arthur fowler stole the christmas money in 1986.
arthur fowler stole the christmas money in 1986.
when did arthur fowler steal the christmas money?
1986
arthur's lack of employment becomes a huge problem for him in 1986 when his daughter, michelle, announces her engagement to lofty holloway (tom watt). desperate to give his daughter a wedding that the family can be proud of, arthur decides to take money from the walford residents' christmas club savings scheme that he has been running, telling the community he got the money from his cousin doreen, who had emigrated. however, with christmas fast approaching, arthur realises that he will have to do something to explain the lack of money in the account to everyone that contributed. arthur announces to the members that he has withdrawn the money, then stages a fake burglary at his house and tells the police that the christmas club money has been stolen. however, arthur's attempts to make the robbery look legitimate fail, and the police soon realise that arthur is the culprit. when questioned by the police, he confesses and after his arrest he becomes severely morose, withdrawn and depressed. this culminates in arthur finally having a nervous breakdown on christmas day and smashing his living room in a violent rage. by early 1987, arthur has become so despondent that he is admitted to hospital. he returns the following spring to stand trial for the theft of the christmas club money. despite arthur having the whole community behind him, he is sent to prison for 28 days. after his release, he makes things worse by borrowing money from a loan shark.
arthur fowler
christine hewitt, played by elizabeth power, is introduced in 1992 as a lonely divorcée who becomes besotted with married arthur fowler (bill treacher) while he tends her garden. she leaves in 1993 once her affair with arthur is discovered by his wife pauline fowler (wendy richard). liz power was offered the role by one of the programme's producers, leonard lewis, for whom she'd worked with previously on "juliet bravo" and "softly, softly". she has commented "i got a call out of the blue asking if i could go up to the bbc at elstree to meet him. mrs hewitt was going to be in five episodes and i thought, 'wonderful'." mrs hewitt makes her first appearance on-screen in february 1992, as a lonely divorcee who employs the long-running character, arthur fowler, to tend to her garden—used as a plot device to rebuild arthur's relationship with his son mark fowler (todd carty), while they work together on christine's garden. power filmed her scenes for the five episodes and thought that would be the end of it; however, she was subsequently contacted by leonard lewis and asked to reprise the role. power commented "it was all i could do to stop myself screeching down the phone. they didn't tell me which direction the story was going to take. i got on so well with [bill treacher] from the word go. we really liked each other." mrs hewitt is reintroduced in a storyline that sees her become arthur fowler's mistress, but when the affair ended power left the series, making her final appearance on-screen in october 1993.
list of eastenders characters (1992)