Spoiler alert: A heart attack strikes in the Square!
Let's face it... January is tough! We roll around after too much festive pud, rub our pennies together and sniff and yawn all day... well, our Walford residents don'tĀ escape the January blues either!
Towards the end of the month a certain party-hard, businessman is struck down by a *deep breath* heart attack! MAJOR! But who???

Has Phil's past drink and drugs lifestyle taken its toll?
Yes, it's... PHIL 'Don't Mess With Me' MITCHELL!
Perhaps stringing along two women at the same time proves too much for his ticker, or maybe jumping on and off the wagon too many times to mention has taken its toll. Whatever brings on the heart attack... it's not pretty!
How does it happen? Well... whilst he's getting it on with game Glenda in R&R, Phil collapses inĀ the heat of the moment, just as GlendaĀ spots Ian staring at them both. (Whatever turns you on, Ian).
Will Ian come to his senses and help?Ā Or willĀ he leaveĀ Phil to come to a miserly end?Ā

Comment number 1.
At 07:27 18th Dec 2010, eastendersnumber1fan4ever wrote:OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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At 18:55 18th Dec 2010, EastE wrote:It looks like peggy is back. look at the back photo behind Phil.
(Not Sure)
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At 19:19 18th Dec 2010, Pilky wrote:No EastE tht photo is an old one back when Peggy was in it, when Phil was on the crack. I do hope she returns one day tho ^^
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At 19:49 18th Dec 2010, gleek2211 wrote:OMG!!!!!!!!!!! can't believe this!!!
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At 20:25 18th Dec 2010, mariDUN wrote:wow heart attack
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At 18:10 19th Dec 2010, lisymay wrote:mmmm! sometime or another you get ur comupence, ask stacey after xmas maybe...
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At 21:13 20th Dec 2010, ILoveKaraTointon wrote:Is Phil Dying?????????????????
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At 21:23 20th Dec 2010, Blackandpink98 wrote:Is that Peggy
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Comment number 9.
At 23:09 20th Dec 2010, yasmeengulkhan wrote:i love eastenders cant wait OMG!
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Comment number 10.
At 23:11 20th Dec 2010, yasmeengulkhan wrote:i love eastenders cant wait OMG!
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At 23:12 20th Dec 2010, yasmeengulkhan wrote:this is a good twist for phil cant wait to see wen shirly finds ot
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At 16:31 21st Dec 2010, EmzLovesRobAlot wrote:OMG!!!!!!!! serves phil right though, too many beers i thinkk!
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At 16:55 21st Dec 2010, random123_8910 wrote:its not phil! lol they wont ever tell you whos going to die... but i wonder... why does everyone die at christmas? strange
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Comment number 14.
At 20:11 21st Dec 2010, staceyandRyan wrote:omg
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At 15:51 22nd Dec 2010, pacman234 wrote:OMG!!! KARMA!!
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At 16:16 22nd Dec 2010, staceron wrote:i think its charlie but i like the slaters
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Comment number 17.
At 21:08 22nd Dec 2010, Sacey lilly wrote:phil stop the drugs
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Comment number 18.
At 21:03 23rd Dec 2010, Tina Black wrote:yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay die fill u and janine are so alike i have the same passion of hate for both of you.............
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Comment number 19.
At 21:05 23rd Dec 2010, Tina Black wrote:then again where is shirely ...maybe she finds out
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Comment number 20.
At 02:24 24th Dec 2010, queenarumlily wrote:Unfortunately it won`t be Phil, if only. Why is it in EE some people never pay for their crimes such Janine & Phil. It`s about time both of them were made to pay. Stacey shouldn`t pay as she was raped AND wasn`t of sound mind to use a legal definition. EE started going downhill because of D Santer & it`s getting worse under B Kirkwood. Shirley is now a thief, we have fake Lauren & fake Ben. I can`t stand Ricky & Bianca, big mistake bringing them back. Pat has suddenly started helping the vile Janine who should never have been brought back.I am really going off my once favourite programme. We still have Dot & Jim thankfully.We don`t get to see much of Jim as he`s ill. I love the Masoods & the Beales & Patrick. I hope that you won`t go through my list of likes & decide to get rid of them now.
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Comment number 21.
At 06:52 24th Dec 2010, miss_cheeky_girl wrote:is that peggy in the background!?
behind phil. or it might just be roxy(played by rita simons) with a new 'do? after all, lord alan sugar is rita simons uncle. he might have lended her some money
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At 06:54 24th Dec 2010, miss_cheeky_girl wrote:it looks like sam's coming back!!!!!!!!!!!!
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At 21:29 24th Dec 2010, stacey wrote:it looka as though sams back for good!
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Comment number 24.
At 21:30 24th Dec 2010, stacey wrote:glenda is really gross cuz she kisses two guys ian and phil!! omg
who agrees???
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Comment number 25.
At 21:33 24th Dec 2010, EASTENDERSFOREVER wrote:That pic was taken ages back when Phil was a drunk and a drug addict and they tried to get him back in the vic and locked him in one of the rooms.
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At 11:49 27th Dec 2010, Alida Schaap wrote:It looks like Phil's past drink and drugs lifestyle has taken it's toll, ans his body gives him a warning not to fall back to that way of life! Personally I think Ian is human enough to call for help. Although it seems that Ian and Phil can drink eachothers blood; eventually they will always help eachother. Remember when Phil and Grant helped Ian to get Peter and Lucy back from Italy. And don't forget that both are related to Ben.
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At 17:31 27th Dec 2010, monalisa wrote:doubt phil dies lol!
saw steve yesterday and omg he looks so different now. i hope he gets rid of the beard for when he comes back from his break.
i know what happens after the heart attack so i asked him about it but he wouldnt answer me :(
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Comment number 28.
At 17:39 27th Dec 2010, monalisa wrote:@EastE its an old picture lol
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At 21:50 27th Dec 2010, chelzeaish wrote:yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
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At 11:55 28th Dec 2010, BethLOVESJayMcguiness123 wrote:YEAHHHHHHHHHH SAM'S COMING HOME (you can see her in the background holding a bat)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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At 14:20 28th Dec 2010, jaynestenton wrote:For the last time, this is an old picture. Its from the episode where Billy, Jay, Sam and Peggy herded Phil into the back of a van.
Call yourselves fans??
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Comment number 32.
At 17:17 28th Dec 2010, monalisa wrote:@jaynestenton lol its really silly. its blatently obvious its an old picture!!
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At 21:38 28th Dec 2010, EastendersForever97 wrote:Btw Guys Sam Nor Peggy Is Coming Back That Was Back When Phil was Doing Drugs, Dont Yoou Remember. Oo And Also If You Wanna Know How Charlie Leaves Then On The Sun/Soaps :L
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At 01:04 30th Dec 2010, KStacey wrote:This is an old pic taken during Phil's downfall. Don't get eluded by it. Eastenders is at it again playing mind games with us lol.
P.s I can't wait for Glenda, Phil and Ian's secret to be revealed. Ian and Phil needs to be careful. Lets say Glenda has nothing to lose but they do esp Ian. Eastenders has a way of exposing people's secrets when the pub packed with audience on stanby and esp on a special occasion.
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At 22:50 30th Dec 2010, Roshni wrote:Good he needs a lesson, after everything Shirley's done for him he had an affair with Glenda.
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At 22:51 30th Dec 2010, Roshni wrote:Hope he don't die, because of ben.
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At 23:53 30th Dec 2010, KStacey wrote:Oh for heaven sake where is Amaira's baby? She was meant to die in child's labour and the child given to Syed. Will there be another family fued with the Masoods? What would the residents of Walford say about this? Would they find it upsetting or would they be happy for the couple playing their roles as parents. It's reaction time. Syed and Christian better watch out!!!
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At 18:42 31st Dec 2010, EastendersBBC4everr wrote:Looks good. Cant belive phill has a heart attack! Iain will probley tell Shirley about him and Glenda... x
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At 22:41 31st Dec 2010, KStacey wrote:Oh for heaven sake where is Amaira's baby? She was meant to die in child's birth and the baby given to Syed. Will there be another family fued with the Masoods? What would the residents of Walford say about this? Would they find it upsetting or would they be happy for the couple playing their roles as parents. It's reaction time. Syed and Christian better watch out!!!
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At 22:42 31st Dec 2010, Joan Hinder wrote:Oh dear looks like we are slightly behind in Oz after reading some of the above comments, we are up to when Peggy is just leaving..........now thats sad, she was a great character in the show.
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Comment number 41.
At 00:21 1st Jan 2010, LuckiestLoser wrote:I really really really hope Phil doesn't die! He's one of the best! In fact, all of the Mitchell's are the best.
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At 01:36 1st Jan 2010, KStacey wrote:If Phil do have an heart attack he won't die. He's a survivor. He cheated death too many times. Am curious it could be Charlie or someone who hasn't been very active in the programme recently, am eager to see who it is.
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At 13:21 1st Jan 2010, soaplover123 wrote:The photo at the top is a old photo of when phil was on drugs. I'm sorry to say but I don't think Peggy will be coming back.
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At 00:35 2nd Jan 2010, KStacey wrote:There's no coming back for Peggy. She declared that in her interview and the same for Amaira.
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At 09:42 2nd Jan 2010, james wrote:is Peggy coming back and how come Phil is having a heart attack is it his brother or something Grant is he coming back i wonder how Phil will cope with it i hope he is ok bu i think Phil would be sorry for his neice Ronnie with the baby cannot beleive Glenda is playing away with men
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At 13:36 2nd Jan 2010, eastenders_love_1 wrote:Sams back!!!! this episode looks really exciting! i dont like phil much, but i think he'll survive in the heart attack
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At 13:58 2nd Jan 2010, Stevie_Boi wrote:It's a lil sad. The Mitchell's used to be the most famous family on the square. The family that everyone wanted in. Now Peggy's left (in defeat). Sam has gone yet again, Billy is more or less a no one now days. Roxy's lost all her money, poor Ronnie has now lost her daughter and son! And Phill looks like he's about to snuff it! Sad times for the Mitchell's. I do still think that the family has A LOT to offer Eastenders.
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Comment number 48.
At 18:00 2nd Jan 2010, doofdoof wrote:Oh cool, does he die? That would be great. His hard man image is past it's sell by date as well as his ridiculous story lines like the one about him being a junkie for a couple of weeks, I'm sure all junkies wish their addiction only lasted a couple of weeks. Not a good way to have approached this subject, considering young people watch the show and might think that being a junkie is a temporary situation.
All that stuff in the press about how he lost weight to look gaunt for the part, he didn't look any different to me and if he had, then I would have wondered why when he had hardly been a junkie for five minutes.
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At 18:07 2nd Jan 2010, doofdoof wrote:Oh, I'd bet on Charlie being the one, he's leaving and after him neglecting to watch the baby, then I'm sure he could be a candidate for a guilt ridden heart attack.
I'm also wondering if the pics we've seen of a funeral where Kat is grief stricken are really for the baby, surely she'll find out about that before a funeral comes up, I mean let's face it, in real life a health visitor sees your baby for the first few weeks and definitely in the first week of going home. Why didn't Kat have to go to the hospital with the baby to be checked out, and if she didn't, then why wasn't there a community nurse visit? Especially given her age, she would have to be checked out.
While we're there, why didn't they close the pub for the birth? That was ridiculous everyone watching from the bar.
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At 21:16 2nd Jan 2010, KStacey wrote:Do you think Ronnie could encounter postnatal depression ?
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At 21:33 2nd Jan 2010, Eastendersbestfsn001 wrote:OMG i didnt see that coming !!!
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At 20:35 3rd Jan 2011, vickiryan wrote:ugh, i wish the muppets who are asking ''is that paggy'' would look and see its an old photo -dawn is stood next to him, and Jay is younger
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At 20:57 3rd Jan 2011, flick83 wrote:Sorry its not actually Dawn its Sam.
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At 21:11 3rd Jan 2011, Eastendersbestfsn001 wrote:Looks like everything that phil has done to himself has now taken it's toll
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At 18:15 4th Jan 2011, suanne wrote:I would just like to say,,,, How depressing a programme with Kat bleeding, Ronnies baby dying, then herself swapping babies, as if! Now Phils heart attack. Can,t we have more happiness and humour PLEASE
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At 23:36 4th Jan 2011, KStacey wrote:A time and a place for everything. Time for fun and time for tragedy, love it all the way.
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At 13:34 5th Jan 2011, Kbrown734 wrote:Why? He has only just had a huge story line cant anyone have a normal life?
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At 18:39 6th Jan 2011, shazybabexxx wrote:THAT WAS WHEN SAM AND PEGG WOZ IN IT. WHEN PHILL HAD TAKEN THE DRUGS
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At 12:16 7th Jan 2011, marylumsden wrote:I have watched this programme since it first aired, there have been many controversial storylines but this one is just too much, i now refuse to watch eastenders until this storyline ends as i find it very upsetting and annoying.
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At 13:43 7th Jan 2011, Rob Smith wrote:I think everyone is going way over the top with this storyline.
End of the day its a soap, drama.
So its not meant to be real in any way.
I saw that Sam got sworn at while she was with her kids. These are the sort of people who need to get a life & realise its not Sam's views or anyones views. Its a TV show end of. 30 mins 4 times a week no more than a TV show.
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At 13:50 7th Jan 2011, crazygirl200988 wrote:i think eastenders should kill janine off she is evil an twisted they should kill her or she should leave for good an never come bk i cant stand the twisted women.
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At 21:28 7th Jan 2011, V Thomson wrote:Am I the only one to wonder at all the fuss about the baby storyline? Of course it is all tragic, but it is only a STORY, after all. If people are offended why do they watch it? They can always turn over to BBC2 - they DO have a choice.
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At 21:35 7th Jan 2011, urdad91111 wrote:no peggys not back thats an old pic wen fill was on crack
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At 22:25 7th Jan 2011, KStacey wrote:You are so right V Thomson, they hate it so much yet they still continue to watch it. Phew.
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At 10:56 8th Jan 2011, pumakubica wrote:There was a cot death in the early days of Eastenders which was very emotional and well dealt with at the time. Yes it is just a story but viewers do get involved, However, the exchange of babies was too much. Surely medical examination etc should spot the difference !
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At 20:48 8th Jan 2011, kulsuma wrote:mah friend told me that ian leavves phil to die!
cant believe ian has had an affair with that glenda
cant believe phil has had an affair with aunty Glenda
i hate glenda she is such an annoying character
cant believe connor's having an affair with carol
cant believe whitney acctually thinks connor likes/loves her
i wonder when roxy will find a man
i wonder if sean slaters comming back
i want sean to come back cos he was quite a funny character
i dont really like kim i want denises little sister to come on eastenders
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At 10:05 9th Jan 2011, Maureen McDonnell-Blacker wrote:PHIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GRAT CHARACTER AND BRILLIANT ACTOR IN WHATEVER STORY LINE HE HAS BEEN GIVEN. EASTENDERS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IF YOU KILL HIM OFF FOR ANY REASON.
FOR HEAVENS SAKE GET EASTENDERS BACK INTO THE REALITIES OF THIS WORLD - YOU ARE LOOSING A MEGA AMOUNT OF VIEWERS AT THIS POINT IN TIME
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Comment number 68.
At 12:33 9th Jan 2011, the Spanish dreamer wrote:Well, he seemed to kick the drugs fast enough ( not like that in real life, I bet!) so he'll probably be running the London Marathon soon enough after his heart attack!
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At 22:03 9th Jan 2011, blog123 wrote:phil is boaring to watch on screen now what happend to the phil that used to get caught up in trouble with other so called gangsters ect was good when he use to be fighting with steve owen or johnny alan they need to bring some sort of storyline like that back as the character seems to be dying out [know pun intended]
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At 20:00 11th Jan 2011, TurnMySwagOn25 wrote:Steve Mcfadden (phil) is a legend!!!,i hope he dont die! the drugs story line felt so real!!! Steve is what you call a proper actor!! x
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At 18:31 13th Jan 2011, CcOoKkIiEe wrote:i dont want phil 2 leave the show he is a good actor
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At 00:53 15th Jan 2011, lovepinkgal wrote:peggy is not back the picture is from when sam had just got back and minty and billy went and got phil from the doss house he was in.. omg phil has a heart attack never seen tht comin
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At 09:43 23rd Jan 2011, Kate wrote:Steve deserves an award and im not really surprised Ian Beale leaves him cause Phil has been sooooooooo nasty to him. also Phil is judging Ian for sleepin wiv Glenda and Phil is to! Despite the fact its his aunt which is even worse!!
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At 20:19 25th Jan 2011, elanahennessy wrote:i love her
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