When Phil finds out that Ronnie has stolen money from him to bribe their enemy Nick Cotton (John Altman) to leave before her wedding, they argue. In November 2005 the character was blamed for turning children into playground bullies by Dr. Sally Henry, who claimed that impressionable children look to male soap characters as role models and subsequently copy their violent behaviour. EastEnders actor Steve McFadden has become one of the show's most well-known stars for playing Albert Square resident Phil Mitchell.. Despite the circumstances over Sam's ordeal, the Mitchells still celebrate Chrissie's imprisonment when Sharon announces that she forged a contract that Ian had signed thereby meaning that Ian does not officially own the pub, and thus the Mitchells are the true owners of The Queen Vic once more. As Jake flees to alert Chrissie of the situation, Johnny holds Phil and Grant at gunpoint to reclaim the recording but relents in letting them escape when his daughter Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) walks in on the incident. As time goes on, however, Phil becomes depressed and turns to alcohol which causes him to develop an addiction. Louise is in agony without her medication and Lisa prevents Louise from using the phone by cutting the cord. He collapses and is taken to hospital, where they discover he has several broken bones from two days before. During the investigation, Phil clashes with Janine as they both plan to retake various properties from the square. Phil later finds this out and wants revenge on Callum. [15] In an interview with The Guardian McFadden commented on his alter ego's descent into villainy "Phil's been had over by a lot of people, so now he feels like he can do it back. Phil confronts Lisa, demanding contact. Their conflict leads to Phil abducting Vincent's daughter Pearl, with the two threatening to shoot each other up to the point where Vincent attempts to strangle Phil to death, before later sorting out their differences when his friend Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) gets accidentally killed. Blaming himself for Ben's actions, Phil makes the murder look like a burglary, spurns a grieving Shirley, allows his neighbors and family to become murder suspects, and bullies Ian into keeping quiet after Ben confesses to him. When Phil refuses to do so, Lisa plans to shoot him again until she backs down. His bullying of Ian Beale is often done as a means of deriving pleasure. [4] Phil undergoes surgery, which stirs remorse in Grant. After discovering this, Phil helps Ronnie cover up the murder only for Sharon to investigate the pair upon learning of Carl's death. However, Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald) tells Phil that she thinks her father, Max, killed Lucy, so Phil punches Max and hopes Ben will be released. The fight spills into the cabin and the wheel of the boat is knocked, steering it into a port in the River Thames causing the boat to crash and sink. This prompts Phil to finally reveal the true circumstances of how Dennis died on New Year's Eve 2005, explaining how he is the reason Dennis attacked Johnny, prior to the latter having him killed. At the hospital, Phil demands to see his son, but Sharon gets him and Denise to talk calmly. Phil is stunned when a badly injured Louise is found in the wreckage, and with her pleas he decides to finally give up the booze. [4] Steve is the prime suspect and is arrested, but Phil knowing Steve is innocent confronts the real culprit, Lisa, weeks later after he is discharged from hospital. [46] Indeed, the character's violent behaviour evoked concern from viewers in October 2002. Phil vanishes again, and is next seen meeting with a long-thought dead Kathy in central London. EastEnders spoilers follow. In Tuesday's upcoming episode, the gangster, played by Steve McFadden, will get new . storyline captured viewer and media interest and the culprit-reveal episode was watched by 22 million viewers. Intent on winning him back, Sharon kisses Phil but he ends things there. It is at this point where Sharon's adoptive brother, Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman), arrives in Walford. In gratitude for Grant rescuing Ben, Phil tells Grant that Mark is his son. The police, Phil and Sharon discuss Lisa being traced through her cash withdrawals in Castle Point and that she has a mental health team. It says that unless problems are worked through (the female method), they will be repeated generation after generation". It was criticised as "patchy" and "awkwardly writtenunveiling a common weakness in the EastEnders camp, that character continuity can often fall by the wayside when you are dealing with larger characters". Phil helps her to rescue Dennis and they return with Phil to Walford. Sharon resumes her relationship with Phil and moves in with him. This was done to assure the chosen actors who would work together had a strong rapport and physical resemblance. Phil advises against it but Ben is adamant, however, Ben's psychiatric test results mean that it is unlikely he will be able to. While Dennis is being attended to, a doctor tells Phil that his scans showed he has cirrhosis of the liver, a disease garnered from his alcoholism. This causes some of Phil's neighbors to suspect that he has murdered Lisa.[4]. After blackmailing Billy into telling him that Mel slept with Phil before she married Steve on the night of the shooting, Dan kidnaps Mel and alerts both Phil and Steve about this threatening to kill her unless they pay him 200,000. Phil re-evaluates his life following his near-death experience and proposes to Shirley. By Lauren Williams 09:33, Tue, Aug 24, 2021 . Phil decides he wants to spend Christmas alone and Sharon reluctantly agrees. [12], Phil's disposition altered during the early 2000s when a darker more menacing side to his personality began to surface. Phil agonies over the loss of his son.[4]. EastEnders cast 2023 The full present regular cast for EastEnders can be found below. Storylines featuring the Mitchell family dominated the soap opera throughout the 1990s, with Phil serving as one of the show's central characters and protagonist villains since the 1990s. Weeks later, the police find Phil's blood in the house that belonged to Gavin's sister Margaret Midhurst (Jan Harvey). Phil is rescued, but Grant isn't found and is presumed dead. Phil and Dan's friendship soon ends after Dan tells the police about a motor scam Phil was involved in and Phil cons Dan into signing the pub over to Peggy. Jay attempts to confront Phil about why he is receiving the car lot and Phil admits he killed his biological father, Jase Dyer, who died in the car lot fire when Phil torched it 23 years previously in an insurance scam. Keanu plans to use this money to flee the country with Sharon, their baby and Dennis. By then, Phil's drinking worsens and he drives with Ian and Dennis in the car whilst intoxicated. Together, they buy 10 Turpin Road and convert it into a new bar, which Sharon names "The Albert". Distracted, Phil crashes the car, and Dennis is badly injured. Martin Fowler was born in this hospital and Andy O'Brien worked there. When Phil offers Sharon an increase of her salary, and a 19% stake in club, Jack is not pleased and punches Phil, who falls into the vehicle pit in the garage. He then drunkenly trashes the Arches before commandeering a digger and demolishes the car lot. Phil shouts at a struggling Lisa as Louise deteriorates and Lisa and Louise go to hospital together. Carl leaves, and Phil pleads with Shirley to return to Walford. Initially, Phil was calmer than Grant but both brothers had a sense of physical danger, displaying stereotypical masculinity, thuggish behaviour and a tendency to resolve problems through violence. [26] In the storyline, Phil gains custody of Louise after she is dropped off in Walford by an unseen person, however, Peggy eventually returns Louise to Lisa after Phil punches his mother in the face. He later researches cirrhosis online at home and when he finds out that Dennis is recovering, decides to give up drinking and rushes to the hospital to tell Sharon that he will always stand by her. Later in 2019, Phil is told by Lisa that he is not the father of Sharon's baby. Ian, however, is horrified by Ben's behaviour, and tells the police that Ben is lying; however, Ben thinks Shirley's best friend, Heather Trott (Cheryl Fergison), is responsible. He then forms a relationship with local beautician Suzy Branning (Maggie O'Neill) in an attempt to move on from Stella, and the two end up getting engaged with each other after she falsely claims to be pregnant with his child. When Peggy learns the extent of Archie's deceit, she ends their marriage by ordering Phil to throw him out of the pub shortly before the family learn that Danielle has died after being fatally struck by a car driven by Frank's daughter Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks). Sharon and Louise ask Phil to give Lisa a chance. When she eventually confronts Phil about this, he confines to Sharon about how Ronnie killed Carl to protect their family against his threats. The repercussions of Phil's betrayal contributed to many subsequent storylines involving the Mitchell brothers during the 1990s. Phil comes to believe that the father is in fact Jack. Will Phil do something he cannot come back from? Trouble stirs, however, when Phil ends up getting distant from both his children in 2010: Ben is sent to a juvenile offenders' unit for attacking his friend Jordan Johnson (Michael-Joel David Stuart), which sparks a clash between Jordan's father Lucas (Don Gilet) and Phil himself in the process, and Louise returns to her mother before the pair disappear under Lisa's guise that Phil can have contact at any time. Eventually, Phil feels guilty about the crash and drinks alcohol again. Their arrival heralded a new era for the soap, which aptly coincided with the beginning of a new decade EastEnders during the 1980s having been very much dominated by the hugely popular Watts family.[10]. Ben, who has been blackmailing Martin Fowler, agrees to destroy evidence for him if he kills Keanu for the Mitchells, Martin agrees and Louise helps set Keanu up. At the start of 2014, Phil learns that Carl has entrapped Ronnie into having a relationship with him though she quickly ends it upon discovering his actions against the Mitchells. Phil finally gives up after Sharon colludes with Ritchie to take the family businesses from Phil. Though Phil is entrusted by his mother to protect Grant's share of The Queen Vic, he ends up selling it to his business partner Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass) for 5 to spite Peggy due to her favouritism towards Grant. "[26] Phil also loses his son Ben (Charlie Jones), who makes a temporary departure from the show in order for the part to be recast. At first Phil attempts to negotiate with Johnny to no avail, but they end up fighting when Grant intervenes punching Jake and helping Phil batter Johnny to steal the recording. However, Ian survived the attack. Days later, he coughs up blood and is taken to hospital. Jay has a visit from his police public protection officer, who says Jay will have to move out as Louise is underage. Phil returns 18 months later, needing more money. She knows how much he fought for custody, for contact and how important it was for him to see his children. He has played the role of Phil Mitchell since 1990 when he arrived in Walford with brother Grant (Ross Kemp) and mum . Following Danielle's funeral, Peggy asks Phil to kill Archie so they could get justice for Danielle and Ronnie. Upon arriving at the square, Phil and Grant notice Peggy being mugged and end up rescuing her. Shortly before the events of Dan's trial and Mel's kidnapping, Sharon returns to the square; she reconciles with Phil and they run The Queen Vic together. Just before Christmas 2003, Phil escapes from prison and confronts Den; they fight until Den gives him 200,000 to survive 'on the run', and Phil punches Dennis in revenge for their earlier differences. However, Martin cannot go through with it so he and Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) help Keanu fake his death and escape abroad with a new identity. [5] Kathy agrees to marry Phil in 1994, despite discovering that he torched a vehicle in a car lot owned by Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) to secure an insurance scam, accidentally killing a homeless boy trapped inside. Phil tells Kathy of Luke's identity and he warns Luke to stay away from Ben, which backfires as Luke tells Ben about Phil's threat. Phil and Aidan hide the stolen money in a coffin in Billy's funeral parlour. Dan later seeks revenge on Phil and Steve. Sonia Fowler (also Jackson) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Natalie Cassidy.Her first appearance was on 2 December 1993 and she departed on 2 February 2007. After arguing for a while, Kat tries to talk Phil round, until suddenly Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) attempts to run over Ben as she falsely believes he is responsible for the death of her fianc Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami). EastEnders airs Mondays at 8.05pm, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.35pm and Fridays at 8.30pm on BBC One - see our TV Guide for full listings. He's really angry about it and feels the world is against him. Louise wakes up and Lisa lies to her that she and Phil agreed for her to be away from the square, while Phil and Sharon question Lisa's capabilities. In addition, Phil's portrayal of a suffering alcoholic was also seen as realistic and a "typical portrayal of bottled-up masculinity". Phil is angry as the doctor explains how Louise is at a crucial stage in her recovery and the police tell Phil and Sharon what they are doing. No money is being made from this & no copyright infringement intended. He then learns from Ben that Lola has ended their relationship and has begun dating Ian's son Peter Beale (Ben Hardy). This results in a fight on the deck of the boat, in which the captain is knocked out. Unbeknownst to Phil, Denise discovers she is five months pregnant by him as a result of a one-night stand they had. Phil later convinces Grant to help him confront Johnny at his new home in rural Essex, but he escapes and the brothers peruse home. [3] She moves in with him while she is investigated. Closing up one night after an event, two men break in and vandalize the bar, and when Sharon attempts to defend herself alone, she is severely beaten and left for dead. Later on, Phil learns that Dennis has previously been involved in Dalton's criminal organization The Firm. With their history, you know that this storyline is going to be an explosive episode in the Mitchells' history. Depressed, Phil embarks on a sexual relationship with drug addict Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks) and begins to use crack cocaine developing an addiction. Ben also loses his hearing after hitting his head in the crash. But before Danny can execute Grant, Jake arrives and shoots Danny accidentally killing him, as Jake meant to merely stop his brother by shooting him in the arm or leg. The police believe that Lisa is dead, and at one stage a body is found which the police fear may be that of Lisa. Phil visits Willmott-Brown at his house and warns him to stay away from Kathy. Wanting Louise's address, he discovers that Peggy is back in London, so visits her. [47], A certain level of criticism was aimed at the character due to the stark personality change he underwent circa 2000. Keanu is a close associate of Phil and his business, Keanu is also engaged to Louise, who is also pregnant with Keanu's baby. After being unsure Ben and Callum eventually marry without Phil present, however, Phil later confronts Callum on the square after the wedding about his involvement with the police's plan to take down Phil. In early 2001, Lisa leaves, keeping quiet about her pregnancy, so when Mark Fowler (Todd Carty) suggests they tell people that the baby is his, Lisa agrees. This change was perhaps a consequence of Grant's departure, who up until this point had always been depicted as the more selfish, thuggish and nastier of the two. It's very ugly and disturbing. Phil Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden. Unfortunately, after Dennis batters Johnny at the stroke of the New Year, Johnny arranges for him to be stabbed and Dennis dies in Sharon's arms leaving her devastated, while Phil becomes ridden with guilt for Dennis' death and vows revenge against Johnny. [] He's hit his kids and his mum, so yes, [worse violence is] something he's capable of. EASTENDERS' Keanu Taylor could be set to return to Albert Square with baby Peggy when Phil Mitchell receives devastating news about daughter Louise Mitchell. [3] Sharon and Grant's reconciliation is brief, and amidst more rowing and physical violence, Grant is arrested and imprisoned. Writer Jacquetta May, who once played Rachel Kominski in the show, evaluated the episode in an article about social realism, education and the moral messages within EastEnders storylines, commenting: "The episode blames his destructiveness on the 'male' response to self-hate: violence. Jack is arrested but Phil does not press charges after Sharon convinces him for her and Lexi's sake. The episode in which Phil betrayed his brother with Sharon occurred in September 1992 in one of the soap's notorious three-handers. When Phil expresses his wish to adopt Dennis, Sharon tells him the truth about his son. EastEnders spoilers: Furious Phil Mitchell demands Gray Atkins sets him free after being arrested. As Christmas approaches in December 2009, Phil and Peggy are horrified to learn that Archie has extorted the pub from them after he formed a relationship with Janine and the two conspired to have Ian collaborate with them particularly when Phil gave Ian a loan and gets beaten up as a result of not being able to pay it back. Lisa plans to take Louise, going to Liverpool Street station. All rights for this video go to BBC Studios. Phil gains entry to their room and Lisa hits Phil over the head with a phone. Sharon agrees to help Phil fight for his son. He regrets it, denying it to Kathy so Grant threatens to kill her to make her leave but Phil later bribes her into agreeing to a divorce. Phil is held on remand in prison on suspicion of Stella's murder and Ben delights in the distress he causes his father. Various key characters were in the frame for the deed and viewers were left guessing for weeks as to which of them was the real culprit. Phil and Aidan try to find the money, unaware that Sharon stole it but was forced to return it to its rightful owner, Aidan's former wife, Ciara Maguire (Denise McCormack). Ben calls Phil to bring the money to pay off Keanu. Jay is charged with perverting the course of justice and Phil orders him to change his statement so Ben will not go to prison, but Jay refuses and Phil disowns him but does manage to convince Roxy to lie in her statement. Phil Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden. 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