Lee, along with his great aunt Tina Carter and her girlfriend Tosh Mackintosh, confront Billy, but he angrily tells them to leave. Lee realises he should be honest with Whitney about the money but he backs out of telling her. Tom helps give Tina first aid after she injures her ankle. He and Whitney are later invited to have lunch with Martin, Stacey, Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami) and Shabnam Masood (Rakhee Thakrar) in The Queen Vic, where Martin apologises to Lee for punching him and forgives him for the incident. After Sylvie seemingly confesses to attacking Babe and arguing with Shirley, it is revealed that Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) was the real culprit, with Babe framing Sylvie in an attempt to have her sent back to a care home. Mick and Linda hear somebody downstairs, and when they investigate, they find Jason naked with Mick's great-aunt, Babe Smith (Annette Badland). Les is unwilling to upset Pam on their anniversary, but eventually confesses, and the pair agree to have no more secrets. Danny Dyer as EastEnders' Mick Carter. Lee and Nancy Carter later learn that Mick and Linda are not actually married as they had previously thought. However, he has no idea of Stacey's past life, including the fact she was responsible for the murder of Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb), and believes she is called Jenny Smith. Lee advises her to fight back. At work, Lee gets a sale, but Oz says the old woman he convinced to change energy supplier will lose money and could die when she finds out. On New Year's Eve, Linda becomes unhealthily drunk and is even disorderly with Mick and Lee. She gets upset and Chris comforts her and does his best to reassure her. Now it appears that Frankie is the eldest at 29 or 30 years of age, and according to an EastEnders fan site Lee is 27 years old, and 28 next month - while this could be incorrect. View our. When Whitney seduces Lee, he suffers erectile dysfunction due to his depression, though Whitney comforts him. Published: 06:57 EST, 3 January 2014 | Updated: 07:10 EST, 3 January 2014. [24] In late April 2014, Hatchard took a short break from the soap, and returned in July. However, Jack Branning offers one of his flats on Albert Square at a reduced rate so Whitney is happy but Lee still knows he cannot afford it. EASTENDERS fans were shocked last summer when it was revealed Danny-Boy Hatchard, who plays Lee Carter, was being written out of the show. Under enormous pressure at home and work, struggling with debt and various other personal issues, Lee wrote a short note and. Mick meets Lee, who tells him that he is going to remain in Dover because he cannot stay in Walford. [107], Andrew "Buster" Briggs, played by Karl Howman, is the father of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), the sons of Shirley Carter (Linda Henry). Ghadami was nominated for Best Newcomer at the British Soap Awards in 2015 for his portrayal as Kush,[103] but lost out to Doctors' Jessica Regan, who plays Niamh Donoghue. [6], Kristian Kiehling was nominated for Best Bad Boy at the Inside Soap Awards in 2014 for his portrayal as Aleks. The character and casting were announced on 12 December 2013,[9] when West commented, "I am excited to be joining EastEnders for the first time. When there is no market inspector, the market turns to anarchy, upsetting Donna. After kissing Stacey a second time and regretting it, Kush finds out that Shabnam is five months pregnant with their child. After Donna and Fatboy clash when he is looking after the Beales' fruit and vegetable stall Pam encourages the two to make amends, with Donna offering an olive branch by helping Fatboy with his supplier receipts. It won't last much longer, As The Spy Who Came In From the Cold turns 60, a reassessment of John le Carr and the forces that shaped the writer and the man, From Tchaikovsky to Pankhurst, the quiet love stories of history's queer musicians. Lee advises her to fight back. After viewing the clip, Emma shows it to Lauren, who tells her that she went to the Beale household because she wanted a drink and wanted to see Lucy. FIVE years have passed since Danny Hatchard's official departure EastEnders. It's not clear when Mick's family may uncover the truth about who she really is and what happened to him. Les and Pam's grandson, Paul Coker (Jonny Labey), comes to stay in Walford with them after a two-year absence, despite animosity between him and Les as he believed he had found out Les and Claudette were having an affair before his departure. [60] However, she ends up doing so and at the hearing, Simon and the rest of Paul's killers plead guilty to killing Paul and to kidnapping Ben and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick). After Dean attacks his fiance Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Buster realises he is a rapist and disowns him. It's already so exciting to watch the chemistry between Roger and Lin on set, playing characters who have been together for so long, they know each other inside out. Cindy admits to Liam Butcher (James Forde) that she does not miss Beth while she is away with Ian and his wife Jane Beale (Laurie Brett), who Cindy lives with. ", "Danny-Boy is a dedicated actor and a popular cast member, and as part of the Carter family, no one should rule out a return.". Lee apologises to her, saying that she did not deserve the way he treated her. The next day, Lee reveals that he saw Lucy arguing with Billy Mitchell. Stacey tells Kush that he can be a part of Arthur's life, but Martin disagrees and breaks his friendship with Kush. I feel it got a little brushed off a bit. [64] Max realises that Bobby Beale (Eliot Carrington) killed Lucy and as Cameron arrests Max, Max attempts to reveal this information but Cameron dismisses it as an act of desperation. She made another guest appearance on 22 June 2017 and another on 5 February 2018. During his time on the show, cheeky-chappy Zammo's life spiralled out of control as. Lee pushes Oz, but later apologises, saying it will not happen again. The feud between Dean, Shirley and Mick continues, which begins to cause disruption for the other members of the Carter family. Aunts We met when I was 31 and I didn't want to jump straight into having kids.". [2] Nancy departed from the serial on 22 April 2016. Nancy joins everyone for a Mother's Day meal, but when she finds out Lee took her old job, they have another argument. Pam finds Les' tie at Claudette's house and they both give conflicting explanations to her. Lee later knocks himself unconscious while trying to eject Dean from the pub, so is carried upstairs by Mick and Whitney. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On New Year's Day 2016, the day of the wedding, Lee goes missing and Whitney and Mick find him drunk at the park. A bigger shock came when Mick learned Frankie's mother was Katy Lewis, his former care worker from when he was in care as a child. She becomes upset when DC Emma Summerhayes (Anna Acton) tells her that secrets always have a habit of revealing themselves. Upon discovering that she suffers from cystic fibrosis, Dean breaks down in Buster's arms. She told me to come straight to her with any questions. Abi denies doing so, but tells Lee that Whitney is planning to leave Walford. As she goes missing and ends up in hospital, Lee Carter (Danny-Boy Hatchard) returns to Walford, a long-running mental health storyline which saw him struggling with depression. Cindy's behaviour results in an enraged Ian throwing her out onto the streets. He however helps those in worse condition. [2] Hatchard's other credits include Aaron in the 2014 film We Still Kill the Old Way and Steven Pierce in the 20th anniversary production of Beautiful Thing. He subsequently visits and supports Dean throughout his time in prison, informing him when Stan dies and helps keep Dean's salon, Blades, afloat with Shirley. Yvonne Cotton , played by Pauline McLynn, made her first appearance on 12 May 2014. He returned for a brief stint between December 2019 and January 2020, before making another guest appearance in December that year. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. [35], It is revealed that Lee has lied about his job and he is working in a call centre and is the worst performer, and his boss realises (due to social media searching), he called in sick for his wedding, so docks his pay. They meet and Yvonne and Dot immediately clash, but later get on. Amy Nuttall caught cheating hubby when he bought sexy lingerie, Channel 4 axes reality TV show as broadcaster culls number of programmes, Tommy Fury seen with bandaged eye as he gets lunch with Molly-Mae & daughter, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. Their younger brother Johnny is thought to be 24 years old currently, and youngest sibling Ollie Carter is five years old. Born on 8th December 1992, Whitney first appears in EastEnders when she and her family; mother figure Bianca, half-sister Tiffany, and Bianca's sons Liam and Morgan are evicted by their landlord for failure to pay rent. Although Whitney praises Lee for getting the job, he walks away in misery. He then bumps into an equally drunk Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) and they end up having unprotected sex. When the Carters move to Albert Square, Lee is serving in the Army and speaks with his mother Linda using the internet. Pam asks Ben to help her clear out Paul's bedroom. She returned five years later in 2021. Jane states that her explanation of what happened caused Emma to hesitate on deciding whether to go to the police. She later goes to stay with her sister Mim Crabbe (Helen Cotterill), returning to find Les and Claudette together, with Claudette encouraging Les to tell Pam the truth. Ian and Jane plan to adopt Beth and Cindy initially agrees, but struggles to cope with the idea of her daughter becoming her sister and also worries that she will still be asked to look after Beth, so changes her mind. Babe gets the Carters into trouble with the law and when everyone turns against her, she reveals Lee's involvement in the robbery; resulting Johnny to become hostile to Lee. Ineta later abducts Roxy's infant nephew Matthew Mitchell-Cotton, who Aleks had been babysitting, and takes him to the hospital where his mother, Roxy's sister Ronnie (Samantha Womack), is in a coma and her husband, Matthew's father Charlie Cotton (Declan Bennett) is keeping a bedside vigil. '"[47] It was reported that her character would get on the wrong side of Bianca and Kat immediately, following their assumption she is from the council. Whitney attempts to contact him, to no avail, not knowing that Lee has called Mick requesting to see him. The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train that spilled toxic chemicals and led to a controlled burn of the substances in East Palestine, Ohio, has become one of the highest-profile and most politicized incidents of its kind in the United States in recent years. When Babe announces that she is struggling to take care of Sylvie and that she is going to put her into a care home, they arrange a leaving party for her and her and Stan reminisce, about how they used to love each other. Lee cries when he causes a paranoid Linda to jump. Kush pursues Denise again but she turns him down due to her friendship with Carmel. Of course some of the ages above may be slightly out, but it has been confirmed Frankie is older than Lee and her siblings. EASTENDERS' Lee Carter is set to make a very dramatic exit from the soap, by murdering his dad Mick, according to a Twitter post by Danny-Boy Hatchard. [8], Stan Carter, played by Timothy West, is the father of Shirley (Linda Henry) and Tina (Luisa Bradshaw-White), and the grandfather of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer), although Mick believes Stan to be his father. Tosh becomes paranoid that Tina is having an affair with Sonia when she helps her through body image issues, and she finds Sonia's watch in the flat. Later, when Phil turns up at The Queen Vic drunk and demands more drinks, Lee tries to escort him out but Phil, being the owner of the car lot, sacks him. Friedman initially signed up for a guest stint, with Elaine appearing from October to December 2014. Donna is confused when Claudette disappears, so Vincent says that Claudette left after an argument with Kim and is staying with her sister Cynthia, but Donna discovers this is a lie. The next day, Whitney decides to forgive Lee on the condition that he will never assault her again, therefore he should seek anger management therapy. Carmel then reveals to Kush that his father, Umar (Selva Rasalingam) has sold their house and she is homeless. Buoyed by Lee's advice, Whitney dresses up for New Year's Eve and Lee is proud of her and they agree to be friends. Eventually, Mick loses his temper, smashing a chair and throwing Lee and Nancy out of The Queen Vic. Of course some of the ages above may be slightly out, but it has been confirmed Frankie is older than Lee and her siblings. Lee and Whitney begin to argue over money and he blames Whitney for his financial difficulties. Kush storms off and goes into cardiac arrest in the middle of the market, and is diagnosed with Brugada Syndrome. [5] He returned temporarily in late 2019 for a short stint, and again in December 2020. Mick ejects Babe from the pub and tells her never to return, which delights Sylvie. The SurvivorsUK National Online Helpline for Male Survivors can be reached from 12pm 8pm every day via our website ( http://survivorsuk.org ). [26] In August 2017, Hatchard was longlisted for Best Exit at the Inside Soap Awards. 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