2005
- Garry Hobbs, Minty Peterson, Mickey Miller, Juley Smith, Gus Smith, Dawn Swann and Mike Swann in France. Some of the location filiming was performed in a small Normandy village of Blangy-le-Chateau. While there, the filming crew were surrounded by English tourists.
Mickey headed off to see his sister, Dawn, and took Gus, Juley, Garry and Minty with him. While there he met his long-lost father, Mike.
- Alfie Moon and Nana Moon in France on Armistice Day, the anniversary of the official end of World War I, 11 November 1918. The episode featured a guest appearance from the actor Trevor Peacock, who played Sid, a war veteran.
On November 11, Alfie took Nana to visit her late husband's grave in Normandy. This episode also featured flashbacks of Nana's first encounter with her late husband in war-time London.
The episode featured a two minute's silence to mark Remembrance Day—a day to commemorate the sacrifice of veterans and civilians in World War I, World War II, and other wars. It was the first time that a soap had featured the silence. The scene was reportedly "so emotional" that actor Shane Richie and Hilda Braid (Alfie and Nana), the only actors involved, ended in "floods of tears". A BBC insider said: “We decided to mark Armistice Day this year because it’s such an important day."
The episode—which was written by Sarah Phelps, directed by Paul Wroblewski and produced by Tom Mullens—won the 'Best Single Episode' award at the British Soap Awards, in 2006.
- Stacey Slater, Jean Slater, Mo Harris, Jake Moon, Chrissie Watts, Pat Evans and Frank Butcher in other parts of London.
A week of episodes following the storylines of Jean Slater's mental illness and attempted suicide, Chrissie in jail and deciding to plead guilty to Dirty Den's murder, and Frank and Pat attending Janine's trial, they sleep together and Frank persuades Pat to tell the truth, culminating in Janine's off-screen release.
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