1995
In April 1995 Pauline Fowler, Arthur Fowler, and Michelle Fowler, Mark Fowler, Martin Fowler, and Vicki Fowler, Ruth Fowler, and Geoff Barnes went on holiday to Scotland, to visit Ruth's parents.
Ruth had proposed to Mark and he accepted. Ruth's father insisted that they marry in Scotland, so they travelled there in April but were not made welcome by Ruth's family when they discovered Mark's HIV status. Ruth's parents responded with trepidation and ignorance, refusing to distinguish between AIDS and HIV — despite Mark's best efforts at explaining. They believed Mark was contagious and refused to allow him to remain in their house, suggesting that he represented everything that they had spent their lives fighting against. Ruth and Mark married without her parents' blessing.
In July 1995 Steve Elliot, Phil and Grant Mitchell, David Wicks, Bianca Jackson and Ricky Butcher went on a holiday to Torremolinos, Spain.
On the holiday the lads all spent most of their time trying to bed women, whilst Ricky and Bianca went through a rocky patch and talked about splitting. Steve was the least lucky with the ladies and after having an unsuccessful evening he returned to their apartment to find a very drunk Bianca there and tried to kiss her. David witnessed this and went livid, leading Steve to question why he cared and Bianca to reveal to everyone that he was really her father! They eventually discovered that the reason Steve was repelling women was because of his not so fluent Spanish chat-up line, which was roughly translated to mean "my wife is an accountant". Ricky and Bianca patched up their differences and Ricky asked her to marry him.
Phil and Grant spent some of the holiday searching for their little sister Sam, but their leads just sent them on a wild goose chase and they couldn't track her down. Meanwhile David was having the most success with the ladies and after chatting up a supposed model, he brought her home to bed, but was interrupted when Steve — who he was sharing a room with — brought his lady friend back. The resulting commotion brought everyone else into the room, including Phil and Grant, who were furious to discover that the woman in bed with David was their sister Sam. They dragged her back to Albert Square.
Read more about this topic: East Enders Off Set Episodes