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Shane Richie confirms Kat and Alfie’s EastEnders spin-off will begin filming in April



Shane Richie has confirmed when filming will begin on Kat and Alfie’s EastEnders spin-off.

The soapstar was appearing on The One Show when he said production would embark this April.

‘We start filming in Ireland literally straight after the play. We’re out there for three and a half, four months,’ Shane said.

‘We’re so excited. We know the story – we know Alfie’s got a brain tumour and Kat has a son. We don’t know where it’s being filmed.’

He added: ‘Tomorrow we’ve got a big meeting where we’ll be looking at scripts. We haven’t got a title for it at the moment, but all we know is that it’s gonna be massive.’

Kat and Alfie will travel to Ireland in search of her son after she learned that she didn’t just give birth to Zoe Slater when she was 13, but twins.

First the onscreen couple will appear on stage together for the first time in Peter James’ No.1 best-selling thriller The Perfect Murder.

Jessie and Shane do love a bit of drama!

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/13/shane-...april-5619368/

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EastEnders' Kat and Alfie spinoff is coming together and it's now been revealed there's a "dark secret" at the centre of the storyline. Really? Who would have thought!!

Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace appeared on Irish chatshow The Late Late Show on Friday night (January 16), with Richie confirming he's read the first script for the series - which is set in Ireland.

"There's a whole new universe for Kat and Alfie," the actor explained. "I've managed to read the first script. I can't tell you where it's set, but it's all Irish cast and crew.

"But where we're going is absolutely beautiful. And it's a whole world where Kat and Alfie come into the first episode, we turn up in this village where there's a real dark secret.

"You want the audience to go: 'No Kat and Alfie, you shouldn't be there. You shouldn't be there...'"

Interesting. Speaking about EastEnders, Wallace said that she likes Kat and Alfie's offbeat storylines, and admitted that Kat having a long-lost son without knowing anything about it was a bit silly.

"[The stories are] completely bonkers!" she enthused. "That's what makes Kat and Alfie so interesting. They'd be boring, they wouldn't be interesting if they sat in front of a telly all day, reading the paper do you know what I mean?"

Laughing about Kat also having a son when she gave birth to Zoe, the actress continued: "I don't know what to say! Well, she was so out of it and obviously it was before she had a scan. And she didn't know she had twins. She just didn't know.

"Even though it seems a little bit ridiculous that she didn't know she had a son, but she was – I'm trying to justify it – she was completely out of it and didn't know she had another child."

On the infamous baby swap storyline from 2011, Richie added: "There was one storyline we played that at times, it felt like it split the audience and that was when we played the cot death.

"We did a lot of research about that and ultimately that turned into a bit of a farce, I suppose, for want of a better word. It became a baby swap story. But to play the whole cot death, we spent time with, sadly, couples who had lost children.

"And so we did our research and playing that was tough because we've both got children and we put our heart and soul into it."

Kat and Alfie's EastEnders spinoff will kick off filming in April, before airing in the autumn.

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From what my mum says about the pethidine they gave her when she was having us she could have had twins and not know a thing.

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EastEnders spoilers: Alfie and Kat Moon will NOT be returning after their spin-off





EastEnders actor Shane Richie has revealed that his alter ego Alfie Moon and his wife Kat will not be returning to the main show in the near future following their spin-off series that will be set in Ireland.

The characters are about to depart Walford again to go in search of Kat’s long-lost son, a journey that will be documented in a six episode special to be broadcast this autumn.

But fans of the couple who were hoping that they would then come back to Albert Square are in for a disappointment.

The actor told This Morning: ‘We leave on screen and we’re not coming back as far as we know. That’s Kat and Alfie gone. We could come back but it all depends what happens in Ireland.’

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— Shane Richie (@realshanerichie) January 20, 2016

Discussing the special, he revealed: ‘I can’t tell you how exciting it is. It’s a real, dark story. When I was reading it, I kept thinking half-way through that Kat and Alfie have to get out of this village but they don’t. It’s a stand alone drama and nothing to do with EastEnders except for that it’s Kat and Alfie. A whole new universe has been created.’

Filming for the spin-off commences in April.

http://metro.co.uk/2016/01/20/easten...n-off-5634185/

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The actor told This Morning: ‘We leave on screen and we’re not coming back as far as we know.

.. But unless they're bumped off then maybe, and then even if they are then it's possible.

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The actor told This Morning: ‘We leave on screen and we’re not coming back as far as we know.

.. But unless they're bumped off then maybe, and then even if they are then it's possible.

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.. But unless they're bumped off then maybe, and then even if they are then it's possible.

Yes, I think Shane means DTC has no plans to bring them back. Another EP might think differently of course. Alfie might even die of his brain tumour. (If so, hopefully we'll see a body so he can't be resurrected!)

As someone who's not a fan of Kat and Alfie, I'm glad there's no plans for their return. I'm puzzled about why the EE team went to the trouble of retconning a son for Kat if he isn't coming to live in Albert Square though.

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That just does not make sense, as far as I know, they are still popular but might have lost some popularity when Kat had this stupid affair with Derek, which again did not make sense ... stupid storyline from start to finish as far as I am concerned. If they really are not meant to come back, for a long time at least, I hope that the spin-off will shed light on Kat´s son and a reunion ... then leave it at that .. I know it does not make for drama but surely most viewers would like to see a rare happy ending for once??

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That just does not make sense, as far as I know, they are still popular but might have lost some popularity when Kat had this stupid affair with Derek, which again did not make sense ... stupid storyline from start to finish as far as I am concerned. If they really are not meant to come back, for a long time at least, I hope that the spin-off will shed light on Kat´s son and a reunion ... then leave it at that .. I know it does not make for drama but surely most viewers would like to see a rare happy ending for once??

I don't know if they are popular with most viewers any more. I can't stand Alfie, and think Kat can be a good character - but she can also be intolerable. I've seen many similar opinions elsewhere.

Of course Shane could be lying about there being no plans to bring them back to keep the ending of the spin-off a surprise.

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I don't know if they are popular with most viewers any more. I can't stand Alfie, and think Kat can be a good character - but she can also be intolerable. I've seen many similar opinions elsewhere.

Of course Shane could be lying about there being no plans to bring them back to keep the ending of the spin-off a surprise.

I agree -I think Alfie was dreadful from the start.
He always sounds to me as tho hes mocking
someone with certain difficulties- my opinon.
I can stand Kat when she gets a realistic story
- which is not often.

So I suppose they are a Soap producers/ SWs
idea of perfect couple.!!

Even my die-hard Southern rellies have/are going
off him!!

As for new universe ?? How self-important
can he get