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Arthur Fowler (2015 Character)
Arthur Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Bill Treacher from 1985 to 1996. Arthur featured in archive footage in 2025 to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. The father of the Fowler family, Arthur was essentially a good man but made some foolish choices that he always ended up paying dearly for. His storylines involved being bossed to the brink of insanity by his mother-in-law Lou Beale ( Anna Wing), an affair with Christine Hewitt ( Elizabeth Power), suffering a mental disorder, being sent to prison twice, and eventually dying of a brain haemorrhage in 1996. Creation Arthur Fowler was one of the original twenty-three characters invented by the creators of ''EastEnders'', Tony Holland and Julia Smith. Arthur was a member of the first family of ''EastEnders'', the Beales and Fowlers, and Holland took the inspiration for some of the series' earliest characters from his own London family and background. Arthur's origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Treacher
William Charles Treacher (4 June 1930 – 5 November 2022) was an English actor. He was best known for portraying the role of Arthur Fowler in the BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders'' from 1985 to 1996, having been the first person to be cast for the show. Early life Treacher was born in Dagenham, one of eight children (six boys and two girls) of roofer and tiler William Perks Treacher and Minnie (née Chappell). He grew up in Hackney, Bethnal Green, Mile End and Waltham Cross, and was evacuated to Gloucestershire during the Second World War. He attended Kings Road JMI School in Waltham Cross and worked as a porter at Waltham Cross station. After his national service in the Royal Air Force, he worked for four years as a steward with P&O, where he saved enough money to attend drama school. Career Theatre After graduating from the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, he made his West End debut in 1963 with the comedy ''Shout for Life'' at The Vaudeville Theatre. Several succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EastEnders 40th Anniversary Week
''EastEnders'' 40th Anniversary Week is a group of five episodes of the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', broadcast on BBC One. Devised to celebrate the programme's 40th anniversary, the episodes were broadcast on each day from 17 to 20 February 2025, including a double episode on 19 February and a live television, live episode on 20 February. During the episodes, which take place over the course of Billy Mitchell (EastEnders), Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey Mitchell's (Emma Barton) wedding, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) attempts suicide, Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) learns Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) was the culprit of her Who Attacked Cindy?, attack on the episode 7037, previous Christmas, Denise Fox (Diane Parish) chooses to rekindle her relationship with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) over Ravi Gulati (EastEnders), Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), and Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) gives birth to a baby girl. The episodes also feature The Queen Victoria public house exploding, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Day
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the First Sunday of Advent and it is followed by Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. Christmas Day is a public holiday in many countries, is observed religiously by a majority of Christians, as well as celebrated culturally by many non-Christians, and forms an integral part of the annual holiday season. The traditional Christmas narrative recounted in the New Testament, known as the Nativity of Jesus, says that Jesus was born in Bethlehem, in accordance with messianic prophecies. When Joseph and Mary arrived in the city, the inn had no room, and so they were offered a stable where the Christ Child was soon born, with angels proclaiming this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas Club
A Christmas club is a special-purpose savings account, first offered by various banks and credit unions in the United States beginning in the early 20th century, including the Great Depression. Bank customers would deposit a set amount of money each week into a savings account, and receive the money back at the end of the year for Christmas shopping. Origins The first known Christmas Club started in 1909, when Merkel Landis, treasurer of the Carlisle Trust Company of Carlisle (Pennsylvania), introduced the first Christmas savings fund. The Club attracted 350 customers who saved about US$28 () each, and the money was disbursed on December 1 of that year. The January 2, 1920 edition of the Belvidere, Illinois ''Daily Republican'' announced that the town's State Farmers Bank was encouraging parents to enroll their children in the Christmas Banking Club "to develop self-reliance and the saving habit". Promotion For decades, financial institutions competed for the holiday savings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Mirror
The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily Tabloid journalism, tabloid newspaper. Founded in 1903, it is part of Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), which is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its Masthead (British publishing), masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print circulation of 716,923 in December 2016, dropping to 587,803 the following year. Its Sunday sister paper is the ''Sunday Mirror''. Unlike other major British tabloids such as ''The Sun (United Kingdom), The Sun'' and the ''Daily Mail'', the ''Mirror'' has no separate Scottish edition; this function is performed by the ''Daily Record (Scotland), Daily Record'' and the ''Sunday Mail (Scotland), Sunday Mail'', which incorporate certain stories from the ''Mirror'' that are of Scottish significance. The ''Mirror'' publishes an Irish edition, the ''Irish Mirror''. Originally pitched to the middle-class reader, it was converted into a worki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Z-Cars
''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978. ''Z-Cars'' ran for 801 episodes, of which fewer than half have survived. Regular stars included Stratford Johns (Detective Inspector Barlow), Frank Windsor (Det. Sgt. Watt), James Ellis (Bert Lynch), and Brian Blessed ("Fancy" Smith). Barlow and Watt were later spun into a separate series '' Softly, Softly''. Origin of the title The title comes from the radio call signs allocated by Lancashire Constabulary. Lancashire police divisions were lettered from north to the south: "A" Division (based in Ulverston) was the detached part of Lancashire at the time around Barrow-in-Furness, "B" Division was Lancaster, and so on (see Home Office radio). The TV series took the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inside Story
Inside Story may refer to: Literature * ''Inside Story'' (novel), a 2020 novel by Martin Amis Music * ''Inside Story'' (Grace Jones album), 1986 * ''Inside Story'' (Lalaine album) * ''Inside Story'' (Prince Lasha album) * ''The Inside Story'' (album), a 1979 album by Robben Ford * "Inside Story", a 1988 song by Little River Band from the album ''Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...'' Film * ''Inside Story'' (film), a 1939 American film * ''The Inside Story'' (film), 1948 American film Television * ''Inside Story'' (Australian TV program) * ''Inside Story'' (TV programme), on Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America * ''The Inside Story'' (Philippine TV series) * "The Inside Story" ''(Rugrats)'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beale Family
The Beales and the Fowlers are a fictional family in the BBC One, BBC soap opera ''EastEnders''. They were the main family for storylines in early episodes of ''EastEnders'', and remained as such ever since. With at least one member of the family having been a member of the cast from the first episode in February 1985, they are the show's longest serving family. The original Beale/Fowler family consisted of matriarch Lou Beale (Anna Wing) and her children Pete Beale, Pete (Peter Dean (actor), Peter Dean) and Pauline Fowler, Pauline (Wendy Richard), alongside their families including their children Ian Beale, Ian (Adam Woodyatt), Mark Fowler, Mark (David Scarboro/Todd Carty), Michelle Fowler, Michelle (Susan Tully/Jenna Russell) and their spouses Kathy Hills (Gillian Taylforth) and Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher). Additionally, several members of the family have been introduced at a later point, including Pauline and Arthur's son Martin Fowler (EastEnders), Martin (Jon Peyton-Price/J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brain Haemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both. An ICH is a type of bleeding within the skull and one kind of stroke (ischemic stroke being the other). Symptoms can vary dramatically depending on the severity (how much blood), acuity (over what timeframe), and location (anatomically) but can include headache, one-sided weakness, numbness, tingling, or paralysis, speech problems, vision or hearing problems, memory loss, attention problems, coordination problems, balance problems, dizziness or lightheadedness or vertigo, nausea/vomiting, seizures, decreased level of consciousness or total loss of consciousness, neck stiffness, and fever. Hemorrhagic stroke may occur on the background of alterations to the blood vessels in the brain, such as cerebral arteriolosclerosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, cerebral arteriovenous malformation, brain traum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental Disorder
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. A mental disorder is also characterized by a clinically significant disturbance in an individual's cognition, emotional regulation, or behavior, often in a society, social context. Such disturbances may occur as single episodes, may be persistent, or may be relapsing–remitting. There are many different types of mental disorders, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. A mental disorder is one aspect of mental health. The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories incorporate findings from a range of fields. Disorders may be associated with particular regions or functions of the brain. Disorders are usually Medical diagnosis, diagnosed or assessed by a mental health professional, such as a Clinical psychology#Profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Power
Elizabeth Power is an English actress. Power began her career in repertory theatre and went on to appear in several West End musicals. However, she is best known for her work on British television, in particular her role as Christine Hewitt in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1992–1993). She has since gone on to feature in various stage productions. Early life Power was born in Eastbourne, East Sussex. She began singing and dancing lessons at the age of four, prompted by her mother, who was very keen for her to perform. However, at the age of 14, Power concluded "that she wasn't physically suited to be a dancer", so she decided to take up acting on the advice of her teacher. Power auditioned for a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) at the age of 17, and was accepted. She has commented "I just glided into it so I was still naive…Rada was good and I realised there was more than just going on stage and being clapped." [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christine Hewitt
Christine Hewitt (credited as Mrs Hewitt) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Elizabeth Power. Introduced in 1992 as a lonely divorcée, she becomes besotted with married Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher) while he tends her garden. She was initially introduced for five episodes, but returned for a longer stint in a storyline that sees her begin an affair with Arthur. She leaves in 1993 once her affair is discovered by his wife Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard). Creation and development Elizabeth Power was offered the role by one of the programme's producers, Leonard Lewis, for whom she'd worked with previously on ''Juliet Bravo'' and '' Softly, Softly''.Stepping out in comic style , ''TheNorthernEcho''. URL last accessed on 2007-09-30. She has commented "I got a call out of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
