However, Phil's squabbling with Grant allows Johnny to capture them and Johnny orders Jake's brother Danny Moon (Jake Maskall) to kill the brothers. Although troubled by lapses in alcoholism due to numerous family upsets, Phil begins to settle into a relationship with Shirley particularly when she becomes a mother figure for Ben and Louise, who is staying with Phil while Lisa is away. But the child was born in 2017 - making him six. [46] Indeed, the character's violent behaviour evoked concern from viewers in October 2002. Phil is unable to give Ronnie away on her wedding day to Jack, so she and Roxy visit him in hospital. Picture: BBC After discovering Aidan has been tormenting Mick and his family, Phil punches Aidan and shows him evidence that he killed Luke which forces Aidan to leave Walford for good. It is revealed that Phil attacked Ian at Sharon's request. 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's top secret. [49] His violent tendencies have also been spoofed by the television series 2DTV. They tell social workers that they are engaged but Shirley threatens to tell the truth, so Phil tells them the engagement is over. In Tuesday's upcoming episode, the gangster, played by Steve McFadden, will get new . And it doesn't suit him". The jury find Max guilty and it emerges that Phil paid the foreman for this verdict. Following on from this, Phil tells Sharon they are over forever and begins a secret relationship with Kat. Phil is known for being the son of Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), and the brother of Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) and Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook). A scene in which Phil beat his godson Jamie was criticised for being too realistic by TV watchdogs. Currently, Sonia Jackson is a nurse there and Ash Kaur is a doctor. Phil lends Grant money to support him financially and Grant tells him to fight his liver condition. "[8] Ross Kemp got the role of Grant. McFadden temporarily left the series in late 2003, then returned in April 2005 for a brief appearance before making a permanent return in October 2005. He's really angry about it and feels the world is against him. However, she decides that she still loves Phil and wants to be with him. 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Phil confronts Sharon, letting her know he knows that her baby isn't his and that Keanu is the real father. In exchange for Sharon not telling the police about Bobby killing Lucy, Phil agrees with Ian that Ian will take the blame for causing the crash. Among other deeds, Ben sends Denise Fox (Diane Parish) evidence that Phil supplied the cut-and-shut car responsible for her ex-husband, Kevin Wicks' (Phil Daniels), death in 2008. After meeting with his accountant, Phil is angry and tells Shirley what he has discovered only for their conversation to turn to passion. However, it ends when Sharon's painkiller addiction puts Lexi in danger. They steal a large amount of money from Ronnie's sister, Roxy (Rita Simons), to buy a house together. Shirley confronts Carl about his actions, and she mysteriously disappears after this, though her friends believe she has gone to Greece as she had planned. After Ben's departure, Phil bonds with Dennis. The character made a shocking discovery last week as his ex-wife Honey. Months later, Ian summons Phil with a request; Kathy's rapist James Willmott-Brown (William Boyde) has returned to Walford. Before fleeing with the recording, Phil learns from Johnny that Ian is Chrissie's mystery buyer for the pub; he and Billy confront Ian, while Grant helps Sharon and Dennis look for Chrissie. [25] The report followed the news that Lucy Benjamin was to return for a single episode, reprising her role as Lisa, the mother of Phil's daughter Louise (Brittany Papple). 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 is taken to hospital when a liver is found and changes his mind about being alone at Christmas, and he does not change his mind after tests show that the liver is not suitable. Phil Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Steve McFadden. Phil later convinces Grant to help him confront Johnny at his new home in rural Essex, but he escapes and the brothers peruse home. She snatches Lexi from his house. At first, Phil is willing to go along with it and goes to confront Dennis at Sharon's nightclub, "Angie's Den", where he holds him at gunpoint. She is later hospitalized with a ruptured spleen, leaving Phil distraught though he later admits to Shirley that he arranged for the men to scare Sharon at the bar, but believed the bodyguards that he hired for her would have protected her and did not realize that she would be hurt. By then, Phil's drinking worsens and he drives with Ian and Dennis in the car whilst intoxicated. Phil decides he wants to spend Christmas alone and Sharon reluctantly agrees. Die Serie wurde . Phil vanishes again, and is next seen meeting with a long-thought dead Kathy in central London. [4] Phil begins sleeping rough, gambling, and blaming Kathy for his decline. He then learns from Ben that Lola has ended their relationship and has begun dating Ian's son Peter Beale (Ben Hardy). Their wedding initially appears successful, but it ends in disaster at the reception; Phil witnesses his cousin, Ronnie (Samantha Womack), discover that Archie her father had manipulated her into believing that her long-lost daughter Danielle Jones (Lauren Crace), whom she previously employed as her secretary, was dead. Intent on winning him back, Sharon kisses Phil but he ends things there. Ben finds a solicitor's letter of Phil's that mentions Raymond and after confronting Phil, Phil tells Ben that Raymond is his half-brother. Dalton agrees to spare Kate, but tells Phil that he now owes him a favor. After discovering that Grant had vengefully slept with Kathy, Phil went ballistic with a handgun causing the hijacked Vauxhall Astra they were driving to career at high speed into the River Thames, in an episode that was watched by 19.5million viewers. Nadia seduces and sleeps with a drunken Phil. Keanu escapes after surviving the accident and is last seen leaving his mother Karen and departing the tube station. Phil is told by Ian that Ben has died after a homophobic attack following a night out, however this turns out to be Paul, Ben's boyfriend. EastEnders viewers learned Billy Mitchell's real age on the BBC soap, and many were in disbelief over how old he was. When Phil confronts her about this, she tells Phil that he cannot see Lexi if he objects. This turns out to be false as Sharon is actually pregnant with Keanu's child, with whom she had an affair with in 2018, which was briefly resumed in 2019, which resulted in Sharon's pregnancy. He is rescued and Peggy leaves the next day, realising he is better off without her. The self-titled leader of the Square, Phil Mitchell, played by Steve . The storyline signifying the departure of Ross Kemp played heavily on the Mitchell brothers' fragile and damaged relationship. Louise confides in Phil about her guilt of leaving Lisa when she was ill and she rubbishes Phil's belief he is a bad father. Because of this, Phil captures and tortures Jack, planning to kill him, but is stopped by Ben and Keanu after realising that Jack is not the father. Sharon and Phil have sex but she stays with Grant, who is unaware of their betrayal. Ben and Jay are kidnapped by Paul's killers and he attempts to go after them, however when he collapses, Grant offers to help him get Ben and Jay back. [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. Ferguson had previously been a producer on ITV's The Bill which seemed to be challenging EastEnders in providing a realistic vision of modern life in London. [4] Phil is unsupportive when his girlfriend, Lisa, has a miscarriage and he starts domestically abusing her by getting her sacked from her job and insists she stays at home. Phil is held on remand in prison on suspicion of Stella's murder and Ben delights in the distress he causes his father. When Jay returns, Sharon allows him back into the Mitchell household, and when Phil is discharged and returns home, he eventually allows Jay to live there. Phil does not believe his friend, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), when she tells him that Suzy is conning him; he stays with Suzy until he discovers she has been forging her pregnancy in a bid to con money from him. [8] Phil can be very violent, but unlike Grant, he occasionally showed restraint when dealing with various enemies encountered exacting revenge over time, using mind games or getting others to do his dirty work, amongst other things. When Phil learns that Jake and Danny's cousin Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) has upset Roxy no sooner after she started working for him and the pair later got married, he retaliates by selling the pub to get one over Alfie. When Phil discovers that Johnny threatened Sharon with Dennis' life, he attempts to intimidate Dennis in attacking Johnny in retribution; Dennis refuses, but relents when Phil tells him that Johnny killed Andy and throttled Sharon. EastEnders cast 2023 The full present regular cast for EastEnders can be found below. While Phil has shown compassion to the women in his life, he frequently finds he is unable to give them the emotional security needed to sustain the relationship. [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. In 2021, Phil has been helping Sharon, Sharon wants to rekindle their relationship but Phil is unsure. After talking, it appears Keanu has talked Phil out of killing him but when Shirley cannot find Callum in the address Keanu has given, Phil snaps and prepares to kill Keanu. Aidan threatens Mick's livelihood and his family, and eventually, Phil is convinced to help Mick. No longer wanted by his family, Phil leaves and sleeps in a car. Among the many issues Phil has been used to cover is alcoholism and the consequences the condition has upon the sufferer's life. Kathy insists to Phil that he justifies his reasons to Ben about giving Jay the car lot land. It's his history". If y. While Grant also make amends with Sharon by making peace with Dennis as well, Phil begins a feud with Johnny over his issue with Peggy and the fact that he and Chrissie are having a partnership over the pub's ownership. Whilst still at the hospital, Phil is arrested for attempted murder and realising that Nick has framed him asks Sharon to help him prove his innocence. However, the case collapses after Grant returns to Walford and pays a witness to change his testimony and Phil is released. Lola regains full custody of Lexi, leaving Phil to feel lonely. No copyright infringement intendedNEWS Hello Everyone, I have just made a EastEnders4Life Twitter Account. Phil was gunned down outside his home in March 2001 in a "Dallas-style" whodunnit mystery. 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. Phil visits Ben in prison with Ian in the hope of persuading Ben to retract his confession but Ben refuses, insisting that he is doing the right thing as he needs to be punished. It quickly turns out Carl threatened Shirley to stay away from Walford or he would harm Phil's family. 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. Phil Mitchell faces a dangerous fate over a fire in his kitchen in EastEnders. [16] However the character finally received his comeuppance in one of EastEnders most highly anticipated storylines, dubbed "Who Shot Phil?". Shirley supports Phil through recovery. Phil now has many enemies: Lisa; Steve, who also knows about Mel and Phil's one night stand; Ian, who Phil bullies mercilessly; Mark, who wants to avenge Lisa; and Dan, who is back in Walford after many months away. However, on their wedding day, Phil is unhappy when Lisa reappears demanding access to Louise. Shirley finds out and believes he is doing it so she will stay quiet about his involvement in Heather's death. "[28][29], McFadden decided to lose weight for the storyline by going on a crash diet, saying that food would not be one of Phil's priorities. Later, Ben tells Phil that he will donate part of his liver. After a bumping into a 'pregnant' Abi, she lies to Ben that she lost the baby she never had. His solicitor, Ritchie Scott (Sian Webber), tells him that Ben could face a minimum of 10 years in prison. Phil hands Max his pillow, insisting that he kills him, but Max shakes his hand and says that he forgives him. He was also the presenter of the game show, Britain's Hardest. This prompts her to leave Walford for South Africa, letting it be known that an offer of reconciliation from Phil would make her reconsider. Realizing what he has lost, Phil gives up alcohol and attends Alcoholics Anonymous. [22] In July 2004, it was announced that McFadden had delayed his return. Phil finally gives up after Sharon colludes with Ritchie to take the family businesses from Phil. Phil's one of the most iconic characters in the EastEnders cast 2022 (Credit: BBC) Phil Mitchell, played by Steve McFadden. [45], Although popular with many, the character has also garnered much criticism over the years. Phil decides that he wants to take time away from Walford to recover from his transplant and he and Sharon decide to go to Italy. However, after seemingly having a deal sorted with Mick, Phil is beaten to the sale by Sharon and Ian. 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