Kamil's parents divorce, and Zainab marries Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti) soon afterwards. Later, Ronnie and Sam meet, and she gives Sam the money, telling her to take Richard back and leave. Sam insists that Ricky is Richard's father but Bianca orders a paternity test to be sure. The character has been portrayed by three actors: Note: Shots of Ronnie touching James's cold hand were reportedly edited out and the sound of Tommy crying was toned down. Ryan gets Lily out but Janine cannot open her door. He visits Dot after buying flowers from Walford market to take to his wife's grave. Executive producer Bryan Kirkwood told entertainment website Digital Spy, "I'm really excited about Kylie taking on the role of Jodie. Vanessa meets Harry and he says he will do anything to hurt Vanessa, even keeping Jodie from her despite no longer feeling anything for her. Kai Jackson, played by Shay Spencer, is the son of Alan Jackson (Howard Antony) and half brother of Billie Jackson (Devon Anderson). [83] An insider explained: "Carol doesn't really mean anything by it, but she makes a comment about Dot's relationship with Edward that really stings. Honey is shocked by Billy's actions and he picks her up and they go home. Several characters were tipped to be the father of the baby, while it is not yet clear if Lily will go through with her pregnancy, and if she will keep her baby. Sam fell pregnant in 2009 while she was in a relationship with Ricky Butcher but she was also having an affair with Jack Branning. In November, Kirkwood introduced Zainab's ex-husband, Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti). Wanting Ricky Jr to find out on her terms, Lily tells him about the pregnancy in today's episode, and also alerts him to the fact the police are involved. Connor also starts working for Phil at his garage and starts seeing Whitney behind Carol's back. Harvey returns to Walford to explain that he wants to carry on seeing them both, but if it can only be as friends then so be it. Something went wrong, please try again later. However, Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) tells Kat that it is a miracle that Tommy is alive, so Kat returns to the hospital to be interviewed, and they are reunited with Tommy. Jarvis said on his casting: "I'm absolutely thrilled to be a potential thorn between two roses working with two actresses I greatly admire and have had the pleasure of working with before. [59] Lily was absent on-screen from August 2019 to September 2020, as part of Turners maternity leave. Here's what is. She is also present at the wedding ceremony the next day where she meets her new nephew, Masood's youngest son Kamil (Arian Chikhlia), whose mother Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia) has flown out from Pakistan for the occasion. Kai appears alongside his mother, father and great grandmother Blossom Jackson (Mona Hammond) at Billie's wake. 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A week later, Martin marries Ruby without informing the children and the next week there is a confrontation and Lily hears Stacey mocking Ruby and even go for a night out not knowing their mother was assaulted after she got angry. Grace attends a bible class with Mercy, held by Lucas. Jack mentioned that Shirley had some photos of Ricky to show him and Ronnie asked him did he miss Ricky and Jack claimed that he didn't and that Ricky was happy and had a new family now. (d) denotes a duff duff. An EastEnders spokesperson responded, saying "Although some of Billie's friends or associates are from Balham we have never implied the area had a problem with gangs". She takes Mercy's friends, Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny) and Leon Small (Sam Attwater), to get their GCSE results and says she used to be a teacher. The businesswoman - who is played by actress Kim Medcalf in the BBC soap - ma Carmel and Kush admit Carmel called social services, enraging Stacey. Upset with the amount of litter around the streets, she urges Mercy and Fatboy to volunteer to pick it up. Mojekwu, who plays Mercy, was surprised at how long it took the programme to represent her community in the series, but congratulated them for doing so. 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The character's last appearance was on 30 September 2010. [22] A writer on website Balham People expanded on this, saying that the writers had not researched Balham properly. Scenes later in the week will see Ricky Jr questioned by the police, with Jack and Sam by his side for his support. The next morning, after everyone has left, Billie is found dead. When Stacey cheats on Martin with Max, Stacey leaves Walford with Lily, Arthur and her and Martin's daughter, Hope Fowler, in December 2017. She's a true Cockney sparrow and tells it like it is. Fatboy then says he has a plan for somewhere for them to live, and they move into a property on Albert Square. Sandy Gibson, played by Caroline Pegg[17] made her first appearance on 16 February 2010 and departed on 23 February 2010 . Jean and Lily who know she is innocent and treat differently and tries to find a way to stop her mother going to prison and prove a point but Ruby continues with the claim and Lily and her siblings are upset with their mother being locked up and Lily decides to trick Martin and Ruby into letting them stay with them for a while even though many problems occur while there including lily been caught with drugs at school and nearly getting sent to prison along with her siblings by Ruby. Could this of been the day? Ricky Jr will be questioned by the police in. When Faith returns home drunk, Grace slaps her telling her to leave. The son of Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Sam Mitchell (Kim Medcalf), Ricky Jr. (Frankie Day) has been forced into the background. They go to Jade's flat where she tells Denise that she prayed with Lucas and he baptised her, though initially she tried to resist and scratched Lucas. 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Very few details have been revealed by the BBC, and they have not shared much on the storyline. We've never worked together before so I am looking forward to getting stuck into our fantastic rollercoaster of a story. [2] In May 2015, Fatima visits after being contacted by her niece Shabnam Masood (Rakhee Thakrar) to find her a husband for an arranged marriage, frustrated at her boyfriend Kush Kazemi's (Davood Ghadami) inability to commit. Ricky Jr seems to be at the top of the list in regards to viewers' theories on who the dad of Lily's baby is. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. Greg Jessop is the fianc of Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner), making his first appearance on 1 October 2010. As Jack tells Stacey to "talk sense" into Lily, Stacey refuses and says an abortion is off the table as it isn't what Lily wants. Although Kat struggles to bond with Tommy at first and refuses to say his name, she soon adjusts and she and Alfie have Tommy christened; his godparents are Jean and Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). However, Billy soon contacts Julie again, and she helps him sell stock on his market stall. [70] The character is also described as a "cockney geezer bird [who] is more at home down the pub with the boys but underneath her robust layer, there's a little girl abandoned by her mum wanting to be loved. Peggy buys tickets of her own and Pat and Peggy both turn up at the theatre together, and Harvey's face drops when he sees them both. Frank|Freddie Mercury|Freida|Genghis|Gilbert|Gloria|Gumbo|Heathcliff|Hercules|Joey|Joey|Lady Di|Lionel|Lovebirds|Mandoo|Marge|Marge (II)|Marilyn|Musty|Neville| Lily and Arthur are placed in Carmel's care until social services have investigated. Although he gave no details of the plot, he said that when he was offered the chance to return to the show to reprise his role as Alfie, he was informed of the storyline, which would be ongoing for "the best part of a year or maybe two years. Sam tells Stacey that they have rights over the decision too. Ronnie's attempts to explain that the baby is Tommy are all misunderstood and Kat demands that the baby be taken away from her. Connor then gives it back to Whitney to look after but Bianca finds it and dumps it down a drain. Jack then tries to manipulate Lily into changing her mind by scaring her about the prospects of parenthood. Yusef arrives in Walford and immediately makes a strong enemy in Zainab's husband Masood Ahmed (Nitin Ganatra) and continues to enrage him, leading Masood to kidnap Yusef, but Yusef gets his payback by turning Masood's family against him. Grace and Mercy say goodbye to each other but as Mercy's taxi drives off, Fatboy stops it and asks Mercy to marry him. The character left EastEnders on 12 August 2011, after Tanya's affair with Max was revealed by Max's fiance Vanessa Gold (Ze Lucker). She decides to kidnap Lily and go to France to get Stacey out of their lives. Several months later, she is sentenced to 15 years in prison. [43] Vanessa was introduced as a love-interest for local car salesman Max, intended to facilitate a reunion between Max and his former wife Tanya (Jo Joyner). His mum, Sam, is back in town and he . Lily struggles to come to terms with Stacey being in hospital, but Martin's daughter, Bex Fowler (Jasmine Armfield), helps explain things to Lily. In November 2015, Honey and Will (now Freddie Phillips) return from Canada and Billy and Honey decide to give their relationship another go. Despite insisting that Ricky is the father of her baby both potential fathers Ricky and Jack and their partners Bianca and Ronnie go to the hospital. Anu Hasan took over the role for Fatima's return from 15 May 2015.[1]. EastEnders viewers remembered a handful of scenes a couple of months ago that revealed the likely father of pregnant 12-year-old Lily Slater's baby. Ricky Jr Eastenders Parents:-Ricky Jr Eastenders is a Fictional character Eastenders, who is known as the Son of Sam Mitchell ( Mother ) and Jack Branning ( Father). Supportive, understanding, calm and reasoned, she's the loving mother the Masood kids never had!"[3]. Harry attempts to contact Vanessa but she continues to ignore him as it is Billie Jackson's (Devon Anderson) funeral. Lily is also 12, having been born in June of that same year. [63] Two years later, Ricky was recast to Frankie Day, who made his debut in the episode broadcast on 13 August 2018.[64]. However, when she discovers Mercy has been serving drinks in Alfie Moon's (Shane Richie) illegal den, she berates her granddaughter and says Fatboy has corrupted her. He asks Liam Butcher (James Forde) and his younger half-brother, Morgan (Devon Higgs) if he knows Max. Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. Julie says she does not want to testify against Henry, and leaves when Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) return home. Martin keeps Lily, Arthur and Hope inside, away from Stacey, though he and Stacey support each other briefly when Lily holds Hope by the upstairs window, asking for Stacey. Following a public brawl with Kat and Phil's ex-wife Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), Phil kicks Sam out and Jack offers her accommodation in one of his flats so she does not have to leave Ricky again. Honey then refuses to let her daughter be named Janet, as she does not visualise her daughter's future that way. Two days later Grace worries when Fatboy does not come home, and finds he stayed with Dot. EastEnders Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. 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[90] On 25 November 2018, it was announced Tommy and his half-brothers, Bert and Ernie Moon, would be returning to EastEnders. He takes her to a secluded spot and tells her that drinking and throwing herself at men is wrong and that her soul is lost. He stated that it was an honour to work alongside Wallace and Richie, and thanked the producers of the soap for having him on the soap. He confides in Sam, who relays her knowledge of Lily being pregnant with Ricky's baby to Jack. But the character of Ricky has been played by the same actor, Frankie Day, since 2018, who took over the part of the youngster from Henri Charles, who played Ricky for two years. At the reception, Stacey sees Julie wearing her shoes and confronts her, and Roxy empties Julie's bag looking for the money, revealing Julie has filled it with food. On the BBC One soap last night, businessman and detective Jack Branning met with fellow police officer Callum Highway and his husband Ben Mitchell. The next day, Connor arrives looking for Billie, and reveals that Kylie has been arrested. But fans now know exactly who the father is - and they think there was a clue all along, recalling some scenes from a couple of months ago. Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage, The Mandalorian's Pedro Pascal on season 3, Neighbours announces seven more returning cast. Mercy originally appears in the Internet spin-off series EastEnders: E20 as one of the main characters, alongside Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny), Leon Small (Sam Attwater) and Fatboy (Ricky Norwood), between 8 and 25 January 2010, however, she was the only character from the spin-off to not feature in EastEnders. Honey remains determined, but decides to leave Janet with Billy, when she realises how well she is doing. During this time Kamil bonds with his uncle AJ Ahmed (Phaldut Sharma), and then later leaves again in September and goes back to Pakistan. 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