Summary[]
The big day dawns for Melanie and Natalie. Barry loses his and Natalie's wedding rings! Melanie admits to Lisa and then to Ian that she slept with Steve and says they should postpone the wedding.
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Ian is panicking and Robbie asks him what time the cars are due. Ian tells him it's up to him to sort his cars out - he's got 3 chauffeur driven Bentleys. Robbie tells Barry, and suggests that he can get Roy to lend them a car. He goes over to Pat's and drinks several large whiskies. He also realises he hasn't got a ring! Roy tells Pat to take off hers and hands over both of them. Barry thanks him profusely. Barry is dressed in a white tail suit and top hat. Melanie gets ready reluctantly, and tells Lisa that Lucy does have cancer. Lisa says Ian shouldn't hold it over her and asks what if Lucy had been okay. Melanie says Ian wouldn't use his kids to get at her. Lisa asks her if she's told Ian all her doubts like that bloke she slept with. Melanie says she can't tell him about Steve. Lisa, who has only just found out, exclaims "it was Steve?" Melanie's mother turns up and Ian starts berating her about the food. She tells him she isn't Mrs Hall, but Melanie's mother, Jane. Ian is horrified and grovels abjectly. Robbie takes Barry to the car and Barry tells him to get in. Robbie says he can't drive and has only had 3 lessons! Barry says he's had a drink so he can't drive. He tells Robbie to get his L plates. Robbie is hopeless. The venue is overlooking the Millennium dome, but Dot tells Jim that she isn't impressed. Janine appears to accompany Frank and Peggy wearing a crotch-length dress, and she asks Dan what he thinks of it. Dan grins as Frank tells him to keep his eyes off. At the venue, Janine rushes over to see Jamie who tells her she looks great. Frank appears and Janine says Jamie is pestering her. She then says she's ill and has to go home. Jeff and his ex-wife bicker nastily in the car with Melanie. Jane tells them that on her wedding day she had a horrible feeling that told her he was the wrong man. Melanie shouts at her to stop being so nasty on her wedding day. Then Melanie and her mother discuss it in private and Melanie says she might be making a terrible mistake. Her mother tells her she's not that stupid, as soon as she gets there and sees Ian she'll remember how she feels. Barry is getting desperate about the time, so as Robbie gets to a red light, he pressurises him into going through it. He does and the police give chase. Ian tells Pat and Roy that they are starting on time, and they continue in the next 5 minutes or not at all. Barry begs the policeman, saying it's his wedding day, and then two cars go past and splash a huge muddy puddle all over Barry. The policeman takes pity on them, as Barry does arrive eventually. Melanie says they should postpone the wedding, because they haven't been totally honest with each other. She says she slept with someone. Ian insists on knowing who it was, and she tells him it was Steve - and she lied and was unfaithful and doesn't deserve him, but she's being straight now. She offers to go and tell everyone the wedding is off. Ian says he forgives her. Melanie is astonished and says he can't and says Barry's not here and suggests postponing it until they are sure. Ian says "What about Lucy - in 6 months time she might not even be here - are you going to take the fairy-tale wedding away from her?" This emotional blackmail forces Melanie to give in. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Melanie Healy - Tamzin Outhwaite
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- Natalie Price - Lucy Speed
- Barry Evans - Shaun Williamson
- Robbie Jackson - Dean Gaffney
- Mark Fowler - Todd Carty
- Kathy Mitchell - Gillian Taylforth
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Lisa Shaw - Lucy Benjamin
- Jeff Healy - Leslie Schofield
- Pat Evans - Pam St. Clement
- Roy Evans - Tony Caunter
- Frank Butcher - Mike Reid
- Peggy Butcher - Barbara Windsor
- Janine Butcher - Charlie Brooks
- Jamie Mitchell - Jack Ryder
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Steve Owen - Martin Kemp
- Teresa di Marco - Leila Birch
- Jackie Owen - Race Davies
- Gianni di Marco - Marc Bannerman
- Dan Sullivan - Craig Fairbrass
- Irene Raymond - Roberta Taylor
- Terry Raymond - Gavin Richards
- Pauline Fowler - Wendy Richard
- Dot Cotton - June Brown
- Jim Branning - John Bardon
- Sonia Jackson - Natalie Cassidy
- Nicky di Marco - Carly Hillman
- Mick McFarlane - Sylvester Williams
- Martin Fowler - James Alexandrou
- Lucy Beale - Casey Anne Rothery
- Steven Beale - Edward Savage
- Peter Beale - Joseph Shade
- Ben Mitchell - Morgan Whittle
Recurring cast[]
Guest cast[]
- Jane Healy - Shirley Stelfox
- Andrea Price - Cindy O'Callaghan
- Susie Price - Viva Duce
- Chris - Sam Smart
- Darren - Adam Norris
- Policeman - Jake Lyons
- Registrar - Sonia Ritter
Notes[]
- This first episode of a two-part New Year's Eve special was broadcast on a Friday at 5.30pm.
- The newly-built Millennium Dome is seen in this episode.
- This was the last episode to be broadcast in the 1990s.