East Enders Off Set Episodes - 2006

2006

• Phil Mitchell, Grant Mitchell, Johnny Allen, Ruby Allen, Danny Moon, Jake Moon in Essex. Several scenes were also filmed in Epping Forest.

Grant tricks Phil into going on a week long break to sort out Phil's alcohol problem. Meanwhile Phil discovers that Johnny Allen is living in Essex so he decides to confront him about Dennis Rickman's death. Phil tricks Grant in kind by conning him into believing that they are heading to a golf club, which turns out to be Johnny Allen's house. There it is revealed that Danny Moon was the one who killed Dennis. The Mitchells are kidnapped by Johnny and Danny and as Danny is about to execute them both, his brother Jake turns up and accidentally shoots him dead in an effort to stop him. Johnny is persuaded by Ruby to give himself up to the police, and is seen being taken away in the back of a police car.

There were mixed reviews for this storyline. It was criticised as "patchy" and "awkwardly written...unveiling a common weakness in the EastEnders camp, that character continuity can often fall by the wayside when you are dealing with larger characters".

• Kevin Wicks, Deano Wicks, Carly Wicks, Denise Fox, Chelsea Fox, Libby Fox, Patrick Trueman and Yolande Trueman (4 December – 8 December)

Kevin took his children, the Foxes and the Truemans on holiday to Dorset. Patrick revealed the truth to Denise about his paternity test — that he was not her father, though he had previously said he was. Kevin's ex-wife Shirley met up with her children, though they did not know who she was.

Some of the shooting for these episodes was actually performed in the village of Worth Matravers, in the Isle of Purbeck area of the county of Dorset. Several different locations in the village were used for the episodes, including the Worth Tea Shop and the Square And Compass pub. Scenes were also shot in Kimmeridge. A worker from one of the establishments commented: "It was very exciting and it's good advertising for us".