Overview
- EastEnders confirmed the special episode will air in December with Pam St Clement reprising Pat Evans for a brief, one-off appearance.
- Pat returns to The Queen Vic within Nigel’s altered reality after his festive film screening as his symptoms intensify.
- The cameo follows Pat’s on-screen death in 2012 and a 2016 appearance as a vision in Peggy Mitchell’s farewell.
- St Clement said she was “surprised and excited” to be asked back and described filming as “just like coming home.”
- Producers say the storyline has been developed with Dementia UK to portray young-onset dementia sensitively and accurately.