| Alfie Moon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Portrayed by | Shane Richie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 2002–2005, 2010–2016, 2018–2019, 2022–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | Episode 2415 21 November 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Tony Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfie Moon is a fictional character from the BBC drama EastEnders, played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005. He returned on 21 September 2010, following the return of his on-screen wife, Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), two episodes previously, and they continued to feature until 22 May 2015. Alfie appeared in a guest stint between 26 December 2015 and 25 January 2016, before starring in the six-part drama spin-off series Kat & Alfie: Redwater in 2017. Richie returned for two short stints in 2018, concluding with his exit on 22 January 2019. Richie then made a virtual cameo appearance on 12 July 2022, followed by a permanent return from 12 September 2022.
Some of the character's more prominent storylines have included: his turbulent relationship with—and later marriage to—Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace); an affair with Kat's sister Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth); the dementia and death of his grandmother Nana Moon (Hilda Braid); believing that Kat's son Tommy Moon had died of cot death, unaware that their neighbour Ronnie Branning (Samantha Womack) had switched him with her own deceased child; discovering that Kat had been sleeping with Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman); beginning a relationship with Ronnie's sister Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) and marrying her, but reuniting with Kat moments after the wedding; Kat's pregnancy with twins—Bert and Ernie, destroying their home by committing arson to get the insurance money; winning the lottery; being diagnosed with a brain tumour; reuniting with Kat until they split again when she discovers that he is the father of Cherry Slater; being diagnosed with prostate cancer; and supporting Kat with Tommy's parental abuse.