Phil and Sharon

[Perdita]

EastEnders' Sharon Rickman and Phil Mitchell are to get engaged, reports the Daily Star Sunday.

Viewers will see the storyline develop later this autumn, but the soap's bosses are keeping quiet about the circumstances surrounding the engagement.

Sharon, played by Letitia Dean, returned to the show in August and has since begun seeing Jack Branning. When she and Phil announce their engagement it comes as a shock to the rest of Albert Square, but a show insider suggested that all is not as it seems:

"Phil and Sharon are going to get engaged but it's part of a bigger storyline involving the couple," they explained.

"Sharon is still seeing Jack so the fake engagement to Phil is going to cause them a number of problems. It also brings Phil and Sharon even closer together.

"And with [Phil's] long-term girlfriend Shirley Carter out of the picture, who knows where it might lead?"

Sharon and Phil have a complicated history. In the '90s, Sharon was married to Phil's brother Grant, but the pair embarked on an affair behind his back.

"There's always been something between them and there always will be," the insider continued. "Jack is going to get paranoid about Phil and this is further fuelled by the chemistry they have. Jack isn't blind but he wants to believe all Sharon is doing is helping out an old friend.

"Whether these two will ever be able to be just friends remains to be seen. They have a lot of history and ever since Sharon returned to Albert Square it's been the question on everyone's lips."

Sharon also remains unaware of Phil's involvement in her former husband Dennis Rickman's murder in 2005. Viewers saw Phil set Dennis on to gangster Johnny Allen, which led to him being stabbed by henchman Danny Moon.

"The chemistry is still there between Phil and Sharon," said the source. "It's just whether they do anything about it.

"Sharon has no idea that Phil encouraged Dennis knowing he'd go after Johnny. If she did it really could have quite an impact on their developing relationship."

[Siobhan]

bore!!

[alan45]

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Miss Piggy and the Beetroot Man

[tammyy2j]

It is to get custody of Lexi

[Perdita]

Phil Mitchell's determination to bring baby Lexi back to Albert Square drives him to underhand measures on EastEnders next week.

The Walford hardman recently vowed to get the youngster "back where she belongs", but Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) is in for a shock when she realises that his plans are far from what she had in mind.

When Phil (Steve McFadden) presents Lola with a consent form to sign which would put Lexi into his care, she is left reeling and refuses to co-operate - insisting that her daughter belongs at home with her.

However, an emotional Lola soon decides that she has no other option, so she eventually goes along with Phil's way of doing things and signs the form after all.


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Having secured Lola's consent, Phil's next concern is trying to convince social services that he is the right person to take care of Lexi.

When his solicitor Jimmie explains that he'd have a much better chance if he was in a stable relationship, Phil starts to regard Sharon Rickman (Letitia Dean) as the ideal person to impress the authorities.

Phil doesn't waste much time before putting the idea of a fake relationship to Sharon, but she refuses to lie to social services by pretending to be romantically involved with him.


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Unbeknownst to Sharon, however, this idea remains on Phil's mind as he begins to exhaust all other options of how to boost his residency case.

In the end, Phil makes a shocking decision by secretly ordering Jimmie to put Sharon's name down on the form as his fiancée... Will his deception pay off?

EastEnders airs Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on BBC One.

[alan45]

EastEnders fans will see Phil Mitchell and Sharon Rickman share a shock kiss in an upcoming episode.

Steve McFadden and Letitia Dean, who play Phil and Sharon, filmed the former lovers' romantic moment while out on location on Friday evening (February 1).

The storyline twist takes place after Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) finally reaches breaking point and does a runner with her baby daughter Lexi.

After an emotionally exhausting day dealing with the alarming situation, Phil and Sharon are drawn closer together again.

When Sharon tells Phil a few home truths, the pair finally give into temptation - but what does this mean for Sharon's relationship with Jack Branning?


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EastEnders airs these scenes next month on BBC One.

[alan45]

That should please fans of Miss Piggy and Beetroot Man

[parkerman]

EastEnders' Sharon Rickman and Phil Mitchell are to get engaged, reports the Daily Star Sunday.

Viewers will see the storyline develop later this autumn,

Well done, Daily Star. Another exclusive...er...

[parkerman]

EastEnders' Sharon Rickman and Phil Mitchell are to get engaged, reports the Daily Star Sunday.

Viewers will see the storyline develop later this autumn,

Well done, Daily Star. Another exclusive...er...

[alan45]

Well done, Daily Star. Another exclusive...er...

Autumn has come and gone, Winter has almost gone and we head toward Spring and till we have no Philshaz