Pat Butcher

Pat Butcher
EastEnders character
Pam St Clement as Pat Butcher (2008)
Portrayed byPam St Clement
Emma Cooke (2004 flashbacks)
Duration1986–2012, 2016
First appearanceEpisode 138
12 June 1986 (1986-06-12)
Last appearanceEpisode 5286
17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)
ClassificationFormer; regular
Created byTony Holland
Introduced byJulia Smith (1986)
Dominic Treadwell-Collins (2016)
Book appearancesSwings and Roundabouts
Spin-off
appearances
In-universe information
Other names
  • Pat Harris
  • Pat Beale
  • Pat Wicks
  • Pat Butcher
  • Pat Evans
  • Fat Pat
Occupation
  • Prostitute
  • Barmaid
  • Businesswoman
  • Pub landlady
  • B&B landlady
  • Cleaner
  • Waitress
  • Cab driver
  • Bookmaker
MotherLydia Harris
BrothersJimmy Harris
Geoff Harris
SistersJoan Harris
HusbandPete Beale (backstory)
Brian Wicks (until 1989)
Frank Butcher (1989–1996)
Roy Evans (1996–2003)
SonsDavid Wicks
Simon Wicks
StepsonsRicky Butcher
Barry Evans
StepdaughtersDiane Butcher
Clare Butcher
Janine Butcher
GrandsonsJoe Wicks
Steven Beale
GranddaughtersBianca Jackson
Karen Wicks
Other relativesLiam Butcher
Tiffany Butcher
Morgan Butcher
Abi Branning
Holly

Pat Evans (also Harris, Beale, Wicks and Butcher[1][2]) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders. She was played by Pam St Clement from 12 June 1986, just over a year after the show first aired, until her departure on 1 January 2012. Pat was also portrayed by Emma Cooke in a soap 'bubble', Pat and Mo: Ashes to Ashes, delving into her past with sister-in-law Mo Harris (Laila Morse), which aired in 2004. The character was killed-off on 1 January 2012, shortly after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Her funeral was on 13 January 2012. Pat was one of the longest serving characters on the show, appearing for 25 years and six months. She returned, along with other women from Ian Beale's (Adam Woodyatt) past, in a concussion-related dream sequence for a Children in Need special on 14 November 2014. She also made a return as a hallucination for Peggy Mitchell's (Barbara Windsor) death on 17 May 2016.

  1. ^ FAT PAT GETS PIC-NICKED Sunday Mirror, 10 June 2007
  2. ^ SPOILER ALERT EastEnders' Pat Evans left fighting for her life Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Now Magazine, 1 May 2008