Pam St Clement has included roles in "Doomwatch" (1972), "Hedda" (1975), "The Bunker" (1981), "Scrubbers" (1983), "" (1985), and "" (1986). In 1986 St Clement was cast in her most notable role to date— Pat Wicks, the troublesome former prostitute and ex-wife of Pete Beale (Peter Dean), in BBC's "EastEnders" (the show's producers wrote that the marriage had taken place more than 20 years before EastEnders was launched). She played the character continuously since her first appearance on 12 June 1986 – just over a year after the show began. St Clement's character was originally brought in on a trial basis for a
Sam Mitchell (EastEnders) Sam Mitchell (EastEnders) Sam Mitchell (also Butcher and Hunter) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". The third member of the Mitchell family to be introduced, Sam enters as a 15-year-old school girl in July 1990, played by Danniella Westbrook. Westbrook quit in 1993, but Sam was reintroduced from 1995–1996 and from 1999–2000. In both her 1996 and 2000 exits, Sam was written out earlier than the producers intended due to off-screen controversies surrounding Westbrook and her cocaine addiction. In 2002, the character was reintroduced for a fourth time, but the role was recast to another actress,