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Eastenders 23rd October 2025
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00:00I thought I'd best call her, given the circumstances.
00:30You lied to me.
00:35Can we go on and discuss this?
00:37You said it was you driving the car.
00:41But that's not true. It was me, wasn't it?
00:44Please, Nigel.
00:45I found the comfy shoes.
00:47You must think I'm totally stupid.
00:50You didn't even take the trouble to dump them in somebody else's bin.
00:54They were covered in blood. I must have been there.
00:57You don't know his blood.
00:58Julie, just tell me the truth.
01:05I just wanted to pretend you.
01:08You had no right to.
01:10I'm supposed to just stand by and watch you throw your life away.
01:13For what? The girls are fine and you could still end up going to prison.
01:16I don't care. I have to pay.
01:18We don't know how long you've got left, Nigel.
01:21Do you want to really spend the rest of that time locked up?
01:25You wouldn't cope.
01:27And you think I can cope with this, the lies, the guilt.
01:32I have to do what's right.
01:35I'm ready.
01:37Nigel, just wait.
01:39Look, considering your diagnosis, you're going to need an appropriate adult.
01:44That's someone who can explain things to you if you get a bit lost.
01:47I don't need them.
01:48No, the custody sergeant won't let you have an interview without one.
01:51Look, we've got a whole bank of appropriate adults we can call upon.
01:54But some people use people they know.
01:59No.
02:03Excuse me.
02:04Oh, God.
02:05Excuse me.
02:06We're late.
02:18That's all right.
02:19I'll just dock it out your wages, plus the money you stock.
02:21Enough, all right?
02:22I've had enough of the stealing and lying about meeting private investigators and then acting all weird when you get there.
02:28Go on, then.
02:29Chuck me out.
02:30You know you want to.
02:31Hold on a second.
02:32Just calm down.
02:33No.
02:34No one is chucking anybody out, okay?
02:35Now, we're supposed to be family.
02:36Dysfunctional, granted, but nonetheless, we're still family.
02:39Mom!
02:40Mom!
02:41Mom!
02:42Mom!
02:43There's a ghost in the barrel store.
02:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, boys, calm down.
02:46There's no such thing as ghosts, all right?
02:48I heard.
02:49There used to be a body buried there.
02:50What?
02:51What are you talking about?
02:52That's nonsense.
02:53I don't know what you wrote there.
02:54We heard something.
02:55Why don't you believe us?
02:56Because they're old and dead inside.
02:58I believe you.
02:59Show me.
03:09Good.
03:10You've got your jacket on.
03:11Right, we are going out.
03:12Are you drunk?
03:13I may be.
03:14Just a little bit tipsy.
03:15It was to him, okay?
03:16He insisted on buying loads of champagne.
03:18Loads.
03:19And he has just dropped five grand in my account for expenses.
03:21So we are going out.
03:22Well, no, no, no.
03:23We're not.
03:24Billy and Honey are coming out for dinner.
03:25And Lex says you'd eat with us.
03:26What, it was?
03:27Well, yeah.
03:28It's a good thing, isn't it?
03:29Yeah.
03:30Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:31Well, of course it is.
03:32It's great.
03:33What?
03:34What?
03:35Well, yeah, it's a good thing, isn't it?
03:36Yeah?
03:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:38It's great.
03:39Why?
03:40Okay.
03:41Well, I'm going to pop it in a minute, Marge.
03:42Why don't you go and talk to her?
03:43What am I?
03:44Yeah.
03:46Come here.
04:00How's, erm...
04:01How's things?
04:02I've already got ten charles in my basket.
04:04How many more do you think I should get?
04:06Uh...
04:07I don't know.
04:08I think ten sounds good.
04:09Who is that?
04:10Nobody.
04:11Hold on.
04:12Let me go somewhere more private.
04:14Nobody.
04:15Nobody.
04:16Hold on.
04:17Let me go somewhere more private.
04:18Would you like some water, Mr Bates?
04:19Oh.
04:20Oh.
04:21No.
04:22No.
04:23No.
04:25Uh...
04:26Call me Nigel.
04:27Um...
04:28Sorry, what did you just ask me?
04:29I mean, you know, before the...
04:30Well, I just wanted you to tell us what happened.
04:31What happened?
04:32What happened?
04:33What happened?
04:34What happened?
04:35In your own words.
04:36You know, you just told us that you'd sold the car to a local dealership early the same day.
04:38Yeah.
04:39That's right.
04:40Yeah.
04:41That's right.
04:42So you'd really push the keys?
04:43Um...
04:44Um...
04:45I suppose so.
04:46So how did you access the vehicle?
04:47Oh.
04:48No.
04:49No.
04:51Uh...
04:52Call me Nigel.
04:53Um...
04:54Sorry.
04:55What did you just ask me?
04:56I mean, you know, before the...
04:58Well, I just wanted you to tell us what happened in your own words.
05:01You know, you just told us that you'd sold the car to a local dealership early the same day.
05:05Yeah.
05:06That's right.
05:07So you'd really push the keys?
05:09Um...
05:10I suppose so.
05:11So how did you access the vehicle?
05:13I don't know.
05:16Uh...
05:17It...
05:18It was unlocked.
05:19Okay.
05:20Well, let's take it it's read that you gained access somehow.
05:23How did you start the vehicle?
05:27Nigel.
05:28Do you remember what I advised you?
05:30No.
05:31Then maybe you might want to talk to your appropriate adult.
05:35I don't know him.
05:37Look, I just came here to tell you what happened.
05:41To confess.
05:42Yeah.
05:43But we need to establish the validity of any admission.
05:45And...
05:46You don't remember the details.
05:48That doesn't mean I don't know what happened.
05:51I took the car and I ran into those girls.
05:55There's no other explanation.
05:56I mean, I had blood in my fingernails and on my comfy shoes and I have flashes like memories but hazy and jumbled and I can't hang on to them.
06:12Can you describe these flashes as you call them?
06:15Um...
06:18It's like a really strong feeling that I was there and I hit those girls.
06:24And people keep lying to me about what I did.
06:28Who do you think's lying to you?
06:29My wife.
06:31She...
06:32Well, she was lying.
06:33But, um, now she says it was me.
06:37Now, look, I know you don't believe what I'm telling you about this because of my mind, my dementia.
06:50So, talk to my wife, Julie.
06:52Uh, and she'll corroborate with you that what I did.
06:58Yeah?
07:01Okay.
07:02Sorry, the twins are winding you up. They're probably secretly filming this.
07:11No, I heard something.
07:12Sorry, darling.
07:13There's much of love to spend all night watching you fall for one of our twins' demonic pranks.
07:17I've got thirsty punters to serve.
07:18All right.
07:19Don't think you're skiving off work, neighbor.
07:21Shut up.
07:27Now, that's a rat.
07:29If it is, it's doing a great impression of a cat.
07:31Oh, just a minute I want to see now.
07:33Listen, I might require your services, all right?
07:35How's that?
07:36Okay, all depends on who you're going to believe.
07:37But in our sewer pipe, we've either got a flesh-eating rodent or off his nut angry ghost, right?
07:42So, you might have to set up a, you know, like a crime scene.
07:46Oh, Jack, seriously.
07:47I never know what's going on in this place from one minute to the next.
07:49Yeah, well, I ain't just here, pal.
07:50Yeah.
07:51Hey.
07:52Can I get a beer when you're ready?
07:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:54May have to.
07:55Um, how'd it go?
07:56Yeah, they're doing okay, friends.
07:57Uh, you haven't seen Julie or Nigel yet?
08:00I'll just pop back for a quick shower and if someone's emptied the bin out on the floor.
08:05It's a right mess.
08:06No, they're not answering their phones.
08:08Uh, Julie wasn't here earlier, uh, with Gene, but I haven't seen him since.
08:12Let me get them beers, all right?
08:14Yeah, I'm just worried he's had a bit of an episode.
08:16They wouldn't have left the place in that state unless something had happened.
08:20You know, actually, I'd better go look for him.
08:23Listen, you've got enough on your plate without worrying about that.
08:27I know her now.
08:34Have a seat.
08:35Not a trimester, man.
08:36No, no.
08:37Just trying to gather as much information as possible.
08:39That's all.
08:50Right, um, just talk us through what you and your husband did that day.
08:54Oh, uh, well, I've got to warn you, it's not very exciting.
08:58You should try doing this job.
09:01Uh, so, I, I'm sure you know that we'd sold our car.
09:08Um, yeah, Nigel was really upset about that because he loved that car.
09:12Uh, so, I went over to the caf and, um, I bought him some brownies just to, just to cheer him up.
09:19You know, and then, by the time I got home, he'd forgotten all about the car.
09:23Which, um, well, that's, that's how it goes with him sometimes.
09:29Yeah.
09:31Uh, not a very eventful day, really.
09:35So neither of you went out?
09:36No.
09:37Well, not unless he sneaked out while I was upstairs, but I don't think that's likely.
09:42He's not, uh, really the sneaking out type.
09:44I mean, you've met him.
09:49I, I do know what Nigel has told you that he's done.
09:58Um, and unless it isn't obvious, he's forgetful and he gets confused and
10:06sometimes he just fills in the gaps with stories and with things he's heard.
10:11Now, he, he does know that the girls were knocked down because, um, Gina's dad George lives with us and he told us what had happened.
10:20Um, but he got really upset because it's his car.
10:25It's his car.
10:27And I'm all confused and just filled in the gaps.
10:33Um, I, I tried to stop him from coming and I couldn't, and I'm sorry that we've wasted your time.
10:44But, um, Nigel didn't hit those girls.
10:48He couldn't have done because he was with me.
10:50Okay.
10:51Um, that's great.
10:52Thank you for your time, Ginny.
10:54There.
10:55Okay, I, I believe you.
10:56But how do you know that ain't the twins mucking about?
10:57What, you think they've climbed down a sewer pipe and they're pretending to be a cat?
11:01We'll put it past them.
11:02Or they could have put down one of them, I don't know, one of them Bluetooth speaker things, couldn't they?
11:05What, and flushed it down the loo?
11:06Zoe, how is that less unlikely than flushing a live cat down the loo?
11:10No one has flushed a cat down the loo, yeah?
11:12He's probably found his way in the sewer pipe from a drain outside.
11:14Fine, they can find his way out, can't it?
11:15No, it's cruel.
11:16We have to get it out.
11:17What are you looking at me for?
11:19Oh, alright.
11:20I'll get a tour pass.
11:22Oh, what kid did you do?
11:23Can I get it?
11:25What are you looking at me for?
11:26Oh, alright.
11:28I'll get a tour pass.
11:30Oh, OK.
11:31OK, keep it.
11:32Oh, OK, keep it.
11:33OK, keep it.
11:34OK, keep it.
11:35Julie!
11:45They've, uh, released me under caution so I can go.
11:48Oh, let's go then.
11:49I told them as much as I could, but I don't think they believe me.
11:52I think probably because I, um, I couldn't remember the exact detail.
11:59I said they should talk to you.
12:01So you need to step up for me now.
12:03Uh, go in, tell them what happened.
12:05Nigel.
12:06You need to do this for me.
12:08I already have.
12:09I've spoken to them.
12:12You lied.
12:14Did what I had to do.
12:16You lied.
12:17You lied again.
12:22Ah, here he is.
12:24You all right? Good to see you all.
12:25And you.
12:26Lovely to be here.
12:30Is it, Billy?
12:30Yeah, yeah, I know.
12:32Good.
12:32Look, I'm so, um, sorry for keeping you waiting.
12:34Oh, no, no, no, Callum said you had a, had a work thing, so.
12:38What, possible work thing?
12:39Johnny's trying to start his own business.
12:41Yeah, yeah, but no one wants to hear about that.
12:43Um, Lexi, I saw something when I was out and, yeah, I thought you might like it.
12:50All right, where is it?
12:51Open it and find out.
12:53All right.
12:53Oh, my God.
12:58It's amazing.
13:00And you've brought all the charms I put in my basket.
13:02Yeah, it's just my way of saying thanks, you know, for giving me a chance.
13:07I've got to go ring an ish.
13:08You won't believe this.
13:09Yeah, do it.
13:12I was just, um, trying to break the ice, you know, and I saw her looking at it on her
13:16iPad, so.
13:18The reason she was looking at it was because I told her to look at it.
13:22I get a few charms, you know.
13:24Janet had an idea, you see.
13:25We're all going to club together and buy her that bracelet for Christmas.
13:28Is it true?
13:45What are you doing, even going near a car?
13:47You could have killed Gina.
13:48You smashed up a flipping knee.
13:50I'm sorry.
13:50Hey, Jasmine.
13:51I'm so sorry.
13:58It's a mess.
14:08Did you even realize, is it?
14:12No, I don't think so.
14:14I would have stopped.
14:16I would have helped.
14:20I can't remember.
14:22So what did you tell the police?
14:25That I did it.
14:26But they don't believe me because I...
14:28I can't remember exactly what happened.
14:35Stupid, stupid, stupid!
14:38Hey, hey, hey.
14:40You made a mistake.
14:44What's done is done.
14:45We just have to learn to live with it.
14:49What if I can't?
14:58Nigel.
15:00Go away.
15:05What did you say to him?
15:07Nothing.
15:07Just talking.
15:08Nigel.
15:23Nigel.
15:24Go away.
15:25Nigel.
15:26Nigel.
15:26Open the door.
15:27Go away.
15:28Nigel!
15:30Phil?
15:32Phil?
15:34Nigel!
15:36Phil?
15:38Where are you?
15:42Phil?
15:46Do you think we maybe should call Phil?
15:50Nobody calls Phil.
15:54Just have to give him a minute to calm down, that's all.
15:58But he is really good at dealing with it.
16:00Yeah, and he's not the only one.
16:02Not just my husband, nobody understands him better than I do.
16:07Right, here we go, Lex. Big smile!
16:09Whee!
16:11Can we do some more outside?
16:13We can do them, wherever you want.
16:22Why is he trying to buy her off?
16:24Phil, look, I know he's trying a bit too hard, okay?
16:28But that's only because me and Lexi weren't really getting on, and he's getting better now.
16:32Yeah, well done.
16:36Yeah, well done.
16:37That's the way he's going about it.
16:39Lola wanted her to learn to wait, so she would appreciate things when she got them.
16:45But if he keeps buying her stuff just to try and get in her good books, what's she going to learn from that, eh?
16:50Billy is right.
16:52I mean, the Beatles said it best.
16:54Can't buy me love.
16:56Ain't my car.
16:58You need to talk to him.
17:04Right, here we go.
17:05Oh!
17:07Hey, that's all right!
17:09Oh, we've got an open source situation, seriously.
17:13We are one yank of a bog chain away from disaster.
17:16Bog chain?
17:17Who?
17:18Who's got a bog chain?
17:19You look, you're really close reaching.
17:21You'll probably be able to get it.
17:22Come on, let me get your hand in there.
17:24My arm ain't got to fit.
17:25I'm too muscular.
17:26Fuck you!
17:28Oh, come on.
17:29I'll just do it then.
17:30Well done, Zoe.
17:31Just make sure no one flushes.
17:33Oh, yeah, okay, right.
17:35You got no one used the lab, all right?
17:37It's all right.
17:38It's all right.
17:39It's just now that the boys up there,
17:40they never flush and it is a number two.
17:42Oh, God.
17:43Oh, God.
17:44Here, kitty, kitty.
17:48Follow me.
17:49Who's dropped their cats and stinks in here?
17:52What's she doing?
17:54There's a cat up there.
17:55I thought you was looking after the boys.
17:57I am.
17:58Who's in the kitchen and Ernie's in the lab.
18:01You...
18:05You are kidding.
18:07Come on!
18:26I'm sorry.
18:30I'm sorry if I lie in to you.
18:31I'm sorry if I lie in to the police.
18:37But you know I had to do it.
18:42To protect me?
18:43Yeah.
18:45That's right.
18:53Just like...
18:56You lie to protect me.
18:59Remember?
19:00I was it a lie.
19:01You're not telling me you're real.
19:02Really not.
19:03I felt like a lie.
19:04I felt like a betrayal.
19:05You hurt me, Nigel.
19:06You hurt me, Nigel.
19:07You hurt me so much.
19:08You hurt me, Nigel.
19:09You hurt me so much.
19:12You hurt me.
19:13You hurt me so much.
19:14So...
19:15Can you blame me for...
19:18trying to...
19:19trying to...
19:20keep you here with me?
19:21After spending...
19:22all those months apart?
19:23The time...
19:24We have got left together, Nigel.
19:25It's just...
19:26so...
19:27precious.
19:28Mm-hmm.
19:29Mm-hmm.
19:30Mm-hmm.
19:31So...
19:32Can you blame me for...
19:35trying to...
19:36keep you here with me?
19:39After spending...
19:41all those months apart?
19:43The time...
19:46we have got left together, Nigel,
19:48is just...
19:49so...
19:50precious.
19:51Precious.
19:52Mm-hmm.
20:06I could have killed those girls.
20:08And I have to pay for it.
20:10You already are paying for it.
20:12No, no, no.
20:13What you're saying is,
20:14because of my illness,
20:16I'm...
20:17I'm some kind of different creature,
20:19judged by different standards,
20:21not a man anymore,
20:22but I am a man...
20:24still.
20:26And I want to be treated like a man,
20:29to make my own decisions...
20:31right to the end.
20:36And...
20:37my decision...
20:40was to own...
20:42what I did...
20:46and to face justice for it.
20:48just like any other man.
20:53And you took that away from me.
20:54I just...
20:55I just don't want to lose you.
20:56But it's your decision to make.
20:58It's mine.
20:59Why...
21:00why is it that you want to be punished
21:01when you're already being punished?
21:02I'm doing it again.
21:03You're saying that...
21:04that...
21:05the rules are different for me,
21:06because...
21:07because I...
21:08I...
21:09I forget things,
21:10and I get confused,
21:11and I'm...
21:12I'm angry,
21:13but I'm still me.
21:14I'm still...
21:15Nigel.
21:16I...
21:17I want to carry on being me,
21:19as long as I can.
21:21The...
21:22That's the whole reason why...
21:25I...
21:26I...
21:27I owned...
21:28I wanted to own up to the crash.
21:29Being me,
21:31Nigel,
21:32I'm not my disease.
21:34Please tell me you understand that.
21:44I do.
21:48I do.
21:52I'm sorry.
21:55I'm sorry.
21:56I'm sorry.
21:57I'm sorry.
21:58I'm sorry.
21:59I'm sorry.
22:00I'm sorry.
22:01I'm sorry.
22:02I'm sorry.
22:05Alright?
22:06Cal, come join us.
22:07We're gonna watch Mean Girls.
22:08Anyone think she was raised by a couple of gays?
22:11Lex,
22:12I'm gonna have to take you to the musical when it goes on tour.
22:14I'd rather go and see Alessie Rose next month.
22:16Shut up.
22:17You like Alessie Rose?
22:18I love Alessie Rose.
22:19Me too.
22:20Right, we're going to that.
22:22Callum said it was too expensive.
22:24No, no, no.
22:25It's fine.
22:26It's fine.
22:27Johnny.
22:28No, no, no, no, no.
22:29Seriously?
22:30Can I take a friend?
22:31You can take two.
22:32And Callum.
22:33Oh my gosh.
22:34Thank you, Johnny.
22:35That's alright.
22:36Now that's dealt with.
22:37Crisp.
22:39Here we go.
22:46Did you take that in the shower with you?
22:48No, I gave her a little bath in the washing up bowl.
22:50Oh, that's hygiene it.
22:51I'll buy you a new one, alright?
22:53You've always been a cat person, haven't you?
22:58Do you remember that little ginger moggy you used to have?
23:01Baby.
23:02Yeah.
23:03Of course.
23:04Don't worry.
23:05I ain't going to get attached to this one.
23:07I know I've got to let her go.
23:09What makes you think that?
23:11I checked the message boards and no one's reported a cat missing.
23:14So she needs somewhere to live.
23:16Might as well live here with you.
23:18No.
23:19Why not?
23:22Oh, right.
23:23You heard what I said to Alfie earlier.
23:25I ain't taking responsibility for a living creature if I ain't got nowhere to live.
23:29Why are you turning this into something that it ain't?
23:31I was frustrated.
23:32You said you wanted to kick me out.
23:34Because you arranged a meeting behind my back.
23:36Paid for with the money you stole.
23:38And to top that you acted all weird when you got there.
23:41Zoe, you're my daughter and I love you.
23:44But no more lying and not being honest and sneaking around.
23:49If you can do that, you've got a place to live here as long as you like, alright?
23:53You got that?
23:55Right.
23:56So seeing as we're having this loving and being honest with each other,
23:59you can tell me why he's being all shifty around Miss Marple back there.
24:03I suppose I better go in then.
24:12Have you got them?
24:14John, chapter... something or other.
24:31The truth will set you free.
24:37That's what Mrs. C would have said.
24:41And what if the truth gets you locked up for six months?
24:46I just want you to be sure.
24:51I am sure.
24:56And I can deal with it.
25:00We can deal with it.
25:04Together.
25:09Well, what would you have said if I told you I was having a meeting with the PI?
25:32What I said before? Wait for Sharon.
25:34Sharon, Sharon. Flipping Sharon.
25:36Do you have any idea what it's like for me waiting like this?
25:39Well, you've waited the best part of two decades.
25:41I'm sure two weeks won't make any difference, will it?
25:43You don't understand, do you?
25:45I left this country because I wanted to forget about everything.
25:49I'd drunk too much.
25:52Did drugs for years to block it all out.
25:55But now I'm back. I'm here.
25:58And all I can think about is...
26:01I want my son.
26:03And we'll find him.
26:05But you've got to remember this is Dennis' kid as well, yeah?
26:08And that means the world to Sharon.
26:10And we made her a promise.
26:11I don't care.
26:12You don't want to get on Sharon's bad side. Believe me, I know.
26:14This has got nothing to do with her.
26:16What do you mean by that?
26:18I meant what I said before.
26:20I want you here.
26:21I want you here in my life.
26:23But I can't tolerate this lying.
26:25There's been enough lies between us, you and me.
26:28You need to make me a promise, Zoe.
26:31I mean it. Promise me.
26:33I promise.
26:34What I said earlier about not knowing who the father of my son is...
26:49He ain't really Dennis Regman.
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