'Birds of a Feather' star joins 'Enders

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Birds of a Feather star Peter Polycarpou is joining the cast of EastEnders.

The actor, who played Sharon's husband Chris Theodopolopodous on the classic sitcom, will make his first appearance next month.

Peter will play Yanis, the father-in-law of Kevin Wicks' daughter, Carly.

A spokeswoman told The Sun, "Peter's already filming and will make his first appearance at the end of February with his daughter-in-law and her husband Nico. Prepare for some fireworks!"

From Digital Spy

Any thoughts??

[BlackKat]

Oh goody. Another new character. Yay.

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Yeh, they seem to be introducing a new character every few weeks. But with everyone leaving i dont suppose they have much choice

[Jessie Wallace]

Oh goody. Another new character. Yay.

Well you never seem to like the one's weve got, so why not, he might be good, but then a gain he might not, i'll make my judgement, when he's on screen.

[Florijo]

Yeh, they seem to be introducing a new character every few weeks.

Yeah it does look like that. The new doctor and Bradley are next up, then Kevin, Carly, her husband Nico, her father-in-law Yanis, Honey's dad, Joe's friend Bert and Chelsea and Denise Fox. Have I missed anyone out?

He might not be a permanent character though and it would be cool to have some Greek characters in the show.

[BlackKat]

Well you never seem to like the one's weve got, so why not, he might be good, but then a gain he might not, i'll make my judgement, when he's on screen.

I like plenty of characters. I might not always like the way they're used or written, but I like them.

And, yeah, he might be a good character. All 50 odd of the new ones might be wonderful characters. I'm just not looking forward to having a whole hoard of new characters that I know nothing about and have no reason to care about shoved in my face on after the other in quick succession.

[Bryan]

talk about disapointment at first i thought it would be pauline quirke, linda robson or leslie jospeh!

and how wrong i was!

it looks like they are going to expand the Wicks Family more and more and more!

hope its worth it!

[Jessie Wallace]

Fair enough. But they've gotta replace all the one's that have just left. Eastenders as the smallest cast list of all the soaps, so they need to bump it up a bit i think.

[Bryan]

Fair enough. But they've gotta replace all the one's that have just left. Eastenders as the smallest cast list of all the soaps, so they need to bump it up a bit i think.

that isnt a bad thing though, Emmerdale and Coronation Street often neglect their characters...i mean Shelley, she hasnt been in it much at all since Charlie, and you barelye ever see Rita or Norris anymore...whats the point of having such a big cast if you dont use it?

[Jessie Wallace]

that isnt a bad thing though, Emmerdale and Coronation Street often neglect their characters...i mean Shelley, she hasnt been in it much at all since Charlie, and you barelye ever see Rita or Norris anymore...whats the point of having such a big cast if you dont use it?

I won't want a huge cast, but there's nothing wrong with adding a few more. That way, you can have some characters resting (gives actors time of to rest so they are not so tired, and then will give better performances), and hopfully not over use the same ones all the time.