She is set to make her first appearance in January 2023, and will be portrayed by Patsy Kensit. . On 15 June 2022, it was announced Harold had been axed by new executive producer, Chris Clenshaw. When he calls them again, Dan demands that Phil and Steve give him 100,000 each in exchange for Mel's safety. Ted Mitchell Phil Mitchell Ben Mitchell Louise Mitchell Grant Mitchell Courtney Mitchell Sam Mitchell Ronnie Branning Danielle Jones Matthew Cotton James Branning Roxy Mitchell Amy MitchellRicky Mitchell Upon realizing that Mel saved his life, Dan thanks her for saving his life and gives Mel 50,000 in gratitude. When it is revealed, that Jay helped to cover up Heather's murder, Lola is at first wary of him, although she eventually forgives him. Kate Woodward of Inside Soap said Lola's introduction had been a "revelation" and Tony Stewart from the Daily Mirror stated "in little less than a month on the Square, the spirited Lola has already created havoc." "[28], Tony Stewart writing for the Daily Mirror described Lola as "a walking 15-year-old Asbo", he added "in little less than a month on the Square, the spirited Lola has already created havoc. After the pair find themselves secretly reacquainted with each other, Dan and Bianca start an affair even though she is married to local resident Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen), who ends up befriending Dan. She's got so many sides and I am having a great time exploring them. This causes Phil to end his friendship with Dan, and he later plots to win back his share of the pub as payback. . 169 quotes from Dan Pearce: 'Share your weaknesses. She later tells Ben that he is not the father. There was a problem. "I knew Id never get good grades, I was more into drama and sports.". [17], On 15 July 2012, it was revealed that Harold would become only the second actress to act out a birth during a live episode of a soap opera, following Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Brown) in the live 50th anniversary episode broadcast in December 2010. Assistant Content Producer at BBC EastEnders London, England, United Kingdom. He made his first appearance on 6 September 2004. EastEnders' Lola Pearce reveals that her dying wish is to be reunited with her estranged mother in upcoming scenes on the BBC soap.. Southampton Solent University . As a terminally ill Lola (Danielle Harold) prepares for her big day in EastEnders, she starts to feel very unwell and with Lola also having second thoughts about getting married to Jay (Jamie Borthwick), Kim tries to encourage Lola to make the most of every moment she has left. They soon proceed to form a business partnership when Phil sells his ownership of The Queen Vic to Dan for 5; with Phil having done so to spite his mother Peggy (Barbara Windsor) in retribution for supposedly favoring his brother Grant (Ross Kemp), who recently left the square following a botched criminal job between the brothers, more than him. EastEnders producer Chris Clenshaw planned some new additions to the line-up upon his arrival. EastEndersairs Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm on BBC One see ourTV Guidefor full listings. [26] Upon her reintroduction, the character is billed as matured and "a fiercely protective mum" to Lexi. The storyline was summed up in Inside Soap by Kate Woodward who commented "Although I love Abi and Jay together, it's great to see them face serious obstacles thanks to her meddling. Lola made her first appearance on 12 July 2011. Phil lashes out in response to this, but Dan overpowers Phil and threatens to report him to the police. "[38], Kate White from Inside Soap praised the storyline, saying, "Here you are teasing us all with endless mystery secrets and secret mysteries, yet the best storyline you have is hiding nothing at all! These are the list of fictional characters from the BBC British soap opera franchise EastEnders. devastating diagnosis that she had a terminal brain tumour. It was announced on 25 February 2008 that the characters of Keith and Mickey had been axed by EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer. Once the weapon is in his position, Dan later confronts Phil at the garage to extort money from him threatening to shoot him otherwise. After Jay reveals that Ben tried to kiss him, Lola walks out of The Queen Vic and Ben denies his accusations. In February 2021 Lola is set up on a date with Isaac Baptiste (Stevie Basaula) by Kim Fox (Tameka Empson), which is met with opposition from his mother, Sheree Trueman (Suzette Llewellyn). Lola Pearce is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Danielle Harold.She is introduced as the granddaughter of Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) and Julie Perkins (Cathy Murphy), and an extension to the already established Mitchell family.Lola made her first appearance on 12 July 2011. She starts working as an Events Manager with Jay's girlfriend Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) and the two eventually bump heads with each other. There, Lola opens up to Jay saying she will be a bad mother. But though she has an eye for mischief, Lola's always been too wary to get into really big trouble. A week later, Julie finds Lola in the R&R nightclub and takes her home, after Julie apologies for reporting Lola to the police, and tries to get to know Lola properly. "[15] When Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) begins to be stalked, the BBC named Lola one of the many suspects. She is upset but Jay suggests she goes with him, which she does, taking Lexi with them. There was a problem. Billy's first meeting with feisty troublemaker Lola went far from well as she stole his wallet, but their relationship improved when she returned to Walford the next day to give it back to him. This distracts Phil, and Dan uses the opportunity to disarm him before knocking Phil unconscious. The next day, Dan learns that Phil plans to kick him out of the house and responds by reporting his motor scam to the police; Phil later changes his mind after he makes amends with Dan, and the two plan on further establishing their partnership whilst Dan hopes to cover-up his betrayal from Phil. Consequently, Dan is one of the few soap opera villains to not get killed off nor receive any comeuppance for his crimes. Menu. Trish is there and asks them if their relationship has broken down but Phil tells her that he is responsible for recent events and agrees to work with Lola to make the transition for Lexi to return to living with Lola as easy as possible. It soon becomes clear that Dan's plan to get revenge on Phil and Steve was to kidnap Mel, the common link between the three rivals, and then blackmail the pair into giving him 200,000 ransom in order to rescue Mel from captivity. Dan then continues to develop his relationship with Mel, who soon learns about him reporting Phil and his motor scam to the police. They then start a relationship. Email digishowbiz@the-sun.co.uk or call us direct on 0207 782 4220 . [2] Some bookmakers refused to take bets as they were convinced that Dan would commit the crime. Thank you for watching video!Subscribe to our channel for more latest videos!CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/3BkCunhEastEnders' Lola Pearce 'dies on . The judge rules that Lexi will stay with Phil as kinship foster carer. Heres how it works. Billy Mitchell is determined to make Lola Pearce's final wedding wish come true in EastEnders. . However, the doctor tells the couple that it . "[26] Kate Oates, the senior executive producer of EastEnders, said that she "admired Lola's feisty, fiery spirit" and looked forward to her return. "[32] Co-star Perry Fenwick said that Harold is an "amazing" actress. Now pregnant, we wonder what motherhood will do to Lola? Jay calls Billy and reveals that he, Lola and Lexi are moving to Newcastle with Dexter. Read more: EastEnders fans 'work out' twist in Denise Fox and Ravi affair plot In recent scenes, Jay asked Lola if she would marry him in two weeks after proposing on Christmas Day. Harold said she had always wanted to be an actress and was grateful to be given a great character in Lola. "[3][10] BT described the character as "EastEnders' new tearaway and Billy's wayward granddaughter" and said "It seems Lola isn't exactly the butter-wouldn't-melt type. Where was the immediate risk to the baby? NOTE: Please do not add content from the BBC iPlayer's early episodes until it has been aired on television, as it is intrusive to our readers who may not have seen the episode on iPlayer. He was an unseen character but was seen in a photo, the actor in the photo was Paul Warren. Phil questions Lola, to the point where she steps backwards and falls down the steps to her basement flat. She gets a job at the caf and admits to Liam Butcher (James Forde) that she started the fire. You will receive a verification email shortly. In short, Billy is Lola's grandfather. Upon confronting each other, Dan tells Phil that he plans to settle his score with him and begins to taunt him just as Phil gives Dan five seconds to get out of his sight. We regularly give advice to programmes about social work storylines; we would like to know who advised EastEnders so badly. Dan Pearce is known for EastEnders (1985), Long Lost Family (2016) and Tattoo Tales (2015). She returns briefly with Jay to collect more belongings, but Billy tries to convince her to stay and let Jay go to Newcastle alone, but Lola refuses. She was also the girlfriend of Dan Pearce, until she abandoned him and Lola. I am always disappointed at how social workers are portrayed in EastEnders, but this was the last resort. Lola has been thinking about her mum a lot recently and Billy has taken on the task of granting her dying wish to reunite the pair. People have been emotionally affected by the story and have a real concern about the sort of heavy-handed state intervention that's portrayed. Given that Lola is a young mother, who has been, until this episode, wearing an electronic tag (for criminal damage to the car lot), with a history of getting into trouble with the police, and is known to have had a difficult childhood herself (indeed, three generations of the family have been through the care system), it was clearly important for social services to be involved with the family in order to ensure that Lola could cope with having a baby. [2] The possible suspects were Lisa Shaw (Lucy Benjamin), Melanie Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite), Steve Owen (Martin Kemp), Mark Fowler (Todd Carty), Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Dan. Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and Neighbours stories that came about after the cast spoke up. 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