Summary[]
Doctor Legg's funeral takes place but the medallion his father gave him on his wedding day has been lost. Dot has not slept from worrying and is unable to go to the funeral so Sonia reads Dot's speech. Mary Smith and her daughter Annie return to Walford after 31 years, as does Lofty Holloway, who sees his old friend Sharon. They all reminisce in the Vic with Dot and Mary thanks Dot for all her help in the past. At the end of the night, the locals light a candle for Doctor Legg. Mariam and Arshad's granddaughters, Iqra and Habiba, arrive and tell Masood they will look after the restaurant and his house while he is in Australia. They send home his agency staff even though they cannot cook or run a restaurant and Masood allows it because he knows Ian and Max will not like it. Masood and Kathy share one last kiss before he leaves. Iqra and Habiba then find Doctor Legg's medallion and decide to keep it for good luck. Sharon tries to convince Phil to get in touch with Keanu but he refuses.
Credits[]
Main cast[]
- Dot Branning - June Brown
- Sonia Fowler - Natalie Cassidy
- Rebecca 'Bex' Fowler - Jasmine Armfield
- Rainie Branning - Tanya Franks
- Stuart Highway - Ricky Champ
- Martin Fowler - James Bye
- Kush Kazemi - Davood Ghadami
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Sharon Mitchell - Letitia Dean
- Karen Taylor - Lorraine Stanley
- Kathy Beale - Gillian Taylforth
- Masood Ahmed - Nitin Ganatra
- Iqra Ahmed - Priya Davdra
- Habiba Ahmed - Rukku Nahar
- Denise Fox - Diane Parish
- Patrick Trueman - Rudolph Walker
- Mick Carter - Danny Dyer
- Linda Carter - Kellie Bright
- Callum 'Halfway' Highway - Tony Clay
- Whitney Dean - Shona McGarty
- Mo Harris - Laila Morse
- Jean Slater - Gillian Wright
- Lofty Holloway - Tom Watt (credited as George 'Lofty' Holloway)
- Mary Smith - Linda Davidson (credited as "Mary 'The Punk' Smith")
- Annie Smith - Marilyn O'Brien
Guest cast[]
- Rabbi Mordecai Feldman - Simon Schatzberger
- Steph - Sally Hodgkiss
Locations[]
- Albert Square
- The Queen Victoria - Public
- 25 Albert Square - Kitchen and hallway
- 41 Albert Square - Living/dining room
- Bridge Street
- Bridge Street Market
- Turpin Road
- Walford East - Restaurant
- Walford East Tube Station
- 55 Victoria Road - Living/dining room and kitchen
- Unknown church
Notes[]
- Return of George 'Lofty' Holloway, last seen on 19 April 1988. He next appears on 12 December 2022.
- Return of Mary Smith, last seen on 26 May 1988. She next appears on 12 December 2022.
- Return of Annie Smith, last seen on 26 May 1988. Marilyn O'Brien now plays the role, having been previously portrayed by Samantha Crown. This is the character's first on-screen credit and is also the final appearance of the character.
- First appearances of Iqra and Habiba Ahmed.
- Final appearance of Masood Ahmed.
- This episode - which features Doctor Harold Legg's funeral - marks the 69th episode to feature Julia's Theme at the end of the episode rather than the regular drum beats.
- This episode is dedicated to Ann Slater - a member of the production team - who passed away.
- Dani Biernat was credited as the stunt co-ordinator and Donna Williams as the stunt performer in this episode.
- This was the final episode to credit John Yorke as the programme's "executive consultant" (a job title for a temporary boss). Kate Oates became the shows first senior executive producer in the following episode and was later joined by Jon Sen in July 2019 who became the programme's new executive producer since Sean O'Connor's sudden departure in late 2017.
- Radio Times synopsis: The day of Dr Legg's funeral arrives and Dot is disappointed that few locals seem interested in paying their last respects - especially as she is not well enough to attend herself. But she gets a pleasant surprise later when two old faces appear at the wake in the Vic. Masood's nieces Iqra and Habiba arrive in Walford, while Sharon tries to get information about Keanu from Phil.
- Viewing Figures: First UK broadcast: 6,424,424 viewers (12th place).
Dialogue[]
SONIA FOWLER (reading out Dot's speech): There are people we all know who Doctor Legg brought into the world. Pete, Pauline, Kathy, Den and Angie, and my son, Nick. There's some here he kept in the world, and there's some, some who aren't here, whose hands are held when they said goodbye to it, too. He spent his whole life looking after others, and it didn't matter who they were - what race, what faith, what creed. To Doctor Legg, everyone was part of the same family. Once you'd lived on his home square, that was always your home as well, and it'd always be waiting for you whenever you came back to it. When he was young, Doctor Legg fought against hate, against those who hated others just because they were different, because, to him, people weren't different; they were just special. He fought against hate at the end of his life as well, and he won that battle, too.
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