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 storylines including HIV, Alzheimer's disease and murder. After a successful revamp of the soap, Ferguson decided to leave "EastEnders" in July 1991. Furguson was succeeded by both Leonard Lewis and Helen Greaves who initially shared the role as Executive Producer for "EastEnders". Lewis and Greaves formulated a new regime for "EastEnders", giving the writers of the serial more authority in storyline progression, with the script department providing "guidance rather than prescriptive episode storylines". By the end of 1992, Greaves left and Lewis became executive and series producer. He left "EastEnders" in 1994 after the BBC controllers demanded an extra episode