Overview
- The BBC confirmed Pam St Clement has filmed a brief return as Pat Evans for an episode due to air in December on BBC One and iPlayer.
- Pat appears in The Queen Vic within Nigel Bates’s altered memories after an emotional festive film screening as his symptoms intensify.
- Producers describe the appearance as a memory or vision rather than a character revival, consistent with Pat’s on-screen death in 2012 and a 2016 vision cameo.
- EastEnders has worked with Dementia UK throughout Nigel’s storyline to support a sensitive and accurate portrayal of young-onset dementia.
- St Clement called the invitation “surprising” and “just like coming home,” while executive producer Ben Wadey hailed the cameo as a special moment in Nigel’s arc.