One of EastEnders’ best loved couples (so much so they’re getting their own spin-off) is set to reunite on stage in Bromley in February.
Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace, who played Alfie Moon and Kat Slater on Albert Square will pair up to star in the adaptation of best-selling crime author Peter James’ thriller The Perfect Murder at The Churchill Theatre from February 8 to 13.
It will doubtless be a thrill for audiences to see them back together and in the flesh and in celebration, we’re taking a stroll down memory lane with a look at some of British telly’s other great couples…
Vera and Jack Duckworth, Coronation Street
As played by Elizabeth Dawn and Bill Tarmey, the couple shared the screen on Corrie for just shy of 30 years. Their relationship may have been rocky and their son, Terry, a right terror but the Duckworth’s were a fixture in our living rooms.
Del Boy and Raquel, Only Fools and Horses
Neither the Peckham market trader who believed he was always on the cusp of becoming a millionaire nor the failed actress who was once married to his nemesis were where they wanted to be in life, but they were the perfect foil for one another, making a proper cushty couple.
Richard and Judy, This Morning
OK, so they’re not fictional like all the others but these two go together so seamlessly that it’s odd to see one without the other. They have been married since 1986 and are best known for a long stint on This Morning (from 1988 to 2001) though they’ve expanded to other projects and even their own popular book and wine clubs.
Adam and Rachel, Cold Feet
ITV’s noughties favourite is heading back to our screens soon, but sadly we won’t see the return of its best-loved couple. James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale’s 20-somethings were like the British Ross and Rachel from Friends: madly in love, then seeing other people, then back together, then pregnant except…she dies. Heartbreaking.
Basil and Sybil Fawlty, Fawlty Towers
It is not exactly clear what held the Fawltys together, but it didn’t appear to be love. For the most part their bickering, snipes and even physical violence indicated that they couldn’t stand each other. But wasn’t it fun watching the sparks fly?
Tim and Dawn, The Office
Will they, won’t they? Martin Freeman’s underachieving, low aspiration salesman was by far the most likeable character in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s seminal sitcom, but he just couldn’t help himself. After two series of unbearable tension, they eventually kiss at the end of the final special.
The Perfect Murder, starring Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace, is at The Churchill Theatre, Bromley, from February 8 to 13. Go to atgtickets.com/bromley
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