You best be ready for a session then cos Phil won't let you leave after one 😂😂

I actually had a pint with him once, in the Handsome Cab, in Leicester. He supposed to be with Katie Price at the Zanzibar that day.

@Wild Berries So is mother’s fanny

Don't rely on him to give you a ride home

Yeah but she looks much better for her age, then phil now!

Shes smoking now

Shgarli Mandoza I agree strongly!

Soap actors are not regarded like other tv or film actors. It's just a stigma.

@J Crash 1997 was good for about 3/4 the part going into 1998 was a bit iffy

Well said McFadden played the best drunk I've ever witnessed the realism is scary almost like he's drinking heavy on the set

Hi your absolutely right there, he was nicer to Tiffany more than the other women, he probably had a soft spot for her lol

Phil was horrible to Lisa. He never treated Kathy that badly.

Claire Lally He saw Lisa as a safe bet. The women he loved the most were probably, Kathy, Sharon and Kate.

@@clairelally3644 Very true, he treated Lisa the same way Grant did Tiffany. However, Phil did genuinely love Kathy. It was when he became an alcoholic, that he started mistreating her, and bullying her. And then when he became clean and sober, he felt bad and tried to reconcile with Kathy. But by then, it was too late, the light had gone out and their marriage was ruined.

Even though Phil was at his nastiest in 2003, it did seem like he genuinely loved Kate as well, he never really treated her that badly

Yes it used to be decent. Good characters. Now it’s a really really poor self parody.

monalisasmile same way Phil was with Sharon.

Luna Yep Grant was so nasty to Sharon ,

He was only nice to Kathy so he could sleep with her to get back at Phil😂.

Grant had a thing for older women because he was a mummy's boy: he couldn't get enough of Kathy and Tiffany's mother Louise.

Phil and grant treated each others wives better tjsn they treated their own

@Dark Light OMG ahahaha

@Roborav eww no , Im happy She treated Phil like crap latter

still is

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Did Ye Aye ? Joker lol amazing comment lol

@@garylennon5115 Thank you .

Only thing is I can't see Phil running a parade through Albert Square threatening to disperse poisonous laughing gas from the balloons and onto the streets. Let alone do his own commercials with a clown type voice.

@@Climinator-op6kh But it would be great if he did 😂😃😃😃🤡🤡🤡

He realised that he loved Tiffany once he lost her.

+Messylin I think it was more guilt than love tbh.

@@DeepScreenAnalysis But he never loved her the way that he loved Sharon. Sharon was the love of his life.

@@clairelally3644 strange really. Given the fact he treated Sharon like shit, bullied, humiliated and even hit her once or twice.

@@rorymckernan8502 I agree.

indeed

I know, and the sad thing is, Grant got away with everything he did to her.

@@rorymckernan8502 yes he did. He cheated on her multiple times, physically abused her, bullied her relentlessly and in the end got a happy ending with her daughter, who never knew the truth about what her mother lived through. And now Tiffany is forgotten on the show.

@@DeepScreenAnalysis grant will always be one of my favourite characters. But it when it came to Tiffany's death, I hated him. He was quick to blame other people, mainly Frank, but didn't take any responsibility himself, when he was the main reason why she died. Weird thing is, after Tiffany died, Grant realised how much he did love her, but by then it was too late.

@@DeepScreenAnalysis Phil and Grant treated each other's wives better. For example, Phil with Tiffany and Sharon, and Grant with Kathy. Out of the two, Grant treated most of his women terribly, Sharon, Tiffany, Louise and Nina Harris. The only women he treated nicely were Lorraine and Jane. Phil was nice to most of his women, apart from Lisa, he treated her the same way, Grant did Tiffany. Phil loved Kathy, it was only when he became an alcoholic, that he started mistreating her and bullying her. But once he sobered up, he wanted to reconcile with her, but by then it was too late, she didn't love him anymore.

Tbh Tiffany did flirt with other blokes to wind Grant up, cheated on him with Beppe and drank while pregnant, Grant was an arsehole to her but she was hardly innocent

no worries. My old VHS collection

Nice one! I've wanted to see that confrontation at the end between Phil and Grant for ages! Do you have many other old Eastenders episodes on tape?

balebonce Do you have the episodes from that year when Phil, Grant and Ian were in Italy looking for Cindy?

no sorry, just this one

Ahhh shame hope you were gonna have loads of classic episodes! No problem though, the fact you've uploaded this one is good enough for me :)

Pastis I think. An anise-flavoured spirit and apéritif from France

balebonce - Thanks! Great upload, what a scene.

Probably a drink.

@@clairelally3644 Probably a bottle of something. - You reckon? Look at the shape. Thanks, Dr. Science

I think he was feeling guilty because he accidentally killed a transient when he set fire to the car lot so Frank could claim the insurance money.

Claire Lally Apparently his father Eric Mitchell was an alcoholic and he just inherited that trait.

@@accountuser5588 Phil wasn't born that way, it's how he was brought up. Eric was a violent alcohol who regularly beat up Peggy and Phil (and to a lesser extent Grant). Because Phil was absent from 8 years (1998-2006) of Ben's life and Ben ended up calling someone else (Gavin) his dad as result, it's highly unlikely that Ben will become an alcohol.

Pauly B But it has been mentioned so many times by Peggy imparticular that Phil is just like his father. I know his Dad used to abuse him but abuse or not, Phil always had the tendancy to drink just like his Dad did.

@@accountuser5588 The Mitchell family have a cycle of domestic abuse passed down from generation to generation: -Grandpa Phil was an alcoholic who beated up his wife and his 3 sons (Eric, Archie, and Clive) who in turn ended up abusing their own wives and children - Eric was also an alcoholic who physically abused Peggy and Phil (and Grant to a lesser extent) on a regular basis, while Archie did the same thing psychologically to Glenda and Ronnie (including rape). -Billy was left in a care home, where he was physically abused by the staff, and as a result, he abused Jamie Mitchell for many years. -Phil (an alcoholic) and Grant copied their father's behaviour and ended up hitting their wives (Sharon, Kathy, Lisa, Tiffany). There is a chance that the Mitchell cycle of abuse may end because some Mitchell father's never got the chance to do the same things their sons due to the mother escaping the abusive father/husbands whilst taking their babies with them (Glenda took Danny away from Archie, Kathy took Ben away from Phil, and Michelle took Mark Jnr away from Grant).

Would not have mattered grant would still win !

@@sean9115 no he wouldn’t have would be impossible