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
EastEnders a reputation for making constant exits and returns since the programme's first year, until the character's death in 2015. , Adam Woodyatt, Leonard Fenton, Gillian Taylforth and Letitia Dean are the only members of the original cast remaining in the show, in their roles of Ian Beale, Harold Legg, Kathy Beale and Sharon Watts respectively. However, Fenton has only returned for a guest stint and will make his departure in the coming months. Ian Beale is the only character to have appeared continuously from the first episode without officially leaving, and is the longest-serving character in "EastEnders". "EastEnders" programme makers