Inside EastEnders’ boozy Christmas party as Patsy Palmer DJs for cast ahead of BBC soap’s dramatic festive specials
THE EastEnders cast unwound with a boozy Christmas party – ahead of the BBC soap’s dramatic festive episodes.
Amid Albert Square’s residents facing worries and woes, their real life counterparts came together for a fun celebration.
Show legend Patsy Palmer – aka Bianca Jackson – served as DJ for the special occasion.
In attendance were the likes of Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale) and Roland Manookian (Teddy Mictchell), among others.
As for Patsy, who first played Bianca in 1993, her most recent stint in EastEnders began earlier this year.
Bianca returned for adoptive daughter Whitney’s (Shona McGarty) planned wedding to Zack Hudson (James Farrar).
Viewers were delighted when she briefly reunited with dad David Wicks (Michael French) a few months ago.
Elsewhere, she clashed with Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), her sister Sonia’s (Natalie Cassidy) fiancé.
Bianca – who never took to Reiss – has accurately suspected he murdered his comatose wife Debbie.
Meanwhile, Sonia has been instead locked up in prison for the crime.
Bianca’s suspicion led Reiss taking her hostage and locking the iconic character up – with little known about her fate at this point.
Although Patsy has been filming for the BBC soap lately, she jetted home to LA after the Christmas party.
The actress and her family moved Stateside back in 2014 – with Patsy working as a DJ.
It comes as EastEnders viewers are set for explosive upcoming scenes.
This year’s Christmas special is set to see the affair between Cindy Beale and Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) finally revealed.
EastEnders Christmas and New Year schedule
Monday December 23 – 6am iPlayer & 7:30pm BBC One
Tuesday December 24 – 6am iPlayer & 7:45pm BBC One
Christmas Day – 7:30pm & 10:35pm BBC One & iPlayer
Boxing Day – 8:30pm BBC One & iPlayer
Monday December 30 – 6am iPlayer & 7:30pm BBC One
Tuesday December 31 – 6am iPlayer & 7:30pm BBC One
New Year’s Day – 10pm BBC One & iPlayer
Thursday January 2 – 6am iPlayer & 7:30pm BBC One
How will the Knight and Beale families react when they find out Cindy and Junior’s secret?
Meanwhile, villain Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) is determined to enact revenge on former wife Suki (Balvinder Sopal).
Will Nish succeed in destroying Suki’s upcoming wedding to Eve Unwin (Heather Peace)?
EastEnders continues on BBC One and iPlayer.