Binnie Roberts her girlfriend Della Alexander were the first lesbian couple to be featured in "EastEnders". Their inclusion was an attempt to portray positive examples of characters who just happen to be homosexual. Their lesbian kiss accounted for some 45 percent of viewer complaints to the BBC regarding "EastEnders" in 1994; provoking more complaints than any other television programme that year (according to research published by the Broadcasting Standards Council in 1995). In 2005 their lesbian kiss was featured in E4's "X Rated: Top 20 Most Controversial TV Moments"; a documentary examining British TV's most talked about on-screen moments. It was placed
Alex Binnie (tattoo artist) woodcut portrait was accepted into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. He has also created murals in two New York spaces. In May 2012, a selection of Binnie's woodcuts is being published in a limited edition book by Kintaro Publishing. It is titled "The Woodcut Portraits". Binnie has two children with his former partner Nicola Bowery (née Bateman) widow and performance partner of performance artist Leigh Bowery, and a model of painter Lucian Freud. In November 2011, Binnie married fellow tattooer Zoe Windle. Alex Binnie (tattoo artist) Alex Binnie was born Alexander Michael Steven Binnie, on 11 July 1959,