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Paul Priestly | |||||||
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EastEnders character | |||||||
Portrayed by | Mark Thrippleton | ||||||
Duration | 1989–1990 | ||||||
First appearance | Episode 439 20 April 1989 | ||||||
Last appearance | Episode 529 1 March 1990 | ||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||
Introduced by | Mike Gibbon | ||||||
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Paul Priestly is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Mark Thrippleton, from 20 April 1989 to 1 March 1990.[1]
Paul, a builder, came to London with a building firm he worked for, then decided to go it alone. He finds work around the Square — the money is not great but there are benefits — for instance, Julie Cooper (Louise Plowright) discusses his building estimates while sharing a bed with him. He is a ladies man and a heart-breaker, as sixteen-year-old Diane Butcher (Sophie Lawrence) discovers. When their relationship grows too serious, he flees and a devastated Diane runs away from home shortly afterwards.