Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ)

EastEnders bosses have announced that Him & Her star Ricky Champ is joining the cast as newcomer Stuart Highway.


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Stuart is the older brother of Halfway and a childhood friend of Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter.

The new arrival will turn up on Albert Square following Halfway's return from duty in the army.

Mick is pleased to see his old mate, who was born and bred in the East End, but Stuart's presence soon starts to cause trouble.

Stuart has often been a bad influence on Mick and history repeats itself as they start to channel their younger selves, getting up to no good.

We have a feeling this may not go down well with the rest of the family, so we'll have to stay tuned to see how Linda reacts to Mick's latest bad behaviour.

Speaking about the new role, Ricky commented: "I'm so happy to be part of this brilliant team of people on this great show that I grew up watching. Look out Albert Square… Stuart's coming!"

Ricky has already started filming at EastEnders and will first appear on screen later this spring.

The actor is best known for playing the role of Paul in BBC Three sitcom Him & Her.

News of his casting comes hot on the heels of the announcement that Halfway is returning to Walford, with Tony Clay reprising the popular role.

Tony said today: "I'm really happy and excited to be back on EastEnders and working with such a brilliant cast and crew. Halfway is such a lovely role to play and I'm really looking forward to exploring his story further and seeing where it takes us."


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a new man for shirley or karen

is he mick's thug in cellar?

OMG why has he so many pictures of young girls on his phone, is he a paedophile?

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OMG why has he so many pictures of young girls on his phone, is he a paedophile?

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Looks very much like it. Also seems to have chat room contact with some of them.

duncan in metro has him a pedo hunter

I suspect he’s Zsa Zsa father!

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I suspect he’s Zsa Zsa father!

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yes new trailer seems to make him a rapist to me

https://youtu.be/CGRL4jc8_eY

how did he get into the pub again as the locks were changed

he must be prison governor, running everything from outside

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he must be prison governor, running everything from outside

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I must admit those guards have an easy job. There's all sorts of threats being shouted like "Nonce, you're going to get yours", "You're dead nonce" etc, and not one of them seem to do anything to stop it.

some talk on line that linda kills him when he tries to rape her after nearly killing released mick

so dot kicks him out yet he is there cleaning her house

did he paint that sign on the door or was it kids and he was cleaning it away, the drone might have caught footage

I've got a funny feeling those kids he chased away were the ones that 'apologised' to Dr Legg. They didn't exactly seem overly sincere. Stuart doesn't strike me as too smart but he is cunning and I don't think he would be daft enough to paint something like a Nazi Swastika in broad daylight.

It was definitely the kids.

has his tenure on the show been extended, redeemed?

breast cancer for stuart

Ricky will film his final scenes later in the year - Duncan Metro

returning for short stint