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12-11-2009, 00:51
EASTENDERS' childhood sweethearts Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson are to get engaged this Christmas.
The long-divorced pair get their happy ending from show bosses looking to spread a little love over the festive season.
They will also be the focus of a special DVD to mark the soap's 25th anniversary in February.
The spin-off - EastEnders: Last Tango In Walford - will chart the lead up to their big day. It sees daughter Tiffany set out to find Bianca's estranged mum Carol and the rest of the family.
Bianca - famed for bawling RICKYYYYY at her ex - gets her man when his latest squeeze - and first wife - Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook), quits the Square.
The stage has been set for a Ricky and Bianca reunion since actors Sid Owen and Patsy Palmer returned to the soap last year.
A show spokesman said: "They'll get engaged around Christmas. Then there will be a spin-off DVD looking at the preparation for their wedding."
The DVD will also look back over their rocky relationship.
Archive footage will chart their first date to first marriage in 1997. It is also set to feature their eventual split after Bianca's fling with her mum's boyfriend.
Fans who buy the DVD - Last Tango In Walford - will see them attempt the legendary dance. And they will be treated to the cast performing a Girls Aloud number
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2725578/Ricky-Butcher-and-Bianca-Jackson-are-to-get-engaged.html#ixzz0WbNUKBPD
The long-divorced pair get their happy ending from show bosses looking to spread a little love over the festive season.
They will also be the focus of a special DVD to mark the soap's 25th anniversary in February.
The spin-off - EastEnders: Last Tango In Walford - will chart the lead up to their big day. It sees daughter Tiffany set out to find Bianca's estranged mum Carol and the rest of the family.
Bianca - famed for bawling RICKYYYYY at her ex - gets her man when his latest squeeze - and first wife - Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook), quits the Square.
The stage has been set for a Ricky and Bianca reunion since actors Sid Owen and Patsy Palmer returned to the soap last year.
A show spokesman said: "They'll get engaged around Christmas. Then there will be a spin-off DVD looking at the preparation for their wedding."
The DVD will also look back over their rocky relationship.
Archive footage will chart their first date to first marriage in 1997. It is also set to feature their eventual split after Bianca's fling with her mum's boyfriend.
Fans who buy the DVD - Last Tango In Walford - will see them attempt the legendary dance. And they will be treated to the cast performing a Girls Aloud number
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2725578/Ricky-Butcher-and-Bianca-Jackson-are-to-get-engaged.html#ixzz0WbNUKBPD