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Pat Butcher Is Back  

EastEnders favourite Pat Evans, formerly Pat Butcher, is to return to the BBC soap for a one-off comeback episode over the Christmas period. 

The character, played by Pam St Clement, was beloved by viewers for more than 25 years for her no-nonsense personality and memorable taste in earrings. 

Pat died in 2012, but was later seen on-screen again with Dame Barbara Windsor, when she returned as a figment of the dying Peggy's imagination in 2016. 

She will now similarly come back, acting alongside Paul Bradley as Nigel, whose memories take him back to the 90s, as part of a storyline about his dementia next month. 

"I was both surprised and excited to be asked back to tread the streets of Walford once again and to be involved in Nigel's touching dementia storyline," St Clement, 83, said. 

"It was lovely to be welcomed back by those with whom I had worked for so long. It was just like coming home." 

Pat returns to help Nigel when his dementia symptoms intensify, following an emotional evening at his festive film screening. 

St Clement first appeared in EastEnders in 1986 and was at the heart of the drama in Albert Square until her character's death.

14 November 2025

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