Summary[]
Robbie gets caught eating turkey while Pat confronts ghosts from her past. Pauline gets a distressing call from Arthur in prison.
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Pat and the rest of the guests remain shell shocked. Ricky and Janine can't contain their devotion for their father and both leap into his arms. Pat orders everyone to leave, but asks Roy to stay for support. The news of Frank's appearance quickly spreads around the Square. Pat and Frank are brought together alone in the kitchen while Roy listens on alone from the living room. Frank begs for forgiveness from Pat and acts as if nothing has happened. Arthur tries to reach out to Ziggy one more time about him claiming that Arthur won't get out scot-free. The reassurance is a blow to the head for Arthur, who remains silent. Robbie, out of sight from everybody else, digs into the turkey snidely and sneakily, just as a photographic Sonia jumps from around the corner and snaps a picture of him with the turkey hanging from his mouth on her polaroid! Frank tells Pat that when he ran away, he ended up in Bristol for a while before being admitted to hospital after suffering from a breakdown. He believes the pair have a chance to make a go of things again, and tries telling Pat he understands what she went through which leads to her flying off the handle, and telling Frank he doesn't have a clue about the pain he caused. Arthur manages to get to the telephone and calls the Fowler family in the middle of their Christmas dinner. He tells Pauline that he doesn't want her or any of the family to visit him from now on. Frank, in complete denial, orders Pat to look into his eyes and tell him she doesn't love him. The situation and atmosphere become all too much for her leading to her running and leaping into Roy's arms, sending Frank into a questionable state. The reveal of Pat and Roy's relationship leads to a nasty reception between the three, but the news of them living together sends Frank over the edge, who darts out of the house in an emotional state. David worries Frank is after the car lot. Arthur shakes the bars in his cell block in an hysterical state, before sliding down the wall and breaking into a ball of tears. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Arthur Fowler - Bill Treacher
- Pat Butcher - Pam St. Clement
- Frank Butcher - Mike Reid
- Roy Evans - Tony Caunter
- Pauline Fowler - Wendy Richard
- Mark Fowler - Todd Carty
- Ruth Fowler - Caroline Paterson
- Cindy Beale - Michelle Collins
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- David Wicks - Michael French
- Barry Evans - Shaun Williamson
- Janine Butcher - Alexia Demetriou
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Kathy Mitchell - Gillian Taylforth
- Grant Mitchell - Ross Kemp
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Nigel Bates - Paul Bradley
- Alan Jackson - Howard Antony
- Carol Branning - Lindsey Coulson
- Robbie Jackson - Dean Gaffney
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Bianca Jackson - Patsy Palmer
- Blossom Jackson - Mona Hammond
- Sonia Jackson - Natalie Cassidy
- Martin Fowler - Jon Peyton Price (uncredited)
- Steven Beale - Stuart Stevens (uncredited)
- Peter Beale - Francis Brittin-Snell (uncredited)
- Lucy Beale - Eva Brittin-Snell (uncredited)
Guest cast[]
- Willy Roper - Michael Tudor Barnes
- Ziggy - Sean Simpson
- Santa - Roger Booth
Locations[]
- Albert Square
- The Queen Victoria - Public
- 3C Albert Square - Kitchen
- 25 Albert Square - Living room, kitchen and hallway
- 41 Albert Square - Downstairs rooms
- 45 Albert Square - Back room
- Newbridge Prison - Common room, Arthur's cell block and Arthur's cell
Notes[]
- This episode was broadcast at the later time of 8.30pm as the second part of a special Christmas double bill.
- The doof-doof at the end of this episode features a reverb effect in order to give an echo feeling from Arthur's cell block.
- Last appearance of Arthur Fowler until 13 May 1996.
- Radio Times synopsis: No synopsis appeared in the magazine for this episode.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 16,980,000 viewers (chart placing unknown).
Dialogue[]
PAT BUTCHER (to Frank): I had three pounds and eighty-five pence in my purse when you left this house. You left me with two kids and no way of looking after them. So don't sit there and tell me not to worry anymore because you're back! I have done all my waiting, all my hoping, and that is over and finished with! Over a year I waited for you to come back. A year of stomach churning worry of sleepless nights, of having to face people out there knowing that they were talking about me. I scrubbed people's floors, I cleaned their toilets, I worked fourteen hours a day to keep this place going and to put food on the table and not for me! Oh no, I could've quite happily done a runner an all. But for Ricky and Janine. So you don't you tell me that you know how hard it must have been for me, because you can't even begin to imagine!
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