Summary[]
It's Kat and Alfie's wedding day, but Alfie still hasn't finalised his divorce. He bribes his friend Roy to conduct the ceremony. Phil is out to cause trouble for Kate and Den.
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Phil's keeping an eye on the Watts' household, waiting for Den to leave to seize his moment. Inside, Dennis becomes bitter with Den when he refers to Sharon and Vicki as his children and not him and storms out. Alfie has doubts about going ahead with the wedding with the missing item to confirm the matching - the decree absolute. Spencer urges him to roost up a plan quickly. Alfie calls his dim mate, Ray Collins, to come to the rescue and pose as a fake registrar. With the Watts' household empty from Phil's perspective and him still thinking Den's inside after missing his exit, Phil makes a break-in into the house. He finds Kate lingering in the kitchen in her dressing gown after spending the night with Dennis. Phil soon clocks on what's been going on when he sees her bra on his bedroom floor and her watch on his bedside table. Confrontations are flying in the household between Phil and Kate. Kate announces that she no longer thinks of Phil as her husband and removes her ring. Phil tries to tell her that Den and Dennis set him up, but she is reluctant to believe him. Kate tries to persuade him to give himself up and reconsider about getting revenge on Den. The pair make a deal, and Phil hands over the gun he was going to kill Den with while Kate gives him an hour to flee before she calls the police. Nana and Spencer find out about Alfie's plan, and both are disgusted. Nana tries to talk to him out of it, even though he has good intentions it's going to cause misery in the long run, but Alfie is still confident to go ahead with the ceremony. While Den's on the lookout for Dennis who is in a strop at the park, Phil spots him going into Angie's Den and makes a march for his ultimate revenge. As the ceremony proceeds, Ray mumbles his lines which amuses the guests, when the vow of lawful impediment makes a spring, Alfie can't take any more lies and raises his hand. |
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Alfie Moon - Shane Richie
- Kat Slater - Jessie Wallace
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Kate Mitchell - Jill Halfpenny
- Den Watts - Leslie Grantham
- Dennis Rickman - Nigel Harman
- Sharon Watts - Letitia Dean
- Vicki Fowler - Scarlett Johnson
- 'Little' Mo Mitchell - Kacey Ainsworth
- Billy Mitchell - Perry Fenwick
- Charlie Slater - Derek Martin
- Mo Harris - Laila Morse
- Spencer Moon - Christopher Parker
- 'Nana' Victoria Moon - Hilda Braid
- Zoe Slater - Michelle Ryan
- Belinda Peacock - Leanne Lakey
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- Pauline Fowler - Wendy Richard
- Martin Fowler - James Alexandrou
- Derek Harkinson - Ian Lavender
- Sam Mitchell - Kim Medcalf
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Garry Hobbs - Ricky Groves
- Lynne Hobbs - Elaine Lordan
- Laura Beale - Hannah Waterman
- Jim Branning - John Bardon
- Dot Branning - June Brown
- Patrick Trueman - Rudolph Walker
- Yolande Duke - Angela Wynter
- Mickey Miller - Joe Swash
- Adi Ferreira - Ameet Chana
- Kareena Ferreira - Pooja Shah
- Ash Ferreira - Raji James
- Ronny Ferreira - Ray Panthaki
- Tariq Larousi - Nabil Elouahabi
- Peter Beale - Joseph Shade
- Lucy Beale - Casey Anne Rothery
- Liam Butcher - Nathaniel Gleed
- Bobby Beale - Kevin Curran (uncredited)
Recurring cast[]
- Tracey - Jane Slaughter (uncredited)
- Maggs - Margaret Heald (uncredited)
- Jim - Glen Cooper (uncredited)
- Carol - Joan Harsant (uncredited)
Guest cast[]
Locations[]
- Albert Square
- The Queen Victoria - Public, hallway and upstairs flat
- 5 Albert Square - Living/dining room, hallway, kitchen and Dennis's bedroom
- 23 Albert Square - Living room, kitchen, hallway and girls' bedroom
- 45 Albert Square - Back room
- Bridge Street
- Turpin Road
- Mitchell's Autos
- Kenwyn House - Laura's flat
- Walford Park
Notes[]
- The first Christmas Day episode was 40 minutes long and was broadcast at the earlier time of 6pm.
- Return of Liam Butcher, last seen on 22 July 2003.
- Famous comedian and writer David Walliams makes a guest appearance as Ray Collins in this episode.
- Radio Times synopsis: Kate has a surprise visitor. Alfie desperately tries to arrange a dream wedding for Kat.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast - 12,250,000 viewers (7th place).
- For its 2025 upload to BBC iPlayer as "EastEnders: Christmas 1986 - 2007", this episode was entitled 2003 - Part 1.
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