Sharon, Kathy and Shirley go to the hospital to find out that Phil discharged himself. Shortly afterwards, they learn that Peggy's mugging was organised by her enemy and Walford's newly installed crime kingpin: Johnny Allen (Billy Murray). Some time after, Phil tries to give Ian advice after Bobby violently assaults Jane, putting her in hospital. "[25] The storyline also sees Phil become more violent. Later, while Phil confronts Nick in his house, Ronnie goes into labour and on the way to the hospital, the wedding car crashes. Towards the end of September 2003, Dennis and Sharon are reunited with their father Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) who returns to the square after 14 years, when he had supposedly been shot dead on Dalton's orders. Carl is unfazed by Phil's threats for retribution and gloats that he has contacts inside prison who can harm Ben if Phil does anything to him. The pair are old friends, . He is rescued and Peggy leaves the next day, realising he is better off without her. Phil soon wants children with Sharon, but she reveals that she is infertile due to a botched abortion; Sharon later admits that the baby she aborted six years earlier was that of Grant. 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 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. 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. 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). 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. The pair then confront Chrissie in the pub, where Phil stops Grant from attacking her and Dennis, before Sharon intervenes on their behalf. 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. Phil is discharged from hospital and Sharon eventually discovers that Phil is the father of Denise's baby after overhearing a discussion between Shirley and Denise. 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. Dalton agrees to spare Kate, but tells Phil that he now owes him a favor. The hospital is located on Elwell Road. However, Sharon and Dennis soon learn the truth about Chrissie killing Den and they end up joining forces with the Mitchells to help Sam against Chrissie with Phil and Dennis putting their differences aside over their previous rivalry. How tall is Steve McFadden? Phil rescues Louise but the car explodes before he can help Steve, who dies in the inferno. Jack thinks he has killed Phil, but Phil later arrives at the pub and announces Jack's guilt. It's very ugly and disturbing. Phil is later reunited with a dying Peggy. This results in Ian being attacked by an unknown assailant. He confesses the truth to Shirley, who encourages him to tell Sharon. Sonia returned as a permanent character . Five months later, when Louise suffers burns from being pushed into lit candles by bullies Alexandra D'Costa (Sydney Craven) and Madison Drake (Seraphina Beh) at her prom party, Ben contacts his father. "[36] His first return in April 2005 was generally well-received, with media comments such as "the excellent, bug-eyed Steve McFadden proves nobody does psychotic thug better than him" and "McFadden's blistering performance on Tuesday defies that old clich of a soap being bigger than its stars". He pressures Phil into blaming Sharon for their affair and Grant forces her to leave Walford. He obliges and has Archie kidnapped, but lets him go after threatening him to stay away from Walford. The next day, Sharon tells Phil that Ronnie and Roxy have died in the hotel swimming pool which devastates Phil. 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. Phil begins a relationship with a divorced Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), but Nadia returns, needing Phil to prove he is her husband to prevent deportation. He comes close to telling Ian something, but is interrupted by Ben, who is shocked to see he is back. Early life[edit] 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 was introduced to the soap opera on 20 February 1990 and was followed by his brother Grant (Ross Kemp), sister Sam (Danniella Westbrook/Kim Medcalf) and mother Peggy (Jo Warne/Barbara Windsor). [37] Of the Mitchell brothers' highly publicised return in October 2005, a reporter from the Daily Mirror commented "Soapville must confess that we did get goosebumps and feel properly excited when we first saw the Mitchell Brothers back on the SquareAfter all, you associate them with the golden days of Enders". 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. When she discovers this, Lisa tells Kate that she is taking Louise. While he is recovering, he puts Ronnie in charge of his businesses. His plan come to fruition when Phil contacts Dan's former crime boss, Ritchie Stringer (Gareth Hunt), and together to pair conspire to incriminate Dan for the shooting; with Ritchie giving Dan the same gun that Lisa used to shoot Phil. The study reported that much group discussion centred on the Alcoholics Anonymous group scene, which was, for the most part, seen as an accurate depiction of an AA group therapy session. 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. Phil hands Max his pillow, insisting that he kills him, but Max shakes his hand and says that he forgives him. While trying to escape, Phil pulls out a gun and shoots at the dashboard, causing Grant to crash into the River Thames. 20 February 1990: Phil Mitchell arrives 22 February 1990: Grant Mitchell arrives 12 July 1990: Sam Mitchell arrives 30 April 1991: Peggy Mitchell arrives June 1991: Peggy Mitchell departs 4 July 1991: Ricky and Sam Butcher get married 26 December 1991: Grant and Sharon Mitchell get married 4 February 1993: Sam Butcher departs When Phil gets home, he finds that Shirley knows the truth about Heather's death. You can also catch up on BBC iPlayer now. Phil, unsure of whom to believe, begins investigating alongside Ben into who is the real father of Sharon's baby. The doctor gives Lisa consent to take Louise outside and Lisa tells Louise she has been discharged. In Tuesday's upcoming episode, the gangster, played by Steve McFadden, will get new . Realizing what he has lost, Phil gives up alcohol and attends Alcoholics Anonymous. It's not set to be a good end to the year for EastEnders ' Phil Mitchell as it's been revealed that he may end 2021 by going on the run. Phil prepares to kill Carl, but Carl implies that he caused harm to Shirley. By then, Phil's drinking worsens and he drives with Ian and Dennis in the car whilst intoxicated. This progressively helps Phil, up to the point where it manages to reveal the basis of his problem the physical abuse he received from his late father, Eric (George Russo)[6] because she was pregnant with their son Phil (Steve McFadden) when he was a boy, and his fear that he may abuse Ben. storyline captured viewer and media interest and the culprit-reveal episode was watched by 22 million viewers. In Friday's (September 10) episode, the race was on to find Scarlett. It soon transpires one of Phil's neighbours, Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood), is out for revenge against his family because he believes that Phil's father Eric had murdered his own father, Henry, many years earlier. On Steve and Mel's wedding night in March 2001, Phil is shot and collapses in a pool of blood. His solicitor, Ritchie Scott (Sian Webber), tells him that Ben could face a minimum of 10 years in prison. Die Serie wurde . He is also the older brother of Grant and Sam Mitchell, as well as being the father of Ben and Louise Mitchell, Raymond Dawkins and the adoptive father of Dennis Rickman Jr. "[18] Script writers were reportedly given private security after a writer's laptop was stolen in what was believed to be an attempt to gain the identity of the assailant. When Billy uses his job as Johnny's nightclub to discover CCTV footage of Chrissie confessing Den's murder to her boyfriend Jake Moon (Joel Beckett) and Johnny's henchman from an earlier night, Billy informs Phil who goes to confront Johnny without Grant's consent. Phil was gunned down outside his home in March 2001 in a "Dallas-style" whodunnit mystery. In addition, Phil's portrayal of a suffering alcoholic was also seen as realistic and a "typical portrayal of bottled-up masculinity". He momentarily subdues Dan and prepares to shoot him, but Mel after learning how Phil and Steve framed Dan for the shooting helps Dan by turning off the lights to distract Phil, which allows Dan to overpower him. One of the most notable and popular early storylines involving Phil was a love triangle between him, his brother and his brother's wife Sharon (played by Letitia Dean). The events saw Phil shot in a whodunit mystery, with the assailant eventually revealed to be his former girlfriend and Louise's mother Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin). There were mixed reviews for the highly publicised storyline (dubbed Get Johnny Week) involving the Mitchell brothers reunion in 2006. 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Phil warns Lisa not to mess up. Phil Mitchell's appearance shocks viewers on EastEnders. [32], The character of Phil is arguably one of the soap's most popular, particularly with female viewers, making him one of the soap's unlikeliest sex symbols. McFadden said: "I'm going to stick my mechanic's overalls in a locker while I take a look at a few other projects. This soon puts a strain on their relationship and by Christmas they have separated, resulting in Sharon returning to the United States. [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. 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. EastEnders has revealed new details about Phil Mitchell's shocking New Year story. 16 Nov 2021. 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. After the two are forced to work together to provide 200,000 for Mel's release, Phil plans to take Dan down during the exchange. One of the most culturally significant storylines featuring the character aired in 2001 and was dubbed "Who Shot Phil?". Contents 1 Background 2 Storylines Phil starts to track down by Ben, but is convinced by Jay and Sharon that Ben will return when he is ready. A teenage version of Phil, played by Daniel Delaney, appeared in a flashback episode broadcast on 5 September 2022, which focuses on the Mitchell family in the 1970s.[2]. Shirley finds out and believes he is doing it so she will stay quiet about his involvement in Heather's death. 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. He tells Sharon that he would provide for Raymond and Aaron and pay off debts if he accepted. 10 Sep 2021 EastEnders spoilers follow. Phil is devastated by her death, unable to make a eulogy for her funeral, especially when he reads the loving letter she left him. Phil then reveals this to be a lie in a mysterious phone call. 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. Despite the fact that Sharon was married to Grant, EastEnders writer Tony Jordan revealed in The Mitchells The Full Story that the love-triangle storyline had been planned since Phil and Grant's introduction, after the writers decided Sharon was perfect for them both. Kathy and Phil eventually sort out their differences, up to the point where they get married and Kathy later gives birth to their son Ben (Matthew Silver). Wanting Louise's address, he discovers that Peggy is back in London, so visits her. Phil later grows annoyed when Kate befriends Dennis, and ends up punching him upon learning that the two nearly had sex together. [12], Phil's disposition altered during the early 2000s when a darker more menacing side to his personality began to surface. Distracted, Phil crashes the car, and Dennis is badly injured. 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. In 2019, Phil is led to believe by Sharon that she is pregnant with his child. Furious at this, she and Louise flee to Portugal with Jamie reluctantly assisting her after growing uncomfortable with Phil's violent tendencies. Shirley initially accepts, but later changes her mind after discovering Phil's affair with Glenda; though she later forgives Phil for his infidelity, Shirley refuses to marry him. 2005 saw the highly anticipated screen return of both of the Mitchell brothers six years since they last appeared together. The doctor tells his family that he needs an urgent liver transplant and that if Phil continues to drink, he will be dead within 12 months. I own none of this all rights go to the BBC. Grant persuades Phil to attend Paul's funeral for Ben's sake, which he does. Sharon resumes her relationship with Phil and moves in with him. And it doesn't suit him". Kathy insists to Phil that he justifies his reasons to Ben about giving Jay the car lot land. After this, Sharon attempts to poison Ian but cannot go through with it. Phil tells Social Services it is his fault for being too relaxed with Lola, but then allows Lola to look after Lexi while he goes out. This prompts Phil to confront Ian once more, forcing him to object to the relationship instead. Twitter user E asked: "Raymond is 6, why . Phil eventually works out that Keanu is the father of Sharon's baby after he and Sharon tell identical stories regarding a hotel that they could only know if they were together. After going through Sharon's bag, Phil learns that Grant has a son, Mark Fowler (Ned Porteous), with Sharon's best friend Michelle Fowler (Susan Tully) as the mother following a one-night stand between them from 21 years previously. EastEnders ' Phil Mitchell will infuriate his ex-wife Sharon Watts next week, when he becomes embroiled in her baby drama. He then drunkenly trashes the Arches before commandeering a digger and demolishes the car lot. In June 2010, it was reported that Phil would develop an addiction to crack cocaine after his troubled personal life leads to depression. Picture: BBC 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. BBC EastEnders viewers spoke out after Denise roped Phil Mitchell into picking Raymond up from nursery. Phil and his brother Grant became popularly known as the Mitchell brothers in the British media, with Phil initially portrayed as the more level-headed of the two thugs. After Phil insults Shirley and makes hurtful remarks about the fling they had together, an enraged Shirley attempts to go for him, but Sharon stops her, and after a brief struggle, Phil is accidentally shot. SPOILER pictures show Phil Mitchell's fury over his arrest as he demands lawyer Gray Atkins releases him.Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) . 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. 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. Later, Ben tells Phil that he will donate part of his liver. EASTENDERS fans could see Phil Mitchell get his comeuppance and be locked up as Sharon Watts' guilt over Ian Beale could get the better of her. A week later, Phil returns home, battered and bruised. However, Phil soon takes his frustrations out of Jamie, who then dies after being struck by a car driven by Martin Fowler leaving Phil devastated. They later marry, but are oblivious to Shirley's bitterness up to the point where she attempts to persuade him to be with her, rather than Sharon, only hours before the wedding. Phil and Sharon find Louise's room empty and the doctor reassures them of Lisa and Louise's whereabouts, although they find Louise's belongings gone. Phil tells Sharon he wants to adopt Dennis. Synopsis. Later in 2020, after Sharon and Phil find out that Ian locked Dennis in a room during the boat crash, they plan their revenge on him. Phil and Aidan hide the stolen money in a coffin in Billy's funeral parlour. If y. 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. [19] The episode caused the third-largest power surge on record,[20] and the Liverpool and Barcelona UEFA Cup semi-final was postponed for 10 minutes to accommodate a special 40-minute edition of the soap.[21]. 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. They find Phil drunk at the pub, where he insults his family and hits Kathy. [50] Additionally, the show was criticised for turning the brothers into a comical farce by incorporating uncharacteristic humour into their dialect, which was described as "cringeworthy". After emotionally holding him, Phil leaves without him. When Ronnie discovers her gun was used after Shirley stole it, Ronnie asks Jay and Ben to dispose of it. They soon clash, however, when it becomes clear that Carl plans to usurp Phil as the square's reigning hardman. . He attacks Ian, who calls the police and Phil is arrested. Not even Phil knows who shot him. Ronnie vows to help Phil regain his sobriety and allows him to move in with her and Honey once he is discharged from hospital, but the drinking continues. Phil confronts Lisa, demanding contact. Phil and Kat later buy the launderette and convert the back of it into a taxi rank, as a legacy for both their children. Lisa is paranoid that Phil is having an affair and accuses Mel of being his other woman, which she is not, at that point. Ben secretly enacts revenge on Phil for this rejection, terrorising him with letters, implying he has evidence to incriminate Phil for past misdemeanours. Lola evades Phil, Billy and Sharon, until eventually they find her. Of particular note is an episode where Phil attends Alcoholics Anonymous (February 1997), an "alien and uncomfortable arena" where he was forced to talk about his condition, expose his vulnerability and reveal the basis of his problem the physical abuse he'd received from his father and his fear that he will do the same. Later, Phil is knocked unconscious when the exposed gas line explodes during the Walford in Bloom event but he is unharmed. At their engagement party, Sharon returns, begging for help, as she has left her fianc John Hewland (Jesse Birdsall) at the altar and he has her son, Dennis Rickman (Harry Hickles). The Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld 31 complaints from viewers, saying that the scenes were too strong for a programme shown before the 9pm watershed. Phil Mitchell first arrives in Walford in February 1990 to open an automobile repair shop, known as The Arches;[3] he is joined by his younger brother Grant (Ross Kemp). Lisa agrees until some of Phil's relatives, assuming she is the nanny, start talking about how unstable Louise's mother is. Producers worked closely with drug and alcohol charities, including Addaction and DrugScope. However, it is soon revealed that Grant is alive and he escapes to Brazil[4] though not before sending Phil and their mother Peggy (Barbara Windsor) the deeds for his half of The Queen Vic. When Phil has been sober for six months, he refuses to have the transplant, devastating his family, though Sharon supports his decision. Dennis is nearing 30 but Sharon had only discovered his existence in the spring of 2003 - he was the product of an affair between Sharon's adoptive father Den Watts (who had disappeared and supposedly died in 1989) and a younger woman called Paula Rickman, who dies just before Sharon finally manages to locate him. Whitney instead accidentally runs over Kat and drives off, after this Phil stays in hospital with Kat until she recovers. 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. Lisa decides that a baby will improve their relationship so stops taking contraceptive pills but Phil wants Lisa to leave him, not get pregnant, so he admits to Lisa that he and Mel slept together. Andy frequently organised fundraising . The jury find Max guilty and it emerges that Phil paid the foreman for this verdict. 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. In gratitude for Grant rescuing Ben, Phil tells Grant that Mark is his son. Phil and Jack become rivals when Phil tells Jack that he will be with Sharon by the end of the year, and Phil even proposes to Sharon, though she accepts Jack's proposal of marriage instead. On finding out Keanu is still alive, Phil goes to kill him himself. Aidan threatens Mick's livelihood and his family, and eventually, Phil is convinced to help Mick. He and Kathy reconcile when he attends counselling, until he begins an affair with fellow alcoholic Lorna Cartwright (Janet Dibley) who starts stalking him. Billy confronts Phil over his actions and ends up punching him. Phil helps her to rescue Dennis and they return with Phil to Walford. Shirley supports Phil through recovery. This Phil does by frogmarching Peters back to Dalton's nightclub, the "Imperial Room", and urging Dalton himself to let Kate go free. "[8] Steve McFadden, an actor who had worked extensively in television, was cast as Phil. However, after seemingly having a deal sorted with Mick, Phil is beaten to the sale by Sharon and Ian. 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