Spendingtons
It's not live. There's no murder. It's not EastEnders. It's Spendingtons.
Featuring ex-cast members from the mighty BBC One soap, (which is celebrating 25 years of being on TV), this drama is based around a discount supermarket.
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Jessie Wallace (Kat Slater) and Shaun Williamson (Barry Evans and star of Ricky Gervais' 'Extras') are two faces you'll recognise, but what characters do they play in Spendingtons?
Ms Marsh
Money. Power. Own Brand Gin. Ms Marsh is the manager of Spendington's
Supermarket, Walford. She was once the golden girl of the firm - Till
Attendant of The Year 1992, 1993; Deli Counter "Golden Hairnet" Winner
1996, 1997, 1998 - but somewhere things went badly wrong. Is she
heartbroken? Is she just drunk? Perhaps both.Harry
A Man Without Meat Is Just A Pile Of Bones. The Master of the Meat
Counter, Butcher Harry is fiercely committed to Spendington's, to his
friends, and most of all to meat. Harry is willing to do anything for
his meat counter.Other notable characters include:
Lucy
An Angel With A Pricing Gun. Beautiful, sensitive, with grade two
piano, Lucy is a little ray of sunshine at Spendington's. She needs a
job to support her father and his sick hamster, and is desperate to be
a part of the Spendington's family.Dean
Sometimes A Hero Has Fairly Bad Skin. Dean, a shelfstacker, couldn't have cared less about the shop before Lucy showed up looking for a job. Now he's determined to turn things around, and save Spendington's from its doom.
More ex-Enders on the Web
Another web comedy we've discovered featuring an ex-EastEnders cast member is The Meeting Show which is based around none other than Beppe (Michael Greco)..
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