Arthur has a breakdown on Christmas Day - EastEnders

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Emotional scenes as Arthur breaks down at home on Christmas Day, whilst Angie and Sharon make a dramatic exit from the Queen Vic. Classic clip from BBC soap opera EastEnders. Click beneath the video to view in high quality and visit www.bbc.co.uk/e... for all the latest news, sneak peeks and behind the scenes gossip.
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@hartleyjr 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the finest acting ever seen on British TV screens. We've all been there. RIP Arthur.

@ShaneC27 6 жыл бұрын

Such a powerful and realistic performance from Bill Treacher. I could really feel for Arthur here

@715michala 4 жыл бұрын

Yes when you look back at his performance you realize he was a good actor.A man of his era like so many men.

@lovelondon806 2 жыл бұрын

What made him collapse like that? Sorry I was probably about 4 when this aired

@benjack8477 2 жыл бұрын

Bill was a tremendous actor usually EastEnders wasn't known for great acting but Bill was top notch

@barringtonfisher87 5 жыл бұрын

"This is Arthur's bench. He hated this square & everyone in it"

@mousehead2000 7 жыл бұрын

whoever included that squeaky toy in the beginning is a genius. almost sounds like laughter in the face of arthur's breakdown.

@stephenmcconnell1000 7 жыл бұрын

I think it was just incidental.

@Emily-vs9ju 3 жыл бұрын

The look on Pauline’s face when the penny drops and the identity of Vickys father is revealed before her very eyes....

@Zephaniah3verse17 2 жыл бұрын

(Breathes) "Den..."

@97channel 4 жыл бұрын

Oh, the curse of the everyday man. A good chap 99% of the time, gets no praise. Does something slightly wrong, everybody punishes him way harder than they should and gives no credit for his otherwise usually good nature.

@ignoblesurfer6281 3 жыл бұрын

We all embezzle from our friends and neighbours from time to time, nbd

@Unicysis Жыл бұрын

That’s me all over. My autism doesn’t get valued unless I throw it out the window

@hartleyjr 3 жыл бұрын

Bet the crew had everything crossed he'd nail this scene on the first take.

@crystalball6358 3 жыл бұрын

Bill Treacher's acting is superb!

@MegaHalofan11 6 жыл бұрын

Idk why, but I like the way how they zoom scenes.

@trevorthompson7604 Жыл бұрын

Dynamic performances Arthur Fowler a legend Angie Watts absolutely amazing

@Zephaniah3verse17 10 жыл бұрын

I don't think any of the last few commenters have actually been in Arthur's situation. I was out of work at Christmas 1986 and although I never thieved anything, I got dangerously close to the way he went. All right, so Arthur's fictional, but this scene is probably the most dramatic way in which EE shows what can happen in real life. There but for the grace of God went I.

@tokaicarl 10 жыл бұрын

yeah i ve felt like tha t a few times-- and smashed everything in anger

@dominewimbury2039 5 жыл бұрын

@Have-a- Cigar you what?!

@willowmadhuridixit8991 5 жыл бұрын

Have-a- Cigar it happens often. Especially for men trying to keep a family. Being unemployed at Christmas and New Year after a lifetime of working hard is soul destroying.

@r4h4al 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly. If one has actually had a breakdown one realises it's no laughing matter.

@matthewthomas7418 Жыл бұрын

R.I.P.Bill - one of Eastenders finest

@Luluxxxx Жыл бұрын

Love the big hairspray hair, the suitcases without wheels and the thick, heavy curtains covering the doors to prevent drafts.

@rubyelizabethemilybennett2294 9 жыл бұрын

Anita Dobson and Letitia Dean are my favourites! Brilliant and beautiful actresses.

@redfield1007 6 жыл бұрын

Well you would think that lol

@matthewjackson5175 5 жыл бұрын

How to ruin everyone's Christmas EastEnders style😂

@xtraspecialmango 9 жыл бұрын

He just realized he has been married to Pauline for the past 20 years.

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

And it did that to him? She wasn't that bad!!😀

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

Now if MARTIN had been married to SONIA for 20 years...

@eb7446 7 жыл бұрын

Pauline was pretty nice back then though.

@TheKonga88 6 жыл бұрын

MintSauce ! He just realised that he was Jimmy Saville's bitch in the 1970s 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

i think you mean angie, but thanks for playing.

@laneylydon9029 5 жыл бұрын

Miss the old Eastenders

@colmjulian5257 Жыл бұрын

RIP Bill Treacher ; for giving us this tv gold

@luisaediting6105 4 жыл бұрын

THAT SQUEAKY THING GOT ME CRACK UP OMG

@CactusFlagg 14 жыл бұрын

0 - 0:30 Arthur being told that once again, Coronation Street had once again won best soap of the year.

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

well it *is* the more superior soap after all

@traciemarsh1611 Жыл бұрын

bill treacher was amazing in all his troubling scenes loved him rip bill

@n136h 6 жыл бұрын

When EE was a good show

@rileysutton633 6 жыл бұрын

Starting at 0:03, Arthur stands up in a fit of rage, steps on a squeaky toy, knocks down a Christmas tree, flips the dining table over, and angrily knocks various items off the drawers and fireplace mantle.

@matthewjackson5175 5 жыл бұрын

He just figured out that there's no Santa Claus 😁

@jamiehoward5538 2 жыл бұрын

It's almost like we watched the same thing

@ForestKicks 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like George from Rainbow

@dawnfinch8232 5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha ha

@laneylydon9029 5 жыл бұрын

:D lol

@nickefthymiou6890 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@lewisrogers5685 4 жыл бұрын

Oooh Geoffrey, we know a song about that.

@trebleking1641 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean Zippy?

@Putner 6 жыл бұрын

Treacher was amazing in this scene.

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

Treacher was a hack.

@paulcoalville 5 жыл бұрын

yes he was brilliant

@dawnfinch8232 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant acting from Bill Treacher RIP

@STEJTHEGREATEST 2 жыл бұрын

2:11 The original Sean Slater, Lofty Holloway!!!!!

@255386637 9 жыл бұрын

He just heard West Ham lost again.

@dawnfinch2836 4 ай бұрын

Such fine acting from Bill treacher

@thedecmyster1 9 жыл бұрын

Aww Geoffrey...... lol

@gezatherton1071 9 жыл бұрын

That squeaky toy has a lot to answer for...

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

Geraint Atherton Thanks to you, I can't watch this as seriously as I should, now!!😀😀

@TheKonga88 6 жыл бұрын

Geraint Atherton 😀😁😂😂😂😀😀😀😀😀😁😯😅😅😀😀😁😁

@matthewjackson5175 5 жыл бұрын

Arfur, had just figured out that Santa Claus wasn't a real person 😂

@mysteriousmat 3 жыл бұрын

Thats everybody in 2021 lockdown!!

@IDMWEIGHTSIDM 13 жыл бұрын

looks like me b4 work everyday

@PeterShieldsukcatstripey 6 жыл бұрын

Poor Arthur

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

Poor *Arthur*? Look at these shoes, I've only had them a week and the soles are worn through!

@Blubatt 5 жыл бұрын

How the nation reacted to den and Angie splitting up

@trevorthompson7604 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@Hulk2k6 12 жыл бұрын

@ThorneAstor They tried the Happy Christmas in 2003 with Kat and Alfie getting married and 2005 when they reconciled after a short split and left but neither well recieved. Research has shown People don't want HAPPY in EE at Christmas.

@thenightporter 2 жыл бұрын

This is where Teresa Guidice learned how to table flip. 😆

@MagratheaLegend 3 жыл бұрын

When Eastenders was decent, now it's dreadful.

@TwinTowerTwo 9 жыл бұрын

Wish could sing about London the way they do @ 1:40; city not same now.

@TheGodParticle 9 жыл бұрын

It's londonstan now, not London.

@Richard_Straker 7 жыл бұрын

James Nicholls This was before mass immigration. The hateful ideology (of mass immigration) has mutated London irrevocably.

@geedee1264 7 жыл бұрын

immigration is a hateful ideology?? ive heard it all now

@geedee1264 7 жыл бұрын

yes and the east end was great during the thatcher years

@Richard_Straker 7 жыл бұрын

gee dee You're missing an important adjective from my qualified critique. Try reading the sentence again.

@neil73 14 жыл бұрын

He stood on that squeaky toy; thats what set it off! lmao!

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

neil73 can't help laughing at that! Did the squeak startle him?!😀

@eugenekocielko8501 3 жыл бұрын

I guess I can call on Art to take down my Christmas decor next year.

@97channel 4 жыл бұрын

0:26 As someone pointed out, a long time ago, he sounds like George from Rainbow.

@mousehead2000 7 жыл бұрын

this is what they call a breakdown? this is what i call a regular occurrence...

@sythesounds9126 5 жыл бұрын

0:21 someone make that bit into a remix😂

@littlejohnnyturtle8770 2 жыл бұрын

That'll be me this year.

@vinnydurham8964 6 жыл бұрын

Did anyone hear that on 0:07 😆lol

@ChristopherS9627 9 жыл бұрын

That Arthur Fowler is like a monster when he brakes down

@gemmadakin34 4 жыл бұрын

Poor Arthur.

@JMS98989 5 жыл бұрын

Standard Christmas in the U.K. 🤣

@joshlawson5436 6 жыл бұрын

Thats the funniest breakdown i've ever seen XD

@tolainemacaulay7811 7 жыл бұрын

0.46 secs dots face 😂

@chrisrowl5001 4 жыл бұрын

Dot - “verse 9 chapter 6 - thou shalt not run off with the Christmas club money”

@rorymckernan8502 3 жыл бұрын

This is me in lockdown

@Johnno9989 11 жыл бұрын

I felt really sorry for Arthur.

@jarrodmorrison4949 10 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when you don't get a turkey for Christmas dinner . Ah ha

@thomasgallagher6202 6 жыл бұрын

Jarrod Morrison he needs help

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

what do they get? quail?

@Gulftastic 14 жыл бұрын

Arthur Fowler - no crack required.

@Kevo216666 13 жыл бұрын

The lesson here is never step on a squeaky duck before portraying a mental breakdown. It's the first thing they teach you at RADA.

@michaelpout9701 Жыл бұрын

R.i.p bill tretcher

@Yourismouter 12 жыл бұрын

@Joehere2010 thank you, just warched it now thanks to you!

@MisterPolitical1 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas 1986

@fretboardmaster70 Жыл бұрын

Is it me or does Arthur sound like George from Rainbow?

@deedos 13 жыл бұрын

Imagine this, hes playing deal or no deal and theres 1p, 10p and £5 left up on the screen and the banker rings and offers 40p. now play from 0:08 LOL

@amyclarke41 8 жыл бұрын

he did it twice

@never152 Жыл бұрын

Was it this Christmas where Pauline said to shorten Christmas tree and he cut it from top?

@goonervillegonad3662 10 жыл бұрын

He kinda looks like my friends uncle Kingsley from the Keys down south, but he never get mad like this, dude was all serenity like, and pure zen yo. Still, the guy in the clip passionate as hell, and family fo real, and I'm all about that y'all. Peace.

@sparkidee 11 жыл бұрын

Arthur's meltdown is begging to be remixed :D

@hendog3894 12 жыл бұрын

liking sharons 80s outfit!!

@TomthatiscalledTom 11 жыл бұрын

No action man in SAS frogman gear under the tree that morning

@xxxCupcake23 14 жыл бұрын

at 0.15 i couldnt breathe was tooooo funny "aaagggggghhhhhhh"

@DeepScreenAnalysis 11 жыл бұрын

Who WOULDN'T have a nervous breakdown if you were married to Pauline?

@piledriverpotter9847 Жыл бұрын

@@liamwatts9611 He had been made redundant from his job as well. I have been there myself and I can see how easy it can affect your mental health.

@123tavish 14 жыл бұрын

Interweb gold

@SpeccyHorace 3 жыл бұрын

This is titled wrong isnt it? Its 98% Angie and Den?

@craigj.davies1983 5 жыл бұрын

0:14 Inspector Clouseau is that you?

@rocksoliddude1 13 жыл бұрын

4 people had breakdowns on christmas day

@therthonourableuranuschris3747 10 жыл бұрын

The room needed a clean out

@TheKonga88 6 жыл бұрын

The Rt Honourable Uranus Christ It was running alive with fleas and bed bugs..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@matthewjackson5175 5 жыл бұрын

He sounds like George from Rainbow on an off day😁

@amitsidhar 4 жыл бұрын

Breakdown? This is what i do every week when arsenal drop points!

@neptunestardust 2 жыл бұрын

Ha don’t we all!

@bettyboossister3918 5 жыл бұрын

He couldn't find crunchy nut cornflakes in the morning hence the behaviour

@garethglitter5932 9 жыл бұрын

And all because there was no Action man in frogman gear under the tree

@arserobinson7118 6 жыл бұрын

I bet this is what Eckersley felt like not that Davis cared

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

why would there be an action man under the tree?

@barringtonfisher87 5 жыл бұрын

@@unfuzzy Christmas innit?

@Debagio 27 күн бұрын

@@arserobinson7118THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOUR'S RADIO.

@mikehunt-qr9so 6 ай бұрын

No work no play makes Arthur a dullboy 😂

@joeritchie7286 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone in lockdown

@WyattGoulet 4 жыл бұрын

What year did this happened?

@TomthatiscalledTom 14 жыл бұрын

@yethboth He went apeshit because, despite underlining it three times in his letter to Santa, there was no Action Man in frogman gear under the tree that morning

@WAYNE1977100 13 жыл бұрын

Arthur's first week at a4e.

@Yourismouter 12 жыл бұрын

when was the exact date this was aired?

@STEJTHEGREATEST 6 жыл бұрын

I was hoping Arthur'd have his breakdown in the middle of the vic. ;*(

@jacobburtonswfc 2 жыл бұрын

It was supposed to have been originally but they were on a tight schedule so never filmed it

@runlarryrun77 Жыл бұрын

Surprisingly little set wobble for the era.

@ThorneAstor 13 жыл бұрын

I'm an American so I don't know much about EastEnders but I was wondering, is every Christmas episode so miserable? I've seen many videos of EastEnders and every Christmas, someone has either died or did something else that's rather depressing.

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

ThorneAstor Pretty much, yes. Did you see when Mick found out scumbag Dean was his brother after Dean raped Linda? He reacted like that. (Mind you, if I discovered Dean was MY brother...)

@arserobinson7118 6 жыл бұрын

its always been depressing

@unfuzzy 6 жыл бұрын

most christmasses are more miserable. it's england after all.

@feefee198423 5 жыл бұрын

Yep it has to be dramatic

@Zephaniah3verse17 2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately yes. It's all part of growing up and being British. The darkness has a thick, sweet attraction that we Brits find difficult to resist.

@alexjones1985 7 жыл бұрын

What was the second song? I recognised 'maybe it's because I'm a Londoner.'

@stephenmcconnell1000 7 жыл бұрын

It's called 'My Melancholy Baby'; it was sung by Frank Sinatra

@TheKonga88 6 жыл бұрын

alex jones It's called I love to lick a good love pump 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@PeterShieldsukcatstripey 6 жыл бұрын

Pauline realises dirty dens the dad.

@SpawnBrawn 3 жыл бұрын

When you realise "its not coming home"

@misssakura098 5 жыл бұрын

What was with Pauline's face at the end

@VANHELSING433 14 жыл бұрын

come off it. Who hasn't felt like smashing the place up?

@willowmadhuridixit8991 5 жыл бұрын

At that moment she knew who was the father. You don’t get storylines like these now.

@tolainemacaulay7811 7 жыл бұрын

1.20 secs den looks so young there

@salemkid1979 5 жыл бұрын

George From rainbow not wearing his suit?

@shaunwakefield9793 2 жыл бұрын

Angie and Den I couldn't stand them two characters, I always thought Den over acted and as for Angie always bloody shouting I was glad to see you back of em.

@seantyrie9481 5 жыл бұрын

He's just seen Rainbow has just finished!!

@craigj.davies1983 6 жыл бұрын

Okay! Arthur, I know the turkey wasn't up to scratch, but a simple complaint would had sufficed.

@Darskul Жыл бұрын

Underrated comment haha.

@Leeann-rz3ei 8 ай бұрын

@Darskulgrow up you berk

@craigj.davies1983 8 ай бұрын

@@Leeann-rz3ei careful now, or you’ll be joining Arthur in the mental home.

@Leeann-rz3ei 8 ай бұрын

@@craigj.davies1983 will i? Cos my opinion is different to yours?

@craigj.davies1983 8 ай бұрын

Yes!@@Leeann-rz3ei

@trebleking1641 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Arthur did several hundred quids worth of improvements to that hovel.

@davidmccormick6975 7 жыл бұрын

thought it was bit crafty of Michelle. to show she cared about Sharon her best friend family problems n angie.yet at same time see den her best mates dad.