Fatboy (EastEnders) Fatboy (EastEnders) Arthur "Fatboy" Chubb (also credited as Fat Boy) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" and its Internet spin-off "", played by Ricky Norwood. He made his first appearance in "EastEnders" on 5 January 2010 before appearing in the spin-off. Fatboy is one of four main characters in the first series of "E20" and makes cameo appearances in the second and third series. He was created by the "EastEnders: E20" writing team during a BBC summer school in August 2009. He frequently uses London street slang and is described as brash, confident, caring, a hustler
EastEnders soap and John Yorke (who by this time, was the BBC Controller of Continuing Drama Series) took total control of the show himself and became acting Executive Producer for a short period, before appointing Kate Harwood to the role. Harwood stayed at "EastEnders" for 20 months before being promoted by the BBC. On Friday 11 November 2005, "EastEnders" was the first British drama to feature a two-minute silence. This episode later went on to win the British Soap Award for 'Best Single Episode'. In October 2006, Diederick Santer took over as Executive Producer of "EastEnders". He introduced several characters to