EastEnders cast enjoy wild Christmas bash with Bianca Jackson star Patsy Palmer as DJ
The cast of EastEnders let their hair down in style ahead of the soap's two festive specials on Christmas Day, which look set to be explosive
The EastEnders gang enjoyed a boozy Christmas bash ahead of the soap’s bombshell festive specials.
Viewers can’t wait for a double helping of Albert Square on Christmas Day in which Cindy Beale’s affair with Junior Knight will finally be exposed.
The cast and crew of the BBC soap have been working hard all year to give us some seriously juicy storylines and deservedly let their hair down before Christmas – and they did so in style!
Bianca Jackson star, Patsy Palmer, was DJ for the night at the swanky bash in London, which was attended by cast members, including Louisa Lytton (Ruby Allen), Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale), Colin Salmon (George Knight), Roland Manookian (Teddy Mitchell), and Tameka Empson (Kim Fox).
The cast of EastEnders let their hair down in style (
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Patsy Palmer posed with Michelle Collins (
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In snaps from the festive treat, the gang could be seen whirling around a chequered dancefloor, surrounded by disco balls as they partied up a storm before Christmas.
Patsy, who looked like she was having a great time behind the decks at the bash, posed with co-stars, including Colin and Michelle as they made the most of their free time away from Walford.
Patsy first played Bianca Jackson in 1993. Her most recent stint in EastEnders began earlier this year when she returned for adoptive daughter Whitney’s (Shona McGarty) planned wedding to Zack Hudson (James Farrar).
However, although the actress has been filming for the BBC soap lately, she jetted home to L.A after the Christmas party. The actress and her family moved Stateside back in 2014 – with Patsy working as a DJ.
The chequered dancefloor was surrounded by disco balls (
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Colin Salmon with co-star, Patsy (
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Also at the bash was Cindy Beale star, Michelle Collins. After a 25-year hiatus from the soap in which Cindy was presumed dead, the scheming minx made a bombshell return, much to fans’ delight.
Michelle spoke to the Mirror about what fans can expect on Christmas Day when Cindy’s affair with Junior is finally revealed.
It had been teased Cindy’s comeuppance was on the cards, after she unintentionally spilled all on cheating on Ian with Junior, the son of her ex-husband George Knight, to David Wicks. Her confession was recorded after Freddie Slater had left his audio equipment running, and soon enough it made its way onto a USB.
On what fans can expect from the two-parter, which kicks off at 7.30 on Christmas Day, Michelle shared: “We filmed this in October, November, and the Square looked incredible. There was something so romantic and nostalgic about it, so beautiful given what was gonna happen. There’s something very special about filming Christmas in Albert Square.
The actress was having a ball with Louisa Lytton (
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She was the D.J at the bash! (
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“It’s fantastic to be involved in the Christmas storyline and I want to say thank you to Simon Ashdown for writing those episodes, they’ve been incredible. I’m really proud to be in the Christmas episodes.
“Also what EastEnders do so well so, there’s so much else going on so even though there is darkness, there’s humour as well that I think it really needed. It’s never a normal Christmas on EastEnders is it.”
Spilling on fans are going to make of Cindy after the festive special, she teased: “She’s very unpredictable, you never know what she’s going to be doing next thanks to Simon Ashdown [EastEnders writer]. She’s a joy to play. People love to hate her. I don’t know, after this maybe they’ll just hate her and want her gone.”