Celebrity Appearances
Many celebrities have appeared in EastEnders. Robbie Williams has made a cameo appearance on the telephone in the Queen Vic and is a big fan of the show. Martha Ross, mother of television presenters Jonathan and Paul, was an extra in the programme, as a market stallholder, from its inception until November 2006, when she was fired for leaking a Christmas storyline, which Paul repeated on his LBC radio show. Before the Spice Girls, Emma Bunton was cast as a troubled youth in the soap. Also, Big Brother 7's Nikki Grahame once had a background role in the show. Blue Peter presenter Peter Purves also appeared in 1987 as Martin Hunter, a patronising television reporter. David Walliams played a friend of Alfie Moon in 2003. Mayor of London Boris Johnson appeared as himself in the episode broadcast on 1 October 2009. The previous Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, accused the BBC of political bias for allowing Johnson to appear in the programme.
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