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EASTENDERS brought backmost 2 legendary characters from beyond the sedate up of the soap's landmark 40th anniversary.
Tuesday's occurrence saw respective Walford residents instrumentality a travel down representation lane.
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Original characters Arthur (Bill Treacher) and Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) made a peculiar appearance.
Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) - girlfriend of their lad Martin (James Bye) - tracked down an aged portion of the brace appearing connected crippled amusement Cat and Mouse successful 1989.
Pauline signed Arthur up arsenic a contestant connected the fictitious programme, portion she sat successful the audience.
Martin and Ruby were joined by friends and household successful the Queen Vic arsenic they watched the classical episode.
In affectional scenes, Martin - the past remaining big Fowler successful the soap - showed his parents to his ain children.
This included young lad Arthur seeing his namesake for the archetypal time.
Elsewhere, Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) recalled seeing the crippled amusement occurrence erstwhile it aired live.
While Ian (Adam Woodyatt) proudly pointed retired his relatives to Priya (Sophie Khan Levy).
Fans were precise moved to spot Pauline and Arthur - sharing their emotion connected societal media.
One wrote: "i’m not crying, you are x #eastenders."
Stacey Slater and Ruby Allen's fued implicit Martin Fowler, Eastenders
Another added: "How beauteous to spot Pauline and Arthur diagnostic successful #Eastenders - a fitting small designation of 2 iconic characters arsenic the 40th is marked.
"Brilliant mode to bash it too. And large seeing a beaming Martin watching them with specified joy."
As a 3rd suggested: "@bbceastenders you HAVE to upload Arthur’s crippled amusement occurrence nether Classic EastEnders now!!"
Bill Treacher appeared regularly arsenic Arthur for implicit a decade, from 1985 until 1996.
The histrion passed distant successful November 2022, astatine the property of 92.
EastEnders' 40th day cameos truthful far
With the 40th day of EastEnders coming up, fans are looking guardant to immoderate much unthinkable cameos from iconic faces of Walford's past. But who person we had truthful far?
Tracy-Ann Oberman - Oberman returned arsenic Chrissie Watts, a quality she past played astir 2 decades ago.
Paul Bradley - Bradley returned arsenic Nigel Bates, a quality helium past played implicit 25 years ago.
Micheal French - French returned arsenic David Wicks, a quality helium past played 2 decades ago.
Patsy Palmer - Palmer returned arsenic Bianca Jackson, a quality she past played successful 2019.
Coming up this year...
Ross Kemp - Kemp volition reprise his relation arsenic Grant Mitchell, a quality helium archetypal played successful 1990. The BBC has described Kemp's storyline arsenic "explosive". Kemp said it was an "absolute honour" to instrumentality to the show.
Other aspects of the 40th day solemnisation include: A wedding betwixt instrumentality favorites, A immense detonation astatine the Queen Vic, and A unrecorded interactive episode.
Meanwhile, Wendy Richard starred arsenic matriarch Pauline from 1985 to 2006.
She sadly died of breast cancer successful 2009, astatine 65 years of age.
A last poignant interaction saw Bill and Wendy credited unneurotic for the archetypal clip successful decades.
EastEnders continues connected BBC One and iPlayer.
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