EastEnders boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins has defended Kathy Beale’s shock return from the dead – admitting it was modelled on the 2007 ‘canoe man’ case.
When Kathy Beale came back from the dead during the EastEnders 30th anniversary live week episodes, some questioned the credibility of the plot twist, given that she had died in a car crash in South Africa nine years prior.
But speaking at an exclusive EastEnders press evening, Dominic insisted they did extensive research before bringing the Beale matriarch back to life, comparing it to the infamous case of John Darwin who faked his own death in a tragic canoe accident in 2002 only to be found alive and well in 2007 as part of an insurance scam.
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