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'Walford is reeling from a shocking crime.' | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
Heather's dead, all right? | 0:00:05 | 0:00:07 | |
-No! -This will never, never go away! | 0:00:07 | 0:00:11 | |
'It's one of the most unexpected tragedies in EastEnders history.' | 0:00:11 | 0:00:15 | |
No! No! Heather! | 0:00:15 | 0:00:17 | |
'An innocent woman, a mother and a bride-to-be days away from her dream end | 0:00:17 | 0:00:24 | |
'has been murdered in cold blood by one of the people who loved her the most. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:29 | |
'The cover-up has already started | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
'and tonight we take a closer look at how a troubled teen | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
'came to end the life of one of the most loved characters the Square has ever known.' | 0:00:34 | 0:00:40 | |
# Well, I guess it would be nice | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
# If I could touch your body | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
# I know not everybody | 0:00:47 | 0:00:49 | |
# Has got a body like you # | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
-And action! -There's always going to be Hev and Shirl. | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
'For the last four and a half years, Heather Trott has been bringing bags of colour and fun to Walford.' | 0:00:57 | 0:01:02 | |
Heather is a wonderful character. She's loveable, she's kind | 0:01:02 | 0:01:06 | |
and warm-hearted and she'd give people her last penny, literally. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:11 | |
These are for you and Mr Branning to say happy anniversary for yesterday. | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
She's bubbly, she's silly, very childish. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
# Cos I've got to have faith, faith, faith # | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
Ow! | 0:01:21 | 0:01:22 | |
-There's not a bad bone in her body. -Heather is as hard as a marshmallow. | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
She is the ray of sunshine for Albert Square. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:29 | |
Understated, classic but simple. | 0:01:29 | 0:01:32 | |
'Heather first hit our screens in typically memorable fashion.' | 0:01:32 | 0:01:36 | |
My first time being seen was at Shirley's party. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
'Er, actually, it wasn't. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
'Cheryl did appear in EastEnders | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
'two years before as a prison cellmate of Mo.' | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
-Some lairy cow, thinks she runs this place. -'Anyway, back to the party.' | 0:01:47 | 0:01:51 | |
-I remember there being some good-looking, burly men. -'Really?' | 0:01:51 | 0:01:55 | |
And then, at one point, a fight breaks out. | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
I whacked this guy like some sort of old lady. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
I just whacked this guy and joined in this fight. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
And I remember thinking, "God, this is crazy! I've literally been thrown in the deep end. Wow!" | 0:02:05 | 0:02:12 | |
'When Hev first came in, she immediately formed part of one of the most memorable double acts.' | 0:02:12 | 0:02:17 | |
-Heather and Shirl! -A right pair of dozy slappers! | 0:02:17 | 0:02:21 | |
They were just epic. I love them together. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
BOTH: # If you're gonna do it, do it right... | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
-It's almost like a love affair they have. -You shouldn't be doing that in here. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:32 | |
They have adventures and they are classic go-getter girls. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:37 | |
-Watch out, Walford. -They're made for each other. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
-What are mates for? -You're a mate, Shirl. You're the best. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
-They had their up and downs. -You lying, cheating, back-stabbing cow! | 0:02:42 | 0:02:47 | |
They argued, but it's Heather and Shirl to the end. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:49 | |
-It's just me and you. -Come again? | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
She was introduced as a very broad comedy character, | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
instantly successful, | 0:02:56 | 0:02:58 | |
people immediately knew who she was and what she represented in the show. | 0:02:58 | 0:03:02 | |
She was this kind of fat girl | 0:03:02 | 0:03:04 | |
-who just ate her way through everything. -Doughnut, please. | 0:03:04 | 0:03:08 | |
There was quite a stereotypical "whatever fat people do". | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
-When are we stopping for lunch? -We don't eat until later. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:15 | |
Oh. Sorry about this. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:18 | |
The whole thing was quite jokey. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:20 | |
-We'll have to use the food fund. -The what? | 0:03:20 | 0:03:23 | |
I always keep a backup for an emergency kebab or two. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
'And there's one food she just couldn't get enough of.' | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
-Cheese. -Cheese. -Cheese. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
-Did you know there's over 700 different varieties? -Really? | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
Just wave a bit of cheese in front of her and she'd come crawling. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:37 | |
-I love it. -You love it? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
Ooh, it's better than sex. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
Fired for eating Edam at the cheese counter. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
-I was hungry. -They sacked you for that? | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
She must have some fantastic dreams. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
SHE SNORES | 0:03:49 | 0:03:51 | |
'But it wasn't just cheese that Hev was obsessed with.' | 0:03:51 | 0:03:54 | |
She likes a hair band for some strange reason. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Hev has got the worst collection of hair bands I've ever seen. | 0:03:57 | 0:04:00 | |
You can't have Hev without a hair band. It's like fish and chips. Can't have one without the other. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
'There was also her impeccable manners.' | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
Yes, Mrs Trueman. Hello, Mrs Branning. I don't think there's time for that, Mrs Pat Evans! | 0:04:07 | 0:04:12 | |
-I'm so excited. Every time I think about it, I swear a bit of pee comes out! -Oh, Heather! -Sorry. | 0:04:12 | 0:04:18 | |
'She was never far from a microphone.' | 0:04:18 | 0:04:20 | |
# I can't give | 0:04:20 | 0:04:23 | |
'Yep, we're all thinking the same thing, Shirl. | 0:04:23 | 0:04:26 | |
'But more importantly, of course, her obsession with Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou, | 0:04:26 | 0:04:31 | |
-'AKA...' -George Michael. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:33 | |
# Club Tropicana, drinks are free # | 0:04:33 | 0:04:38 | |
She adored him and fancied the pants off him. | 0:04:38 | 0:04:40 | |
Just think, his sweaty foot was in that. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
And believed wholly that she was in Club Tropicana. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:47 | |
Every song George has ever written is etched on my heart, Hazel. Every word written is in here. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
She loves George so much that she broke into his house. | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
And when she gave birth to her baby, | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
-there was only ever one choice for a name. -George Michael Trott. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:04 | |
Her dream man would be a George Michael lookalike. | 0:05:04 | 0:05:06 | |
# Well, I guess it would be nice | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
# If I could touch your body | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
'Blimey, George has let himself go! | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
'Heather was initially only written as a guest character | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
'but after proving popular with audiences, she moved into Albert Square for good.' | 0:05:17 | 0:05:21 | |
The public took to her immediately. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Cheryl's brought a lot of humanity and warmth to her. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:27 | |
With EastEnders, it takes about three months to bed a character in, | 0:05:27 | 0:05:31 | |
and I think she managed to do it in about a month. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
Characters have to be established, but I wanted viewers to see more of her, not just her eating. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:40 | |
It could've been a one-dimensional role, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:42 | |
but Cheryl brought so many different layers to Heather. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:45 | |
-I don't think there's anybody that could play Heather like Cheryl does. -That's good! Lovely! -Hold it there. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:51 | |
Hello. Welcome to the place I've been living for the last four and a half years. Come on in. | 0:05:53 | 0:05:59 | |
Let me should you round my boudoir. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
I have... Let's start off with a prop. And it's me and George. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:07 | |
Up here is my kind of sanctuary, I guess. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:10 | |
I use it to play guitar, write songs and chill out. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
SHE PLAYS "FAITH" | 0:06:14 | 0:06:18 | |
# Well, I guess it would be nice | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
# If I could touch your body | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
# I know not everybody # | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
Oh, no, that's the wrong key! That's embarrassing! Can we start again? | 0:06:25 | 0:06:29 | |
My little boudoir of people. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
This is definitely a home from home. This is where I spend a lot of my time | 0:06:32 | 0:06:36 | |
if I'm not downstairs playing with the other gang. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
This is a collection of...Heather's handbags. They go with her headbands. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:45 | |
They don't go with anything, really. Nothing goes with anything. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:49 | |
Do you like those? I think I've only worn these once. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:52 | |
These ones are probably what I will wear today | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
as I think I may have a bed scene, ooh! | 0:06:55 | 0:06:57 | |
Today is the start of Heather's demise block. | 0:06:57 | 0:07:02 | |
It's a little bit weird. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
I've got a lot today. I don't think I do any crying today, so that's quite good. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:09 | |
It's just a friend, that's all. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
He's in trouble, he's in big trouble. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
I think Heather has become more three-dimensional as time has gone on. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:17 | |
Hev's character has progressed into responsibility. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
The single mum, having to support her child. | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
-BABY WHIMPERS -Please, George, just give Mummy a couple of minutes, eh? | 0:07:25 | 0:07:31 | |
Lots of tragic things have happened to Heather. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
'She got poisoned by her boiler.' | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
-What's wrong? Is she OK? -She's breathing. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
-'She lost her flat.' -I just wondered if you've got room for two little uns. -No. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
-'She got the sack.' -Go home now. And don't bother coming back! | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
-'And she was always skint.' -I swear, I'll pay you back as soon as I could. -No. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:53 | |
I'm am not going to lend you the money. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
-Ooh. -'Finally, and above all else, was her endless quest for Mr Right.' | 0:07:56 | 0:08:01 | |
-Get yourself a fella. -Oh, cos it's as easy as that. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
-It ain't that hard. -It is for me. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
Hev has been pretty unlucky in love I would say. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
My name's Heather. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
She's had her tribulations with men. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:15 | |
All she wanted was that happily ever after. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
All she wanted was a good guy to come along and fall in love with her. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:21 | |
'And after years of trying, it seemed that hapless Hev's dream had finally come true | 0:08:21 | 0:08:26 | |
'in the burly shape of Andrew.' | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
I was wondering, is there any chance you, erm, you might want to spend Christmas with me? | 0:08:29 | 0:08:35 | |
On paper, perfect. And they are such sweethearts together. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
And he would've taken care of her for the rest of her life. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
I've been rooting for Hev to get a decent fella | 0:08:43 | 0:08:47 | |
and to find happiness for years | 0:08:47 | 0:08:49 | |
and it's so close, it was so good, it was going to happen. | 0:08:49 | 0:08:52 | |
Just why have the swines done this to our poor Hev? | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
'Yes, sadly Hev's demise signalled the end of a famous comedic character. | 0:08:56 | 0:09:01 | |
'But she's not the only hapless, hopeless, loveable loser | 0:09:01 | 0:09:04 | |
'that we've loved, laughed with and lost.' | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
Comical characters are important because they're the light to the dark. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:11 | |
We can't all be kidnappers and murderers. | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
It's nice to see someone mess up. It's a bit of relief. | 0:09:13 | 0:09:16 | |
You think, "I'm not the only one who does things like that." | 0:09:16 | 0:09:19 | |
There's a tradition for comic characters in the show. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:22 | |
The loveable loser that you just go, "Oh, what a chump". | 0:09:22 | 0:09:25 | |
You've got Billy Mitchell, Ricky Butcher, Lofty. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
They lift it up and bring the light among us, and that contrast is what we need. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
I don't do that so much. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:36 | |
-I'm going to rip your head off your shoulders! -'You don't say!' | 0:09:36 | 0:09:39 | |
If it was all doom and gloom, by the time you hit the "duv-duvs" | 0:09:39 | 0:09:42 | |
you'd slash your wrists. You wouldn't be able to take it. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
'It's not quite that bad, but with that in mind, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
'we've selected our top three loveable losers who just couldn't get anything right. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:53 | |
'In at number three, it's Gary Hobbs.' | 0:09:54 | 0:09:57 | |
Gary had a great comic double act with Minty. | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
They bounced off each other brilliantly, | 0:10:00 | 0:10:02 | |
and as a comic character, he was the eternal optimist. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:05 | |
-How do I look? -Pigging awful, but there's nothing you can do about that. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:08 | |
Gary thought he was a hit with the ladies, | 0:10:08 | 0:10:11 | |
-but it never worked out like that. -They wrote him a bit foppish. | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
Promise me that you'll be gentle with me, won't you? | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
He loved football, he loved boozing, he loved a laugh. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:21 | |
Happy-go-lucky, jack the lad. | 0:10:21 | 0:10:23 | |
Constantly chasing after these women that were far too bright and beautiful for him. | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
All right, girls, who wants to be Santa's little helper? | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
'Er, no, you're all right, mate.' | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
Gary was after Dawn because, you know, Kara Tointon, really. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:36 | |
Let's face it. That was a hard day at the office, that was. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
Kissing FHM's number 22 top 100. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:41 | |
-I got it wrong a few times, as well. Not on purpose, mind. -Punching above his weight, definitely. | 0:10:41 | 0:10:46 | |
-Maybe another little rub would help. -Yeah, we can give it a try. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:50 | |
But in a rarity in this show, they finally got together and sailed away into the distance. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:55 | |
I remember watching it and it was lovely. | 0:10:55 | 0:10:58 | |
Lovely girl. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:00 | |
'A worthy runner-up is the man with the wild shirts and even wilder hair, | 0:11:02 | 0:11:06 | |
'90s style icon Nigel Bates.' | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
Nigel is the male equivalent to Heather. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
He's kind of a soft-centred guy, but he'd always get let down. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
He was hapless, wasn't he, really? | 0:11:16 | 0:11:18 | |
I think Nigel and Heather would've been a classic, classic pair. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:24 | |
-All this seems a bit over the top, doesn't it? -'No.' | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
-They wore the same clothes! -Nigel was kind, he had a heart of gold. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:30 | |
He was an underdog for so many years that I think when he finally got his happy ending, | 0:11:30 | 0:11:34 | |
we all thought it was completely deserved. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
-And the winner is...Nigel! -ALL CHEER | 0:11:37 | 0:11:41 | |
'Sorry, Dot, but he isn't. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:44 | |
'Because our greatest, loveable, most-losery loser | 0:11:44 | 0:11:47 | |
'was a no-brainer, much like him, really. Barry Evans!' | 0:11:47 | 0:11:52 | |
-CHEERING -Yeah! | 0:11:52 | 0:11:55 | |
If you walked in a pub and Barry was there, you'd think, | 0:11:55 | 0:11:58 | |
"I'll have a nice hour, a few jars with Barry." | 0:11:58 | 0:12:00 | |
As long as you didn't have to go home with him. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:02 | |
What size do you reckon that is? | 0:12:02 | 0:12:04 | |
Everyone loves that sort of vulnerable fool. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
Oh, he just couldn't get anything right. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:10 | |
I've got my secret weapon. | 0:12:10 | 0:12:12 | |
No, no, no, it's elasticated waist. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:15 | |
He couldn't help it. Bless him. He tried. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:17 | |
-He was a bit clumsy, wasn't he? -I remember his wedding when he had the white suit and towels on, | 0:12:18 | 0:12:24 | |
-with the car, getting splashed on. -There was this feeling that Barry was just an affable clown. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:29 | |
He couldn't even go for a walk on his honeymoon without falling off a cliff. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:34 | |
Barry is just the biggest chump in Albert Square, isn't he? | 0:12:36 | 0:12:40 | |
I thought it would be great. I'll join EastEnders and get paid for sitting in a cafe all day. | 0:12:40 | 0:12:45 | |
It's ironic, cos now all I do is sit in a cafe all day. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
'Hev will certainly be remembered amongst those greats | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
'and a big reason for that will owe a lot to the friendship and double act with her best mate Shirley.' | 0:12:54 | 0:12:59 | |
# Sisters are doing it for themselves | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
They've known each other since they were 16. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
-1987. Me and you down the Hippodrome, eh? -I can still remember the moves. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:10 | |
Heather and Shirley was genius because they're two characters completely different | 0:13:10 | 0:13:17 | |
who somehow have come together. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:19 | |
-Just you and me now, girl. -They complement each other. | 0:13:19 | 0:13:23 | |
Who's got the best friend in the world, eh? | 0:13:23 | 0:13:25 | |
Care for each other, love each other and they will do anything for each other. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:30 | |
Is this all for me? | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
They are the absolute odd couple. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
SHIRLEY BELCHES | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
HEATHER BREAKS WIND | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
'Oh, classy!' | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
They are just poles apart. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:42 | |
Me and you, Shirl, we're like Thelma and Louise. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:45 | |
Didn't they drive off the top of a cliff? | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
That's why it works, because opposites attract. That's why it's just such a good mixture. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:52 | |
-I want what you've got. -What, nice legs and a cheery disposition? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
-'And a Rod Stewart hairdo?' -Shirl is quite spiky. | 0:13:55 | 0:14:00 | |
Heather can give her the sort of warmer side. | 0:14:00 | 0:14:03 | |
-Stop gassing and get on with it, then. -She means please. Pretty please. | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
Heather gave Shirley that sort of unquestioning, | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
non-judgemental type of friend that we'd all like to have. | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
Each brings out the best in each other. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:16 | |
Heather will bring out the best in Shirley because she's a brazen character | 0:14:16 | 0:14:20 | |
and maybe Heather can sort of calm her down and bring out that nicer side, | 0:14:20 | 0:14:24 | |
but also Shirley will try and stick up for her mate. | 0:14:24 | 0:14:27 | |
Nobody messes with Hev because of Shirley. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
-What did you say? -It's all right, Shirl, leave it. -Give him this one from me. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:35 | |
'That friendship wasn't just confined to when the cameras were rolling.' | 0:14:36 | 0:14:42 | |
Linda and Cheryl off-camera are inseparable, just the same way they are on set. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:46 | |
It's like finding a bit of a soul mate, really. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
We just immediately, and I'm not just saying it, clicked. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
Aww! This is my mate! | 0:14:52 | 0:14:54 | |
They just adore each other. They'll be mates forever. | 0:14:54 | 0:14:58 | |
We've got very naughty laughs and we've got very naughty minds | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
and we're kind of very mischievous girls. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
-It's all going to be different, Shev and Hirl... -Shev and Hirl? -THEY LAUGH | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
It's always good fun, always a laugh, there's always something happening. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
They're really close mates. So I think it's going to be a killer, tearing them apart. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:17 | |
'What kept us glued to the screens, though, was wondering what they'd get up to next.' | 0:15:17 | 0:15:22 | |
They love to go off on a good old jaunt. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:24 | |
I'm not sitting in the back again. That made me feel sick. | 0:15:24 | 0:15:27 | |
The first memorable adventure was the trip to Brighton. | 0:15:27 | 0:15:30 | |
-We've got to go to Brighton. -She was after Gary. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
-I take it this is Gary Hobbs. -Heather had fallen in love with Gary almost overnight. | 0:15:33 | 0:15:37 | |
-I think I love him. -Nothing would stop her. | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
-I've got to find Gary! -Calm down, who made you boss? -Sorry, I just love him. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:44 | |
The stuff in Brighton was great. It was our first road trip. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
-Gary Hobbs, get ready for the night of your life! -ENGINE SPLUTTERS | 0:15:47 | 0:15:51 | |
That's when you really saw coming to the front | 0:15:51 | 0:15:55 | |
how caring she was for taking her to Brighton to meet Gary. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
-He could be anywhere! -She even nicked Pat's car to get her there. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:01 | |
Oi! That's my car! | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
And how protective Shirley was of her. | 0:16:05 | 0:16:08 | |
# I can't live | 0:16:08 | 0:16:10 | |
Hev was in a karaoke bar singing and she was quite sad because she couldn't find Gary. | 0:16:10 | 0:16:15 | |
-Are you going to let me buy you a drink? -A young man starts to chat her up. Heather is very flattered | 0:16:16 | 0:16:22 | |
and Shirl is watching from the sidelines with those eyes and he kisses Heather. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:29 | |
I pulled the pig! The master does it again! I told you I would! | 0:16:29 | 0:16:33 | |
It was a dare. It was a bet that he could kiss Heather. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
And this is where you see Shirley turn into the Incredible Hulk. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:41 | |
-You want some? -And literally just go for him like a ton of bricks | 0:16:41 | 0:16:46 | |
and be completely protective of Heather, | 0:16:46 | 0:16:51 | |
who is absolutely devastated and distraught and has run off. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:54 | |
Shirley finds Heather crying on the pier. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:58 | |
Come on, let me take you back where you belong. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
I think, for both characters, we saw a side of them we'd never seen before. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:04 | |
Shirley got to be a parent and we got to see the vulnerable side of Heather. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:08 | |
'This was just a sign of things to come | 0:17:08 | 0:17:11 | |
'as Hev's love for the Wham! front man led them to another one of their most memorable misadventures.' | 0:17:11 | 0:17:17 | |
Ohh! I'm nearly there, Shirl! | 0:17:17 | 0:17:20 | |
Climbing the wall to get into George Michael's house was comedy genius. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:23 | |
-You can get... -Aghhh! | 0:17:23 | 0:17:26 | |
-Hev? -It was just so daft, but then it was so Heather. For her, it was her finest moment. | 0:17:27 | 0:17:33 | |
-Was it him? -Oh. Oh, I didn't see. | 0:17:34 | 0:17:38 | |
Breaking into George Michael's house was our idea, actually, cos we did go round there one night | 0:17:38 | 0:17:43 | |
and knock on his door. Well, I knocked on his door and ran away and left her standing on the doorstep. | 0:17:43 | 0:17:49 | |
We came back and told the writers what we did and that's consequently how they got that episode in. | 0:17:49 | 0:17:54 | |
It's George's bins! | 0:17:54 | 0:17:57 | |
I'm sure George Michael must be a Hev fan. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:06 | |
'And, of course, who could forget the infamous trip to Southend?' | 0:18:06 | 0:18:11 | |
Southend 2011! | 0:18:11 | 0:18:13 | |
My Hev/Shirl moment that just made me laugh out loud was the lesbian convention. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
-It's a little bit different. -Different? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
-You brought me here as your lesbian lover? -No, no, it's not like that. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:26 | |
-It's just a technicality. -Consider yourself dumped. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:29 | |
It was great that Heather had Shirley over for once, you know? | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
Showed she wasn't so silly after all. | 0:18:33 | 0:18:36 | |
I'm sorry, but this is the couples' welcome dinner. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
Yeah, but, erm, we just had our first row. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
There was just this glorious moment, Heather's said to Andrew, "We're not really lesbians". | 0:18:41 | 0:18:46 | |
I didn't think you was. Not that you can tell. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
Then the door opens, Bonnie Tyler does her sounds and Shirley comes strutting through the door. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:54 | |
I think it was one of the most magic moments. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
Like you said, you can't tell. | 0:19:01 | 0:19:04 | |
It's just fantastic, that whole episode! | 0:19:04 | 0:19:07 | |
'Antics aside, there was always the ages old girly issue that they could never agree on.' | 0:19:07 | 0:19:13 | |
There's Heather and Shirley and then there's men. | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
-You and Shirley have the right idea. -How do you mean? -You've got each other, you don't need a bloke. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
Men have always got in the way of Hev and Shirl's relationship. | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
Men to Heather and Shirley meant something different. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
For Heather, finding a man would be her absolute salvation and the dream ending. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:34 | |
The problem with the man of your dreams, Hev, is where he lives. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
In your dreams! Out there in the real world, he don't exist. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
'What? He better had do!' | 0:19:41 | 0:19:43 | |
For Shirley, it was just another one that was probably going to wreck her life. | 0:19:43 | 0:19:47 | |
-The only time a man's ever told me I was beautiful is if he's guilty or he wants something. -Not this time. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:54 | |
I get annoyed when she meets a bloke because I think they'll take the piss out of her. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:58 | |
'Yeah, that's one way to deal with blokes.' | 0:19:59 | 0:20:02 | |
Now, I think it's about time you apologised. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Whenever Shirley's busy with a boyfriend, | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
Heather tends to be dumped and dismissed | 0:20:07 | 0:20:12 | |
only to be picked up the next time Shirley's feeling a bit lonely. | 0:20:12 | 0:20:16 | |
'This was never truer than when Shirley decided to move in and help a drug-addicted Phil | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
'instead of keeping hold of their flat, leaving poor old Hev homeless.' | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
The time that Shirley chose Phil over Heather, | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
I think Heather was really hurt by this, cos she needed her mate more than anything. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:33 | |
We were doing this together. Two months, that's what you said. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:37 | |
That must have been very hard for Shirley. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
Heather just sees it as complete betrayal. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:43 | |
We don't stand a chance, do we? | 0:20:43 | 0:20:46 | |
He's always going to come first every time. | 0:20:46 | 0:20:48 | |
Shirley's just brutally honest with Heather | 0:20:48 | 0:20:51 | |
and tells her that the most important thing in her life is Phil. | 0:20:51 | 0:20:56 | |
-He needs me. -We need you, Shirl! | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
What about what I need? | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
I ain't George's mum and I ain't yours! | 0:21:04 | 0:21:07 | |
It's time you stood on your own two feet and grew up! | 0:21:09 | 0:21:11 | |
That was quite a poignant part of their relationship | 0:21:11 | 0:21:15 | |
and I think it took her a little bit of time to kind of resurrect again. | 0:21:15 | 0:21:19 | |
They'd have these blazing rows where you'd think, | 0:21:21 | 0:21:25 | |
"That's it, it's all over". | 0:21:25 | 0:21:27 | |
-It's always the same. Some bloke comes along and I get pushed into the back drawer! -That ain't true. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:32 | |
Often you will see Shirley being quite horrible to Heather because she wants her to be more confident, | 0:21:32 | 0:21:38 | |
more ballsy, stand up for herself, don't let people tread on you, because that's Shirley's motto. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:43 | |
They'll always be together. That friendship's always there. | 0:21:43 | 0:21:47 | |
-I'm sorry, Hev. -SHE WEEPS | 0:21:47 | 0:21:51 | |
They're always there to help each other out, no matter what the circumstances. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
It would've always been Hev and Shirl, even if she got married to Andrew. | 0:21:56 | 0:22:00 | |
It would've always been Hev and Shirl. Different when they were with their own partners, | 0:22:00 | 0:22:06 | |
but very much the same when they were together. | 0:22:06 | 0:22:09 | |
'Well, we'll never know now, cos it was all ripped away from them with one fatal blow | 0:22:09 | 0:22:13 | |
'delivered by one of Walford's youngest every criminals. So where did it all go wrong for Ben?' | 0:22:13 | 0:22:20 | |
There's a very twisted, messed-up little boy. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:25 | |
Ben, he's been cursed from the second he was born. | 0:22:25 | 0:22:28 | |
He got meningitis before he'd even reached six months old. | 0:22:28 | 0:22:31 | |
His mum died tragically in South Africa. | 0:22:31 | 0:22:34 | |
-Kathy's dead. -Which brought him back to England to live with his estranged father. | 0:22:34 | 0:22:38 | |
-He's got an uncle like Ian Beale! -'Actually his half-brother.' | 0:22:38 | 0:22:41 | |
He's got an uncle called Ian Beale! | 0:22:41 | 0:22:43 | |
'Still his half-brother, but we get the point, it's Ian Beale.' | 0:22:43 | 0:22:47 | |
Stella abusing him at, like, 12. | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
Only for her to kill herself. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:54 | |
And then Ben was left kind of trapped with a drunken and drug-addicted Phil. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:03 | |
Hello, mate! All right? | 0:23:03 | 0:23:06 | |
-Shy little boy, easily bullied. -I thought the Mitchells were meant to be hard. | 0:23:06 | 0:23:12 | |
Loved dance and Billy Elliot. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:14 | |
'Well, hang on, what's wrong with that? | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
'Oh, yeah, of course.' | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
It's quite clear how Ben has arrived to be this very confused and complex young man today. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:25 | |
'Well, fair enough, if you are a semi-orphaned, abused, half-brother of Ian Beale | 0:23:25 | 0:23:29 | |
-'forced to live in Walford with Phil Mitchell as a father.' -Phil! | 0:23:29 | 0:23:32 | |
'Yep, that's going to do some long-lasting damage.' | 0:23:32 | 0:23:36 | |
We've seen Phil urge him to stand up for himself for years. | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
He says something to you again, you slap him, | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
straight in, no messing around. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:44 | |
And when Ben finally did, he attacked Jordan. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:48 | |
'No, not that Jordan. | 0:23:48 | 0:23:50 | |
'Yes, that's the one.' | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
Wimp. You think telling on me will make anything change? | 0:23:52 | 0:23:56 | |
Running to your dad like a big baby? You're going to get it twice as bad now. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
You need slapping down! | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
Phil says stick up for yourself, he hits someone with a hammer. He takes things a bit too far. | 0:24:05 | 0:24:11 | |
'Technically a spanner. Thought he was meant to be a mechanic. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
'Anyway, this was no laughing matter for Ben, because the consequences of his first crime were disastrous.' | 0:24:15 | 0:24:21 | |
I sentence you to a 15-month detention and training order. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
-What? -Escort the prisoner to the cells. | 0:24:24 | 0:24:27 | |
For a shy, confused kid like Ben, getting sent down was the worst thing. | 0:24:27 | 0:24:31 | |
He couldn't stand up for himself in school, so how will he cope inside? | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
-We understand each other? -'It seemed not particularly well.' | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
Some bad things happened to him in there | 0:24:39 | 0:24:42 | |
and Ben blames Phil for being in there, so the bad things that happen to him in there are Phil's fault. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:47 | |
'When Ben came out of the detention centre, | 0:24:47 | 0:24:51 | |
'it was immediately clear that his time inside had changed him.' | 0:24:51 | 0:24:54 | |
-He did look very different, yeah. He grew up a lot. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:24:54 | 0:24:58 | |
We saw a much darker character on a very different path. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:02 | |
Ben comes back from juvie. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:05 | |
He walks into Phil's house and there's the whole family round | 0:25:05 | 0:25:09 | |
and they're toasting Jay cos it's his initiation into the Mitchell clan. | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
You are now officially part of the Mitchell family. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:16 | |
-So if you'd all like to raise your glasses to Jay Mitchell! -ALL: Jay Mitchell. -Cheers. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
Well, isn't this cosy? | 0:25:22 | 0:25:26 | |
Ben was very upset when he found that Jay was very much in the fold of Phil's arms, as it were. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
Don't get used to it. You'll be out soon. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
-Oh, and you're going to make me? -I'll find a way. -Course you will. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
That's a promise. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
Ben should be the one getting the homecoming, the toast. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:44 | |
It should be "To Ben" to "To Jay". | 0:25:44 | 0:25:47 | |
And I think that sets the tone. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
I want him to be proud of me. | 0:25:50 | 0:25:52 | |
I want to show him I'm as good as Jay. | 0:25:52 | 0:25:57 | |
Jay's the son that Phil always wanted. | 0:25:57 | 0:25:59 | |
Go on, my son! And again! Come on! | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
-He's a natural. -Of course he is, he's a Mitchell. | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
He wants his dad's approval, he wants his dad to pat him on the head and go, | 0:26:07 | 0:26:10 | |
"Well done, son, I'm proud of you. You're one of us. You're a Mitchell." | 0:26:10 | 0:26:15 | |
I need to learn how to box, show my dad I'm not going to be pushed around any more. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:20 | |
-Keep your fists up at all times. Keep your eyes on me. -That's what I'm doing. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:24 | |
Don't just look at my gloves. Look at my eyes. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
'And it was during his efforts to toughen up that viewers finally got confirmation | 0:26:27 | 0:26:31 | |
'of what everyone had suspected all along.' | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
When Ben finally came out to Phil, I don't think it was any surprise at all. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:42 | |
Dad, I'm... I'm gay. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:44 | |
He was a completely different child to the son that Phil wanted and expected. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:51 | |
Phil's confused by him. It's a difficult thing for Phil to get his head around. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:55 | |
And he's uncomfortable and unhappy about him being gay. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
He's never been the man that his dad wanted in his eyes. | 0:27:01 | 0:27:05 | |
He's not a Mitchell. He's not a man's man. | 0:27:05 | 0:27:08 | |
'He may not have had the Mitchell brawn, but he certainly had the brain to challenge his father.' | 0:27:08 | 0:27:14 | |
There was a very important line that Phil responded to Ben, which was, | 0:27:14 | 0:27:18 | |
"You'll never be Mitchell enough for me." | 0:27:18 | 0:27:20 | |
And the whole stalking storyline was Ben's attempt to show his dad that he can be Mitchell enough. | 0:27:20 | 0:27:27 | |
'Phil starts to receive letters, messages and photographs, | 0:27:27 | 0:27:30 | |
'all related to his past crimes. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:32 | |
'And, of course, as he doesn't have a lot of friends in the Square, he suspects pretty much everyone.' | 0:27:32 | 0:27:38 | |
Ben conducted a campaign of psychological warfare | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
-with all the letters and cuttings. -ENGINE STARTS | 0:27:41 | 0:27:47 | |
So he's worried and stressed Phil out as much as he possibly could. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:52 | |
How far will you go to make his life a misery? | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
It's been a long time coming, Shirl. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
Depending on which side of the bed he gets out of, | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
he either wants his dad to suffer or he wants his dad's approval. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:04 | |
'After a seemingly harmless public humiliation...' | 0:28:04 | 0:28:07 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:28:07 | 0:28:10 | |
Come on, get out of the car, let a proper driver have a go. Come on. | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
'..Ben had finally had enough | 0:28:15 | 0:28:17 | |
'and as a result, he lied to Marsden about Phil murdering Stella.' | 0:28:17 | 0:28:21 | |
He was going to kill Stella. Make amends for what she did to me. | 0:28:21 | 0:28:25 | |
It just takes things further than a normal person would take them. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:29 | |
He told her to jump. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:31 | |
Otherwise he'd push her. | 0:28:33 | 0:28:35 | |
'It wasn't long before Phil found out the shocking truth.' | 0:28:35 | 0:28:39 | |
This should clear things up. | 0:28:39 | 0:28:42 | |
-It was you? You? -Yeah. And I loved every minute of it! | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
Phil was arrested for murder and looked like he was going to go down for a long time. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:50 | |
I'm arresting you on suspicion of the murder of Stella Crawford. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
'After years of trying to prove himself to his dad, | 0:28:53 | 0:28:56 | |
'it seemed Ben had finally turned to the dark side.' | 0:28:56 | 0:28:59 | |
So, what do you reckon then, Dad? | 0:28:59 | 0:29:02 | |
You proud of me? | 0:29:02 | 0:29:04 | |
Am I enough of a Mitchell for you now? | 0:29:04 | 0:29:07 | |
'Ben would not have become a murderer without a victim, though, | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
'and Hev's grizzly end began with a celebration at Walford's hottest and only night spot, R&R's.' | 0:29:12 | 0:29:19 | |
# Tay-tay-tay-tay... | 0:29:19 | 0:29:21 | |
It's Heather's hen night, so there's a few twists and turns going on. | 0:29:21 | 0:29:25 | |
-We have a bit of a dance, don't we? -Yeah. | 0:29:25 | 0:29:27 | |
# Never gonna be respectable | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
We're very good, aren't we? I think we're naturally talented. | 0:29:30 | 0:29:33 | |
# We keep the pressure on every night | 0:29:35 | 0:29:38 | |
Cheryl's been fiddling about with the stripper on set. | 0:29:38 | 0:29:42 | |
-Aghh! -SHE LAUGHS | 0:29:42 | 0:29:45 | |
-I have not been fiddling! -And now she's positively... | 0:29:45 | 0:29:47 | |
-THEY LAUGH -..weak. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:51 | |
'The girls then had to...tackle what was one of Hev and Shirley's most poignant and sad moments together.' | 0:29:51 | 0:29:58 | |
I forgot to give you something. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
-'Hang on!' -If you don't like it, you can take it back. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:05 | |
'No, give it back, give it back! Chuck it in the bin! Tell her you hate it!' | 0:30:05 | 0:30:09 | |
-I love it. -'Oh, no.' -Just before she gets killed, they're arguing. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:13 | |
I love him. | 0:30:13 | 0:30:15 | |
And if you can't accept that then you're going to have to find yourself another best mate. | 0:30:17 | 0:30:22 | |
Shirley again makes Heather make a choice. | 0:30:22 | 0:30:26 | |
You walk away now and we're finished. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
And Heather makes the right choice, she makes the choice of being with Andrew. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:33 | |
'Murder weapon in hand, Hev was now ready to start her new life with Andrew.' | 0:30:33 | 0:30:38 | |
-And let's turn over. -'And the cameras were ready to roll on Cheryl's last few scenes.' | 0:30:38 | 0:30:43 | |
That's gorgeous! Yeah, yeah. | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
I'm filming stuff that is basically the lead up to her demise. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:50 | |
I'm not thinking about it being the last block. | 0:30:50 | 0:30:52 | |
But if I do, I get a little bit sad about it. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
Hev, just before she gets killed, is in a very, very happy place. | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
I love him, he loves me, we are happy family. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:03 | |
-Morning, Mrs Cotton. -Ohh! | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
Things start to just get better and better and better | 0:31:06 | 0:31:09 | |
and they're getting closer and closer and you can see the love blossoming. | 0:31:09 | 0:31:13 | |
I love the shot on one at the end, that's great. | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
And you think this is it, it's all going to happen. | 0:31:15 | 0:31:18 | |
She's going to go and elope with Andrew. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
But just before she's about to go, she finds out | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
that Ben has lied to the police about his dad. | 0:31:24 | 0:31:28 | |
-Why would you do that? -It's not important! -He's your dad. -Forget it. | 0:31:28 | 0:31:32 | |
-You've said it now! -You don't understand what he'll do to me. -But it's not right! | 0:31:32 | 0:31:37 | |
'However, the coppers were tipped off about Ben's lies by none other than Ian Beale.' | 0:31:37 | 0:31:42 | |
-Someone's said something, haven't they? -'Yeah, Ian Beale.' | 0:31:42 | 0:31:45 | |
New information has come to light. | 0:31:45 | 0:31:47 | |
Ian turns out to be Phil's saviour. | 0:31:47 | 0:31:49 | |
He won't be taking him to the Vic and buying him a bottle of champagne, that's for sure. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:55 | |
This family finally has something to celebrate. | 0:31:55 | 0:31:58 | |
'That's EastEnders speak for "something horrible is about to happen".' | 0:31:58 | 0:32:02 | |
Ben has wrongly assumed that Heather has grassed him up to the police | 0:32:02 | 0:32:06 | |
for spilling on Phil. In actual fact, it's Ian. But that's what takes Ben round. | 0:32:06 | 0:32:11 | |
Phil is going to kill you. Have you thought about that? | 0:32:11 | 0:32:14 | |
I'm talking to you. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:16 | |
He's fuming. He's going to go and have it out with her. | 0:32:16 | 0:32:19 | |
Ben. Ben! | 0:32:19 | 0:32:22 | |
'That kid has definitely turned chicken jalfrezi. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
'But what is it about Walford that pushes people to the edge? | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
'Maybe that there's only one pub? Whatever it is, Ben is by no means the first to overstep the line. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:35 | |
'So let's look back at some of the most infamous residents that just took things too far.' | 0:32:35 | 0:32:40 | |
The psychopaths bring an element of tension and fear to the Square. | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
At times you like them and at times you're like, "Urgh". | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
As a writer, it's great to tease the audience. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:50 | |
That they know that something bad is going to happen. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
Always leave you on the edge of your chair, "Ooh, what's going to happen next?" | 0:32:53 | 0:32:58 | |
'There have been some memorable marble-losers over the years. | 0:32:58 | 0:33:02 | |
'But we've whittled it down to our top three. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
'And we start with arguably the maddest female | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
'to ever walk the streets of E20, | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
'bonkers baby-snatcher Dr May Wright.' | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
She was desperate to have a child, Dawn, who'd had a relationship with her husband, was pregnant | 0:33:13 | 0:33:18 | |
-and she thought, "That's my child now". -'Oh, right. She was going to adopt the kid. That's nice.' | 0:33:18 | 0:33:23 | |
-'Hm. Maybe that's not what she had in mind.' -She should never have been yours! | 0:33:25 | 0:33:30 | |
There was a scene where the door opened and she just went, "Hello, Dawn". | 0:33:30 | 0:33:35 | |
-Hello, Dawn. -You thought, "Oh, God, what's going to happen?" | 0:33:35 | 0:33:38 | |
There's something about doctors in the Square. Dr May, she was a bad 'un trying to steal babies. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:43 | |
I can't just leave her, can I, to this life? | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
She should've listened to her own health practices, cos when she lit that cigarette... | 0:33:46 | 0:33:51 | |
There you go. Smoking - bad for you. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:56 | |
'Just missing out on the top spot, it's serial-murdering man of God | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
'Lucas Johnson.' | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
The barmy vicar's downfall was the affair with Trina. | 0:34:03 | 0:34:06 | |
'Ooh, this is a steamy situation he needs to get out of.' | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
'OK, that's probably a bit extreme.' | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
A preacher who kills. | 0:34:13 | 0:34:16 | |
Only God can set you free. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
He was absolutely split down the middle in terms of good and bad. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:22 | |
-We can cleanse our sins together. -Get off! -I'm offering you salvation! | 0:34:22 | 0:34:27 | |
-Do you understand? -'Doesn't look like it.' -Now get down on your knees and pray. | 0:34:27 | 0:34:32 | |
I just wanted to get it right. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:35 | |
Now, if I can just hide that body long enough, then I can have a happy family. | 0:34:35 | 0:34:39 | |
If I could just kill her and bury her, then I'll have a happy family. | 0:34:39 | 0:34:44 | |
Will be done. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
And then it just all started crashing in on the poor fella and, oh! | 0:34:46 | 0:34:50 | |
'Yeah, I don't think murder's the best way to sort out your domestic problems.' | 0:34:50 | 0:34:54 | |
He killed Sugar the dog! That's when I completely lost it with him. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:58 | |
How can you kill that dog, into the canal? Rotter! | 0:34:58 | 0:35:02 | |
-The psycho that stands out... -'Is Nick Cotton? Trevor? Sean Slater?' | 0:35:02 | 0:35:07 | |
..for me would be Archie. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:09 | |
'I always knew he had good taste, | 0:35:09 | 0:35:11 | |
'because our number one didn't take things too far sometimes, | 0:35:11 | 0:35:15 | |
'but all the time. It's evil personified - Archie Mitchell.' | 0:35:15 | 0:35:19 | |
He done some horrible stuff. You know, really dark, dark stuff. | 0:35:19 | 0:35:23 | |
You just look into his eyes and you go, "I don't want to go there". | 0:35:23 | 0:35:26 | |
It was great to watch. You never knew what he was going to do next. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:29 | |
-Hello? -'Cue evil-sounding cat.' -CAT MEOWS | 0:35:30 | 0:35:33 | |
-I know girls like you. -Mm, I bet you do. -Only one thing keeps your mouth shut. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:40 | |
He seemed to enjoy upsetting people. He seemed to enjoy upsetting his own child. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:46 | |
The girl is dead, dead and buried, rotting in the ground, and it's down to you! | 0:35:49 | 0:35:54 | |
The horrible things he did to Ronnie | 0:35:54 | 0:35:56 | |
and the way he manipulated Roxy, it was incredible. | 0:35:56 | 0:36:00 | |
-He was just so inherently evil. -I'll kiss your gravestone when you're dead. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
Just a sick individual. Just a sick man. | 0:36:06 | 0:36:08 | |
'What made Ben's crime all the more shocking, though, | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
'is that unlike any of that lot, his victim had once upon a time been one of his few friends.' | 0:36:11 | 0:36:16 | |
Heather and Ben are similar. Both been bullied, | 0:36:17 | 0:36:21 | |
both have had pretty bad upbringings. | 0:36:21 | 0:36:24 | |
-Where's the things I wanted? -I got peckish. | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
-You might as well finish them, you fat, ugly pig. -Hey! -Shut up! | 0:36:27 | 0:36:32 | |
Her parents didn't give her love. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:34 | |
I just have to take one look at her and I'm depressed. | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
Definitely Heather saw a bit of her in Ben, struggling with life. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:42 | |
-You have to live your dream. -I wish Dad thought that. -My mum was the same. | 0:36:42 | 0:36:46 | |
But we can't let our parents hold us back! Good luck. | 0:36:46 | 0:36:50 | |
And Heather being the nice girl she is wanted to look after him. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:53 | |
Whatever they take from you, whatever they do to you, | 0:36:53 | 0:36:57 | |
they can never take away who you are or what you are. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
You just remember that and you'll get through it. | 0:37:01 | 0:37:04 | |
They were both victims of bullying and they found solace in each other. | 0:37:04 | 0:37:07 | |
The first time they met, they bonded over their passion for musicals. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:11 | |
-Bugsy Malone! -We did that at my drama club! My Name Is Tallulah! | 0:37:11 | 0:37:15 | |
-You were Tallulah? -No, I was crowd. But I wanted to be. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:21 | |
They found in each other companionship. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:23 | |
Heather wanted to be protective of Ben because she knew that's what he was like. | 0:37:23 | 0:37:27 | |
Ben knew what Heather was going through on occasions | 0:37:27 | 0:37:31 | |
because he's been through it himself in his short life. | 0:37:31 | 0:37:34 | |
So they always had a very close friendship. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
She's always protected him, always took him home to watch movies. | 0:37:37 | 0:37:41 | |
-Can we rent a DVD? -Yeah, why not? | 0:37:41 | 0:37:44 | |
You know, she's always been there for him. | 0:37:44 | 0:37:47 | |
'However, Ben's experiences in prison transformed their friendship.' | 0:37:47 | 0:37:52 | |
Ben! I heard you were back! | 0:37:52 | 0:37:54 | |
Aren't you going to give me a welcome home cuddle? | 0:37:54 | 0:37:57 | |
He's tried to frame her, all sorts, but she's still there for him, even after lettergate. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:04 | |
And Hev. She's supposed to be your friend and you put her in the frame. | 0:38:04 | 0:38:09 | |
Hasn't she suffered enough? | 0:38:09 | 0:38:11 | |
When Ben made up Kevin68, she kind of forgave him. | 0:38:11 | 0:38:15 | |
I don't think that Kevin68 was such a bad bloke after all. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:20 | |
He was just...misunderstood, yeah? | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
Hev always thinks that there's something in everyone to be saved. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:28 | |
She wants to help this boy. He's been through a lot. | 0:38:28 | 0:38:30 | |
Please let it all blow over. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:33 | |
How could you do this, Ben? I've never stood up to anyone before. | 0:38:33 | 0:38:37 | |
And if I can do it, Ben, you know, you can, too. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:41 | |
Heather and Ben were actually so alike and they were good friends | 0:38:41 | 0:38:45 | |
and actually, Heather could've been Ben's saviour. | 0:38:45 | 0:38:48 | |
We used to watch musicals. We used to eat cake mix from a bowl, | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
hide in the laundrette till the world went away. What happened to you, Ben? | 0:38:52 | 0:38:56 | |
What happened to the little boy I loved, eh? | 0:38:56 | 0:38:59 | |
I don't think Heather would've ever thought that Ben would hurt her, let alone kill her. | 0:38:59 | 0:39:04 | |
'Ben wasn't the only man in her life to turn on her. No, men were always a problem for Hev | 0:39:04 | 0:39:09 | |
'and she spent most of her time desperately trying to find the man of her dreams.' | 0:39:09 | 0:39:14 | |
Just introduce me to someone desperate. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
The antics we get up to has a lot to do with Hev wanting to find a bloke. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
-No-one ever fancies me. -Oh, Gordon Bennett! | 0:39:20 | 0:39:23 | |
And it's usually blokes she knows she can't have. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:29 | |
I suppose a snog's out of the question. | 0:39:29 | 0:39:31 | |
She is just terrible with men. | 0:39:31 | 0:39:34 | |
-What if I end up on my own stinking of cats? -It ain't looking good, Hev. | 0:39:34 | 0:39:37 | |
'The first of her lost causes was one of our loveable losers, Gary Hobbs.' | 0:39:37 | 0:39:42 | |
Heather when we first met her was just desperately in love with Gary. | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
I've got to warn you, I get a bit tipsy at weddings and anything goes. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
They did end up in bed together one night after a party. | 0:39:49 | 0:39:52 | |
I don't think anything happened, but I don't think Gary remembered. | 0:39:54 | 0:39:58 | |
-Did you let him polish your silver? -A lady doesn't kiss and tell. | 0:39:58 | 0:40:01 | |
-Nothing happened. -Great. That's great. | 0:40:01 | 0:40:04 | |
-'That wasn't the end of it.' -She started following him around. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
You've been following me about. | 0:40:07 | 0:40:09 | |
Gary didn't like that cos he was following Dawn at the time. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
Gary loves Dawn. Heather loves Gary. It's complicated. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
So it was like a stalker being stalked, if that makes sense. | 0:40:16 | 0:40:19 | |
'Being Hev, she figured she needed a secret plan. | 0:40:19 | 0:40:22 | |
-'And that was to get Minty and Gary's mum Hazel...' -Someone call? -'..to enter a wedding competition.' | 0:40:22 | 0:40:28 | |
-Is there something wrong with my hearing? -'It's simple, Minty was engaged to Gary's mum, | 0:40:28 | 0:40:33 | |
'so Gary became the best man. Hazel is friends with Hev and makes her one of the bridesmaids.' | 0:40:33 | 0:40:37 | |
-I'm sorry, you've lost me. -'What's not to understand?' | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
Just got to win the competition, get his best mate hitched, | 0:40:40 | 0:40:44 | |
persuade the fiancee you're number one bridesmaid and jump in bed with the best man. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:48 | |
-How could it possibly fail? -Do you really think it'll work? | 0:40:48 | 0:40:51 | |
-No. -'Of course it didn't. | 0:40:51 | 0:40:54 | |
'But in a strange twist of fate, it did lead Hev straight into the arms of her next love. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:58 | |
'Minty. Hazel and Minty reached the final of the wedding competition...' | 0:40:58 | 0:41:03 | |
-We're now finalists. -'..but their relationship had fallen apart.' -Hazel! | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
-'But Hev stepped in and pretended to be Hazel.' -I'm Hazel. -'As you would, to win the prize money...' | 0:41:09 | 0:41:15 | |
-BOTH CHEER -'..and become Minty's wife.' | 0:41:15 | 0:41:19 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:41:19 | 0:41:21 | |
'But it wasn't quite happily ever after.' | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
Minty grew to love her in a way that was not the kind of love that Heather wanted. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:33 | |
Oh, what would I do without you? | 0:41:33 | 0:41:37 | |
He did love her and she definitely loved him, but it was kind of like a brother and sister love. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:43 | |
In a way, Minty and Heather should have worked | 0:41:43 | 0:41:46 | |
because they were both so similar to each other. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
The wedding should've been the glorious end of them getting together | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
but this is soap life, it doesn't work like that. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
They even went on honeymoon together and nothing happened. | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
I think the giraffes got more action than them. | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
She thought she'd got a man, and it was cruel to learn that he didn't love her, he wasn't interested. | 0:42:01 | 0:42:07 | |
-Please, don't leave! -Oh, Minty, will you grow yourself a pair? He doesn't love you back, babe. | 0:42:07 | 0:42:13 | |
He held a candle for Sam and Heather found out. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
I think you should probably just get up and leave. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
I liked Minty, I used to like him but he treated Heather appallingly. Don't like Minty, I've gone off him. | 0:42:21 | 0:42:26 | |
'It's so sad when a marriage where the bride pretended to be someone else for money doesn't work out. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:32 | |
'Anyway, the next fella on Hev's list would have monumental consequences, | 0:42:32 | 0:42:36 | |
'and it all kicked off with a simple bit of rubbish.' | 0:42:36 | 0:42:39 | |
Heather had a lucky yoghurt pot lid that she had taken from George Michael's bins. | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
Do you think he licked it? | 0:42:43 | 0:42:45 | |
Heather laminated it and put it round her neck. | 0:42:45 | 0:42:48 | |
'Armed with this memento, the girls go on yet another night in search of a bloke.' | 0:42:48 | 0:42:52 | |
She found a man. And he was absolutely gorgeous. | 0:42:52 | 0:42:56 | |
-You've got gorgeous eyes, do you know that? -'But all was not as it seemed.' | 0:42:56 | 0:43:00 | |
Shirley paid him. She didn't think you could do it on your own. | 0:43:00 | 0:43:03 | |
I'm sorry, Hev, it's all a lie. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:06 | |
There was a few slaps. | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
How could you do this to me? | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
Hev runs off to the unisex loos. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:13 | |
Hev! | 0:43:13 | 0:43:15 | |
And then it turned out to be somebody genuinely chatting her up. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
-You got my money? -What, you mean you're the... -Escort, yeah. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:22 | |
I don't believe this. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:24 | |
Heather, she's having a little cry, | 0:43:24 | 0:43:27 | |
and suddenly from nowhere under the toilet comes a yoghurt pot lid. | 0:43:27 | 0:43:32 | |
It turns out that somebody was keen to comfort Heather that evening. | 0:43:32 | 0:43:38 | |
'Oh, I see where this is going. | 0:43:38 | 0:43:41 | |
'Yeah, thought so, those kebabs... Ah. | 0:43:41 | 0:43:45 | |
'So Hev was left alone with a new man in her life. | 0:43:45 | 0:43:48 | |
'So it's time to play who's the daddy? | 0:43:48 | 0:43:51 | |
'The violent recovering alcoholic, but who doesn't love a bad boy? | 0:43:51 | 0:43:55 | |
'The loveable softie who broke your heart, time for a second chance perhaps? | 0:43:55 | 0:44:00 | |
'The scrawny teenager? But you know what they say about the toy boys. | 0:44:00 | 0:44:04 | |
'Or the fellow loveable loser? Sounds like the perfect soul mate.' | 0:44:04 | 0:44:08 | |
George...this is your dad. | 0:44:08 | 0:44:13 | |
-'Oh.' -Of all the people, it turns out to be Darren Miller. | 0:44:13 | 0:44:19 | |
Heather would've loved Darren to be involved in George's life | 0:44:19 | 0:44:23 | |
but I think she knew that it was a no-go. | 0:44:23 | 0:44:26 | |
Baby George in Hev's life is everything. | 0:44:26 | 0:44:30 | |
She couldn't function without him. She loves the bones off of him. | 0:44:30 | 0:44:34 | |
And he's the best thing that ever happened to her. | 0:44:34 | 0:44:37 | |
All of Heather's life, all she's ever wanted is for somebody to love her. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:42 | |
And when baby George came onto the scene, that's her unconditional love. | 0:44:42 | 0:44:46 | |
She had to grow up. She had to become responsible. | 0:44:46 | 0:44:50 | |
-BABY CRIES -Mummy's here, George. Mummy's here. | 0:44:50 | 0:44:54 | |
Having baby George and becoming a mother made Heather a much more rounded character, | 0:44:54 | 0:44:59 | |
and much more believable. | 0:44:59 | 0:45:02 | |
She couldn't carry on doing the karaoke cheese jokes for the rest of her life. | 0:45:02 | 0:45:06 | |
That's why a lot of people can relate to Heather, because she is doing the real thing. | 0:45:06 | 0:45:12 | |
She's a single woman with a baby. Father's not interested. | 0:45:12 | 0:45:17 | |
Nobody else is interested, so it's just the two of them against the world, really. | 0:45:17 | 0:45:22 | |
I'm sorry, darling, I know you're hungry. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:25 | |
I think it just helped us fall in love with her. | 0:45:25 | 0:45:27 | |
It's what Heather needed. And all she needed to make the picture perfect was the husband. | 0:45:27 | 0:45:33 | |
'Now with baby in tow, Hev is even more determined to find love. | 0:45:33 | 0:45:37 | |
'So where better to find it than on the internet?' | 0:45:37 | 0:45:40 | |
-I've joined up. -No, you ain't. You are not going to find love online. | 0:45:40 | 0:45:45 | |
-'But against all the odds, she did...' -Shirl! Someone clicked on me! | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
-'..in the shape of a man who went by the name of Kevin68.' -Oh, he sounds lovely. | 0:45:48 | 0:45:53 | |
Heather, being as soft as she is, instantly fell in love with this character. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:57 | |
Oh, look, he's missing me. That's good. I'm missing him. | 0:45:57 | 0:46:02 | |
Being Heather, she wanted to find the man, so she physically went looking for him. | 0:46:02 | 0:46:07 | |
Are you Kevin68? | 0:46:08 | 0:46:11 | |
-You're not Kevin68? -No, I'm Kevin Flynn. | 0:46:11 | 0:46:14 | |
She was going to meet him. | 0:46:14 | 0:46:16 | |
-Then suddenly got a text saying he was dead. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:46:16 | 0:46:21 | |
It's with great sadness that I inform you that Kevin was killed last week in a motor accident. | 0:46:21 | 0:46:26 | |
'Distraught by losing the love of a man she never met, | 0:46:26 | 0:46:28 | |
'Shirley throws a little party to cheer Hev up.' | 0:46:28 | 0:46:32 | |
-To Hev. -'But this is EastEnders, so we know how this is going to end... badly.' | 0:46:32 | 0:46:37 | |
-I bet he didn't even exist. -Shut up! -He was tender and he was warm | 0:46:37 | 0:46:40 | |
-and he was gentle and... -Give me a break. -Stop it! | 0:46:40 | 0:46:43 | |
Phil finds this ridiculous, it's humorous as far as he's concerned. | 0:46:43 | 0:46:47 | |
-He was my boyfriend and I loved him. -Stop it! -And he died, Phil, he died! | 0:46:47 | 0:46:51 | |
-He didn't exist, did he? -He did! It was me! | 0:46:51 | 0:46:55 | |
Ben admits, because he then feels bad that Heather is in this state, that he did it. | 0:46:55 | 0:47:02 | |
You? | 0:47:02 | 0:47:04 | |
I'm Kevin68. It was me. | 0:47:06 | 0:47:10 | |
'There's only so much heartbreak a person can take. | 0:47:10 | 0:47:13 | |
'And Heather finally met her man in the most unexpected of places. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:16 | |
'Time to go back to Southend and that 80s lesbian convention.' | 0:47:16 | 0:47:21 | |
She thought it was an 80s music convention. | 0:47:21 | 0:47:23 | |
And Andrew was a bouncer there. | 0:47:23 | 0:47:26 | |
-Do you love Hazell Dean? -I can't say I remember her. | 0:47:26 | 0:47:31 | |
He gets to like Heather cos she does this silly Hazell Dean dance across the floor to him. | 0:47:31 | 0:47:36 | |
And he can see the little cheeky smile, and thinks, "She's a bit of a one". | 0:47:36 | 0:47:40 | |
She didn't trust him. | 0:47:40 | 0:47:42 | |
-If you wanted, we could go to the fairground. -We've got memorabilia to look at. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:46 | |
Yeah, but we could do that later. | 0:47:46 | 0:47:49 | |
Thought he was pulling the rug over her eyes. | 0:47:49 | 0:47:51 | |
You hurt her and I'll break your legs. | 0:47:51 | 0:47:54 | |
'But Andrew was not to be put off that easily and followed Hev back to Walford.' | 0:47:54 | 0:47:58 | |
-All right? -Andrew. | 0:47:59 | 0:48:04 | |
It was a spark for both of them. | 0:48:04 | 0:48:06 | |
It wasn't her just getting infatuated with him. He really liked her. | 0:48:06 | 0:48:11 | |
-I've never met anyone like her before. -Well, Heather is certainly a one-off. | 0:48:11 | 0:48:15 | |
She couldn't believe it and it built up. | 0:48:15 | 0:48:17 | |
'Unlike any of the other men in the past, | 0:48:17 | 0:48:20 | |
'this time it wasn't Hev doing the chasing.' | 0:48:20 | 0:48:23 | |
I'm staying around. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:25 | |
He did have a heart of gold. I think he genuinely loves Heather | 0:48:25 | 0:48:29 | |
and it's the first person that has genuinely loved Heather Trott. | 0:48:29 | 0:48:34 | |
Andrew put a love heart in some chips for Heather. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:38 | |
And he was probably the first man that's come along in Heather's life | 0:48:38 | 0:48:41 | |
that said he will fight for her, he'll defend her, he loves her, | 0:48:41 | 0:48:45 | |
and told her all the things she desperately wanted to hear. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
I felt them. | 0:48:48 | 0:48:50 | |
Butterflies. | 0:48:50 | 0:48:52 | |
When Andrew says, "I love you," he means it, he's sincere. After time, she knew that. | 0:48:52 | 0:48:58 | |
And for the very first time, she found real love. | 0:48:58 | 0:49:00 | |
I love you. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
'Who said fairytales couldn't come true? Finally our beloved Hev got what she'd always wanted.' | 0:49:02 | 0:49:08 | |
Heather, will you marry me? | 0:49:08 | 0:49:11 | |
Yes! | 0:49:11 | 0:49:13 | |
The marriage between Hev and Andrew would've worked beautifully. | 0:49:13 | 0:49:17 | |
And they would've been the happiest people on the Square. | 0:49:17 | 0:49:20 | |
Here's a man who's finally telling her everything she ever dreamed of, | 0:49:20 | 0:49:23 | |
saying he wants to love her, giving her the big wedding of her dreams. What's the worst that could happen? | 0:49:23 | 0:49:30 | |
'She could get killed. And it wouldn't be the first time, either.' | 0:49:30 | 0:49:33 | |
EastEnders loves its shock exits. | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
That keeps you on you toes, you never know what's coming next. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:39 | |
I always remember Tiffany, when she got run over, all of a sudden Frank come round. | 0:49:39 | 0:49:43 | |
TYRES SCREECH | 0:49:43 | 0:49:45 | |
Dropped my drink. It was all over the shop. | 0:49:47 | 0:49:50 | |
Jamie Mitchell's death was a tragedy. | 0:49:50 | 0:49:52 | |
You could almost hear the teenagers crying at Christmas when that happened. | 0:49:53 | 0:49:58 | |
No! No! Oh, Jamie, no! | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
I remember Billy Jackson's demise and that was very sad. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:06 | |
That was a shock to the audience because all the time, for a long time in that episode, he was dead. | 0:50:06 | 0:50:13 | |
Archie was the last biggy. Wonderful character, wonderful actor, then bam! | 0:50:15 | 0:50:21 | |
You know, if you're going to go, go like that. | 0:50:21 | 0:50:24 | |
This is going to be one of the biggest shock deaths EastEnders has had. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:27 | |
'She's not wrong, and when Hev went, she certainly went out with a bang | 0:50:27 | 0:50:32 | |
'on what was to be a memorable day on set.' | 0:50:32 | 0:50:34 | |
Today we're going to kill Cheryl Fergison. | 0:50:34 | 0:50:37 | |
You couldn't keep it shut, could you! | 0:50:37 | 0:50:40 | |
Getting a great storyline like the murder of Hev is marvellous. | 0:50:40 | 0:50:46 | |
And this will be the actual... to the end. | 0:50:47 | 0:50:52 | |
That's what I'm after, yeah. | 0:50:52 | 0:50:54 | |
Normally Hev is quite light. So this is quite dark. | 0:50:54 | 0:50:57 | |
Hev's death scene was quite difficult to shoot. | 0:50:57 | 0:51:00 | |
There's a lot of geometry involved in the visualisation, | 0:51:00 | 0:51:06 | |
as well as emotional behaviour from the characters. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:10 | |
I had a stunt coordinator and the way you shoot these things | 0:51:10 | 0:51:15 | |
is always to get the camera so people travel past the camera, | 0:51:15 | 0:51:21 | |
leaving the expression on somebody else's face. | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
-'Rehearsals over, it was time to record soap history.' -And action. | 0:51:25 | 0:51:29 | |
-You told her, didn't you? -I didn't know what else to do! | 0:51:29 | 0:51:32 | |
You've got no idea what he's going to do to me. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:34 | |
Ben comes round to confront Heather. It turns into this argument in Heather's flat. | 0:51:34 | 0:51:39 | |
-We'll talk to him, make him understand. -You were supposed to be on my side! -Calm down! | 0:51:39 | 0:51:44 | |
Heather's innocent. She's done nothing wrong. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:46 | |
-I can't stay here, not now! -I'm really sorry about this, Heather. | 0:51:46 | 0:51:50 | |
Ben just completely and utterly goes off his rail and demands money. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:53 | |
Mandy said Dot gave you money for the wedding. | 0:51:53 | 0:51:56 | |
Ben is rifling through her handbag and he's shouting. | 0:51:56 | 0:51:59 | |
-Come on, we're going. -Get off me! Just tell me where it is! | 0:51:59 | 0:52:03 | |
I haven't got it, I swear to you! | 0:52:03 | 0:52:05 | |
Then suddenly Ben loses it, he completely loses the plot. | 0:52:05 | 0:52:09 | |
-Don't touch me! -Ben! -Get off me! -Ben! | 0:52:09 | 0:52:13 | |
And I go down like a sack of spuds. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:19 | |
And...that's it. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:24 | |
The murder of Heather starts an enormous storyline that will rumble on for quite some time. | 0:52:24 | 0:52:29 | |
When Phil comes out of prison, the first thing he wants to do is go and find his son | 0:52:29 | 0:52:34 | |
and give it to him, he's just going to really tell him. | 0:52:34 | 0:52:38 | |
What he comes across is a horrific scene of Ben standing over Heather's body. | 0:52:41 | 0:52:46 | |
-In that moment, Phil makes a choice. -Help me! | 0:52:46 | 0:52:50 | |
And in true Mitchell fashion, Phil makes the decision to protect his son | 0:52:50 | 0:52:54 | |
-in the worst possible circumstances. -Heather? | 0:52:54 | 0:52:58 | |
It doesn't matter that he's killed a person, or that he's grassed Phil up, | 0:52:58 | 0:53:02 | |
at the end of the day he's family, he's his son. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:04 | |
Cheryl decided to play the corpse because she knew how much that meant to us, | 0:53:04 | 0:53:10 | |
and how much we would relate to seeing her there. | 0:53:10 | 0:53:14 | |
It was like a radio player, I could hear Phil, I could hear Shirley screaming and bellowing, | 0:53:14 | 0:53:19 | |
I could hear Jay, I could hear Ben. | 0:53:19 | 0:53:23 | |
You just knew it was the end. It was the most weirdest, oddest, oddest feeling. | 0:53:23 | 0:53:28 | |
A change of story direction is called a reversal of expectation, | 0:53:28 | 0:53:33 | |
and Hev's death is a major reversal of expectation. | 0:53:33 | 0:53:38 | |
God only knows what's going to come of this because he's already implicating | 0:53:39 | 0:53:44 | |
Jay, himself, | 0:53:44 | 0:53:47 | |
Andrew, Billy, the police are investigating all sorts of avenues. | 0:53:47 | 0:53:53 | |
When Shirley finds out, there's going to be a nuclear reaction. | 0:53:53 | 0:53:57 | |
And, of course, what Ben's responsible for | 0:53:57 | 0:54:00 | |
is going to shape that family and that character for many years to come. | 0:54:00 | 0:54:04 | |
You've got the aftermath, who's going to get blamed? Is someone going to go to prison? No-one knows. | 0:54:04 | 0:54:10 | |
Phil always wanted Ben to be a Mitchell and now he's got what he wanted in the worst possible fashion. | 0:54:10 | 0:54:15 | |
So Phil is going to regret ever saying those words to his son. | 0:54:15 | 0:54:18 | |
No-one had to tell me that I was in a big storyline in this one | 0:54:18 | 0:54:22 | |
because it's number ten on the Richter scale of storylines. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:26 | |
It would've been great for Heather to have got the prize, | 0:54:26 | 0:54:30 | |
to have had a really loving relationship. | 0:54:30 | 0:54:34 | |
Heather, I love you! Please! | 0:54:34 | 0:54:37 | |
The sad thing for Andrew is he's not only devastated by the death, | 0:54:37 | 0:54:41 | |
he's now bang in the frame for it, so he's got it coming all angles. | 0:54:41 | 0:54:46 | |
What's going to happen to Shirley? You have to wait and see. | 0:54:46 | 0:54:49 | |
But for me, it's going to be... it's going to be very hard without her, yeah. | 0:54:49 | 0:54:54 | |
Yeah. | 0:54:54 | 0:54:56 | |
That is the scene complete. That's Cheryl's last scene with us. Thank you, Cheryl. | 0:54:56 | 0:55:00 | |
'After 381 episodes, EastEnders finally said goodbye to Cheryl, and, of course, Heather Trott.' | 0:55:00 | 0:55:07 | |
Don't be strangers, please, don't be strangers. | 0:55:07 | 0:55:11 | |
It's only a telephone. And come and see me in my Winnebago in Downton. | 0:55:11 | 0:55:16 | |
LAUGHTER | 0:55:16 | 0:55:19 | |
My time on EastEnders has been emotional and it has been a happy time. | 0:55:19 | 0:55:24 | |
It's been probably the best time I've ever had. | 0:55:24 | 0:55:27 | |
# Pretty pretty please | 0:55:27 | 0:55:29 | |
# Don't you ever ever feel | 0:55:29 | 0:55:32 | |
# Like you're less than | 0:55:32 | 0:55:35 | |
# Less than perfect | 0:55:35 | 0:55:38 | |
I don't think we'll ever see anyone quite like Heather again. | 0:55:38 | 0:55:41 | |
I've just really loved playing Heather and it's been a big part of my life for a long time. | 0:55:41 | 0:55:46 | |
She's been fantastic, charming to work with, absolutely professional. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:51 | |
Working with Cheryl has been an absolute blinder. | 0:55:51 | 0:55:54 | |
What the audience are going to miss is the smile that she puts on their faces. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:59 | |
They broke the mould when they made her. | 0:55:59 | 0:56:01 | |
I'll certainly miss Cheryl's laughter, I'll certainly miss her cuddles. | 0:56:01 | 0:56:06 | |
Sometimes you get some sad losses, and this is one of them. | 0:56:06 | 0:56:11 | |
I'm going to miss everything about Cheryl, everything. | 0:56:11 | 0:56:14 | |
My life on set with Cheryl Fergison has been incredible. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:18 | |
Sorry, can you cut? | 0:56:19 | 0:56:21 | |
I think I might just chain myself to the security gate, | 0:56:22 | 0:56:26 | |
or even, I don't know if it's been done before, but I might squat in my dressing room. | 0:56:26 | 0:56:30 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:56:32 | 0:56:36 |