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What a load of old twaddle. No TV soap revolves around one person even if that person may think so themselves. Of course EE will carry on without the Poison Dwarf and probably become better for her departure. EE does not revolve around the odious Peggy Mitchell or her thugs of sons and the ever growing Mitchell clan.
parkerman
16-02-2010, 15:10
What a load of old twaddle. No TV soap revolves around one person.
What about Winston?
What about Winston?
The world and all that is in it revolves around him.. he should be in every soap
Am I the only one thats going to miss her
Aww maybe its just cos to me she is eastenders! and the fact Ive grown up with her being on EE and was there when I first started watching :D
parkerman
22-02-2010, 14:43
Aww maybe its just cos to me she is eastenders! and the fact Ive grown up with her being on EE and was there when I first started watching :D
Newcomer!:D
Am I the only one thats going to miss her
No, you're not Abbie - I'll miss her too. I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that way :D
No, you're not Abbie - I'll miss her too. I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that way :D
i will kinda miss her but i don't think she is Eastenders... Den and Angie I thought would never be replaced but they were...
Aww maybe its just cos to me she is eastenders! and the fact Ive grown up with her being on EE and was there when I first started watching :DShe is only a relative newcomer to Eastenders although with the opinion she has of herself and the fact she always accepts the awards for the show you could be forgiven for thinking Eastenders was the Barbara Windsor Show. EE was there before her and will still be there after she hangs up her wig and platform shoes. Im with Shiv in thinking that Den (pre webcam and return from the grave days) and Angie epitomise Eastenders. Much better than the Mitchell Fairmilly
Does she put herself forward to accept the awards, though, or do the rest of EE encourage her to do so. I'm not so sure that she thinks of herself as the Queen Bee. She doesn't come across that way to me, from what I've seen of her in interviews.
tammyy2j
12-03-2010, 11:02
EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor has said that she is not yet thinking about her forthcoming departure from the soap.
The 72-year-old announced that she had decided to quit her role as Peggy Mitchell last October. She will be seen on screen for the final time later this year.
Speaking about her exit, Windsor told Holy Soap: "I'm not even thinking about it. I get my scripts and I do them, and I've got about five, six, months yet, so it's quite a time really."
The soap star went on to dismiss suggestions that she is already arranging to return to the programme in 2012.
She commented: "Oh, I don't know about that. I mean these stories come out. No, I shall be leaving in July, but I don't know."
Windsor also said that she does not know how Peggy will bow out, insisting that the drama's producers are keeping her final storyline under wraps for the time being.
Eastenders legend Barbara Windsor has told how she is dreading filming her final scenes as Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell.
In her first interview since breaking the news of her departure, Barbara told The People: "It is going to be emotional on my last day. I go in July and it will be hard.
"I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind. She's such a wonderful character to play. But at least I'm still being called an ageing sex symbol and a national treasure. I love that." The hit BBC1 soap marked its 25th anniversary last month with a live episode which revealed Stacey Slater (actress Lacey Turner) as the killer of Barbara's on-screen husband Archie (Larry Lamb). But although Barbara has played the head of the Mitchell clan for 16 years, she says producers are still keeping her guessing whether unlucky-in-love Peggy will be killed off or ride into the sunset with a new fella.
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Barbara, 72, said: "We are a close-knit family on EastEnders but they have not told me how my character will be leaving.
"You know what soaps are like. They never tell you. So I guess you will have to wait and see. They ain't told me!" Party What is certain is that Barbara will have a traditional cockney knees-up on set to mark her farewell. She said: "You know me, I will have a big party."
Barbara joined the show in 1994 and picked up a lifetime achievement award at the British Soap Awards last year.
The star, who has done everything from West End musicals to Carry On films, began acting at just 13. She said: "I have had a fantastic career. I have been in the business 60 years this year and I love it now the same as when I started. I was at the Laurence Olivier Awards in London last week and it inspired me. Theatre is the best training you can get."
Now one of the best known faces on TV, she will hold fond memories of playing mum to hardmen Grant and Phil (Ross Kemp and Steve McFadden).
She said: "EastEnders has been wonderful to me. I've had the pleasure of working with a marvellous cast and crew. I have made many lasting good friends."
Barbara, who was made an MBE in 1999, even got to show the Queen around the Albert Square set in November 2001. She said: "That honour is something that will stay with me forever."
As for the near future, she will be spending more time with hubby Scott Mitchell, 46.
Ignoring the 26-year age gap, the irrepressible Babs giggled: "I suppose, when all's said and done, I should spend a bit more time with my old man - as he's not getting any younger!"
parkerman
28-03-2010, 09:58
Ignoring the 26-year age gap, the irrepressible Babs giggled: "I suppose, when all's said and done, I should spend a bit more time with my old man - as he's not getting any younger!"
Nor are you, dear!
should spend a bit more time with my old man -
Nor are you, dear!
FFS she has the cheek to call her toyboy an old man
She was joking about him being so much younger than her
Barbara Windsor is readying herself for the day that she has to film her last scene as Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell.
The British legend, who announced last October that she is leaving the BBC One soap, told The People that her last day will be an emotional experience that she is not looking forward to.
Windsor, 72, said: "I'll be so sad to leave Peggy behind. She's such a wonderful character to play. But at least I'm still being called an ageing sex symbol and a national treasure. I love that."
As to whether the head of the Mitchell clan will be killed off, Windsor said she remains in the dark. "You know what soaps are like. They never tell you. So I guess you will have to wait and see. They ain't told me!" she said.
Windsor, who joined the show in 1994, said the only thing that she knows for certain is that she will throw a "big party" to mark the event.
"EastEnders has been wonderful to me. I've had the pleasure of working with a marvellous cast and crew. I have made many lasting good friends," she said.
Chris_2k11
28-03-2010, 18:10
Nor are you, dear!
:lol:
EastEnders' series story producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has revealed that Peggy Mitchell's final storyline will be "epic and moving".
The Albert Square icon will make her final Walford appearance later this year following Barbara Windsor's decision to quit the role.
Plans for Peggy's exit plot have now been finalised and her swan song episodes are expected to be penned by the BBC soap's lead writer and series consultant Simon Ashdown.
Speaking to Walford Web, Treadwell-Collins confirmed: "We've storylined Barbara's exit and that's going to be epic and moving - Simon's already chomping at the bit to write those episodes."
Meanwhile, on the impact that Peggy's departure will have, he commented: "It's a huge loss, but the show - and the Mitchells - will keep going. We've actually got an amazing story for the Mitchells over the next year or so. And maybe even some joy for Ronnie! It's time to give the girl a break."
Windsor admitted last month that she will be "so sad" to leave Peggy behind.
Epic and moving indeed. Still it makes a change from Sensation, Explosive and sure to Rock the Square
epic and moving sound like my bowels first thing in the morning
moonstorm
29-04-2010, 15:45
Ronnie getting preggers maybe??
epic and moving sound like my bowels first thing in the morning
Barbara Windsor would be a great cure for constipation
Barbara Windsor has admitted that she still does not know how she will be written out of EastEnders.
The actress will film her final scenes as Peggy Mitchell later this summer, and producers have teased that there is an "epic and moving" final storyline planned for her character.
However, speaking at the BAFTA TV Awards, the 72-year-old confessed that she does not want an early preview of her last ever scripts and has no idea what is in store.
Windsor told Holy Soap: "I don't know and I didn't want to. I said I didn't want to see them, I don't want to know - just give them to me like you always give them to me, like they're any ordinary episode."
The star confirmed that there are "about six weeks" left before she bows out of Albert Square for good.
Of her plans to keep watching the soap, she added: "It will be so, so brilliant. I only want this show to be great. I've loved it for 16 years."
THE Mitchell girls shared a hug yesterday as Barbara Windsor said goodbye to Albert Square.
The EastEnders legend, 72, brought tears to her fellow cast members' eyes as she filmed her final scenes as Peggy.
She then hugged screen family Roxie (Rita Simons), Glenda (Glynis Barber) and Ronnie (Sam Womack).
Rita said: "She is my honorary real-life auntie."
June Brown (Dot), added: "I shall miss her enormously."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/3057969/Barbara-Windsor-leaves-EastEnders.html#ixzz0ttM3wlLZ
Chloe O'brien
17-07-2010, 00:44
I bet they were all jumping for joy when she left. :D
EastEnders star Steve McFadden has spoken about Barbara Windsor's (Peggy Mitchell's) departure from the soap.
McFadden, who plays Windsor's on-screen son Phil Mitchell, revealed that Windsor will leave the show on a high as part of a major storyline.
He told The Mirror: "I am pleased for Barbara because she has worked hard and deserves this part of her life. She is a canny bird and she has played a blinder because she is going out on a massive high.
"She is going to be involved in one of the biggest and best storylines ever. So she is going out on the top of her game."
He also talked about how the cast celebrated her leaving the show, saying: "We had a barbecue. There was no champagne as Barbara doesn't drink so I got her Dover sole. I didn't want her eating any dodgy fish fingers."
Peggy Mitchell's final EastEnders episode will feature a new alternative version of the soap's theme tune.
The special track is a reworking of the BBC show's long-standing alternative tune 'Julia's Theme', which traditionally airs at the end of episodes featuring intense emotion or drama.
'Peggy's Theme' has been created by Simon May, who composed the original EastEnders theme in 1984 and is also known for creating the theme tunes for several other shows, including Howards' Way and Eldorado.
The extent to which the new tune will differ from 'Julia's Theme' - recognisable for a slow piano build-up leading into the end credits - is currently unclear.
A BBC spokesperson today confirmed that Peggy's final episode will feature the special theme. However, with details of the matriarch's final moments in Albert Square being kept closely under wraps, further information has not been disclosed.
Barbara Windsor, who plays Peggy, announced her decision to leave EastEnders last October. Her last episode is due to air next month.
Meanwhile, it has also been confirmed that 'Peggy's Theme' will be the lead track on compilation album The Simon May Collection, which is to be released on September 13.
tammyy2j
24-08-2010, 10:55
When is her last episode on screen I thought you might know Alan seeing as you as big fan of hers :p
sean slater
26-08-2010, 14:45
I dont like it when they change 'Julia's theme' it makes Eastenders. When Kat and Alfie got together, after the Andy wedding saga. When Cindy ran away with the children to France. When Kathy left to South Africa. Ahhh brings back emotional memories.
I think it's quite fitting for Peggy to have her own theme tune.
Steve McFadden has admitted that he understands Barbara Windsor's reasons for quitting EastEnders.
Windsor announced last October that she was leaving her role as Peggy Mitchell. McFadden, who plays her on-screen son Phil, told RTÉ that he had been "sad" to hear the news.
"Barbara told me quite early on and although I was sad to hear that she would be going, I completely understood her reasons," he said. "EastEnders is a great place to work and Barbara has given it 16 years of her life, but I think she deserves to put her feet up for a bit."
He added: "On her last day it was strange knowing that she wouldn't be filming up here again but Barbara is a great friend so we will always stay in touch."
Windsor's final scenes, which she filmed in July, will air this week.
Barbara Windsor leaves EastEnders this week, but whether she goes out in a blaze of glory, or just a blaze, remains to be seen.
But bereft fans won't have to wait too long to see the queen of the Vic again as, just 15 minutes later, she will emerge over on ITV1 as the, er, queen of bingo.
The actress, who says goodbye to Peggy Mitchell after 16 years, fronts a new ad campaign for bingo website Jackpotjoy.com.
It will see her use the giggle she made famous during her Carry On days.
Barbara Windsor said she was "thrilled" with her new role, adding: "EastEnders marks the end of one of the happiest chapters of my life but I'm really excited about the future - the giggle is back for good. Long live the 'Queen of Bingo'!"
She's obviously feeling lucky.
Bet shes glad she has found something in keeping with her acting talent
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has revealed that she loved her character Peggy Mitchell's exit from Albert Square.
The actress, who bowed out of the BBC One soap on Friday after 16 years, told the Daily Star Sunday that her final scenes were "beautifully written" and admitted that she is glad Peggy was not killed off.
She said: "I absolutely loved what EastEnders did with my exit. Bryan Kirkwood is a very clever producer. He looked at my very first episode and decided my exit should be about Peggy and Phil. My very first scenes were when Phil needed me most.
"Grant had beaten him to a pulp after he discovered he'd been having an affair with his wife Sharon. Since those first scenes Peggy had always believed that Phil needed her. But it turned out that what he needed wasn't her at all. My exit was beautifully written and I really couldn't have asked for a better send-off for Peggy.
"But I have to admit that there were a few weeks quite near the end of my time on the show when I did start to panic. It was after I'd heard about the fire in The Queen Vic, I genuinely thought I was a goner when I heard the news. I thought, that's it, they're going to set fire to me in The Vic."
She added: "I really couldn't bear the thought of Peggy dying. It was bad enough saying goodbye to her after all these years but I like the fact that she's out there somewhere, living her own life and making Phil get on with his."
Barbara Windsor has revealed that she was at home with her husband when she watched her final EastEnders episode for the first time.
On Friday, viewers saw the actress's iconic character Peggy Mitchell bow out of Albert Square after deciding that her departure would be in the best interests of her troubled son Phil.
Speaking on This Morning today, Windsor admitted that her partner Scott Mitchell found Peggy's final scenes emotional to watch as they enjoyed the episode together.
The 73-year-old explained: "[EastEnders] had a special showing, but I didn't want to see it like that - I wanted to see it in the right order. So me and Scott were sitting there with a cup of tea, and he went to pieces, absolutely!
"But I held on. I haven't grieved for it yet. You know why? Because I was still on screen - so I thought, 'Oh, I'm part of it!'"
Windsor also recalled how she kept her decision to leave the BBC soap quiet after sharing the news with her bosses, who were forced to change their plans for the 'Who killed Archie?' reveal.
The actress said: "They didn't want me to tell anybody, so I kept it a secret. That was because it was all changing backstage, and we were getting a new executive producer. Also, I've only just found out that I was going to be the killer of Archie, so I messed the whole storyline up!"
Barbara Windsor has revealed she was given the original Queen Vic bust from the EastEnders pub as her leaving present.
The 73-year-old actress left the soap after playing landlady Peggy Mitchell for 16 years and her dramatic final scenes saw Peggy devastated as her beloved Queen Vic pub burned to the ground.
Barbara revealed on Loose Women on Thursday that when she left the soap she was presented with an enormous memento of her time on the soap.
She said: "There was this great big present all wrapped up in pink. It was the Queen Vic, the original."
It is now on display in a recess off the stairs at her home.
The bust was the murder weapon used to kill Peggy's villainous husband Archie Mitchell. A whodunnit storyline left everyone wondering who the murderer was from a long list of suspects, and the killer finally emerged to be Stacey Branning.
But Barbara revealed it was meant to be Peggy.
She said: "I told them [I wanted to leave] at the wrong time. Unbeknown to me they were getting HD, a new gov'nor and the main thing, I only found out recently, was I was the murderer of Archie. I messed that whole storyline up.
"That's why they kept saying 'can you stay a little bit longer'."
I don't really understand why Barbara's leaving now messed up the "Who killed Archie?" storyline. There's no reason that I can think of why they couldn't have played out Peggy having killed Archie in the nine months since it happened. It could have been the reason she left the Square too.
Dazzle, this is exactly what I was thinking but then again I think old Babs just wants the limelight for this as the writers themselves said they already knew it was Stacey from the very beginning so why would they tell her to stay a bit longer as she was going to be the killer.. I think what babs has said is bull!
Dazzle, this is exactly what I was thinking but then again I think old Babs just wants the limelight for this as the writers themselves said they already knew it was Stacey from the very beginning so why would they tell her to stay a bit longer as she was going to be the killer.. I think what babs has said is bull!I agree with you. This sad old has-been realises that without Deadenders she is nothing. She actually beileves all the crap they write about her. National Treasure my ****. The woman is a legend in her own mind. Lets not forget what she did for gangster Ronnie Knight. She allegedly gave him a false alibi. Anyone else would of course have been done for perjury but sadly not the Poison Dwarf. No doubt she will still be polluting our TV screens collecting more awards for the programme that saved her flagging career. Deadenders made Barbara Windsor not the other way about. They call her the Queen of the Vic. For me and Im sure many others Angie was and always will be Queen of the Vic
So, after months of hype, Peggy has finally left East-Enders.
After weaving the storyline for most of the year, we were really intrigued to see how the writers would finish it - what clever twists and turns would they come up with to explain a woman whose raison d'etre is her "faaaaamily" naffing off when two of her kids needed her like never before? (Phil's a crack addict and Peggy only talked Sam out of having her baby adopted a few days before, promising she'd look after it.) Guess the reason they came up with? None. Peggy just left, nonsensically and at complete odds with everything we've learnt about her character over the last 15 years.
She took no money (the pile Roxie gave her was still on the kitchen table when she walked out) and no belongings, as she'd lost everything in a lot-of-fuss-about-nothing-fire, in which no one even got hurt. And, the realistic icing on the true-to-life cake, not one of Peggy's family asked her where she was going, or when she'd be back.
EastEnders - it never lets you down (as long as you don't expect it to be better than Hollyoaks).
From the Daily Mirror
I like Barbara Windsor and she'll always be Queen of the Vic to me. Saying Angie is Queen of the Vic is living in the past.
As for saying she's lying by saying she was going to be Archie's killer, that's an unwarranted thing to say without evidence. Barbara gets lots of accolades - it doesn't mean that she asks for them. The cast and crew obviously love her, going by her recent send-off and the documentary that followed. They wouldn't do so if she was the attention-seeker some people here make her out to be. It may be that she often collects the awards for EE because she's put forward to do so by the rest of the cast and crew, who probably don't want to do it themselves.
Referring to the above article, Peggy didn't leave for no reason. Didn't they notice that the love of Peggy's life, the Queen Vic, had burnt down?
Referring to the above article, Peggy didn't leave for no reason. Didn't they notice that the love of Peggy's life, the Queen Vic, had burnt down?
The Queen Vic will be rebuilt so not really a reason to leave. What about her precious FAIRMILLEEEE. Surely they would be a reason to stay. After all shes the one who always talked about how precious FAIRMILEE is.
IMHO the poor reason for Peggy leaving is that the luvvies at the BBC want to keep the door open for her possible return which doubtless she will when the work dries up.
Have to disagree with you about her being Queen of the Vic. For me it will always be Angie.
Dazzle.. I have to agree with Alan.. Angie will always be Queen of the vic for me and if that is living in the past so be it... Den and Angie were the best Vic owners in the history of EE... There is just some places you associate with people.. like Bet Lynch in the Rovers... Alan Turner in the woolpack.. they just fit!!
Dazzle.. I have to agree with Alan.. Angie will always be Queen of the vic for me and if that is living in the past so be it...
I didn't mean anything by it, Siobhan. I like Barbara Windsor and just get irked at seeing her put down on these boards all the time. At least now she's gone, Alan'll have to find another target. I don't mind Kym Marsh bashing, since I happen to agree with that :)
I didn't mean anything by it, Siobhan. I like Barbara Windsor and just get irked at seeing her put down on these boards all the time. At least now she's gone, Alan'll have to find another target. I don't mind Kym Marsh bashing, since I happen to agree with that :)
Different horses for different courses.
There are plenty of useless actors in all three soaps to keep me occupied.
Glad we agree about Kym Marsh though :):angel:
I didn't mean anything by it, Siobhan. I like Barbara Windsor and just get irked at seeing her put down on these boards all the time. At least now she's gone, Alan'll have to find another target. I don't mind Kym Marsh bashing, since I happen to agree with that :)
I know you didn't.. I like Peggy too, everyone will remember her catch phrases but she annoyed me so much with the "family" thing or "you're a mitchell".. but only when it suited her... She didn't give a toss about Billy until she needed something from him... and as Alan said.. for something that meant so much to her (the vic and her family) she walked about from both of them without a bother.... I always found Peggy as a character so hypocritical. I don't rate Barbara windsor as a good actress either.. she is average but she does hold a high opinion of her self...
Buster99
20-09-2010, 16:26
I liked Peggy when she first appeared played barbara windsor. She gradually particuarly towards the end started to become obsessed about the Queen Vic and having it back. Her character flaws were highlighted by Phil and for years had controlled her children and her grand children-I still believe peggy has gone to live with Grant or hopfully gone to start a life of her own and not live through her children/grandchildren. Barbara Windsor had taken upon herslef to become the face of Eastenders and rubbed Adam Woodyat and Wendy Richards RIP in it when they should have been acepting it/them as they were/are the longest serving cast member, I don't remember Adam/Wendy going up and saying a speech even EE won best soap. I remember watching her WDYTYA and she did come accross as a bit of a snob
parkerman
20-09-2010, 16:29
I saw Babs in a Bingo advert this afternoon. Oh dear!!!
I saw Babs in a Bingo advert this afternoon. Oh dear!!!
Something which shouldnt strain her limited abilities.
parkerman
20-09-2010, 18:36
Something which shouldnt strain her limited abilities.
Actually I think it did....
""come on boys show us your balls ""
Cue dirty laugh
Yes I think you are correct Parkerman. This was beyond her limited talent. Oh how the 'mighty' have fallen. From self appointed queen of the Vic to sad old Bingo Queen
Chloe O'brien
20-09-2010, 22:16
next she will be on Celebrity Total Wipeout. Can you imagine her bouncing off those big red balls. :lol:
next she will be on Celebrity Total Wipeout. Can you imagine her bouncing off those big red balls. :lol:
:lol: I have laughed so hard I spit my tea on my laptop... she wouldn't go over them cause she is so little, it will just be her on the 1st one bouncing for an hour
parkerman
21-09-2010, 11:14
Oh dear, I hadn't though of it before, but I suppose we can expect to see her ladyship turn up on Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Come Dancing on Ice, I'm a Celebrity get me out of here...etc. etc. now.
Anyway, in case any of you don't read the Radio Times, I thought I'd reproduce this letter sent in by Diane Westmoreland of Amble, Northumberland, and published today.:
"Woeful! That's the only way I can think of to describe the departure of the Queen of Walford, Peggy Mitchell. the storyline with Christian, Syed and the Masoods was wonderful: tender, complex and well acted. But this was a sudden descent into caricature and the very worst sort of melodrama.
"The inferno episode was utterly unconvincing, with only Lacey Turner coming out of the smoke with any credibility.
"Still, at least the writers can no longer dish up that hackneyed old line, 'Get aht of my pub.'"
So, after months of hype, Peggy has finally left East-Enders.
After weaving the storyline for most of the year, we were really intrigued to see how the writers would finish it - what clever twists and turns would they come up with to explain a woman whose raison d'etre is her "faaaaamily" naffing off when two of her kids needed her like never before? (Phil's a crack addict and Peggy only talked Sam out of having her baby adopted a few days before, promising she'd look after it.) Guess the reason they came up with? None. Peggy just left, nonsensically and at complete odds with everything we've learnt about her character over the last 15 years.
She took no money (the pile Roxie gave her was still on the kitchen table when she walked out) and no belongings, as she'd lost everything in a lot-of-fuss-about-nothing-fire, in which no one even got hurt. And, the realistic icing on the true-to-life cake, not one of Peggy's family asked her where she was going, or when she'd be back.
EastEnders - it never lets you down (as long as you don't expect it to be better than Hollyoaks).
From the Daily Mirror
Oh dear, I hadn't though of it before, but I suppose we can expect to see her ladyship turn up on Strictly Come Dancing, Strictly Come Dancing on Ice, I'm a Celebrity get me out of here...etc. etc. now.
Anyway, in case any of you don't read the Radio Times, I thought I'd reproduce thsi letter sent in by Diane Westmoreland of Amble, Northumberland, and published today.:
"Woeful! That's the only way I can think of to describe the departure of the Queen of Walford, Peggy Mitchell. the storyline with Christian, Syed and the Masoods was wonderful: tender, complex and well acted. But this was a sudden descent into caricature and the very worst sort of melodrama.
"The inferno episode was utterly unconvincing, with only Lacey Turner coming out of the smoke with any credibility.
"Still, at least the writers can no longer dish up that hackneyed old line, 'Get aht of my pub.'"
Similar to what the Daily Mirror had to say
I saw Babs in a Bingo advert this afternoon. Oh dear!!!
http://www.jackpotjoy.com/content/managedasset/jackpotjoy/jpjpresents/logged-out/queen_signup_promotion_partners/image/fc566210-a50a-408a-b504-c78d39c8518b/WelcomeBonusQueen190x601Partner.jpg
Here is the sad old Queen
Barbara Windsor has opened up about her decision to leave EastEnders - saying she had stopped being "fun".
The actress, who left the soap after nearly 16 years, said it was time to leave when she couldn't leave the character of Peggy Mitchell at work.
She told the BBC: "One of the reason I made a decision to leave was because I wasn't leaving it outside. It's very important to go in your front room, have a recce about what you and your partner have done, and then you must forget about it... I'd stopped doing that."
She went on: "I was taking home Peggy. I'd become her and get through the front door and everything was about Peggy and everything was about EastEnders, and Sunday was spent learning. It just took over and I wasn't fun anymore."
Babs will be seen later this year as Fairy Bowbells in a panto of Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome.
Let's hope her fun side comes out for that!
parkerman
23-09-2010, 13:01
Let's hope her fun side comes out for that!
I can't quite work out the logistics for the obvious joke here! :hmm:
I can't quite work out the logistics for the obvious joke here! :hmm:
I can but I dont want to get banned :banned:
I can but I dont want to get banned :banned:
Well, Carry on Alan!!
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Captions please
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Captions please
This week on EE, Peggy loses all her clothes in the Vic fire
Anyone wanna Carry On with me? I am an icon, you know!
parkerman
23-09-2010, 17:58
I don't remember this in Eastenders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ymjJDo0rA&feature=related
What a fantastic bit of acting. No wonder she has won so many awards and is a National Treasure
Chloe O'brien
23-09-2010, 22:31
Why she not got an OBE for her services i just don't know.
http://www.barbarawindsor.com/wp-content/gallery/pictures/barbara-windsor-carryon.jpg
"At least me 'eart's in the right place!"
or
Tart with a heart.
I don't remember this in Eastenders:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ymjJDo0rA&feature=related
Archie really let himself go
As landlady of the Queen Vic, Peggy Mitchell presided over Albert Square like a monarch, often making long important speeches.
Now Barbara Windsor has departed, Phil would have inherited the pub from his mum - if he hadn't burned it down.
Now Steve McFadden is worried he'll inherit the monologues, meaning he'll have lots of lines to learn.
Barbara told Inside Soap magazine: "I created a fast-talking character, and had so many long speeches to do. Steve McFadden is worried he'll get them instead now.
"I'll be happy not to learn all those b****y lines!"
But Babs doesn't want to completely forget about the soap.
She added: "I won't mind not having my head in my scripts every Sunday night, but I'll keep watching EastEnders, of course.
"I've already told everyone, 'You'd better keep up the good work, because I'll be at home keeping my eye on you all!'"
So, Peggy will still be ruling Albert Square in her own little way!
Surely it wont take the Beetroot man long to learn ''Gerrrouttttaaaamaaaaahhhppaaaaaaaaabbbbbbb
EastEnders star Scott Maslen has admitted that Barbara Windsor's exit has left a "massive hole" in the soap's cast.That is probaly her big wig and huge ego
Speaking at the Inside Soap Awards, the Jack Branning star - who was crowned 'Sexiest Actor' - said: "For such a small little woman she packed a massive punch, in all ways.
"She is a legend, she's an icon." The man is clearly deluded
Windsor's Peggy Mitchell recently made her exit from the BBC soap, following The Queen Vic blaze and has now got a job advertising bingo on ITV where she is able to put her limited abilities to good use. She is particularly well suited to her line ''Go on boys show us yer balls'' follwed by her trademark dirty laugh
moonstorm
29-09-2010, 09:24
Her advert makes me cringe and would put me off using that bingo site!
parkerman
29-09-2010, 09:50
From this week's Radio Times:
"Go on, admit it. In the great Queen Vic blaze, which caused consternation and coughing across Walford, were you disappointed no one perished? Did you feel cheated that Peggy wasn't cooked like a poussin, Sam wasn't incinerated, and silent Tracey didn't at least singe her split ends?
The fire, we were promised, would be a life-changing affair - and what could be more life changing than death? It was dramatic - poor Peggy! Barbecued Billy! Spluttering Stacey! - but did it live up to the hype? Or was it an example of what former Eastenders executive producer, Diederick Santer, calls "fake high-stakes mush", meaning a soap promising (corporeal or emotional) but ultimately delivering little?
Absolutely not, says current Eastenders boss Bryan Kirkwood. "We could have had body-bags dragged out of the Vic - we did think about it and, having let some actors go, there were opportunities there - but that would have had two major negative consequences.
Firstly, Phil would be a murderer again [following the tramp who was toasted when he torched the car lot in the early 1990s] and I've no desire to see him leave the show. Second, it would have meant Peggy leaving under a cloud, in effect scarpering from a murder inquiry, and we were keen on a poignant, truthful exit for her."
Setting aside whether Peggy scarpering from a murder inquiry is any worse than her absconding from an arson investigation, Kirkwood is aware of the perils of fake high stakes, but argues that the Vic fire worked because the audience has an emotional engagement with Peggy and Phil and the pub.
Hollyoaks producer, Paul Marquess, is sceptical. "Eastenders is very good at mythologising itself, but it was just a pub on fire. Most people I spoke to were disappointed because their expectations were so high - raised by the BBC's PR machine. It almost wasn't the programme's fault."
Over to you, alan....
Yet again the producers seem keen to pander to the Mitchell characters. Eastenders was never all about the Mitchells until the arrival of the Poison Dwarf. She made herself into a legend in her own mind. She thought she was Eastenders and that Albert Square should resolve round her and her criminal family. For once I agree with The Angel of Death Paul Marquess. The BBC hype machine promised so much but in the end delivered nothing other than yet another blaze in a run down east end pub. There will be no consequences for any of the Mitchell clan because the luvvies at Elstree are so concerned at keept The Poison Dwarf and Beetroot Man sweet so as they will return to this flagging soap.
What did the fire actually acheive. Well it allowed the Beeb to have an excuse to rebuild the Queen Vic at the Licence payers expense. It showed Peggy up for the shallow vacuous character she really is. All this bollocks about fairmily is as false as her candy floss like wigs.
Chloe O'brien
29-09-2010, 11:38
How many times can an insurance policy pay out due to a fire in the pub.
BARBARA Windsor will NEVER return to EastEnders - even though she stopped bosses from killing off Peggy Mitchell.
Babs had said that she'd like to return in 2012 - but has now ruled that out. She pleaded for her character not to die but has vowed that her time at the soap is over.
Veteran actress Babs, 73, said: "It was a bit selfish of me but I didn't want to be killed off.
"I am never going to go back but I like to think that she's still out there somewhere." Peggy left Albert Square after the Queen Vic burnt down.
And Babs said saying goodbye to Steve McFadden, who played her on-screen son Phil, was the hardest part of leaving the soap after 16 years.
The tearful star, being filmed for an upcoming instalment of ITV1's Piers Morgan's Life Stories, said: "It was so hard, we were all great friends. I love that show, and I miss the camaraderie." Her husband Scott Mitchell made her realise it was time to go. Babs said: "Scott said I wasn't switching off.
"I was Peggy 24 hours a day. It was taking over my life."
The actress, now preparing for panto, blasted modern celebs who moan about life in the spotlight. She said: "I can't stand new stars who don't like the public - I can't bear it."
I thought she said earlier that she did not want to be killed off because she wants to come back in a couple of years? :confused: Bet Alan will be upset :lol:
BARBARA Windsor will NEVER return to EastEnders - even though she stopped bosses from killing off Peggy Mitchell.
This is the best news I have heard about Deadenders
Thought I'd be disappointed to hear Peggy won't be back in EE, but it feels like her era is finished, so I'm fine about it. I hope Barbara enjoys her semi-retirement.
sean slater
30-09-2010, 15:42
Yeh I know what u mean. I don't feel sad about her leaving. Not like I did with Bradley or Dennis. I think even Stacey, I dont really care anymore if she leaves. I used to love her, but her storyline is getting a bit repetitive now.
Chloe O'brien
30-09-2010, 23:06
It's been weeks since the poison dwarf departed the square and she's still milking her exit. does she think that if she goes on about it for long enough EE will beg her to come back.
It's been weeks since the poison dwarf departed the square and she's still milking her exit. does she think that if she goes on about it for long enough EE will beg her to come back.
The sad thing is that the luvvies in Elstree are so pathetic that if the dwarf wanted back they would pay her whatever she demanded and give her top billing just to up the viewing figures with this pathetic old crone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxtBxgx40o
He she is showing just how talentless she is
sean slater
01-10-2010, 14:41
I dont think you can really say that she's talentless, I mean she had decades of acting experience behind her, and played a lot of different roles. But moving on from Eastenders is the right thing to do, cos feel that she's had enough storylines.
What talent does it take to play the dumb blonde in Carry On Films who has a dirty laugh and always loses her bra
The only time when she had to act was when she allegedly perjured herself to keep her lover Ronnie Knight out of jail
I dont think you can really say that she's talentless
She was certainly very good at playing Peggy Mitchell in my eyes - the other stuff I neither know nor care about.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/10/02/article-0-0B73BC54000005DC-786_468x470.jpg
Stars collide: Barbara Windsor and Jessie Wallace in Eastenders
Carry On star Barbara Windsor, who last month left EastEnders after 16 years as Peggy Mitchell, is to reveal she had a blazing row with co-star Jessie Wallace.
Barbara, 73, tells Piers Morgan on his ITV series Life Stories that she lost her temper because 39-year-old Jessie, who plays Kat Moon, kept her waiting.
‘Jessie Wallace was the first time I erupted. She was late, she was young. She’s not like that any more. I lost my temper,’ says Barbara in the show to be shown on Saturday.
‘It was silly and I burst into tears and ran up to the producer. I said I had been terrible and amateur.’
She says they have since made friends. ‘We liked each other a lot and she is such a good actress. But I told her not to be like that and arrive at the last minute. It was unprofessional.’
Barbara also reveals she has become teetotal to help her husband Scott Mitchell. ‘He had a terrible alcohol problem and I used to drink to try to match him,’ she says. ‘Scott has been eight years clean now and I have not drunk either.’
The actress discusses her love affairs, which included a fling with Bee Gee Maurice Gibb and an affair with late Manchester United footballer George Best, whom she describes as ‘beautiful’.
She also admits sleeping with notorious East End gangster Reggie Kray in the Sixties after having ‘too much to drink’.
Barbara has had four abortions and has previously said she never wanted children. But in this latest interview she admits: ‘I think I would have made a good mother. I would have been very strict.’
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1317277/Eastenders-Barbara-Windsor-Jessie-Wallace-erupt-set-real-life-battle.html#ixzz11IZfpWLp
EastEnders' executive producer Bryan Kirkwood has revealed the reasoning behind the decision not to kill off Walford legend Peggy Mitchell.
Last month, viewers saw Peggy bow out of Albert Square after she decided that her beloved family needed some independence at last.
In the lead-up to Barbara Windsor's departure from the role, rumours had suggested that Peggy would die in the Queen Vic fire, which was screened on the same week as her final scenes.
Speaking to Inside Soap, Kirkwood commented: "I was told just as I accepted the job that Barbara Windsor had decided to leave. That was bittersweet news to receive, so my first main decisions were about how Peggy would go, and who would take over the pub afterwards."
He continued: "We all discussed the idea of Peggy dying, but every time we talked about it, we were left with a bad taste in our mouths! It just didn't feel right at all. Barbara brings a unique flavour to what she does, and I think there's a real kind of investment in her as an actress.
"We wanted her to leave in a poignant and emotionally truthful fashion - and I wanted Peggy to be able to leave Albert Square with dignity."
parkerman
12-10-2010, 17:55
"We wanted her to leave in a poignant and emotionally truthful fashion - and I wanted Peggy to be able to leave Albert Square with dignity."
Shame they didn't manage either then...
Shame they didn't manage either then...
Its hard making a silk purse from a sows ear. Even a pig with lipstick.
Chloe O'brien
12-10-2010, 23:26
Alan have you been buying the Daily Mail this week to get the free Carry on dvd's
I am sure he haas got all the box sets already :D
Alan have you been buying the Daily Mail this week to get the free Carry on dvd's
I am sure he haas got all the box sets already :D
In my childhood they were funny. Nowadays I prefer to put Dulux on the walls and watch it dry!!!
For my regular fix of the Poison Dwarf I just have to listen to her ridiculous bingo adverts
moonstorm
13-10-2010, 10:27
Alan - Please do not mention these b****y adverts, they are truly awful!
Chloe O'brien
13-10-2010, 10:38
Alan there is no need to feel embarassed about spending your days watching Babs. Your are among friends here and we all have our gulty pleasures. :lol:
Alan - Please do not mention these b****y adverts, they are truly awful!
They really are appalling. And she is supposed to be a ''National Tweasure''
parkerman
13-10-2010, 12:09
I say, chaps, have a bit of respect. The beloved Barbara is the stepdaughter of my 1st cousin 1x removed. As you can see a close relative of mine....
I say, chaps, have a bit of respect. The beloved Barbara is the stepdaughter of my 1st cousin 1x removed. As you can see a close relative of mine....
And we all know you hold her in the same esteem as we do
parkerman
13-10-2010, 19:37
And we all know you hold her in the same esteem as we do
Of course I do. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Chloe O'brien
14-10-2010, 09:37
Wow Parkerman I never knew you were related to Royalty. Do we have to curtsy when your in the room :D
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 09:52
Oh does that mean we are now HRH Soapbaords :lol:
parkerman
14-10-2010, 10:12
Wow Parkerman I never knew you were related to Royalty. Do we have to curtsy when your in the room :D
Yes.
Oh does that mean we are now HRH Soapbaords
Soapboard By Royal Appointment
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 11:51
Cor I'm posh at last!! :cheer:
Cor I'm posh at last!! :cheer:
Thats it.. no more wearing you jammies to go to the shops.. you are too posh for that..
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 12:59
Ok Shiv, I'm not being funny but how did you know I did that?? The shop is only 2 mins from my house and on a Saturday morning I nip out to get the paper (and usually a bottle of Lucodaze!). Oh well now I'm posh and I going to have to go fully dressed with make up on. Oh the responsibilities of being posh :rotfl:
I honestly did but there are girls over here that do it all the time.. they actually have day jammies specially for wearing out to the shops and stuff...
Thats it.. no more wearing you jammies to go to the shops.. you are too posh for that..
But do remember in accordance with Queen Babs rules you must have a bra that pops off every 5 minutes
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 13:28
:lol:Speacial jammies!! That sounds a bit sad! Mine are just normal wee cheapies from Peacocks
parkerman
14-10-2010, 13:33
But do remember in accordance with Queen Babs rules you must have a bra that pops off every 5 minutes
Hmmm...where do you live, moonstorm? :)
But do remember in accordance with Queen Babs rules you must have a bra that pops off every 5 minutes
Only every 5.. damn it.. I had mine set to every 2... (re-adjusting in accordance to our great Queen)
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 13:47
Hmmm...where do you live, moonstorm? :)
In Gibraltar Parkerman. It is a tiny wee place at the bottom end of the South of Spain.
Bra re-adjustment now done for every 5 mins. :lol:
parkerman
14-10-2010, 13:48
In Gibraltar Parkerman. It is a tiny wee place at the bottom end of the South of Spain.
Bra re-adjustment now done for every 5 mins. :lol:
Sorry, moonstorm, there's a better offer on the table from Siobhan. Every two minutes, eh? :cheer:
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 13:54
:rotfl: Tisk that Shiv has always been a bit forward!!
parkerman
14-10-2010, 14:32
:rotfl: Tisk that Shiv has always been a bit forward!!
Let's hope so! :D
Chloe O'brien
14-10-2010, 14:36
But do remember in accordance with Queen Babs rules you must have a bra that pops off every 5 minutes
Talking about bra popping. I was at my Zumba class last week and the wire from my bra popped out from all the jiggiling about. Nearly had my eye out.
Talking about bra popping. I was at my Zumba class last week and the wire from my bra popped out from all the jiggiling about. Nearly had my eye out.
I wish!! if I had boob I won't leave the house.. do you think Babs would donate some to me??
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 15:22
Ok, Ok, what on earth is a Zumba class???
Chloe O'brien
14-10-2010, 15:26
Ok, Ok, what on earth is a Zumba class???
Mooney you're having a laugh. You don't know what Zumba is? It's like Salsa but it's a non-vocal class. The instructor doesn't give instructions you just have to watch what she's doing and try and keep up. Its fast and you shake what your mother gave you.
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 15:28
Well it obviously involves a lot of jumping up and down by the sounds of it :rotfl:
Mooney you're having a laugh. You don't know what Zumba is? It's like Salsa but it's a non-vocal class. The instructor doesn't give instructions you just have to watch what she's doing and try and keep up. Its fast and you shake what your mother gave you.
:lol: I was at salsa class and couldn't keep up even with instructions and would have no hope with this one.. I can only imagine how many bras bab will get through if she did this
In Gibraltar Parkerman. It is a tiny wee place at the bottom end of the South of Spain.
Bra re-adjustment now done for every 5 mins. :lol:
I've my flight to the Rock booked what about you Parkerman???
moonstorm
14-10-2010, 20:14
Your more than welcome boys but I think Shiv and Chloe need to come too!! I will warn then at the airport :rotfl:
Chloe O'brien
14-10-2010, 22:58
I'll come I'll even buy a green bikin and a blonde wigi especially.
I'll come I'll even buy a green bikin and a blonde wigi especially.
I will just go 70 style on my hair and develop the "trademark" laugh.. heck why even bother to bring a bikini, it is just going to fall off anyway
moonstorm
15-10-2010, 09:49
OMG, Gibraltar is never going to be the same again!
parkerman
15-10-2010, 10:06
I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass on this. I don't think my blood pressure will stand three of you with your bras popping off every 5 minutes.
Phew! I'm going for a lie down in a dark room.....
Barbara Windsor has described her colourful life as simply "the distance between two pear trees".
Speaking at a ceremony in west London where she planted a pear tree, the former EastEnders star remembered a similar tree at her childhood home.
Barbara, 73, said: "I grew up in the East End in a two up-two down. The first bit of green I had was when were allocated a prefab house in Stoke Newington with a garden and it had a little pear tree.
"Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted to live here in Marylebone. The first tree I could have known was a pear tree and here I am all these years later, planting a pear tree in Marylebone. So life has been the distance between two pear trees."
Barbara arrived at the ceremony in the Lord Mayor of Westminster's chauffeured Rolls Royce, which had the registration plate WE1.
The tree was planted as part of a scheme by Westminster City Council, Westminster Tree Trust and the W1W Tree Planting Initiative to increase greenery in central London.
Barbara is due to star in a pantomime in Bristol this Christmas.
She said: "I wanted to do pantomime again because I got my first job doing panto in the Golders Green Hippodrome. I always got to say the line 'Here comes the Baron'. When I left EastEnders I wanted to do a bit of theatre and I wanted to be on the stage on Christmas Eve. And now I will be."
parkerman
04-11-2010, 18:31
Barbara Windsor has described her colourful life as simply "the distance between two pear trees".
Speaking at a ceremony in west London where she planted a pear tree, the former EastEnders star remembered a similar tree at her childhood home.
Barbara, 73, said: "I grew up in the East End in a two up-two down. The first bit of green I had was when were allocated a prefab house in Stoke Newington with a garden and it had a little pear tree.
"Ever since I was a little girl I always wanted to live here in Marylebone. The first tree I could have known was a pear tree and here I am all these years later, planting a pear tree in Marylebone. So life has been the distance between two pear trees."
And she's traded on her pair ever since...
And she's traded on her pair ever since...
and still playing a sad old Queen
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQT_qOD5UCq1dHLkksF0MN7BAYP4wZx6 Omo2-fsIFhN_blFsVA&t=1&usg=__DRbO3TCholCwoXOZeiKa2OXG4nI=
Veteran actress Barbara Windsor has been honoured for her outstanding contribution to showbusiness.
The former Cary On star, who played Peggy Mitchell in the BBC One soap for 16 years, received the prize at the Variety Club Showbiz Awards.
TV talent show The X Factor won the best entertainment trophy, beating Strictly Come Dancing.
The ceremony, which was hosted by Justin Lee Collins, took place at London's Grosvenor House Hotel.
There were also trophies for dance troupe Diversity, who found fame on Britain's Got Talent.
They took home the inspirational young talent award ahead of Doctor Who star Matt Smith.
The star-studded event also saw two generations of the same family collecting trophies when Ray Winstone won film actor of the year and his daughter Jaime collected the outstanding British film award for Made In Dagenham.
Chart act N-Dubz won the recording artist of the year title, and Sheridan Smith was given the musical theatre award for her starring role in hit West End musical Legally Blonde.
Singer Russell Watson, who is on the comeback trail after a life-threatening brain tumour, picked up the classical prize.
The comedy prize went to the E4 series The Inbetweeners.
parkerman
15-11-2010, 08:26
The comedy prize went to the E4 series The Inbetweeners.
It should have gone to the Variety Club themselves for giving Barbara Windsor a prize " for her outstanding contribution to showbusiness."
Former EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor has admitted that she misses the team spirit that came with being part of the soap's ensemble cast.
Windsor made the decision to leave EastEnders earlier this year after playing matriarch Peggy Mitchell for 16 years, and her final scenes on the show aired in September.
The actress will next appear as part of the cast of pantomime Dick Whittington. She claims that the job has helped her move on from her days as a soap star.
"We started rehearsal on Monday and it was great, that camaraderie," Windsor told Holy Soap. "That's the only thing I've missed since I left EastEnders is that camaraderie."
Of her upcoming role playing Fairy Babs Bowbells, the actress said: "I'm nervous but a very excited nervous. I'm like a little girl."
Windsor makes her debut in Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome on December 11 and the show is scheduled to run until January 9.
Former EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor has admitted that she misses the team spirit that came with being part of the soap's ensemble cast.
Windsor made the decision to leave EastEnders earlier this year after playing matriarch Peggy Mitchell for 16 years, and her final scenes on the show aired in September.
The actress will next appear as part of the cast of pantomime Dick Whittington. She claims that the job has helped her move on from her days as a soap star.
\"We started rehearsal on Monday and it was great, that camaraderie,\" Windsor told Holy Soap. \"That's the only thing I've missed since I left EastEnders is that camaraderie.\"
Of her upcoming role playing Fairy Babs Bowbells, the actress said: \"I'm nervous but a very excited nervous. I'm like a little girl.\"
Windsor makes her debut in Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome on December 11 and the show is scheduled to run until January 9.
Already posted http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?107612-Poison-Dwarf-to-tread-the-boards
Barbara Windsor has signed up to appear in Comedy Roast.
The Channel 4 show will see a host of celebrities pay tribute to the former EastEnders star with praise and comedic insults.
The lineup includes comedians such as Alan Carr, Sean Lock, Rich Hall and Paddy Kielty, while actors including Bernard Cribbins, Cheryl Fergison and Christopher Biggins will also take part.
Windsor will receive messages from stars who are unable to attend the event, including Michael Sheen, Leslie Phillips and the cast of EastEnders.
Previous Roast participants include Davina McCall, Bruce Forsyth, Chris Tarrant and Sharon Osbourne. Windsor's episode will air as part of Channel 4's Winter 2011 lineup.
EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor has vowed never to pull another pint in the Queen Vic ... because her character Peggy would hate its new look.
Babs, 73, who played the feisty landlady for 16 years until last year’s fire which led to the change, said: “It’s not my pub any more – it’s not the way it was.
“Peggy wouldn’t want to be in there and I wouldn’t want to be in there. All those green stripes and leopard-print stools? Peggy will never pull a pint in that pub the way it looks now.”
The Carry On legend said she was as busy as ever since *leaving the show in September – and nowhere near ready to *consider returning. And she thought her character would burn to death in the fire storyline.
Barbara said: “I would have been fine if they’d killed Peggy off. I never said, ‘Please keep Peggy alive.’ I’m eternally grateful for the show and what it’s done for me.
“But I genuinely thought I’d go up in flames at the Queen Vic. When I found out about the fire I thought, ‘Oh sh*t.’
“It was scary reading that script. But I didn’t think Peggy deserved to burn.
"Everything Peggy ever did she cocked up. The kids, the Vic and she b***ered up loads of lives. She knew she had to go and I love the fact that she’s out there somewhere.”
The star says she’s having the time of her life now she’s free from the gruelling filming schedules of the BBC1 soap.
She says her obsession with her *character started to interfere with her 10-year *marriage to Scott Mitchell, 47.
Barbara said: “Scott turned around to me one day and said, ‘Can I say something to you – whatever we talk about you bring it back to EastEnders.’ I was mortified. The Square was taking over my life.”
The star said her youthful looks are down to no longer being under the pressure of the soap.
She said: “Not being in *EastEnders has turned back my clock. I’ve not been touched up or had any surgery – cross my heart.”
Babs, who is playing Fairy *Bowbells in the panto Dick *Whittington in Bristol, revealed she has turned down many *requests to go on reality TV.
She said: “I was offered the jungle, then they *wanted me to do the Arctic and save polar bears and one *wanted to get me going down the Zambezi *River.”
Barbara is taking part in Pantomime season, sponsored by Robinsons. To book tickets to see Dick Whittington at the Bristol Hippodrome, visit www.firstfamilyentertainment.co.uk
Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/12/05/barbara-windsor-says-new-queen-vic-set-is-not-for-her-115875-22762381/#ixzz17DFJSgG0
parkerman
05-12-2010, 10:51
I've not been touched up
Oh well, there's a first time for everything...
Hilarious one liner from Paddy Kielty tonight on the Poison Dwarfs Roast on C4
It's a bit risqué so dont read if easily offended
Barbara Windsor has had more criminals in her than the dock of the Old Bailey
TELLY legend Barbara Windsor has told how she used to HATE her famous boobs. Former EastEnders star Babs, 74, says her first bra fitting as a young woman changed her life — and she is now making a drama about it.
The 4ft 11in actress said of her 36C bust: "People will be shocked to learn that I wasn't always the confident, feisty blonde that I am today — and how two of my greatest assets were the bane of my life."
Babs will star in an episode of Sky1's Little Crackers, which features key moments in celebrities' lives.
She said: "After more than 74 years on this planet, how do you choose one moment that changed your life? There have been so many." But Barbara, known for her bra mishaps in the Carry On films, added: "Little Crackers has given me a chance to reveal one of those moments."
In the short dramatised film, to air at Christmas, a young Barbara, played by newcomer Samantha White, attends the bra fitting after becoming embarrassed by her developing figure.
Made in Dagenham's Sally Hawkins will play her mum, and Barbara has a cameo role as the kindly lingerie fitter.
Other celebrities due to appear in the second series of Little Crackers include comic Harry Hill, actress Sheridan Smith and Loose Women star Sally Lindsay.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/3868975/Barbara-Windsorbr-I-hated-my-boobs.html
parkerman
13-10-2011, 06:08
TELLY legend Barbara Windsor :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
TELLY Legend Barbara Windsor
The woman is a legend
IN HER OWN MIND
I don't know why she is complaining about her bosom. It got her plenty of work because as sure as he'll it wasn't for her acting abilities
Ex-EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has admitted that she misses her former colleagues.
The actress, who left her iconic role as Peggy Mitchell last year, said that the cast and crew are the only aspect of the BBC One soap she misses.
"I miss the camaraderie and my mates. I loved coming into work and seeing everyone, the wardrobe and make-up people and runners. I miss that. That's about it," she told Metro.
Asked if she would ever return to the show, Windsor replied: "I don't know. I don't think so at the moment. She just went off, didn't she? I worried about leaving EastEnders but I've been very busy this year. I don't want to give the business up - it's looking bright."
Speaking of her proudest career moment, she added: "Being part of two great British institutions - Carry On and EastEnders - and to still be working."
She previously confessed that retiring from the world of soap had driven her mad.
Windsor recently said that she is "devastated" over Pam St Clement's departure from EastEnders, adding that she will be "sorely missed".
Obviously her toy boy lover doesn't keep her busy enough
Former EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has refused to rule out a return to the long-running soap.
The 74-year-old actress played Peggy Mitchell - the rambunctious owner of the Queen Vic - for 16 years, leaving the programme almost two years ago.
Appearing on an upcoming episode of The Rob Brydon Show, the comedian asked Windsor whether she would ever consider returning to Albert Square, to which she replied: "Never say never."
Windsor joined the soap full-time in 1994, and was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards in 2010.
The former Carry On star has already returned to the soap once, after a debilitating case of the Epstein-Barr virus forced her to take a two-year sabbatical in 2003.
Windsor departed the soap again in 2010, as Peggy left Walford after her son Phil - who was addicted to heroin at the time - burnt down the Queen Vic in an act of revenge.
Former EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has refused to rule out a return to the long-running soap.
The 74-year-old actress played Peggy Mitchell - the rambunctious owner of the Queen Vic - for 16 years, leaving the programme almost two years ago.
Appearing on an upcoming episode of The Rob Brydon Show, the comedian asked Windsor whether she would ever consider returning to Albert Square, to which she replied: "Never say never."
Windsor joined the soap full-time in 1994, and was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the British Soap Awards in 2010.
The former Carry On star has already returned to the soap once, after a debilitating case of the Epstein-Barr virus forced her to take a two-year sabbatical in 2003.
Windsor departed the soap again in 2010, as Peggy left Walford after her son Phil - who was addicted to heroin at the time - burnt down the Queen Vic in an act of revenge.
Oh Alan will be happy
Absolutely delighted that this sad old crone wants to return to Deadenders. Just gives me another reason not to watch it., The return of miss Piggy and her black leather jacket as wel as the bright orange Kat were reason enough
Chloe O'brien
14-07-2012, 22:34
Oh Lord No. Actually I'm not surprised she hasn't ruled out a return I'm more surprised it's taken her this long to admit she wants to back. Now we will have to suffer her and Mr Beetroot endless pleas to bring back Grunt again
flappinfanny
14-07-2012, 23:38
i dont think we need babs back, ee is doing just fine. we have a new matricach in the form of the wonderful ann mitchell.
Barbara Windsor has spoken of her discontent at the standards of punctuality on EastEnders.
Shona McGarty, who plays Walford's Whitney Dean, was recently given a four-week suspension from the BBC soap for "persistently being late".
Albert Square legend Windsor, who quit her famous role as Peggy Mitchell in late 2010, also commented upon an old feud with former co-star Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater) over timekeeping.
Windsor told The Mirror: "It's common knowledge I fell out with Jessie because she was late sometimes. I am sure she has changed now. The business has changed though.
"June Brown, who plays Dot Cotton, says I should provide a masterclass to those starting out.
"Punctuality is important to me. You have to be early and dressed. There were no jeans in my day. When I started off, if you were late you got a ticking off. Then you got a fine and then you were out."
The 74-year-old Carry On star added: "Everybody was late or everybody was talking on their mobiles. I don't like that but the governors are not so strict now. It's a generational thing. It was difficult.
"It was not their fault as it starts at the top. If they are not taught it then it is not there. A lot of the young stars have not had to work their way up."
What the hell has EE punctuality got to do with Barabara Windsor ,none of her business should keep her nose out. She left the show and that's it, and all about it .So remove your snout out of the trough. EE won't get its long needed revival by you coming back, so byyyyyye.
Barbara Windsor has spoken of her discontent at the standards of punctuality on EastEnders.
"Punctuality is important to me. You have to be early and dressed. There were no jeans in my day.
Getting dressed never bothered her before
The actress left the BBC soap as Peggy Mitchell in September 2010, after first appearing in 1991.
She explained that she decided to leave the soap as she had begun "taking it home" too often, making home life difficult for her husband Scott Mitchell.
"I am steady, I know the business – I have been in it 63 years. I enjoy it, I like the public very much," she told The Mirror.
"I never take it home with me. Then one day my husband sat me down and he said, 'You know, Barbara, you are bringing it through the front door. Everything is Peggy this, EastEnders that. You are not switching off at all'.
"He said we didn't go anywhere, we didn't go to the movies or the theatre. So when they gave me that Saturday that was the thing that did it.
"It meant come Sunday I was learning my lines again. You hit an age when you have to study that bit harder – unless you are June Brown who, at 84, can pick it up and learn it in a second. But that did it."
Windsor stated that she didn't want her soap role to ruin her marriage, and that she is happy that she made the right decision.
"I don't want to kill what we have. He is much younger than me and it's not fair to him. I am very lucky, we have been together for over 20 years now and I thought, 'That's it'.
"That's when I decided to go. Hard it was, but I have been really happy since I left and we have had a great life. And now I can get away when we want.
"Me and Scott have had a lot more quality time together and we have had more *holidays. When I got a holiday on EastEnders I would be taking a script with me. I couldn't relax and leave it behind."
She added: "I am not like my image, I take my work so seriously. Everyone thinks I just bounce in but I study and everything has to be just right.
"I check all my props, *everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely."
The actress left the BBC soap as Peggy Mitchell in September 2010, after first appearing in 1991.
She explained that she decided to leave the soap as she had begun "taking it home" too often, making home life difficult for her husband Scott Mitchell.
"I am steady, I know the business – I have been in it 63 years. I enjoy it, I like the public very much," she told The Mirror.
"I never take it home with me. Then one day my husband sat me down and he said, 'You know, Barbara, you are bringing it through the front door. Everything is Peggy this, EastEnders that. You are not switching off at all'.
"He said we didn't go anywhere, we didn't go to the movies or the theatre. So when they gave me that Saturday that was the thing that did it.
"It meant come Sunday I was learning my lines again. You hit an age when you have to study that bit harder – unless you are June Brown who, at 84, can pick it up and learn it in a second. But that did it."
Windsor stated that she didn't want her soap role to ruin her marriage, and that she is happy that she made the right decision.
"I don't want to kill what we have. He is much younger than me and it's not fair to him. I am very lucky, we have been together for over 20 years now and I thought, 'That's it'.
"That's when I decided to go. Hard it was, but I have been really happy since I left and we have had a great life. And now I can get away when we want.
"Me and Scott have had a lot more quality time together and we have had more *holidays. When I got a holiday on EastEnders I would be taking a script with me. I couldn't relax and leave it behind."
She added: "I am not like my image, I take my work so seriously. Everyone thinks I just bounce in but I study and everything has to be just right.
"I check all my props, *everything. Acting is something I love. I have done it since I was 13 but it had completely taken over my life absolutely."
That Barbara comes as a great relief to you, your husband , me, and quite a few EE viewers I guess!!!!
Former EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has said that the soap's bosses want her back.
The actress appeared on ITV's This Morning today (April 24) and revealed that she is "tempted" to reprise her role as Peggy Mitchell after being approached by the show's producers.
Windsor left EastEnders in 2010, explaining that she wanted to spend more time with her husband Scott Mitchell.
However, speaking today, the 75-year-old confessed: "I miss EastEnders, I absolutely do. I loved it, but I was exhausted when I left - absolutely exhausted.
"They asked me to go back recently. They've asked a couple of times for me to go back, but I then think about it and I don't sleep."
Asked whether she wasn't tempted by the offer, Windsor continued: "I am, that's the point - I am tempted. But Scott says, 'You have to really think about it'. Towards the end, I was so exhausted and not sleeping at night, and waking up and looking at the script.
"It became too much part of my life. If you're like me, I take every single job like it's my last time. If I'm called in at 6.30am, I'm in at 6am. It's my own fault.
"Fortunately I see Steve McFadden, I see June [Brown] and I see Pam St Clement a lot, so I do see them. I've been down to a couple of parties, but I'm not going to go to any more because I get that feeling when I come back."
She concluded: "It was just that when they asked me to go back, I got all very excited and then - as I say - I started waking up in the night. I'm not quite ready for it, but I love the show and I wish it all the best always."
Windsor's final EastEnders scenes aired in September 2010, as Peggy bowed out from Walford following a huge fire at the Queen Vic.
Hells Bells , WHY ? What on earth are the producers thinking about ?
To boost the ratings. Hard as it may be to believe but some people like this sad old crone
tammyy2j
24-04-2013, 16:17
Who could she fight with now as Pat is dead, Cora perhaps?
I expect she wont like Phil being with Sharon
Someone ought to remind them that two wrongs don't make a right. Bringing Letitia Dean back was their worst idea ever - now it looks like they want to double up on that calamity.
Someone ought to remind them that two wrongs don't make a right. Bringing Letitia Dean back was their worst idea ever - now it looks like they want to double up on that calamity.
i agree nothing wrong with introducing good new interesting characters, ava, dexter , aj and cora have been good
i like to see alice and joey's mother
Someone ought to remind them that two wrongs don't make a right. Bringing Letitia Dean back was their worst idea ever - now it looks like they want to double up on that calamity.
i agree nothing wrong with introducing good new interesting characters, ava, dexter , aj and cora have been good
i like to see alice and joey's mother
Former EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has hinted that she still doesn't feel ready to make a return as Peggy Mitchell.
Back in April, Windsor revealed that the show's bosses had asked her back, but added that she was reluctant to agree because of the long filming hours involved.
In a new interview with PA, the 75-year-old admitted that she doesn't miss the "grind" of working at EastEnders.
Windsor explained: "I do a bit of everything. I don't have EastEnders, that was three years ago. So I have my advert which I still do, Queen of Bingo, I do lots of my charity work - lots of different things.
"I don't want the grind."
She added: "[EastEnders is] great, I love it - but it is full on."
EastEnders chiefs are currently looking to bring back familiar faces as Samantha Womack is returning as Ronnie Mitchell and Michael French has been widely rumoured to reprise his role as David Wicks.
EastEnders bosses have announced that Barbara Windsor is returning to the soap for a special episode.
The actress will be back on screen as Peggy Mitchell in the autumn as part of a new storyline for her on-screen son Phil (Steve McFadden).
When Peggy learns that Phil needs her help, she acts true to form and decides to put family first by returning to Walford.
Speaking of her comeback, Windsor commented: "It is no secret how much I have always loved EastEnders and Peggy Mitchell, and by the number of times I'm constantly stopped by the great British public and asked either 'When are you coming back?' or 'Please say, get out of my pub', it seems they have too.
"It may only be a short visit, but it's a family matter and as Peggy always said, 'It's all about family'."
EastEnders' executive producer Lorraine Newman added: "We're delighted to announce Barbara's return for a very special episode. Peggy's surprise visit is a wonderful treat for our fans, as well as the cast and crew here on EastEnders. It's great to welcome her home."
Show chiefs have promised that Peggy's brief return is part of a "huge autumn" for EastEnders which will see the Mitchell family take centre stage.
With Samantha Womack reprising her role as Ronnie, Roxy planning her wedding to Alfie Moon and Phil set to find himself in trouble once more, the Mitchells have some extremely dramatic storylines on the way.
Windsor bowed out from EastEnders in 2010 after 15 years with the show. Her exit storyline saw Peggy leave Walford after realising that it was the only way Phil would ever sort out his life.
Peggy has since been living in Portugal but has seen Phil while on a brief holiday to Cornwall.
tammyy2j
09-07-2013, 15:26
Pity she couldn't return for Pat's funeral or Ben's trial
Pity she couldn't return for Pat's funeral or Ben's trial
Pity she couldnt return for her own funeral
Pity she couldn't return for Pat's funeral or Ben's trial
Pity she couldnt return for her own funeral
tammyy2j
09-07-2013, 15:37
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tammyy2j
09-07-2013, 15:37
Pity she couldnt return for her own funeral
Ah Alan don't lie you are happy she is coming back aren't you :p
Must remember to record this episode, fast forward then when the old bat appears.
parkerman
09-07-2013, 18:44
Peggy's brief return is part of a "huge autumn" for EastEnders which will see the Mitchell family take centre stage.
Groan. :wall:
PHIL Mitchell ends up in a coma after a £1million car crash stunt to boost EastEnders’ flagging ratings.
The dramatic scenes will see Albert Square bad boy Phil thrown through a windscreen and left fighting for his life.
The soap’s bosses have forked out for a helicopter to fly in and airlift Phil — played by Steve McFadden — to hospital.
They will also film from the chopper — giving viewers a stunning bird’s eye view of the carnage.
Phil and new character Carl White crash into a lorry on their way to do a dodgy deal.
Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor, will return to the show to visit Phil in his hospital bed.
A show source said: “This is going to be the most dramatic and the most expensive stunt in EastEnders’ history.
“No expense has been spared and show bosses are determined to make sure it is the most talked about TV moment of the year.
“Carl gets distracted from the road and swerves into the path of a lorry, resulting in a huge smash.
“Phil flies through the windscreen on to the road, leaving him with terrible injuries.
“A rescue helicopter airlifts him to hospital, filming all the while.
“He ends up in a coma, on life support, fighting for his life.
“Peggy then comes back to see Phil in hospital for a one-off special appearance.”
The stunt is a bid to win back viewers who have deserted the 29-year-old BBC show since the start of the year.
Just 5.2million viewers tuned in to one episode two months ago — 2.3million fewer than Emmerdale attracted on the same night.
The source added: “EastEnders has been going through a bad time as far as ratings go. These days it’s regularly the third most watched soap, way off Corrie and even behind Emmerdale.”
The crash will happen this autumn and bosses are hoping it will come around the same time as Samantha Womack (as Ronnie Mitchell) and Michael French (David Wicks) return to the show.
But frustratingly for EastEnders, Coronation Street is running a similar story which will see David Platt and Nick Tilsley hospitalised after a horror road crash.
The cliffhanger episodes will be shown in August, before Phil’s smash.
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/5007404/eastenders-phil-mitchell-car-crash-coma.html#ixzz2Yhn8JjHq
And yet within a couple of weeks no doubt Phil will be fully restored and un-bruised and unscratched.
EastEnders bosses have released new pictures previewing Peggy Mitchell's return.
As previously announced, Peggy (Barbara Windsor) will return for a one-off episode which will focus on her trying to get her son Phil back on track.
Viewers saw Phil Mitchell end up in a critical condition last week after he was involved in a terrible car crash caused by Carl White's erratic driving.
In the aftermath of the accident, Phil will face a tough time as his injuries leave him feeling vulnerable and weak.
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Peggy tries to help Phil.
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Peggy speaks to Phil.
Reminiscent of her very first episode, former landlady Peggy will return to visit Phil in hospital.
Peggy's mission is to get her son to pull himself together, get back to his family and protecting his businesses from Carl, but will she succeed?
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Peggy returns to visit Phil.
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Peggy tries to talk sense into Phil.
EastEnders airs Peggy's return on Friday, September 20 at 8pm on BBC One.
Wonder how much the BBC are paying this woman to come back to prop up their ailing soap
EastEnders bosses have released new pictures previewing Peggy Mitchell's return.
As previously announced, Peggy (Barbara Windsor) will return for a one-off episode which will focus on her trying to get her son Phil back on track.
Viewers saw Phil Mitchell end up in a critical condition last week after he was involved in a terrible car crash caused by Carl White's erratic driving.
In the aftermath of the accident, Phil will face a tough time as his injuries leave him feeling vulnerable and weak.
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Peggy tries to help Phil.
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Peggy speaks to Phil.
Reminiscent of her very first episode, former landlady Peggy will return to visit Phil in hospital.
Peggy's mission is to get her son to pull himself together, get back to his family and protecting his businesses from Carl, but will she succeed?
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Peggy returns to visit Phil.
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Peggy tries to talk sense into Phil.
EastEnders airs Peggy's return on Friday, September 20 at 8pm on BBC One.
Wonder how much the BBC are paying this woman to come back to prop up their ailing soap
More good news for Alan :D :p
EastEnders star Barbara Windsor has revealed that she is tempted to return to the show on a regular basis.
The actress, who will make a one-off return as Peggy Mitchell next week, has said that she will not rule out another full-time stint on the soap.
Windsor said to The Sun: "Of course it has tempted me but who knows what the future holds? To be a part of such a great British institution is an honour.
"Going back was exactly the same as I had felt 19 years ago. I felt sick with nerves. I was the new girl again.
"I was absolutely overwhelmed to see all those familiar, friendly faces again. EastEnders will always be so very special to me."
Windsor has also heaped praise onto her co-star Steve McFadden, who plays Peggy's son Phil.
Windsor said: "Steve was the reason I had no hesitation in returning to the show for this storyline. It's no secret how close we are in our personal life.
"My admiration for him as an actor is way up there with the best."
Windsor added: "Since I left, I have been asked to go back on various occasions. When Phillip Schofield asked me on This Morning earlier this year if I had been tempted to return, I said, 'Many times' - but I was not sure that the time or storyline was right at that time.
"I was then told of the current storyline with Phil having been involved in a bad accident and he had given up on life.
"It seemed right to me that Peggy was the only person who could go back and give him a much-needed kick up the backside."
EastEnders airs Peggy's return on Friday, September 20 on BBC One.
tammyy2j
09-09-2013, 15:54
I'd prefer Grant back
EastEnders star Steve McFadden has admitted that he is "torn" over whether his on-screen mother Barbara Windsor should make a full-time return to the soap.
Windsor bowed out as Peggy Mitchell in 2010 to spend more time with her family, but she reprised the role for one episode earlier this year and has refused to rule out another future comeback.
Speaking to Soaplife, McFadden commented: "I loved Barbara being back in the show for that single episode, but I want what's best for her. She's a great friend and we're very close - more than work colleagues.
"But I'm kind of torn between what I want for her as a colleague and what's best for Barbara. Barbara's a huge influence in my life. She's taught me all sorts, like how to roll with the punches and be professional."
On the possibility of his on-screen brother Ross Kemp (Grant) returning, he continued: "I haven't heard from Ross for ages so I don't know if he wants to come back. There have been a few brothers since the Mitchell brothers, haven't there? I think it would strengthen the Mitchell family if Grant came back and therefore strengthen EastEnders.
"You need your established characters, like Phil and Ian who've been in the show for ages, and familiar faces to give it continuity - and even the Queen Vic is a sort of familiar face. But you need dynamic new characters too."
Discussing future hopes for his alter ego, McFadden said that he wants Phil to have a "big, white romantic wedding" next year.
He explained: "Remember when Frank Butcher married Pat in the Square? There was a massive street party and a horse and carriage? That's what I'd like for Phil! He's never done anything like that. He's in this love triangle at the moment - torn between Sharon and Shirley."
Read more: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a538896/eastenders-steve-mcfadden-on-peggy-i-want-whats-best-for-barbara.html#ixzz2nkXOWMWn
EastEnders legend Barbara Windsor has made a one-off return to the soap.
The actress reprised her iconic role as Peggy Mitchell in Thursday night's episode (September 25) in scenes which had been kept strictly under wraps ahead of transmission.
The scenes in question saw Peggy have a heated discussion with Ronnie (Samantha Womack) in Portugal, where she is currently living.
After receiving an invitation to her son Phil's upcoming wedding to Sharon Rickman, Peggy was livid at the prospect of Sharon becoming a Mitchell again.
Determined to interfere, Peggy soon put Ronnie under strict instruction to return to Walford and stop the ceremony from going ahead.
Speaking of her surprise return, Windsor commented: "Peggy just couldn't resist putting her oar in when it comes to Sharon, who she has never forgiven for breaking up her precious boys Phil and Grant!
"The scenes are typical Peggy and it was great to play her kicking off again and of course working with the lovely Sam Womack as Ronnie. I hope it was a nice surprise for the EastEnders fans."
Friday's episode (September 26) will see Ronnie and Aunt Sal both arrive on Albert Square and make it clear to Phil that the whole family are against his marriage plans. However, with Phil also secretly doubting Sharon's loyalty, it remains to be seen whether their words will have any impact.
Peggy was last seen on screen in September 2013, when she visited Walford to see Phil in hospital after he was involved in a terrible car crash.
Windsor played the role on a regular basis between 1994 and 2010.
her return was a letdown and not needed
Barbara Windsor will return to EastEnders next year for one of the show's 30th anniversary specials.
Windsor will be reprising her role as Peggy Mitchell for one episode as part of EastEnders' anniversary week.
Viewers last saw Peggy Mitchell make a surprise appearance in a September episode to express displeasure with son Phil's impending marriage to Sharon Watts.
"I am absolutely thrilled that Peggy has been included in the celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of EastEnders," Windsor has said of her return to the programme.
"What an incredible achievement for all the production, cast and crew, past and present."
EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins added: "Barbara and Peggy are intrinsically linked with EastEnders and when we planned our explosive anniversary episodes, Peggy was the first name on our list of hoped-for returns.
"Barbara has not only created one of EastEnders' most iconic characters but she's also hugely loved and missed by everyone here. We couldn't celebrate 30 years of EastEnders without Barbara Windsor."
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Windsor took on the role of Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell in 1994, and went on to become one of the show's most popular stars.
The actress left EastEnders back in 2010.
EastEnders' anniversary festivities will also include a 30-minute live episode, in addition to live elements being integrated in other instalments across the week.
tammyy2j
08-12-2014, 14:34
It is shame she couldn't return for Pat's funeral
parkerman
08-12-2014, 16:45
I think it's more a shame she's returning at all!
I think it's more a shame she's returning at all!
I thought you'd feel that way lol. :D
I've always liked Peggy but her last cameo was very panto, even though I found it quite enjoyable. I hope she tones it down this time.
so does this mean phil and the mitchells will feature big time for the live episodes
so does this mean phil and the mitchells will feature big time for the live episodes
I imagine so as the Carters seem to have taken over as the main family on Albert Square ...
so does this mean phil and the mitchells will feature big time for the live episodes
I imagine so as the Carters seem to have taken over as the main family on Albert Square ...
tammyy2j
09-12-2014, 14:17
Isn't the reveal of Lucy's killer the big storyline for the live anniversary episodes
Isn't the reveal of Lucy's killer the big storyline for the live anniversary episodes
Supposed to be, but with Peggy Mitchell , rumours of Grant Mitchell returning for the anniversary and I expect Sharon in the spotlight (as always) I dread another Sharongate saga ..:wall: If the disclosure of Lucy Beales' killer is side lined, I for one will be exceptionally annoyed !
parkerman
09-12-2014, 16:58
Is Den returning for the anniversary?
And don't say he's dead! :D:ninja:
Is Den returning for the anniversary?
And don't say he's dead! :D:ninja:
You just made me nearly choke on my coffee with that comment!! :rotfl:
tammyy2j
09-12-2014, 17:05
Is Den returning for the anniversary?
And don't say he's dead! :D:ninja:
And Dennis :p
Unfortunately I have exceeded my thanks allowance, which is to be reinstated in 24 hrs :p. so Parkerman, Dazzle and tammy thanks for your useful comments...:)
Unfortunately I have exceeded my thanks allowance, which is to be reinstated in 24 hrs :p. so Parkerman, Dazzle and tammy thanks for your useful comments...:)
You nearly had me believing you for a minute there... :D
maidmarian
09-12-2014, 17:47
Is Den returning for the anniversary?
And don't say he's dead! :D:ninja:
Actually I had thought that -but Im very glad
YOU posted it. Thanks v much!!!
P.S. I DO know hes dead- but this is a soap.
I suppose he could appear in s dream/vision
to his Princess?
maidmarian
09-12-2014, 17:47
Is Den returning for the anniversary?
And don't say he's dead! :D:ninja:
Actually I had thought that -but Im very glad
YOU posted it. Thanks v much!!!
P.S. I DO know hes dead- but this is a soap.
I suppose he could appear in s dream/vision
to his Princess?
parkerman
09-12-2014, 18:09
As far as Den's return is concerned I believe they are currently writing the scene where Sharon takes a shower.....
As you felt a little unwell seeing her in seductive clothing, I better not post the pictures of her in the shower :p
You nearly had me believing you for a minute there... :D
Promise you , when I pressed the message thanks key a small notification came up that I had exceeded reputation allowance and to retry in 24hrs. Unbelievable I know but true . Bureaucracy is alive and well. Unless Peggy and Sharon have put a jinx on my laptop ...:angel:
I never new there is a reputation allowance :eek:
parkerman
09-12-2014, 19:07
No wonder I don't get as many thanks as I deserve.:D
As far as Den's return is concerned I believe they are currently writing the scene where Sharon takes a shower.....
As you felt a little unwell seeing her in seductive clothing, I better not post the pictures of her in the shower :p
You're both on fine form tonight... :rotfl:
Promise you , when I pressed the message thanks key a small notification came up that I had exceeded reputation allowance and to retry in 24hrs. Unbelievable I know but true . Bureaucracy is alive and well. Unless Peggy and Sharon have put a jinx on my laptop ...:angel:
:eek:
I never new there is a reputation allowance :eek:
Nor me! I think I need to get pressing the thank you button a lot more to investigate this...
No wonder I don't get as many thanks as I deserve.:D
Me neither... *shakes head sadly* :( :D
parkerman
09-12-2014, 22:07
As you felt a little unwell seeing her in seductive clothing, I better not post the pictures of her in the shower :p
:sick:
No wonder I don't get as many thanks as I deserve.:D
I can't assist at the moment , until the ban ends. Probably get an electric shock for a second conviction....:)
BARBARA Windsor has hinted an EastEnders comeback could be on the cards if Ross Kemp returns to Albert Square to play her son Grant Mitchell.
Ross, 51, recently reignited rumours he is set for a sensational return following Kathy Beale’s ratings-winning comeback from the dead.
Responding to a tweet from an EastEnders’ fan hoping executive producer Dominic TreadwellCollins could persuade him to reprise his role, Ross – who has previously ruled out returning – replied: “Never say never.”
Now Babs, 78, has also suggested having her screen sons Phil and Grant back in Albert Square along with Kathy, played by Gillian Taylforth, 60, would be too tempting to turn down.
Chatting at the Amy Winehouse Foundation dinner Barbara said: “I’m loving Gillian being back on EastEnders.
“Gillian is the best. She doesn’t look any different from when she left.
“I think it’s great for her and great for the show. She is a true EastEnders star.”
When asked if she would also be up for returning, Barbara added: “I did hear the rumour about Ross going back but who knows? It would obviously be a great storyline to have Peggy reunited with her boys. Never say never. It could happen.”
According to sources on set, show boss Dominic is determined to reunite EastEnders’ ultimate family The Mitchells.
Our insider said: “The Mitchells are arguably the most famous family on TV.
“They represent everything that EastEnders is about and have been involved in some of the soap’s biggest storylines. Dominic has achieved the almost impossible task of bringing Kathy Beale back from the dead – now he’s determined to bring back Grant and Peggy.
“He knows having Grant, Phil, Sharon, Kathy and Peggy all on screen together at the same time again would be TV gold.”
Ross joined EastEnders in 1990 before leaving in 1999. He rejoined for brief stints in 2005 and 2006.
Barbara joined in 1994 before leaving Walford in 2010.
Daily Star Sunday
I am beginning to think Ross Kemp might just be back before long and if he is coming back, Peggy Mitchell will be shouting" Get Out Of My Pub" again before long too :hmm:
xx_Dan_xx
19-10-2015, 00:59
BARBARA Windsor has hinted an EastEnders comeback could be on the cards if Ross Kemp returns to Albert Square to play her son Grant Mitchell.
Ross, 51, recently reignited rumours he is set for a sensational return following Kathy Beale’s ratings-winning comeback from the dead.
Responding to a tweet from an EastEnders’ fan hoping executive producer Dominic TreadwellCollins could persuade him to reprise his role, Ross – who has previously ruled out returning – replied: “Never say never.”
Now Babs, 78, has also suggested having her screen sons Phil and Grant back in Albert Square along with Kathy, played by Gillian Taylforth, 60, would be too tempting to turn down.
Chatting at the Amy Winehouse Foundation dinner Barbara said: “I’m loving Gillian being back on EastEnders.
“Gillian is the best. She doesn’t look any different from when she left.
“I think it’s great for her and great for the show. She is a true EastEnders star.”
When asked if she would also be up for returning, Barbara added: “I did hear the rumour about Ross going back but who knows? It would obviously be a great storyline to have Peggy reunited with her boys. Never say never. It could happen.”
According to sources on set, show boss Dominic is determined to reunite EastEnders’ ultimate family The Mitchells.
Our insider said: “The Mitchells are arguably the most famous family on TV.
“They represent everything that EastEnders is about and have been involved in some of the soap’s biggest storylines. Dominic has achieved the almost impossible task of bringing Kathy Beale back from the dead – now he’s determined to bring back Grant and Peggy.
“He knows having Grant, Phil, Sharon, Kathy and Peggy all on screen together at the same time again would be TV gold.”
Ross joined EastEnders in 1990 before leaving in 1999. He rejoined for brief stints in 2005 and 2006.
Barbara joined in 1994 before leaving Walford in 2010.
Daily Star Sunday
I am beginning to think Ross Kemp might just be back before long and if he is coming back, Peggy Mitchell will be shouting" Get Out Of My Pub" again before long too :hmm:
I'd love a Mitchell vs Gavin & Vincent showdown.
xx_Dan_xx
19-10-2015, 00:59
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parkerman
19-10-2015, 09:01
Alan will be pleased anyway. I bet he's already polishing up his blue balls in anticipation.
Barbara Windsor is to be made a dame in the New Year's Honours list, according to reports. :bow:
The much-loved actress will apparently be rewarded for her charity work, which has included her backing the Royal British Legion's Poppy Day appeal.
Windsor is already an MBE, and the Queen is believed to have expressed her delight that the star's name has been put forward for the Honours list.
The 78-year-old actress is best known for her appearances in the Carry On movies and as barmaid Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders.
She appeared in the BBC soap from 1994 to 2010 and reprised her role earlier this year to celebrate the show's 30th anniversary.
Windsor has also hinted that she would return to the Walford series - but only if her Mitchell boys were right there alongside her.
parkerman
27-12-2015, 18:47
Alan will be delighted! :rolleyes:
So she's jumping from an MBE, past OBE and CBE and straight to Dame? That is the way the awards work, right?
The cost of Peggy's returns just skyrocketed.
parkerman
27-12-2015, 20:41
The cost of Peggy's returns just skyrocketed.
Not to mention her blue balls.
TaintedLove
27-12-2015, 21:09
I`ve always thought that she was a Dame already.
Everytime she`s on tv, my hubby asks "Is that Dame woman on tv again"?
:D
Not to mention her blue balls.
Quite. I wonder who DTC will sack next to fund Peggy's next return? He doesn't seem to have given up on the idea of getting her and Ross Kemp.
...the Queen is believed to have expressed her delight that the star's name has been put forward for the Honours list
Is it just me that finds this quite hard to believe? :p
maidmarian
27-12-2015, 22:25
Is it just me that finds this quite hard to believe? :p
No.- that will be at least 2 of us.!!
It doesnt say who or how many believe
thats what the Queens said -even if its
just BW but she "believes"it - that could
be taken as true.
BW did get a lot of headlnes last month
giving non- poppy buyers/ wearers an
" earholing" .Perhaps some of the remarks
were things HM would like to say but protocol
doesnt allow.
Even though ( allegedly) the Queen.Mothers
favourite act was the Krankies - its still
a bit of a stretch to." Carry on Reigning"!!
Is it just me that finds this quite hard to believe? :p
I'm afraid I find the whole lot of it nauseating . Best not to say anymore ,end up getting sued. Except that I totally support national awards going to ordinary citizens who have given of their time ,effort for the benefit of others with little or no recognition.Those people I applaud...:clap:
parkerman
27-12-2015, 23:19
Maybe the queen was delighted because Babs has the same surname.
flappinfanny
27-12-2015, 23:39
maybe the queen was delighted because babs has the same surname.
Thats funny. :D
Alan will be delighted! :rolleyes:
I sure am. She has such gravitas and is a wonderful actress. Its well deserved.
http://www.carryon.org.uk/images/barbara1.jpg
parkerman
28-12-2015, 00:30
Indeed, Alan. https://www.statesidestills.com/prodimages/windsor_barbara_carry_on_camping_52966l.jpgAnd let's not forget:
Heres one I wrote earlier
http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?101655-Actress-Windsor-quits-EastEnders%21&p=690728#post690728
Heres one I wrote earlier
http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?101655-Actress-Windsor-quits-EastEnders%21&p=690728#post690728
maidmarian
28-12-2015, 00:43
I'm afraid I find the whole lot of it nauseating . Best not to say anymore ,end up getting sued. Except that I totally support national awards going to ordinary citizens who have given of their time ,effort for the benefit of others with little or no recognition.Those people I applaud...:clap:
A lot of "celebs" get honours for "services to
charity" which is fine if they have done something
outstanding! But higher rate taxpayers can
effectively give more to charities than a basic
rate taxpayer without it costing them more per
£ of donation under Gift Aid legislation.
Or even keep part of the "rebate" themselves.!
This is just to underline your point about
ordinary people who do a lot to fundraise
for small local charities (very hard work)!
Not a dig at celebs/ wealthy people
or any person specifically!
Heres one I wrote earlier
http://www.soapboards.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?101655-Actress-Windsor-quits-EastEnders%21&p=690728#post690728
First time I've read that Alan ,can't stop laughing. :cheer:
Deserved a double thanks.
parkerman
28-12-2015, 09:57
By the way, I hope I get invited to the daming ceremony as I am related to both Windsors.
The Queen is the niece of the wife of the 3rd cousin twice removed of the husband of the wife of the great grandson of the wife of my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
While Babs is the stepdaughter of my 1st cousin once removed.
So both pretty close really.
By the way, I hope I get invited to the daming ceremony as I am related to both Windsors.
The Queen is the niece of the wife of the 3rd cousin twice removed of the husband of the wife of the great grandson of the wife of my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
While Babs is the stepdaughter of my 1st cousin once removed.
So both pretty close really.
:bow: Royalty on SoapBoards :cheer::D
So she's jumping from an MBE, past OBE and CBE and straight to Dame? That is the way the awards work, right?
The cost of Peggy's returns just skyrocketed.
no OBE first then MBE (I think CBE after that???) then DBE which is the Damehood
is she back to be killed off
JessicaMad
15-01-2016, 20:31
Can't believe Peggy made an appearance only for that bombshell to be dropped :(
parkerman
15-01-2016, 21:47
is she back to be killed off
We can only hope....
We can only hope....
http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/12397-2/
We can only hope....
http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/12397-2/
parkerman
16-01-2016, 00:14
http://www.soapsquawk.co.uk/12397-2/
:cheer::thumbsup::cheer:
grant return seems inevitable
One of EastEnders' most-loved characters is set to leave Albert Square for good, after it was revealed that Peggy Mitchell will make her final appearance on the soap in late spring.
Barbara Windsor's Peggy made a surprise return to the show last night (January 15), tragically revealing that the cancer she had previously beaten had returned.
EastEnders producers confirmed that the decision to leave the soap was made by Windsor last summer.
Discussing her exit, Windsor said: "Everyone knows I love EastEnders and that will never change.
"Peggy is a character close to my heart but I made the decision a while ago that I need to say goodbye to Peggy once and for all as otherwise she will always be there, urging me to go back and that is something I need to shut the door on.
"After thinking long and hard about it, I realised that it is time for me and the audience to say our final farewells to the lady who I have loved for many years and I thought that whilst the guvnor, who I adore, is still in charge I want him to be the one to oversee it."
She added: "I am grateful that Dominic has accepted my decision and together, since late last summer, we have been secretly plotting Peggy's last scenes."
Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said: "Barbara is the real guvnor of EastEnders.
"So when she told me her decision back in the summer, we both had a little cry before getting excited about how Peggy Mitchell, the matriarch to end all matriarchs could bid her final farewell to Albert Square.
"In Peggy Mitchell, Barbara has created one of the greatest ever characters on British television, someone who has become as synonymous with EastEnders as The Queen Vic itself.
"So this is the end of an EastEnders era. But it is also an opportunity to send Peggy Mitchell out in style in what will be one of the most heartbreaking, uplifting and epic exits an EastEnders character has ever had."
He added: "We can't wait to have Barbara back at EastEnders, even if it is for the final time. The most professional of professionals on set and off, and a true friend, we have all been working harder than ever to make Barbara and Peggy Mitchell proud."
Windsor first appeared as Peggy Mitchell in EastEnders back in 1994.
Digital Spy
parkerman
16-01-2016, 09:46
That's what I love about Babs, sorry, Dame Babs, so modest and so self-effacing.
"Peggy is a character close to my heart but I made the decision a while ago that I need to say goodbye to Peggy once and for all as otherwise she will always be there, urging me to go back and that is something I need to shut the door on.
Totally and absolutely the right decision your Dameship, I've already shut and bolted the door.:thumbsup::clap::cheer::bow::D
better exit if bobby killed her
parkerman
16-01-2016, 14:51
better exit if bobby killed her
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
storyseeker1
16-01-2016, 15:46
Aren't EE repeating stories again? As I recall; didn't Pat Butcher die of cancer?
After Barbara Windsor made a surprise return to EastEnders last night, fans have been calling for a full Mitchell reunion.
With Peggy revealing that her cancer had returned, fans want Ross Kemp and Daniella Westbrook to return as Grant and Sam to say goodbye for good.
However, fans will have to wait for Westbrook to get evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house first. In fact, before she went into the house, Westbrook said that she fancies a role in Emmerdale.
In more optimistic news, Kemp has previously said he's open to a return to the square, so you never know who might turn up next.
I can imagine both making a guest appearance attending Peggy´s funeral, don´t think they will be back long term though
http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a780237/eastenders-fans-call-for-grant-and-sam-mitchell-to-return-after-the-shock-news-that-peggy-will-die/
kim 2nd one back as sam than no nose danny
tammyy2j
16-01-2016, 22:58
Has she already filmed her death exit?
I am not keen on a repeat of Pat's death
I want to see Peggy clash with Claudette
If she returning to live and die in Phil's house or the Vic?
parkerman
16-01-2016, 23:18
I think she dies just as the Queen lowers her sword on her shoulder and says, "I now dub thee, Dame Peggy of Blue Balls."
I know Peggy's not a well liked character here at SoapBoards, and I'll probably get some stick for saying this, but I've always enjoyed the character and am sad that she's being killed off. I think it has the potential to be an iconic storyline, especially if she can help Phil face his demons (in other words his father) once and for all.
The problem is that Ms Windsor has never been much of an actress and the last couple of appearances she's made have been truly cringeworthy! Maybe that's why she was almost mute in Friday's episode: DTC has decided to give Peggy as little dialogue as they can get away with? :D
I wonder how often she'll appear on screen in the coming months? I doubt Barbara will want to return full time.
storyseeker1
18-01-2016, 00:23
Personally I liked Windsor, but then again by the time I started watching EE regular, she didn't have much screen time and she then left, so maybe I'm not the best one to judge.
I think this is a good exit and not a repeat of Pat Butcher.
Pat got ill with a very aggressive, late diagnosed cancer.
Babs had the breast cancer it was treated and we never heard about it again, which as a lot of us know, isn't what happens. There is always the worry it will return and you are always conscious of it
tammyy2j
18-01-2016, 18:34
I think this is a good exit and not a repeat of Pat Butcher.
Pat got ill with a very aggressive, late diagnosed cancer.
Babs had the breast cancer it was treated and we never heard about it again, which as a lot of us know, isn't what happens. There is always the worry it will return and you are always conscious of it
Pat and Peggy dying of cancer is the same even if cancer is different form or other part of the body
Perhaps Peggy will go out on her own terms, get Phil to assist or assist herself by suicide
We have had Charlie die recently and Shabham's baby, do we really need another death by illness
I want to see Peggy mix it up with Claudette and even Gavin too
EastEnders: Grant's back... For Peggy's death!
With the news that legends Ross Kemp and Barbara Windsor will return for one hell of a Mitchell reunion, we answer the BIG questions...
It's going to be the end of an era in Walford - with the news that Peggy Mitchell is to be killed off in a heartbreaking storyline!
It will be last orders for the legendary Queen Vic landlady when she dies from cancer, a disease that she's fought off twice, later this year. But the big news doesn't stop there, Peggy's son - and Phil's brother - Grant is heading home to Albert Square to say his final goodbyes to his mum! So the stage is set for an explosive Mitchell family reunion - but how, and when, can we expect the drama to unfold?
Inside Soap has the answers to all your questions about the biggest soap news this year...
Why does Peggy have to die? She's a Walford icon!
It's with a heavy heart that actress Barbara Windsor has decided to call time on her love affair with EastEnders. The star has been tempted back to the show on three separate occasions since she quit in 2010, and explains that killing Peggy is the only way to bring one of the most amazing chapters in her life to a close.
"Everyone knows I love EastEnders, and that will never change," explains national treasure Barbara, who took over the role of Peggy from actress Jo Warne in 1994. "Peggy is a character close to my heart, but I made the decision a while ago that I needed to say goodbye once and for all. Otherwise she'll always be there, urging me to go back."
Big stories take major planning. How on earth did bosses keep it a secret?
With meticulous plotting! Viewers were floored when Peggy made a surprise appearance in a recent episode, during which she broke the news of her deadly diagnosis to Phil. Barbara and co-star Steve McFadden, who plays him, filmed the top-secret episode back in November 2015, but the plan for Peggy's passing has been in place a lot longer.
"Barbara is the real guv'nor of EastEnders," insists the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins. "When she told me of her decision last summer, we both had a little cry before getting excited about how Peggy Mitchell - the matriarch to end all matriarchs - could bid her final farewell to Albert Square."
But how did bosses persuade Ross Kemp to return as Grant? Isn't he on the other side of the world filming documentaries on gangs?
The actor actually has a brand-new series entitled Ross Kemp's Britain coming out in March, so he's been a lot closer to home than people think! And to say that he's at the top of every EastEnders producer's 'return wish list' is an understatement.
The rumour mill went into overdrive last February as newspapers speculated over whether the star would reprise the role of Grant for the show's 30th anniversary. EastEnders star Danny Dyer, who plays Mick, recently let slip that the character's return has been "on and off" for a while, and Ross himself has always stressed that he would never say never to a Walford comeback. However, it was one final story with his dear old Square mum that finally persuaded him to say yes.
"Have you ever tried to say no to Dame Barbara?" he tweeted, after the news of his return first broke. "When EastEnders approached me about her final episodes, it was something I couldn't turn down," Ross added later. "Barbara is a very close friend, so it felt right that the Mitchell brothers should be reunited with their mother for one last time."
So when will Peggy and Grant be back on our screens? And how long will Phil's brother stick around this time?
Show sources confirm that Peggy's sad goodbye will air in late spring - and they'll be making the most of having the Mitchell brothers back on screen together.
"To have the brothers come face to face again, having to accept losing their mother, is an opportunity to show Ross and Steve at their very best," promises Dominic - and the good news is that Grant's return won't be for one night only...
"I'm really looking forward to going back to EastEnders, and filming what are set to be some classic episodes," grins Ross, indicating that Grant's appearance will most definitely trump Nick Berry's post-credits cameo, when Pat Evans' son Wicksy briefly returned to the Square to pay his respects at her graveside. "I'm excited about working with Barbara, Steve and Letitia Dean (Sharon), and all the cast."
Sharon's not Grant's only unfinished business in Walford, though, is she?
Oh no she's not! The last time he visited, in 2006, Jane Beale succumbed to Grant's charms, cheating on partner Ian. So are the trio in for an awkward reunion? There's also the issue of Kathy, whom he once slept with - much to Phil's outrage! And what if Grant's daughter Courtney is with him, giving him the runaround? There are any number of issues.
Speaking of mischievous madams, are we going to see the return of Phil and Grant's sister, Sam?
The answer to that question is still yet to be confirmed. Fans have been calling the return of Peggy's wayward daughter. Original actress Danniella Westbrook has been busy as a contestant in Celebrity Big Brother, while Kim Medcalf - who played Sam from 2002 to 2005 before Danniella reclaimed the part in 2009 - has been working on stage. But that's not to say show chiefs won't approach one of them...
"Peggy's final episodes are still being sorted, so it's too early to say if any other Mitchells will be returning," says an EastEnders spokesperson. "We have definitely not ruled out anyone at this stage."
Danniella made clear her wish to return to soap before she entered the Big Brother house, revealing that she wanted a part in rival soap Emmerdale. However, a pre-prepared tweet which was made live on her page while she was on the house may indicate that Danniella, too, is heading for Walford...
"I would love nothing more than to return to EastEnders," tweeted the star. "It was my home and my family for many years, and I miss it terribly. #Alwayssamitchell."
So, as more information comes to light on what is sure to be one of the biggest storylines in EastEnders history, Inside Soap is poised to bring you all of the exciting developments as they unfold. One thing we can definitely confirm is that you won't want to miss a minute of this!
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