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Old 03-09-2015, 23:31
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This subject has come up again in quite a few different threads and the issue still seems confused.

Has there been any official confirmation yet on whether they are expected to return and when or is it still just speculation and hearsay?

Will Kat and Alfie return after the spinoff?

Will Kat return alone as a widow?

Will Alfie return without Kat?

What's going to happen?
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Old 03-09-2015, 23:36
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This subject has come up again in quite a few different threads and the issue still seems confused.

Has there been any official confirmation yet on whether they are expected to return and when or is it still just speculation and hearsay?

Will Kat and Alfie return after the spinoff?

Will Kat return alone as a widow?

Will Alfie return without Kat?

What's going to happen?
There was an article on DS a few weeks back of Shane Ritchie confirming he hadn't left the show and will be coming back, as for Jessie Wallace, I have no idea. I imagine she surely would be as well.
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Old 03-09-2015, 23:37
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It was only ever announced as a break that they're taking a year out to do the spinoff and will supposedly return. Whether or not this will happen though is anybody's guess, of course they're out of contract now so there is no guarantee they'll return. There's still the possibly that Alfie will die in the spin off show what with them revealing he has a brain tumour just before they left. Personally i'd like to see Alfie die in the spin off and then Kat return to the main show as a widow. Alfie's character is stale now whereas Kat still has bags of potential but being with him drags her down. She was rubbish during 2010 - 2012 but then flourished as a character away from Alfie in 2013 when they separated.
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Old 03-09-2015, 23:38
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They should never ever come back ever. Disgusting, horrible people.
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Old 03-09-2015, 23:38
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This subject has come up again in quite a few different threads and the issue still seems confused.

Has there been any official confirmation yet on whether they are expected to return and when or is it still just speculation and hearsay?

Will Kat and Alfie return after the spinoff?

Will Kat return alone as a widow?

Will Alfie return without Kat?

What's going to happen?
With stories about cuts at BBC, the other question is whethere there will be a spinoff...
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:03
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I hope so, it aint the same without Kat imo.
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:05
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With stories about cuts at BBC, the other question is whethere there will be a spinoff...
It has gone suspiciously quiet on that front - given Jessie and Shane finished filming on EE back in March you'd have expected the spinoff to be underway by now

It would be nice to get some clarity on whether they're returning or not. I miss Kat.
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:08
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Yes I think so
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:08
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I'll only stomach Alfie if the writing improves for him.

Ditto Kat, even though Jessie is a much better actor than Shane. IMO they need to bring back one of the other Slater sisters to give that family something more than just Kat or Stacey. Mo is pretty much a recurring character and hasn't appeared in months. Little Mo or a recast Lynne (due to Elaine Lordan's troubles) might be good. Zoe won't be back as Michelle Ryan seemingly has no interest in returning.
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:10
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What about Belinda Peacock? They should also recast Zoe if Michelle Ryan is so ungrateful about what the show did for her career. People can change physically in ten years, so it doesn't necessarily always need to be the original actress.
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:19
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Jessie Wallace and Shane Ritchie are touring as main parts in Brighton born Peter James's play "A Perfect Murder" next year -I only know this as I have tickets for the play in March,
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:26
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What about Belinda Peacock? They should also recast Zoe if Michelle Ryan is so ungrateful about what the show did for her career. People can change physically in ten years, so it doesn't necessarily always need to be the original actress.
I always thought they could've explored Belinda a lot more.

Zoe could be recast, but it wasn't helped out by EE using Michelle Ryan's photo a few months ago when Kat was talking to Linda about her. That said, it's probably doable since that's not going to be remembered hugely in the long run. If they can recast Martin Fowler, the first newborn on EE, just about any semi-prominent character can.
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Old 04-09-2015, 00:56
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People can look very different after a certain period of time, the same could be with Zoe. Maybe that picture was from before Zoe left. Who would you recast as Zoe?
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Old 04-09-2015, 01:05
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We need Kat back.
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Old 04-09-2015, 01:13
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I honestly don't know if Kat and Alfie will ever return to the main show.

It is autumn and I would have thought that filming would be under way by now and that pictures and news would be featured in the soap mags but nothing, not a peep!

They were featured in Inside Soap going to meet DTC in a pub for a discussion and it didn't actually say whether it was for the spin-off or the main show and it's gone quiet ever since.

They are apparently touring this play early next February and Shane has been given the go ahead for another series of Decimate so it doesn't look like there's plans for their return for a good while yet.

I do hope they come back as I miss them (and am looking forward to the spin-off) but they do need better writing, especially Alfie.

A poster on here the other day did mention that Shane had signed a contract to return but I don't know where they heard/read that because it was the first i'd heard of it.

It just seems so 'up in the air' and it makes me wonder if there will be a spin-off at all.
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Old 04-09-2015, 01:20
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This subject has come up again in quite a few different threads and the issue still seems confused.

Has there been any official confirmation yet on whether they are expected to return and when or is it still just speculation and hearsay?

Will Kat and Alfie return after the spinoff?

Will Kat return alone as a widow?

Will Alfie return without Kat?

What's going to happen?
I hope Kat returns alone as a widow. I can't stand Alfie and his unfunny comedy act. Shane Richie sucks as an actor.
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Old 04-09-2015, 04:40
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Old 04-09-2015, 07:11
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I hope Kat returns alone as a widow. I can't stand Alfie and his unfunny comedy act. Shane Richie sucks as an actor.
On the contrary, the actors who played Alfie's cardboard cut-out cousins Anthony and Tyler are MUCH worse actors than Shane and couldn't run a gameshow in a pink fit and are both as boring as hell.

And...

Alfie NEVER fails to make me laugh!
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Old 04-09-2015, 07:52
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I would of expected the spin-off to be underway now but no

Shane Ritchie has a part in an upcoming dad's army biopic of how the show was made, filming for his game shows, panto and a stage show he is doing with Jessie next year

Jessie Wallace has panto at the end of the year and again, a show she is doing with Shane next year

So haven't a clue what is going on.
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Old 04-09-2015, 08:22
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so the bbc saying at the the announcement of the spin off that they were taking a break and would return and the numerous confirmations that they are returning from The bbc and Shane himself is not clear that they are returning.

what do you need it written in blood ?
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Old 04-09-2015, 10:08
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so the bbc saying at the the announcement of the spin off that they were taking a break and would return and the numerous confirmations that they are returning from The bbc and Shane himself is not clear that they are returning.

what do you need it written in blood ?
What confirmations?

If they are supposed to be filming the spin-off in autumn, (which it now is) why have the soap mags not mentioned it or printed any pictures?

And Shane Richie said before that he was 'out of it' but then back-pedalled saying that he wasn't leaving and even though I love Shane he does have a rep for being a bullshitter so what he said isn't anything to go by and even though a poster mentioned that Shane had signed a contract to return it was the first I heard of it and there's been no word as to whether Jessie has signed anything and with this play going on tour next year it doesn't look like they'll be returning yet!
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Old 04-09-2015, 11:27
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I hope they don't return. Their entire second stint was appalling from start to finish. I certainly haven't missed them.
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Old 04-09-2015, 11:47
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Who knows... Shane has said numerous times that he is "definitely returning" but we'll just have to wait and see. Shane is very busy with other projects and he is working with Jessie next year in a stage show.

It's strange that we haven't heard anything about them filming in Ireland yet. I think they were supposed to be filming last month? I'd imagine they will start filming soon. I don't think the BBC will scrap their spinoff show.

I don't think Kat and Alfie are needed anymore because we have some really good characters like the Beales, Masoods, Mitchells, Carters, etc.
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Old 04-09-2015, 11:58
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I hope they don't return. Their entire second stint was appalling from start to finish. I certainly haven't missed them.
Agreed. I loved them in their first stint, but the second time around was just atrocious on every level.

Let the spinoff be their finale.
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Old 04-09-2015, 13:09
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Agreed. I loved them in their first stint, but the second time around was just atrocious on every level.

Let the spinoff be their finale.
I too hope it's their finale. Kat used to be brilliant but Alfie drags her down and spoils her character.
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