{"id":2154986,"date":"2025-11-13T21:24:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2154986"},"modified":"2025-11-13T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T21:24:11","slug":"pat-butcher-to-return-to-eastenders-in-dementia-episode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pat-butcher-to-return-to-eastenders-in-dementia-episode\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Butcher to return to EastEnders in dementia episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EastEnders favourite Pat Evans, formerly Pat Butcher, is to return to the BBC soap for a one-off episode over the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The character, played by Pam St Clement, was beloved by viewers for more than 25 years for her no-nonsense personality and memorable taste in earrings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pat died in 2012, but was later seen on-screen again with Dame Barbara Windsor, when she returned as a figment of the dying Peggy&#8217;s imagination in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">She will now similarly come back, acting alongside Paul Bradley, as Nigel, whose memories take him back to the 90s, as part of a storyline about his dementia next month.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">&#8216;Coming home&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I was both surprised and excited to be asked back to tread the streets of Walford once again and to be involved in Nigel&#8217;s touching dementia storyline,&#8221; St Clement, 83, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;It was lovely to be welcomed back by those with whom I had worked for so long. It was just like coming home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pat returns to help Nigel when his dementia symptoms intensify, following an emotional evening at his festive film screening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">St Clement first appeared in EastEnders in 1986 and was at the heart of the drama in Albert Square until her character&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>[BBC]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EastEnders executive producer Ben Wadey said: &#8220;It&#8217;s an honour and a privilege to welcome Pam St Clement back to EastEnders for a special episode in Nigel&#8217;s ongoing dementia storyline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Pat Evans is one of the most cherished and iconic characters to have graced the streets of Walford, and I know I speak on behalf of everyone when I say what a delight it was to see Pat and Pam back in The Queen Vic, as she helps Nigel in his time of need.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pat is one of a number of classic characters who have made a return to Walford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anita Dobson&#8217;s Queen Vic landlady Angie Watts made a surprise return to visit her daughter Sharon, as she drifted in and out of consciousness in the show&#8217;s 40th anniversary episode in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) and Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan) are back in the Square, while Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) made recent short-term comebacks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EastEnders favourite Pat Evans, formerly Pat Butcher, is to return to the BBC soap for a one-off episode over the Christmas period. 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