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Eastenders 16th July 2025

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00:00I
00:30So, let's get started.
01:00I know it didn't work out how we wanted, but I think Mum felt a bit better after yesterday.
01:25Alfie would have loved watching Ian tying himself up in knots like that.
01:30I know you're missing, but he'll be back once he's sorted his head out.
01:33He owes me a slap-up meal after everything he's put me through.
01:37Well, it's Kim.
01:39She wants to know if I'll invest in Foxcatcher now I'm loaded.
01:42Oh, yeah? They'll all be crawling out the woodwork now.
01:45Tell me about it. Eve wants me to buy her and Sookie a motorhome.
01:48I've had to break her heart, I know.
01:50I'll just have to leave the rest of them hanging for a bit.
01:58Who is it?
02:00Some bloke with a clipboard and a suit. Looks like a bailiff.
02:04But I thought you was up to date with everything.
02:06Yes, I did I. I must have missed a red letter. I ain't been here, have I? And Martin, ain't this?
02:11You're not doing this again, Kat.
02:13Right, well, he can't get in if you don't let him in.
02:15Come on, the kid's got to get to school.
02:17Go out the back way, come on.
02:19Right.
02:25I've only just finished selling the last lot.
02:27Well, you're finished, so you need something else to keep busy.
02:30I'll tell you what, Harry. You are good at this.
02:40It's all right, Phil.
02:42What are you doing here?
02:43Setting it in a morrison.
02:44All sorted then?
02:45Yeah, mate. All sorted.
02:46Did you need something?
02:47It's by gaff, I don't need a reason to be here, do I?
02:48Yeah, no, I know. It's just you haven't been around much lately.
02:50Yeah, well, from now on, that's going to change. From now on, I'm going to be bobbing in,
02:52keeping an eye on the place, cos, er, well, we don't have any more break-ins, do we?
02:57No.
02:58No.
02:59I don't agree with this. It's not how it's done.
03:00I don't agree with this. It's not how it's done.
03:01It's just you haven't been around much lately.
03:02Yeah, well, from now on, that's going to change. From now on, I'm going to be bobbing in,
03:07keeping an eye on the place, cos, er, well, we don't have any more break-ins, do we?
03:14No.
03:15No.
03:25I don't agree with this. It's not how it's done around here.
03:27People don't want trance music whilst they're buying a punnet of strawberries, Oscar.
03:32No.
03:33Says you!
03:35Yes, says me. Here, count me up here.
03:37No, I love it. It brings a buzz to the place.
03:40That's easy for you to say, though, innit? You're selling skimpy clothes to teenagers.
03:44What are you playing at? I'm here trying to flog marrows to grown-ups.
03:48I love it. It takes me back this, does. Early 2000s, upper-night clubbing.
03:53Been on a fruit evening, won't you?
03:55Yeah, what's your point?
03:56Please.
03:57I love the fact you're putting your own stamp on things, but would you mind turning this down?
04:01Yeah, yeah, yeah. Come on, Scott. Turn it down.
04:04For the record, honey, this, erm, this isn't my stamp. Right, I have respect.
04:09Mmm. Where are you going?
04:16Break time. I know my rights.
04:18I bet you do.
04:20Oscar, ten minutes, yeah?
04:23Great.
04:25Hey, sorry to worry about Nigel leaving. How are you feeling?
04:32I'll have double egg and chips. We've had a chat, please.
04:36Anyways.
04:40Greg.
04:48Lexi mentioned about coming home for a roast if you fancy it.
04:54You can't ignore me forever, you know.
04:58on me forever, you know.
05:02Look, if it's any consolation
05:03that Nigel actually seemed happy when he left
05:05with Judy, like he was going to somewhere
05:07safe.
05:12I know you're upset, so just give me a call if you
05:13need me on.
05:17Glad to see you out and about.
05:19Meaning?
05:20Meaning. The Phil I knew
05:21was shut himself away in that house.
05:23I've not spoke to anyone for six months.
05:24Nigel's in the right place for both of you.
05:29You know, I got
05:30divorced from you, so I wouldn't have to hear you
05:32mouthing off anymore.
05:34Charming. Cheers, Cav.
05:38Right, here we go.
05:41It's burnt.
05:43It's a bit crispy around the edges, but a lot of people ask for it like that.
05:46I'll go over there.
05:48Nigel ain't the only one
05:49reindeer who cares about you, Phil.
05:51Just because he's gone, don't mean you ain't got friends.
05:54I think I'll eat somewhere else.
06:05Thanks, Cat.
06:06Can you not think of any reason why the bailiffs would be at the door?
06:09No.
06:10I mean, there was a few brown envelopes, but I just shoved him in the floor.
06:12I didn't want to think about him.
06:14What? Money's tight.
06:15Harvey don't pay no more, and Martin used to help out more than he needed to.
06:19Things slip through the net.
06:21The right happens to all of us.
06:22No, you don't, Cat.
06:23I mean, how can I expect Lily to come back when nothing ever changes?
06:27I've seen my bank manager, in case you were wondering.
06:29Shh.
06:30Shh.
06:31What do you care, yes?
06:32Oh, but you will, because I can borrow against my other businesses to get what I need to buy the Vic.
06:37Oh, think, Ian, will you?
06:38Do you actually think I'd be standing here frying bacon if I had all that money?
06:42We was having you on.
06:43You were right the first time.
06:45The scratch card was fake.
06:46I bought it from the joke shop.
06:48Yeah, but Vinnie...
06:49He was in on it.
06:50It was a prank to make you look thick.
06:53Everyone was queuing up.
06:55We was having a laugh, and now we ain't.
06:56So just go away with you.
06:58My pleasure.
07:00I mean, seriously, how can I do this to my kids again?
07:03Look, most of the time, this stuff can just be sorted with a phone call.
07:06Will you leave your card, managers?
07:08Plus, you left me this.
07:11Oh, I don't know.
07:14All right, I'll give him a call.
07:17When he hears from your Rottweiler solicitor, he won't know what's hitting.
07:31I knew it.
07:33I knew you wouldn't last a day.
07:35I'm freezing cold.
07:36It's July, Oscar.
07:37I've just got to wear my trainers out standing there all day.
07:41Anyways, I've already given him some of my best ideas, liven things up out there.
07:45I think Peter wanted you to work the whole day, not just go there.
07:48Liven things up and then come home.
07:51I'm an ideas man.
07:54I picked up some sick gifts on the market.
07:58Key chain for Louis.
08:02This is a lighter.
08:04He's nine years old.
08:05And for the other one...
08:06His name's Jimmy.
08:08Yeah.
08:11Maybe he can match my style.
08:12Maybe he'll be as good looking as me, if he's lucky.
08:14Is this a joke?
08:22You can't give a blind baby sunglasses.
08:25He's not Stevie Wonder.
08:26Shut up.
08:29He ain't blind.
08:30Yeah, he is.
08:32Mum must have told you.
08:36What, Mum didn't tell you?
08:40Hold on, there's leaflets all around the house.
08:43You really didn't know?
08:45Blind?
08:46A little baby?
08:47Your little baby?
08:47Yeah.
08:49Yeah.
08:52You know, he is Jimmy, um...
08:54Well, Jimmy can't see.
08:58I'm so sorry, I thought you knew.
08:59It's not all bad.
09:05I mean, us going through this, it has sort of weirdly brought us all closer.
09:09I mean, I was really devastated when they told us.
09:18It's been really hard.
09:20You know, trying to work out what his little life is going to be like, what his future will be.
09:24You know, it's just the little things.
09:29If he can't see me, will he ever even know who I am?
09:36Don't say that.
09:40Hey.
09:41It's all right.
09:45We're all right.
09:46Yeah.
09:49All right.
09:54We're you two going to kiss and make up, eh?
10:01Oh, if he had his way, he probably never.
10:03Jay, you called Julie, all right?
10:07You can't just leave him like that.
10:10Look, I've tried.
10:10He won't talk to me.
10:11What do you want me to do?
10:16How are you feeling after yesterday?
10:20Must be strange, not having Nigel to look out for.
10:24Look, you know I think that you should have gone out there and said goodbye, but what's done is done.
10:34The important thing now is that you don't close in on yourself.
10:37What is it with women and their advice, eh?
10:41Have you heard from him or Julie?
10:44Do you hear from your mates every five minutes?
10:45Nah, nah, of course you don't.
10:47Nigel is more than just a friend.
10:49He's a mate on you at school and that's it.
10:51Now, you're going to sit there and flap your gums all day, or can I drink me orange juice in peace?
10:57Well, I don't have to flap my gums, as you so charmingly put it, but if you're asking me to leave you alone, the answer is no.
11:03We're there for each other, or had you forgotten?
11:10Now, how about we go upstairs, have a cup of tea, and start this conversation all over again?
11:15I bet you'll miss this place when it's gone.
11:22Oh, on my feet all day and night, I doubt it.
11:26I'll make you a deal.
11:28I won't mention Nigel if you don't ask me if I'm going to miss this place.
11:31All I can think about at the minute is what I'm going to do with myself when we find any cell.
11:39How did your mum cope when she left?
11:41My mum ain't left.
11:43This whole place is, uh, is her.
11:47Right, let's get you back.
11:48Let's get you back.
11:50Right, let's get you out of there.
11:52Shall we?
11:53Yeah.
11:55Phil, Phil, listen to me.
11:57This ain't a little...
11:57Hey, Phil, tell me what it mean!
11:59Stop it, Phil, stop it, Phil, stop it!
12:02Thank you, look, you...
12:03Phil, leave him, Phil!
12:05Just stop!
12:06Son's husband you're messing with!
12:08Do you understand me?
12:08What's happening?
12:10Phil!
12:11Look, I never meant for this to happen, all right?
12:13No one likes that filth today.
12:15Phil, will you just calm down?
12:16Calm down?
12:17Did you know about this?
12:18Oh, you want to talk to me now, do you?
12:19Look, he didn't know about this, okay?
12:20He knew nothing about this.
12:22It's got nothing to do with him.
12:23If you just let me explain.
12:24I ain't interested.
12:25What were you thinking, holding him by the throat like that?
12:27Well, I ain't here to stick up for himself, is he?
12:28So I'm gonna...
12:29It's got nothing to do with Ben.
12:31All right, and it's got nothing to do with Johnny.
12:33This is all on me.
12:34Look, I know it's a shock, all right?
12:36But at the end of the day, they are grown men.
12:38It's none of our business.
12:39How long?
12:40It's nothing to do with...
12:41How long have you been letting these two bunk up in your pub, eh?
12:45He is my son.
12:47You would have done the same.
12:49You don't come out with all this stuff about friendship.
12:51All this stuff.
12:53But at the end of the day,
12:54it's just blood versus water.
12:56Just give him time, all right?
13:02Let him cool down.
13:07Yeah, thank you so much for ringing.
13:09And sorry to leave you with a scrap of paper.
13:12Afraid I've run out of business cards.
13:15Do you like harassing widows with small children, Mr Whitecroft?
13:18Do you get off on it?
13:19Well, no, of course not.
13:20I'm not like that at all.
13:22I've got four sausage dogs at home.
13:25I mean, I know it's not the same as having children,
13:26but I'm a family man, is what I'm saying.
13:29Right, well, you should know better.
13:31Because it's disgusting.
13:33What's disgusting?
13:35Am I disgusting?
13:36Yeah, yeah, you are.
13:39Look, the last couple of months have been a complete nightmare, all right?
13:42What with people dying and people leaving and people cracking up.
13:46Yeah, it's a lot of people.
13:47Look, the point is, all right, whatever I owe you, I will pay it back.
13:52I just need a bit of time.
13:53No, look, I think you've misunderstood my job description.
13:56Look, I know you don't owe me any favours.
13:58No, no, no, look, you don't owe me any money is what I mean.
14:00I work for an insurance company.
14:03We've been trying to get in touch with you
14:04because you're the main beneficiary of a life insurance policy.
14:16Oh, I thought you legged it.
14:18I bet, eh?
14:19You ain't getting rid of me.
14:21I'm better at this than you also.
14:25Well, and if that's the case,
14:26you won't mind handling this place for five minutes
14:28whilst I get myself a coffee, no?
14:30Cheers.
14:31Hello.
14:32How are you?
14:34What happened to the club hits?
14:40Same for the weekend.
14:42That was my vibe, not theirs.
14:48You all right?
14:51Jimmy's blind.
14:54Laurie just told me something.
14:56Yeah.
14:57It's a tough one.
14:58Yeah.
14:59He's so small.
15:02And he ain't done nothing to no one.
15:03What's that about?
15:05He'll be okay, you know.
15:06I mean, I don't say that lightly,
15:09but he will.
15:11Yeah?
15:20Excuse me, ladies.
15:24Don't you just laugh?
15:25And then I saw you were the corner of my mind.
15:29How about when you have a little dance?
15:30Yeah, that's a good one.
15:32Well, I'll take you out with some banging of chorus.
15:36Right.
15:36Oh, please.
15:37Here you see.
15:37Yeah, right.
15:38Right with me.
15:38Give me that.
15:39I'll take you home.
15:44Have you got a death wish or something?
15:48I told you, I need to explain.
15:50Explain?
15:51You're copping off with another geezer.
15:52What's there to explain?
15:53What do you think the past 16 months of my life have been like?
15:55Hey, your son turned my life upside down, and that's amazing, Phil, all right?
15:59I'm the man that I was always meant to be.
16:02But the person who made that happen, who promised to be here forever, he's not here.
16:04So what?
16:05You and him are done, are you?
16:06No, we're not done.
16:06He's my husband.
16:08But Johnny, he, Johnny knew the old me, all right?
16:12And he understands who I am now.
16:14But if Ben was here, Phil, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
16:16Oh, right.
16:17So it's all Ben's fault, isn't it?
16:18No, I'm not saying that, am I?
16:19But let's be real.
16:20He's not tucked with hundreds of other geezers.
16:22What's to say he's not doing worse?
16:23All about Lexi.
16:24Have you even thought about what this would do to her?
16:27It doesn't have to do anything to her, because she doesn't have to know.
16:29Please.
16:31Phil, don't sell her.
16:35I can't, I can't lose my family over this.
16:37The way you're talking, you're talking like it's all down to you.
16:42I won't see Johnny anymore.
16:44I won't see anyone anymore.
16:45You've got my worth.
16:46Yeah, what's that worth, eh?
16:48Because with family, you're supposed to stick it out through thick and thin.
16:51Not walk away the minute the going gets tough.
16:53Let's just walk away.
16:54Walk away.
16:56You can't be serious.
16:58I've been up there in that flat raising Ben's daughter.
17:01Are you even listening to me?
17:09So you're going to tell him?
17:15Well, all the best, then.
17:16Yeah.
17:17Bye now.
17:18See you later, mate.
17:18See ya.
17:24£100,000?
17:25Did that really just happen?
17:26I can't believe Martin had life insurance and never told you.
17:28I can't believe he had life insurance full stop.
17:31He hated paperwork and forms and everything.
17:33It's not a scam, is it?
17:35No, no, we'll have it double checked, but it looks totally legit.
17:39Mate, he just wanted to look after you all.
17:43That's not enough, though, is it, really?
17:45I mean, no, don't get me wrong.
17:47It's more money than I'm ever going to have in my whole entire life.
17:50But, you know, it ain't enough to make up for him.
17:53It's not needy enough.
17:55I know.
17:55You pretend you had £100,000 yesterday, and today it falls into your lap for real.
18:02You know what Jean's going to say about this, don't you?
18:04What?
18:04She's going to call it the law of attraction.
18:06She's going to say, universe, and all that.
18:08Oh, shut up.
18:09She is.
18:12Oh, it's funny how life goes on, isn't it?
18:16Put that down there.
18:19Take.
18:20Yeah, yeah.
18:20No, no.
18:21Put that up.
18:2325, 30.
18:24Yeah, yeah, have a seat.
18:25Actually, I'm going to take one back.
18:26What?
18:2629, for the apple that you didn't think I saw you eat.
18:30Uh, 28.
18:31And the cherries, 37.
18:3237, I'd be happy with that.
18:36Tight.
18:37Right, mate, go on.
18:38I'll put the store away.
18:40Yeah?
18:40Mm-hmm.
18:42Ready?
18:46Yeah, you can do it.
18:51I'll spend it all at once, mate.
18:55He's checking himself out of the mirror.
19:04What are you doing?
19:06I sold that gear you gave me.
19:08Sounds like you've been a busy boy, Harry.
19:10So we're square now, yeah?
19:11All right.
19:20It's all right.
19:21He's just leaving.
19:22Sorry, I should have warned you that he'd be around.
19:24Just go back in your room and I'll be in in a minute, all right?
19:27Go on.
19:27It's okay.
19:28He always like that.
19:37It's his flat.
19:39And he don't like surprises.
19:42Can't be chatting about this stuff here.
19:43It's not fair on him.
19:44But we can't do business at the Archers without Phil sticking his nose in, so you don't have
19:51any other option.
19:54Do you?
19:55Now, I would suggest you tell him I'm a mate that might be popping around, so next time
20:03he won't be so surprised.
20:06Kojo wouldn't suspect anything, so this place is perfect.
20:14I'll be in touch when I've got more stuff for you to move.
20:16So keep your phone on, Harry.
20:29I thought the over-sixties, truly, I thought they'd be immune to his banter, but it turns
20:32out they'd have him even more.
20:34Well, that's good, then, because that's most of your customers, isn't it?
20:38Hey, don't knock the grape on.
20:40I'm not.
20:42All right.
20:42So he did good, then?
20:45He obviously did.
20:46Well, let's just see if he turns up tomorrow.
20:49Oh, speaking of the devil.
20:51All right.
20:53What?
20:54Yeah, shut up.
20:55I got this for Stevie, instead of the shades he didn't like for some reason.
21:01Too soon for nicknames, isn't it?
21:03Yeah, definitely.
21:05I asked in the shop.
21:08It's got loads of different textures on it, so he can feel it.
21:14He don't have to see.
21:16Did you pay for this out of your wages?
21:20Some.
21:21Save the rest for fags and boos.
21:23That's really, really sweet, Oscar.
21:25Oh, okay.
21:27It is.
21:28It's lovely.
21:29Thank you, mate.
21:30It's nice.
21:31It's great.
22:10I am surprised I'm not carrying you over in a bin bag after Phil's mood.
22:16I wish he had just laid in to me. At least then that'll be the end of it.
22:20You agree with him? You think I deserve everything I get?
22:23Well, I'm trying not to make a big deal out of here.
22:26I did think you were better than this, to be honest.
22:30What am I going to do, Jay?
22:32Do you still love Ben?
22:34Yeah.
22:35Then you're going to put it behind you, you're going to forgive yourself and you're going to move on.
22:38I can't.
22:41Look, Ben's the one who got himself banged up in a prison halfway around the world.
22:44God knows I love him, but I could write a book on the amount of promises he ain't kept.
22:47I mean I can't move on.
22:49Why?
22:51Phil's threatening to tell Ben.
22:53He's going to hold this over me for good.
23:00I've had enough of this.
23:01Jay?
23:02Jay?
23:03Jay?
23:04Shut up.
23:07Martin.
23:08I know, he only had a bank account because Sonia made him.
23:10Life insurance?
23:11I'd probably grown up.
23:13It feels wrong celebrating though, didn't it?
23:16But Stacey, this is a good thing.
23:17No one deserves this more than you.
23:18No, I know.
23:19And I can give some to Ruby for Roman and I can give some to Bex.
23:22Yeah, and for you and your kid's future.
23:24Yeah.
23:25I can pay the credit card off.
23:26I can pay the bills on time next month.
23:28I don't ever have to be scared again, Kat.
23:30Good old Martin, eh?
23:30Well, I can't just leave it kicking about in a bank account.
23:34I know what I'm like.
23:34I'll spend it on a load of rubbish.
23:36I need to, like, invest it in some ink.
23:38Yeah, give Ian Bill run for his money.
23:40That'll show him.
23:42Why not?
23:44Your face lit up yesterday when we was talking about buying that pub.
23:47I was joking.
23:49Yeah, and now I ain't.
23:50Imagine it.
23:51You and Alfie behind the bar again.
23:53You two living upstairs with the boys.
23:56And where will you be?
23:57Probably over the road.
23:58Getting free drinks whenever I want.
24:00I'm coining it in from my solid investment.
24:03You've done so much for me over the years.
24:06I'd love to pay you back somehow.
24:08You're serious?
24:10All the deliveries.
24:11All the moaning, standing there for hours on end.
24:14You loved it.
24:15You know you did.
24:17No, this money's for you and your kids, for a proper future.
24:20Yeah.
24:21And you've made more money than this whole family put together.
24:24Who else would I want helping me out?
24:25Call the bank.
24:29Let's buy ourselves that boozer.
24:31You come to defend him, have you?
24:39I might have known you was in on it.
24:41Look, I didn't know anything about the Johnny stuff, all right?
24:43I'm here to defend him because he's Callum.
24:45He's one of Lexi's dads.
24:46Oh, well, let's see how long that lasts once Ben finds out he's been playing away.
24:49Oh, yeah.
24:50And how many mistakes has Ben made, Phil?
24:51But don't list them because we'll be here all day.
24:54And we haven't even spoke about how Ben's going to feel.
24:56You know, he's in a cell, cooped up a million miles from home,
24:58and his old man drops a bomb like that.
25:00You know he ain't been in a good place for a while.
25:03Come on, Phil, you've learnt a lot about mental health.
25:05Why would you do that?
25:08You're done.
25:12Look, can we just be honest here for a minute?
25:14Right, the way you're feeling, the way you're acting,
25:17it's got nothing to do with Callum.
25:20If this is how you're reacting now when Nadia's gone to Scotland,
25:23then how would you have felt when you'd have lost him for real?
25:27Look, we spoke, didn't we, eh?
25:30You know, the night you were going to kill yourself, do you remember?
25:34I saw something different in you that night.
25:37But I didn't do anything.
25:40Look, I owe you a lot, Phil, all right?
25:43But if this is how you're reacting now,
25:45then it just proves I was right that when Nigel would have died,
25:48he would have taken you down with him.
25:50You're lashing out, Phil, I can read you like a book.
25:58You and him.
26:00Nothing to do with me.
26:03And you.
26:05You ain't even Lexi's real dad.
26:07Not really.
26:10Don't say that.
26:12I think it's about the time Lexi went and lived with her real family, you know.
26:17Someone who's got his own place,
26:20who's a blood relative, you know.
26:21Who's willing and able to take on his granddaughter.
26:28Look, I'm Lexi's guardian.
26:29Lexi belongs with me.
26:30That's what Lola wanted.
26:32But Lola ain't here, is she?
26:35You, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay, Jay.
26:37You do this, and I swear.
26:45Phil, listen to me.
26:45I know you're right and you're right,
26:46but you can't do this.
26:52Watch me.
26:52Bye.