Martin’s father Arthur, played by Bill Treacher, appeared in the first scene of the first EastEnders episode in February 1985, which saw him break in to elderly neighbour Reg Cox’s house with Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) and Ali Osman (Nejdet Salih) where they found Reg unconscious in his chair.Early in Thursday’s live episode it was revealed that soap fans had voted for Denise to reunite with Jack, rather than choose to stay with her secret flame Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara).
Since they parted, the pair have given in to their passion a few times and also shared warm moments with their blended family, but Denise has also secretly been seeing former flame Ravi since a romantic encounter on Christmas Day.They had a complicated relationship due to Ravi’s troubled past and his earlier romance with her daughter Chelsea (Zaraah Abrahams).In another vote, EastEnders fans voted for Martin’s ex-wife, Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) to name her baby Julia.
As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations, EastEnders viewers were allowed to vote on key storylines for the first time.The first EastEnders live episode was broadcast on the 25th anniversary in 2010 and revealed Stacey had killed Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb).
The pair kissed before the rescue began, with Stacey telling him: “It’s going to be alright.”Martin, born in August 1995 in the first year the soap was broadcast, at first appeared to survive as the beam was lifted, but moments later went into cardiac arrest and paramedics were unable to save him.
She entered Jack’s home while a disappointed Ravi watched and kissed Jack after telling him: “I feel safe with you Jack, I want to feel safe.” When Jack asked about Ravi, Denise said: “Look it’s not like that, Ravi and me, it’d never go anywhere.
