Johnny appearing in WWTBAM Pantomime Special

John Partridge is appearing in a ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire Pantomime Special’ on Sunday 9th December (6.40pm, ITV1); a couple of pictures have been released.

Johnny Partridge news – A Chorus Line and Dames n Dudes

It’s been announced that Johnny Partridge will be taking on the role of Zach in a new West End revival of A Chorus Line, running from 5 February 2013 at the London Palladium. You can buy tickets here.

Tickets have also gone on sale for Johnny’s one-man show at the Hippodrome Casino, “Dames ‘n’ Dudes”, 22-27 April 2013.

And a reminder that Johnny will be appearing in panto from 8 December to 13 January at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham.

More mag articles and spoilers

Thursday 8 October
Syed faces a difficult decision as he knows Amira can give his daughter a better life….What will he decide? (Soaplife)

Friday 9 October
Will Syed regret his decision? (Soaplife)

Monday 12 – Friday 23 November)
Which married couple leave the Square….and will they go together? (Soaplife – next issue)

Various mag articles about next week (29 October – 2 November):

Christian has a violent showdown with husband Syed’s former fling Danny this week, which leaves both boys battered and bruised – and Christian behind bars!
The furious row breaks out after newlywed Christian tries warning Danny off, but only succeeds in prompting the rogue trader to reveal that he and Syed slept together. This shock discovery leaves poor Christian reeling – but as he lashes out at Danny, it looks like his nightmare has only just begun. Within hours, Christian is carted off by the police. And yet again, his relationship with Syed hangs in the balance…
“Christian lures Danny to the gym by sending a text from Syed’s phone,” reveals John Partridge, who plays Christian. “Once there, Christian tells Danny that he knows he and Syed shared a kiss, and warns him to stay away from them – that’s when Danny tells him it was so much more than that. Christian realises that Syed married him based on a lie, and it’s too much for him to hear.”
This disastrous meeting unfolds after Roxy lets slip to Christian that she’s seen Danny in the Square. When Christian confronts Syed on the subject, he insists that Danny simply wants his money back, and will leave them alone when he gets bored. But it’s after Christian sees a message from Danny on Syed’s phone saying, ‘it’s not over’, that the penny drops. So Christian replies pretending to be Syed, and sets up a meeting. Finding out that Syed lied about what really happened between him and Danny is like a dagger through his heart – and it’s little wonder he reacts with his fists!
“All we see is one punch – it’s totally reactionary,” reckons John. “You don’t see what happens next, and you don’t know who comes off worse. But when Christian goes home to Syed, he’s badly beaten.”
Rather than coming clean and telling Syed what he now knows, Christian claims to have been the victim of a homophobic attack. Unsurprisingly, shocked Syed insists he should go to the police. Christian refuses, so Syed secretly calls them – but when officers arrive on the couple’s doorstep later, it soon transpires they’re actually there at Danny’s bidding…
“Christian’s terrified of losing Syed, which is why he doesn’t tell him the truth,” explains John. “Now he knows there was much more going on between Syed and Danny than he’d been led to believe, he figures that least said, soonest mended. He just tries to make everything right. He’s married this man now – he’s made his bed, so he’s got to lie in it.
“Danny has reported him for assault, though, so Christian is taken in for questioning,” adds John. “It’s not what he was expecting, but as the police lead him away, he’s pretty much resigned to the sorry situation.”
Syed’s horrified as Christian is to the station, and while he’s still oblivious to the fact that Christian knows everything, it’s very clear the couple’s married life could not have got off to a worse start.
“I’m not sure Christian and Syed’s relationship is strong enough to get through this,” admits John. “This really is too much for Christian – he gave Syed ample opportunity to come clean and tell the truth, but once again Syed has been caught in the web of lies he’s spun. As far as Christian is concerned, Syed has made a mockery of everything that they once had together.” (Inside Soap)

Just when Christian and Syed thought all their problems were behind them, they find more trouble on their doorstep…
Having failed to tempt Syed to dump Christian on their wedding day, Danny confronts Syed and demands that he pay back the money he loaned him. Christian’s furious when he finds out about Danny’s threats, so pretending to be Syed, Christian texts Danny and arranges to meet him at the gym. Realising he’s been set up, Danny starts baiting Christian, claiming he shared more than a few kisses with Syed! Seeing red, Christian punches his smug rival to the ground! Later, Syed’s horrified to see Christian has been beaten and is covered in blood. Christian says it was a homophobic attack and he wants to forget about it. But that’s not so easily done with the police looking for him! Syed is stunned as the police reveal Danny has pressed charges against Christian for assault! Could Christian be facing time behind bars? (What’s On TV)

Christian’s fury! The newlywed is in for a shock as Danny finally shows his true colours…
Syed is playing with fire this week when he ignores banker Danny’s texts, for he turns up on the doorstep demanding his money back.
However, Syed’s deception starts to unravel when Danny bumps into Roxy and tell her that he’s back on the Square for a buisness meeting with Syed. She then tells Christian, who immediately confronts his husband and is unconvinced by his explanation. So he lures the cuckoo in his his nest to the gym for a man-to-man talk. But Danny goads him, claiming there was more to his relationship with Syed than just a kiss, and Christian sees red and attacks him.
Syed is horrifed when he later finds his spouse badly beaten and covered in blood, but he’s even more shocked when two officers arrive and take Christian in for questioning as an allegation of causing GBH has been made against him!
All becomes clear when Syed sees a bruised Danny at the station, who tells him he has hours to find his money or he’ll pursue the allegation against Christian all through the courts. (TV Choice)

Christian fights for his man!
Christian thought he’d won his battle for Syed when they said their vows and headed off on honeymoon. But Danny isn’t giving up…and if he can’t have Syed he at least wants he money he owes him.
Syed tries to ignore Danny’s texts, but when Christian sees a message saying ‘it’s not over’ pop up on his phone, he texts back pretending to be Syed and arranges a meeting at the gym. Danny arrives and realises he’s been set up.
But when Christian tells him Syes feels nothing for him after one meaningless kiss, Danny hits back by saying it was a lot more than that…And when he rubs salt in Christian’s wound by adding he’ll never be enough for Syed, Christian loses his temper and punches Danny.
The two launch into a vicious fight and Christian is left bloodied and bruised. But so is Danny…and he calls the police and accuses Christian of starting the punch-up. This fight’s not over yet. (Soaplife)

Thank you surreal, KBambi and Jenn!

Preview 10 July + John Partridge panto news

Christian and Syed appear (with Masood, AJ and Tamwar) in the preview clip for tomorrow’s episode (thanks Laura for uploading!):

It’s also been confirmed today that John Partridge will be appearing in panto as Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Details here.

Cast list news + ChryedCon news

Round up of the cast lists for next week:

No Chryed or Masoods in the Monday, Tuesday or Friday episodes.

Wednesday 4 July 8.30pm
Christian, Syed, Zainab and Masood all in the cast list. (Day of the Queen Vic football team’s first match.)

Thursday 5 July 7.30pm
Zainab and Masood in the cast list; no Chryed.

All known spoilers are on the Upcoming Spoilers page; alas, still very few at the moment.

Some other news:

• John Partridge has replied positively to a couple of people on twitter asking about Christian being back in EastEnders and whether Chryed are getting a storyline soon; “yes!“, “back soon!” and “exciting times ahead“. Let’s hope all this enthusiasm leads to something…
• Lorraine Newman has been confirmed as the permanent Executive Producer of EastEnders, having taken over from Brian Kirkwood on a temporary basis in April.

ChryedCon news:
The organisers have announced some more details about the con schedule; you can read more here. Don’t forget, the price of registration rises from £45 to £60 at the end of July, so register early to save 20% of the cost!

Cast lists 28 May-1 June + other bits and pieces

Cast lists for next week’s episodes (see Upcoming Spoilers for the brief info we have about these episodes):

Monday 28 May
No Chryed or Masoods.

Tuesday 29 May
Christian, Zainab and Afia are in this ep; no Syed.

Thursday 31 May
Zainab, Masood, Christian and Afia are in this ep; no Syed.

Friday 1 June
Christian, Syed, Zainab, Masood, Tamwar and Afia are all in this ep.

Monday 9th July
Script peek from the BBC EastEnders website
Zainab: … Kamil’s bath at 6:30… And make sure your father remembers to feed him
Tamwar: … We were planning on leaving him out to be reared by wolves…
Zainab: Tamwar, I’m depending on you. Your father means well, but he’s… prone to distraction. I need you to be my…
Tamwar: … Spy…?

Couple of John Partridge links (thanks, Laura):
Video of him talking about HIV/AIDS for the National Aids Trust 25th Birthday
Doodle created for the National Aids Trust

Johnny is also presenting the Lottery draws tomorrow (26th May) and next Wednesday (30th May).

Location filming pics 19 May

Some pictures from the location filming yesterday, involving the Queen Vic football team which is being started in June (from the Daily Mail):

Marc (Syed) on the left, clearly in the team:

Johnny (Christian) and Tameka (Kim) messing around:

Nina (Zainab) in this one as well:

The scenes will air in July.

Filming news + preview clip

Few wee snippets:

Marc, Johnny, Nina and Nitin were all spotted filming last night (as were a large amount of the rest of the cast, so maybe some crowd scenes related to the Olympics or the QV football team, as below?). There’s been a number of filming spots over the last few weeks, so hopefully screentime may improve as we go into June and July!

Johnny/Christian is also mentioned in this Daily Star article about a Queen Vic football team. (Thanks, KBambi!)

Christian is in the episode preview for Monday on the BBC site, in a scene with Roxy:

(Thanks, Laura!)

Monday 21 May spoiler + other news

Monday 21 May
No Syed
Meanwhile, after receiving some words of advice from Christian, Roxy decides to move out of The Vic. (Digital Spy)

Lotto news:
Johnny will be presenting the Lottery draws on Saturday 26 May on BBC1.

Convention news:
ChryedCon have announced their first guest: a representative from Imaan, a support group for LGBTQI Muslims, will be taking part in a Q&A session, in which they will discuss both their involvement in the Chryed storyline and the work that they do to support the real-life Syeds that exist in the community.

We are delighted to welcome them to ChryedCon, and hope that the convention will be able to raise both awareness and funds for their worthy cause.

Check out the News page for more news and updates about the con.

And for those considering attending but unsure about the cost, the ChryedCon website has been updated with details of alternative lower-cost accommodation for those on a budget.

Clip of John Partridge interview

Johnny’s interview from Loose Women today. (Thanks, Laura!)