The Queen Victoria Public House

Everyone loves a knees-up in The Queen Vic. It is the home base for quiet pints, wedding proposals, weddings, scandalous affairs, divorces, bar fights, murders, and well ...wakes. Who were/are the landlords? Here's a little history:

1985- Den and Angie Watts
1987- Pat and Frank Butcher
1990- Eddie Royale
1991- Sharon Watts
1999- Peggy and Frank Butcher
2000- Dan Sullivan bought Grant's share, but Phil got it back
2001- Sharon Watts ( & Steve Owen-silent partner)
2002- The Mitchells-Peggy, Phil and Grant
2009- Archie Mitchell
2010- Roxy Mitchell
2010- Peggy Mitchell in August

Tour of EastEnders Set

This is a great tour of Albert Square to help you get your bearings. Our host is Sean Slater. He is an upcoming member of the Slater family, if you are following the 2003 storyline. Anything mentioned here would be considered very mild in the spoiler category. I enjoyed knowing which sets were real and which were facades.

The Four Wives of Ian Beale

Ian has been with us since day one on Eastenders. Most people have a love/hate relationship with him. His first marriage was to Cindy in October of 1989. Now that didn't go so well. She was pregnant at the time with their son, Steven. Oops, not his child, but his best friend's-Simon Wicks. Ian and Cindy break up, but eventually get back together and have twins, Lucy and Peter Beale in December 1993.

Ian's second marriage was to Melanie Healy on December 31, 1999. They partied like it was 1999, at least for five minutes. Ian convinced Mel that his daughter, Lucy was dying, so it was a mercy marriage. Mel found the letter from the doctor stating that Lucy was fine. Oops! She left him at midnight, Jan 1,2000.

The third marriage was to his nanny, Laura Dunn in May 2001. She loved his kids so much and bailed him out of money problems. Laura got drunk one night and slept with Garry Hobbs. You guessed it...another Oops! She was coincidently pregnant after that. Who's the daddy?

Ian is currently married to Jane. They married in July of 2007. There have been many challenges, but they remain married. Jane cannot have children because Ian's almost son, Steven, caused her bodily harm. She works tirelessly at the Cafe and helps with his three children. Jane slept with a Mitchell, and Ian slept with a Butcher, so they're even. Jane wants to adopt, but Ian is not keen. Where will it lead?