Archie Mitchell, played by Larry Lamb, is the father of established characters Ronnie (Samantha Womack) and Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons). He is also a love interest for Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), his brother's widow. Archie is introduced in a group of episodes filmed on-location in Weymouth, Dorset. The audience learned that Ronnie had given a child up for adoption. Tim Teeman, critic for The Times, has described Archie as "a thousand times more terrifying than Nick Cotton" and "a psycho in a golf jersey." He made his first appearance on 8 July 2008. After originally leadving Walford following the revelation of his deceit and lies, Archie returns on 9 July 2009, and his last appearance is as a corpse on 28 December 2009 after being murdered by Stacey Slater.
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“I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.”
—Maria Mitchell (1818–1889)