It goes to show that, with fans still yearning for a reunion, Kat and her ‘man in the Moon’ have a chemistry like no other, and their Christmas wedding day (and race around London for a condom) remain fondly in the minds of their legions of fans.
Their wedding knees-up was so very Cockney and, even when they split, they managed to later have an affair which earned them some of EastEnders’ most stinging slaps from Peggy Mitchell.
EastEnders landed on our screens in 1985 to take a slice of the soap opera scene, taking inspiration from the community aspect of Coronation Street and the kitchen sink grittiness of Brookside (RIP).
Whether you watch or not, names like Ian Beale, Peggy Mitchell and Pat Butcher are ingrained in British culture, and say ‘you ain’t my muvva’ to anyone, and they will know exactly how to respond.
Who’d have thought when they heard that now iconic opening line from Den Watts that EastEnders would still be going strong four decades later?.
