Phil and Grant Mitchell. Roy and Hayley Cropper. Jimmy and Jackie Corkhill. Beppe and Gianni di Marco.
There is an art to creating a soap partnership that really works – but the real challenge is putting together two characters who have never interacted before in a seemingly (but not really) random fashion and striking gold.
EastEnders have done that and more by putting psycho-in-the-making Abi Branning under the terrifying wing of established fruitcake Aunt Babe.
Aunt Babe was already one of our favourite characters – a sickly sweet trifle queen on the outside and a sinister, devilish schemer underneath; she has the potential to cause endless chaos on the Square.
And now she… Read the full story