Summary[]
A confrontation erupts between Pat and Peggy as they battle for Frank. Meanwhile, Roy's car is found abandoned in a multi-storey car park after a crash.
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Pat thinks that Roy tried to run her over and Peggy puts her in the picture - they all know about the affair. Barry saw her coming out of Frank's flat. Peggy doesn't trust Pat and Frank together but Pat maintains that they're just friends. Peggy thinks Pat is still in love with Frank and is determined to get to the bottom of it. Pat asks Peggy to stay with her while they wait and as time goes on, they wonder what's happened to Roy, if Frank has found him and convinced him there is no affair. When Pat finds the note from Roy saying it's all over and she'll never see him again, Pat assumes that he's left her - a repeat performance of what happened with Frank. The police arrive and report that Roy's car has been abandoned in a multi-storey car park, after an incident where he crashed into the wall. The police tell Peggy that they have found blood at the scene. Pat is now really worried and Peggy tries to keep her calm. When they start talking about Frank again, their conversation escalates into a row and Pat ends up telling Peggy that Frank will never love Peggy the way he loves her. Peggy and Pat slap each other round the face, then stand there stunned as the doorbell rings. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Pat Evans - Pam St. Clement
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Roy Evans - Tony Caunter
- Frank Butcher - Mike Reid
Guest cast[]
- P.C. Newland - Mark Gillis
Locations[]
- Albert Square
- 41 Albert Square - downstairs room, kitchen and bathroom
Notes[]
- This episode is highly recognised as being a two-hander between Pat Evans and Peggy Mitchell. Despite the two having sole screen time of nearly the entire duration of the episode, brief appearances of other characters appear.
- In the original script for this episode, Peggy was to say to Pat during their argument "No wonder Roy can't get it up". However, in the revised viewing of the episode, the higher bosses of the BBC asked for the line to be changed, with Peggy instead remarking in the final cut "No wonder Roy can't do it".
- Pat describes the events on the day she wedded Frank and the first time she met Roy, describing events that occurred on 22 June 1989 and 26 December 1994, which were both also written by the same writer Tony Jordan.
- Terry Forrestal was the stunt co-ordinator of this episode.
- Due to the substantial cessation of filming on continuing dramas and therefore EastEnders taking a hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode was given a special repeat under the EastEnders' special EastEnders: Iconic Episodes on BBC One at 7.25pm on Tuesday 21st July 2020. For its iPlayer upload, it was titled Pat & Peggy. As of February 2025, the episodes remains in the "Classic EastEnders" series of BBC iPlayer, under the same title.
- Radio Times synopsis: Peggy wants the truth but she's in for a long wait and during a head-to-head, tables are turned.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 18,340,000 viewers (2nd place - combined figure including repeat).
Dialogue[]
PAT EVANS: You bitch!
PEGGY MITCHELL: You cow!