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Barry Evans Returns To Albert Square 

Another Albert Square legend is heading back to Walford this December, as Shaun Williamson reprises his iconic role of Barry Evans for a special episode in Nigel’s dementia storyline.

Although it’s been over 21 years since Barry last stepped foot in Walford, his character remains etched into the history of the show for his inherent bad luck, hopeless love-life, and epic feud with step-mother Pat Evans, who he refused to forgive following her affair with Frank Butcher which he believed to be the root cause of his beloved dad’s death. 

After a series of failed romances, Barry thought he had finally found his match when he married Walford’s Janine Butcher, but their relationship proved to be most fateful of all, and by unknowingly making a wardrobe faux pas by not wearing slip on shoes, Barry fell to his untimely death in 2004 when Janine pushed him off a cliff. 

Barry appears alongside step-mother Pat in The Queen Vic when Nigel’s dementia symptoms intensify, and although their relationship was fraught in the land of the living, Pat and Barry put aside their differences to help Nigel in his time of need. 

The special episode will transmit in December, and EastEnders has been working with Dementia UK on Nigel’s storyline since its inception.

17 November 2025                                           

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