Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth)

[BlackKat]

is this confirmation or a rumour?

Well the BBC haven't confirmed it, but it does have a quote from Gillian about it I think - unless she's just heard the same rumour and assumed it's true.

as they cant kill of a walford legend!

I'm sure Den will be very happy to hear that.

[tammyy2j]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/02/17/easten...-back-5067671/

Is Kathy alive?

[tammyy2j]

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[Dazzle]

[url]Is Kathy alive?

EE fans are having a nervous breakdown speculating that Kathy's about to rise from the dead but I have my doubts.

I wouldn't be against her returning and think they could find a way if they really wanted, but I think it'd completely overshadow the Lucy reveal (the speculation alone is already threatening to do that).

I think Phil's secret's more likely something to do with Peggy. She was back in Albert Square for a reason last night (and I don't think she flew all that way just to confront Dot).

[Dazzle]

Maybe Phil or Peggy have stumbled across evidence that Kathy might still be alive? That would provide plenty of future dramatic opportunities and would tantalise fans.

Neither Billy nor Peggy seemed to want Phil to tell Ian. I can't imagine they'd have reacted like that if the news was that Kathy was definitely alive and well.

Hopefully we'll find out tonight.

[parkerman]

Interesing stuff on Wiki:

"After her final departure, numerous rumours circulated in the British press predicting the character's return to the soap. In 2005 it was reported that EastEnders producers were attempting to lure Gillian Taylforth back with the offer of a £200,000 a year pay cheque. Gillian said: "I've always wanted to go back because I love EastEnders — I have great friends in the cast and always enjoyed working with Steve McFadden (Phil Mitchell)."
However, in January 2006 it was announced that the character was being killed off-screen in a storyline to facilitate the return of her young son Ben to his father Phil Mitchell. Taylforth has commented: "I was a bit upset at first because it was 13 years of my life and I didn't like the thought of being killed off. I thought she might come back to see Ian and have some illness. But that's the way it goes." In 2010, Taylforth said that she wished that Kathy could come back from the dead and that it was a mistake to kill her off. Earlier that year executive producer Diederick Santer revealed that he would like to have brought back Kathy from the dead but vowed not to revive deceased characters. Taylforth reiterated her desire to return to EastEnders in 2013 and that she heard a writer in 2011 saying that producers wanted her to return and asked her if she could think of a way to bring Kathy back. She revealed that producer John Yorke told her that killing off Kathy was one of the biggest mistake they've ever made", and the writer who had decided to kill off Kathy regretted it afterwards, though said it was a "good idea at the time". EastEnders spokespeople stated there were currently no plans for Taylforth to return and that some of the producers who had said they wanted Kathy to return had since left. In 2014, Taylforth revealed that she doubts whether Kathy is really dead and said that many EastEnders viewers have written with proposed storylines on how she could make a return to the show."

[Perdita]

Ben was adopted by Kathy's new husband in South Africa and she and adoptive dad died in a car crash according to the storyline at the time. The first time a character came back from the dead (that I remember) was Bobby Ewing in Dallas and I don't think that worked for most viewers, just nice to see handsome Bobby back on the screen I hope this rumour will stay a rumour and not become reality

[parkerman]

And let's not forget Den's resurrection. That went well.

[lizann]

EE fans are having a nervous breakdown speculating that Kathy's about to rise from the dead but I have my doubts.

I wouldn't be against her returning and think they could find a way if they really wanted, but I think it'd completely overshadow the Lucy reveal (the speculation alone is already threatening to do that).

I think Phil's secret's more likely something to do with Peggy. She was back in Albert Square for a reason last night (and I don't think she flew all that way just to confront Dot).

billy said keep the past dead and buried, peggy mentioned how will sharon react and phil has to talk to ian, phil to tell ian that max killed lucy payback for taking his garage maybe or could dennis rickman be returning another dead man rising up

[tammyy2j]

Kathy looked much younger now that Phil and Ian