, religion, and culture. As of the 2011 Trinidad and Tobago Census, the population was 34. 22% East Indian,35. 43% African,7. 66% Mixed - African and East Indian, and 15. 16% Mixed - Other. Venezuela has also had a impact on Trinidads culture, such as introducing the music style parang to the island. Many of these groups overlap heavily due to admixture, for example Dougla is a term used to describe a person who is of African and East Indian descent. Trinidad religion primarily centers round Roman Catholic, Anglican, other Christian denominations, Hindu, catholicism constitutes the largest religious denomination of the country. There are also multiple festivals featuring the music of the Caribbean and the steelpan and these festivals include the world-famous Carnival, Jouvert, and Panorama, the national steel pan competition
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Jim Branning
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Jim was temporarily written out of the show in August 2007 due to Bardon suffering a stroke. A storyline was created that Jim also suffered a stroke and it was reported on 10 March 2008 that Bardon would be returning to the role of Jim in summer 2008. Bardon returned to four episodes in the latter half of 2008. He returned permanently from the episode broadcast on 20 August 2009, on 1 April 2011 it was reported by the Daily Mirror that Bardon had filmed his final scenes and had left. Following Bardons death it was announced in March 2015 that EastEnders would pay tribute to him, Jim dated his first wife Reenie, with her giving birth to their oldest child Derek out of wedlock. When Reenie became pregnant again with eldest daughter April, Jim settled in a marriage to Reenie. A heavy drinker, Jim treated his children unfairly, favouring some, Jim first appears when his daughter April is supposed to marry her fiancé Nikos. When Nikos jilts April at the altar, Jims second daughter Carol marries her boyfriend Alan Jackson instead, Jim is racist and therefore is against Carol marrying a black man. He storms out, refusing to give her away and she becomes his second wife, marrying him in 2002 after a proposal in the London Eye. After a mishap with viagra, Dot decides that their marriage should remain purely platonic, Jim also has to fight off attention from several spinsters, including Maureen Carter and Doris Moisey, the latter who nearly causes the Brannings separation. Despite being overtly racist initially, these hostile feelings mellow, as shown through his friendship with the Trinidadian shopkeeper. Jim works as a potman, collecting glasses in The Queen Victoria public house and he is initially opposed to his granddaughter Sonias lesbian relationship with Naomi Julien but later gives his blessing. He clashes with Dot after she takes in an immigrant, Anya, whose baby, Tomas. He reports Anya to immigration and she is taken into custody, in their old age, the Brannings struggle to look after the child, and Dot eventually listens to Jims pleas and hands the baby over to social services. Jim goes to stay with Carol after she is taken ill, unable to take care of him, Dot has Jim admitted to a nursing home. Following rehabilitation, Jim is permitted to return to live at home in 2009, Jim can speak no more than a few words, but he communicates through gestures and facial expressions, and uses a walking stick and a wheelchair to get around. In February 2010, Dots granddaughter Dotty attempts to get Jim sent back to the home by pouring water on his lap to make it look like he has wet himself. However, Dotty is immediately caught out, as Dot and Jim celebrate their eighth wedding anniversary in The Queen Victoria, the police arrest Dot, ruining the party and distressing Jim
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John Bardon
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John Bardon, was an English stage and screen actor. He was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award in 1988 as Best Actor in a Musical for Kiss Me, Kate and he was best known for playing the patriarch Jim Branning on EastEnders for 13 years. On 12 September 2014 the BBC announced that Bardon had died at age 75, Bardon was born in Brentford, Middlesex. He may be best known for having played Jim Branning on EastEnders and his character, the father of established character Carol Jackson, first appeared briefly in 1996. The character of Jim returned to the series in 1999 and this became a regular character, later marrying Dot Cotton. Bardon filmed his scenes for EastEnders in March 2011 after years of poor health. He also was a regular in Rumpole of the Bailey, as a member of the clan Timson and he had made notable guest appearances in Dads Army in 1975 in the episode Ring Dem Bells and Are You Being Served. in 1976 in the episode No Sale. He also starred in the British police drama The Sweeney, in which he played villain Doc Boyd in the episode Faces, in the same year, he also appeared as a bookmaker in the film One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing. In 1978 he was cast as Del Rogers in G. F. Newmans Law, in 1984, he had a guest role as Constable Palk in The Body in the Library, and appeared as a night porter in the film version of Ordeal by Innocence the following year. He was a guest star in two episodes of Coronation Street in the early 1990s and he appeared as the father of Daryl Stubbs in Birds of a Feather, and played an asylum warden in the 1996 TV adaptation of Gullivers Travels. In 1997, he appeared briefly as one of the zoo customers in the film comedy Fierce Creatures, and 2 years later he appeared in the film East Is East as Mr. Moorhouse, Bardon appeared on the BBC show Just the Two of Us. His singing partner was Jocelyn Brown and the finished fourth. Prior to his work in EastEnders, Bardon worked as a driver at Heathrow Airport. In June 2002, he married Enda Gates, on 14 June 2007, Bardon was taken to hospital after suffering a major stroke at home. In November 2007, it was reported that he was making steady progress and it was reported on 27 December 2007 that Bardon had walked for the first time in six months. It was reported he told Executive Producer Diederick Santer he was looking forward to his return, however it was stated that the plan would all depend on his rehabilitation. On 8 August 2008, Bardon was rushed to hospital with a suspected stroke. It was later confirmed that he had not had another stroke and it was confirmed on 5 October 2008 that Bardon had returned home
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Foster care
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Foster care is a system in which a minor has been placed into a ward, group home, or private home of a state-certified caregiver, referred to as a foster parent. The placement of the child is normally arranged through the government or a service agency. The institution, group home or foster parent is compensated for expenses, the vast majority of children who would otherwise need foster care are in kinship care, that is, in the care of grandparents or other relatives. Most kinship care is done informally, without the involvement of a court or public organization, however, in the U. S. formal kinship care is increasingly common. In 2012, a quarter of all children in foster care were placed with relatives. In Australia foster care was known as boarding-out, Foster care had its early stages in South Australia in 1866 and stretched to the second half of the 19th century. It is said that the system was run by women until the early 20th century. Then the control was centered in many state childrens departments, although boarding-out was also implemented by nongovernment child rescue organizations, many large institutions remained. These institutions assumed an importance from the late 1920s when the system went into decline. The system was re-energized in the era, and in the 1970s. The system is still the structure for out-of-home care. The system took care of local and foreign children. New baby adoption dropped dramatically from the mid-1970s, with the tolerance of. Foster care in Cambodia is relatively new as a practice within the government. However, despite a later start, the practice is currently making strides within the country. Most notably, the found that the percentage of children within orphanages that had parents approached 80%. At the same time, local NGOs like Children In Families began offering limited foster care services within the country and these actions lead to an increase in the number of NGOs providing foster care placements, and helped to set the course for care reform around the country. Foster children in Canada are known as permanent wards, a ward is someone, in this case a child, placed under protection of a legal guardian and are the legal responsibility of the government
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Andy Hunter (EastEnders)
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Andrew Andy Hunter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michael Higgs from 3 July 2003. The character was axed in November 2004 and died on 18 February 2005, Andy is an employee of The Firm, of which he takes control after the murder of Jack Dalton by Dennis Rickman. He had previously married and divorced to a woman named Bev. He is attracted to Kat Slater, and asks her out on a date in The Queen Victoria pub, however he keeps trying and she eventually accepts his advances, and after some weeks he falls in love with Kat. He proposes to her while they were in New York and she accepts, on their wedding day, Alfie Moon runs into the church and says he loves her and Kat leaves Andy for Alfie thus making Andy and Alfie enemies. However Andy gets his revenge as Alfie owes him an amount of money. Andy blackmails Kat to have sex with him behind Alfies back, in order to pay off the money and if she refuses, Alfie manages to provide the money, but only after Kat has already slept with Andy. When they are in bed together, Andy secretly films everything with a video camera he sets up. Alfie later watches the tape out of curiosity and is heartbroken at what he sees, and confronts Kat about it, nearly ending their relationship. Andy hopes for them to split but he doesnt succeed as Alfie and Kat are still going strong, however, as Andy starts to watch it, he is taken aback as he discovers it is a different tape of Alfie and Kats wedding. After that, Andy leaves them to their relationship but still bullies Alfie, Andy starts having a relationship with Sam Mitchell, and he later marries her. However, when Den Watts and Marcus Christie trick Sam into selling the pub to Den, in 2004, Paul Trueman reports Andy to the police for his criminal activities. Andy takes his revenge on Paul by hiring a hitman from The Firm to kill him, Paul is killed in December 2004. Pauls father, Patrick Trueman begins searching for him and identifies his body when it is recovered, Patrick soon discovers that Andy is involved with Pauls death. Andy tells his employee Pat Evans that he had hired a hitman to kill Paul, Patrick tells the police that Andy is involved but there is no evidence against him. Patrick later swears revenge against him, Andys luck finally runs out when he tries to con Johnny Allen out of £750,000. Johnny pushes him off a footbridge, killing him instantly. The police are informed of Andys death but decide that it was a suicide and he dies on the same night that Den is bludgeoned to death by his wife Chrissie
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Stacey Slater
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Stacey Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Lacey Turner. She made her first appearance on 1 November 2004, the character was introduced as a feisty and troublesome teenager, an extension of the already established Slater clan. Stacey returned for a stint between 7 February and 25 March 2014 when she turned herself in to the police for Archies murder. She later appealed, and returned permanently on 5 August, Stacey has proven popular with fans and critics, and Turner has won multiple awards for her portrayal. Stacey, age 15, arrives in Walford in November 2004 and she causes trouble through her promiscuous and immoral behaviour, and is sent back home to Jean. However, she returns to the Slaters, eventually beginning to settle down when joined by her mother and older brother Sean. In 2005, Stacey becomes heavily involved in the murder of Den Watts when she gives her cousin Zoe Slater a false alibi for his murder, landing an innocent Sam Mitchell in prison. Sams family and Dens adopted daughter Sharon Watts pressure her into telling the truth, despite being unimpressed by Walford newcomer Bradley Branning, the pair grow to love one another but the relationship deteriorates when Stacey discovers she has been impregnated by Bradley. When he uncovers the truth, Bradley constantly urges Stacey to have an abortion, after hours of pleading with Bradley, she finally gives up and after doing so, their romance sours. Bradley calls time on his relationship with Stacey when she embarrasses him at a work party and she confides in his father Max and they end up in bed. Subsequently, they begin an affair and Max agrees to divorce his wife, however, he has this on a halt as he learns that Tanya is expecting their son. He leaves Stacey and she reunites with Bradley, later marrying, Max propositions Stacey after the wedding ceremony and their brief kiss is recorded on Maxs daughter Laurens hidden video camera. Lauren gives a DVD of the recording to Bradley as a Christmas present, devastated, Tanya slaps Stacey and Bradley ends their marriage again for six months. He eventually decides to give their marriage another chance, suggesting that they start a family, Stacey is uncertain and secretly continues having birth control pills. She immediately regrets cheating on Bradley, although she attempts to reignite the spark in her marriage, Stacey divorces Bradley. She has a stand with Callum, which leads to them dating. They split, however, over his treatment of her mother. Following the death of her best friend Danielle Jones, Stacey begins behaving erratically and she steals money from her family, sleeps with various men on the go and becomes a heavy drinker
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Lacey Turner
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Lacey Amelia Turner is a British actress. She is best known for her work on Bedlam, Switch, and portraying the role of Stacey Slater on the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role for which she has won 34 awards. She has won more British Soap Awards than any actor in any soap, and, at the age of 17, she was the youngest person to ever win Best Actress. In 2013, she starred in the television movie Our Girl. Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and she was raised as a Catholic with her two younger sisters, Daisy Turner and Lily Harvey, in Hertfordshire, near to the BBC television studios in Elstree. She has commented, From my bedroom window you could see part of the square, I used to say to my mum, I wanna be on that. It was whilst living there that Turner decided to become an actress, at the age of 10, she schooled at the Sylvia Young Theatre School to achieve her ambition, but left after a year stating that it wasnt my cup of tea. She has since revealed that she was bullied while at stage school, instead, she attended a local girls private school in Stanmore NW London and went to dance, singing and acting classes outside school. Turners earliest work included appearances on stage and in advertisements, in 2004 Turner went on to audition for the role of Demi Miller in BBCs EastEnders. Though she failed to get part, she was instead given the role of Stacey. She started in the soap the day after leaving school, commenting on the role, Turner said, I always dreamt of being on the show and so I cant believe that Ive fulfilled my greatest ambition. In 2005, Turner appeared alongside Catherine Tates character Lauren in a sketch for the BBCs annual Children in Need telethon. In March 2007, Turner had a breast enlargement, taking her from a 32B to a 32D, in January 2009, Turner appeared as a guest on The Sunday Night Project. Turner also starred in a episode of EastEnders on 19 February 2010 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the soap opera. She stated, Ill miss Stacey and everyone in Albert Square very much, Turner later revealed that she had agreed with Charlie Clements to leave EastEnders at the same time as him. Of the decision, Turner said Charlie and I always said wed go at the same time, for quite a while Id been saying I was going to go and kept realising I wasnt ready. But when Charlie said he was going last year I was like, Right, OK, the Daily Mail reported that after leaving EastEnders Turner hopes to become a film star, but hasnt ruled out a return in the future. Bosses at the BBC left her the option to return to EastEnders, on 6 December 2013 it was announced that Turner would be returning to EastEnders, to reprise her role as Stacey
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Joseph Marcell
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Born in Saint Lucia, he moved to the United Kingdom at the age of nine, grew up in Peckham, South London, and currently lives in Ealing, West London. Born in Saint Lucia, Marcell moved to the United Kingdom when he was nine years old and he studied theatre and science at college, then took courses in speech and dance. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he appeared in productions of Othello and he has also appeared often on British television and in feature films. He serves on the board of the Globe Theatre in London, King Lear as King Lear Gem of the Ocean as Solly Two Kings Joseph Marcell at the Internet Movie Database Alex Fletcher, What happened to Geoffrey from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. TV interview, Digital Spy,24 February 2014, caribbean Footsteps meets with Joseph Marcell. YouTube What the butler did next
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Chelsea Fox
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Chelsea Fox is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tiana Benjamin. She first appeared on 5 May 2006 and was joined by her mother Denise, Benjamin announced her departure from the show in April 2010. Her final episode was broadcast on 5 August 2010, upon Chelseas arrival, she is seduced by Grant Mitchell, unaware he is dating her to make Jane Collins jealous. However, when Denise uncovers the truth, Grant ends the relationship, Chelsea finds employment at Tanya Brannings salon, Booty and falls for Sean Slater. Although, Sean is promiscuous and pursues other women, including Tanya and Carly Wicks, attempting to keep Sean away from Carly, Chelsea sets her up on a date with Warren Stamp, who tries to assault Carly. Sean rescues her and animosity between the girls escalates, particularly when Sean dumps Chelsea for Carly, carlys brother, Deano, is attracted to Chelsea and, using this to her advantage, she and Deano sabotage Carly and Seans relationship. When Patrick Trueman is attacked, Chelsea and Deano frame Sean, stealing CCTV evidence that clears Sean but Carly finds it, Sean is released and the police charge Chelsea and Deano with perverting the course of justice. Sean gets revenge by cutting Chelseas hair while she sleeps and she and Deano are sentenced to six months imprisonment and released after three. Helped by her sister, Libby, Chelsea traces her father, Lucas Johnson and she confronts him, revealing that she is his daughter but leaves before he responds. Chelsea is reluctant to see him but eventually agrees to go out for a birthday meal, however, she leaves on discovering that she has a half-brother, Jordan. She buys drugs from Sean and steals money from work to buy more, Tanya fires her and Patrick catches her taking cocaine. He locks her in her room and calls Lucas to help, when he arrives, Chelsea has escaped through the bedroom window. Lucas finds her in R&R nightclub, high on cocaine, Chelsea gets her job back at Booty. She falls in love with Theo Kelly, but upon dating, Chelsea feels excluded from Theo and she later cheats on him with a footballer named Ellis Prince, who offers her drugs. A guilt-ridden Chelsea confesses her infidelity to Theo and despite his forgiving her, insists she cannot be with him and she resumes her relationship with Ellis but Lucas finds the drugs Ellis gave her and confronts Chelsea. Chelsea and Roxy Mitchell both pursue Dr. Al Jenkins, becoming rivals as the doctor is dating them both secretly, Chelsea assists Jordan in his protest to get a tree planted in Trinas memory and manages to win Al. However, just before Chelsea and Al get together, Roxy turns up at his office dressed as a nurse, so Chelsea leaves, despite this, when Roxy inherits The Queen Victoria public house, she employs Chelsea as a barmaid. Denise sets Chelsea up on a date with an associate of Lucass called Matthew
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Libby Fox
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Elizabeth Libby Fox is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera, EastEnders, played by Belinda Owusu. She made her first appearance on 22 May 2006 and left in 2010 and she is the daughter of Denise Fox and Owen Turner, and half-sister of Chelsea Fox. The Fox family were introduced by executive producer Kate Harwood, the character of Libby was featured in a prominent storyline in 2006, when her father, Owen, attempted to murder her. The character has since cultivated a relationship with her peer Darren Miller and she is portrayed as intelligent and competitive. The character was axed in April 2010 and her departure episode was broadcast on 5 August 2010, Libby returned in April 2014 for Lucy Beales funeral. She has made various guest appearances since, with the most recent being from 24 December 2016 to 31 January 2017, Libby is the second child born to Denise Fox. Her father, Owen Turner, was an alcoholic, Denise left him. Libby secretly contacts her father, and he starts making demands to see her, Denise is reluctant to allow this, but Owen appears to have changed, and Libby is keen for her parents to get back together, Denise is swayed and sleeps with Owen. However, as soon as Owen begins drinking again, he becomes abusive and he is arrested, but Libby persuades Denise to give him a glowing character witness statement at his trial, and he is released. Owen kidnaps Libby and takes her to Epping Forest and he drugs her and tries to kill himself and Libby by filling the car with noxious exhaust fumes. She escapes, but he catches her and tries to drown her in a stream, Denise arrives to find Libbys unconscious body on the bank of the stream. She is taken to hospital and makes a full recovery, Libby gets involved in various scams with her friend Darren Miller. She develops a crush on Gus Smith, but is too young to be noticed by him, so she begins using an internet chat room and she refuses to listen to Yolande Truemans concerns about the dangers of meeting someone online and agrees to meet him in person. When she meets the stranger, she discovers that she has been chatting to Darren all along and she is initially unimpressed, but after Yolande arranges a meal between them, they decide to start a relationship. A few weeks later Darren visits his family in the Cotswolds and she concentrates on her school work and achieves eleven good GCSE grades. Darren returns some weeks later but Libby avoids him, when she finally plucks up the courage to see him, she hears him talking about someone called Clara. Thinking he has found new, she pretends she is going out with Tamwar Masood. It turns out Clara is a dog and the pair get back together, Libby and Darren have an anniversary dinner to celebrate a year of dating
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Dean Wicks
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Dean Deano Wicks is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders played by Matt Di Angelo. He made his first appearance on 2 January 2006 and it was announced on 18 August 2007 that the characters of Deano and his sister Carly Wicks were being axed by executive producer Diederick Santer. Deano made his appearance on 7 February 2008. On 15 January 2014, it was announced that Deano, now called Dean, would be returning, Di Angelo took a three-month break from the soap from January to April 2015, with a one-off appearance in February to tie in with the shows 30th anniversary celebrations. In October 2015, it was announced that Di Angelo would be leaving the show in early 2016, the character is arrested for attempted rape with his final scenes set in court airing on 4 and 5 February 2016. In August 2016, Dean is acquitted of attempted rape after standing trial off-screen, when Deano arrives in Walford in 2006, he persuades his great aunt Pat Evans to take him in and is soon joined by his stepfather Kevin Wicks and sister Carly. Deano is unwittingly reunited with his mother, Shirley Carter. Despite Kevins efforts to stop her, Shirley makes herself known to Deano, Deano nearly dies from his injuries but bonds with Shirley during his recovery. Kevin is opposed to this and during many arguments, the truth about Deano and Carlys paternity is revealed by Shirley, Deano is devastated and threatens suicide by almost setting himself on fire but is stopped before going through with it. Unlucky in love, Deano has sex with Stacey and has unrequited crushes on Dawn Swann, Chelsea forces Deano into getting involved in a feud against Sean Slater. Deano tries to assault Sean but is conquered and battered, Chelsea and Deano swear revenge and frame Sean for the assault of Patrick Trueman, stealing CCTV footage that would have exonerated him. Sean is imprisoned, but he gets revenge on Deano by having him attacked by a gang of thugs, when Carly finds the stolen CCTV footage, she gives it to the police and Sean is released. Deano and Chelsea are arrested for perverting the course of justice, Sean attacks Deano again, forcing his head into a toilet. Afraid of spending time in prison, Deano attempts to run twice before his trial. On visits, his family discover that he is being bullied by the prisoners and, after getting into trouble. Deano is permitted to attend Kevins funeral under police supervision, when Deano is released, he has changed vastly, behaving in a morose manner, bringing a prostitute back to Shirleys flat then forcing his mother to pay for her services. After rejecting his mother, Deano leaves Walford, in September 2012, Carly returns to Walford for two days and tells Shirley that Deano is doing well, owns a bar and lives with his girlfriend in Australia. Dropping his former nickname, Dean returns to the UK and develops a relationship with his maternal grandfather and he follows Stan back to Walford, opening a salon there named Blades and briefly dating Lauren Branning
