Archie then resorts to blackmail by proclaiming knowledge of his family. Peggy further states that she is not just some sweet, little old lady and that Archie has no idea who he is messing with. Ronnie is furious to see her father, wanting nothing to do with him. [13], A special episode entitled "EastEnders Revealed: The Secret Mitchell" was broadcast on 3 April 2009, giving the background of the storyline. He also controls Peggy, changing how she dresses and distancing her from her friends. "[12] Other actors mentioned by Janus and Simons include Terence Stamp, Malcolm McDowell,[12] Michael Caine, Ian McShane[13] and Ray Winstone. Joel refuses, saying he can stand up to him now. He's made a success of his life and he's learnt a lot on the way. Ronnie had given birth at the age of 14 to a daughter, Amy, fathered by Joel Reynolds, but Archie had Amy immediately put up for adoption. Archie then fabricates a story that the child had died 13 years ago, though Ronnie does not believe him. [5] On Ronnie's part, Janus assessed that "Ronnie knows she wants to help this young girl but she's not sure why they have this bond". However, the cement mixer only contains water. She later found work with the Mitchells and became caught up in the feud between Archie and Ronnie; Ronnie persuaded Danielle to steal Archie's letters; Archie in turn persuaded her to steal a reply to a letter Ronnie had sent to Amy's father, her former boyfriend Joel Reynolds (Cavan Clerkin). She also had a locket with a picture of Ronnie in it that was given to her when she was put up for adoption. Step-granddaughters She is sentenced to five years in prison, but later appeals the sentence on her mother's urging; Stacey is soon released due to her bipolar disorder, thus appearing to have put her ordeal with Archie to rest for good. I can't wait to step into Archie's shoes frankly, it's a badge of honour to join EastEnders. Both are dead; the difference was that Harry died of a heart attack while Archie got murdered by Stacey Slater. Danielle realizes Archie has lied to her, but Archie claims Danielle is mentally ill. Danielle tries to prove herself but Ronnie believes Archie and throws Danielle out. Archie is visited by his estranged daughter, Ronnie Mitchell, whom he has not seen for 15 years, and sister-in-law, Peggy, as they are looking for his other daughter, Roxy, who has disappeared after discovering she is pregnant. Albert|Albert (II)|Baby|Bella|Betty| BBC She then admitted to Ronnie that after a seven-month silence, she was her daughter, and was shocked to realise that Ronnie did not know who she was. During their talk, Danielle admitted she had discovered all about Ronnie from the adoption agency and was going to get in touch with her, but because she didn't know what she was like, decided to get to know her first so came to Walford to have a look. Joel refuses, saying he can stand up to him now. He's not [] frightened to get involved, but he's become more worldly over the years. Danielle pinned Stacey to the wall and warned her off this course of action, but began to make attempts to reveal her true identity to Ronnie. Whodunnit; Ben Mitchell (Currently Max Bowden. "[23] Tim Teeman, critic for The Times, has described Archie as "a thousand times more terrifying than Nick Cotton" and "a psycho in a golf jersey. With Ronnie's support . As far as Ronnie is aware her baby died so the thought would never have crossed her mind. storyline. EastEnders airs Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30pm on . Archie throws her out, reminding her of the exact spot she pushed Danielle onto the night she died. Realising Ronnie now knew who she was, a delighted Danielle ran forward into the road and was suddenly hit by a car driven by Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks). Ronnie Branning (deceased) Roxy Mitchell (deceased) Phil sees him and breaks into his house with a gun, but sees him and Peggy kissing. Peggy was upset to discover Archie was still in Walford, and determined to avenge Ronnie and Danielle, ordering Phil to kill him. For one thing, she never thought her mum would be so young and attractive and own a night club. When Archie learns about this, he postpones the wedding and considers ending his relationship with Peggy; however, they later reorganize the preparations after she accepts his proposal. "[16] He is also described as "charismatic, authoritative, smart and proper old-school London"[16] and an "archetypal Mitchell",[17] and according to Digital Spy, his arrival will "shed new light on what made Ronnie and Roxy into the women they are and [] provide some new insights into Peggy [Mitchell]'s history. He is revealed to have bought Suzy's old house on the Square, and refuses to leave at his family's insistence. Archie Mitchell made his first appearance when he is visited at his home in Weymouth by his estranged daughter, Ronnie ( Samantha Womack) - whom he has not seen for just over fifteen years - and sister-in-law, Peggy ( Barbara Windsor ); they are looking for his younger daughter, Roxy ( Rita Simons ), who has disappeared after discovering she is Brothers But if you have Ronnie have her daughter, this one thing that is key to her character, you weaken her character as you go along. It became one of the most dramatic storylines in EastEnders and also impacted on the "Who Killed Archie?" Ronnie finds Archie on the floor of The Queen Victoria and he apologises to her before he dies. Ronnie later confronts and stands up to her father, which provokes Archie into slamming her into the bar. Sam tries to confront Archie but he shuts the door on her. Kenneth Mitchell She tearfully declared this in front of the whole wedding reception, and then chased after Danielle. Wife At some point, Archie discovers that Peggy's daughter Sam (Danniella Westbrook) is back in Walford - having returned from Brazil despite being on the run for covering up the murder of the Queen Vic's original landlord and Phil's old enemy, Den Watts (Leslie Grantham). His body is taken away the next day. Billy, his "stool" and place at the end of the bar in The Queen Vic, as a place for him where he cannot be thrown out; Peggy, a silver framed photo of their wedding; Amy, and Ronnie's "first surviving child", the sum of 100,000 each to be held in trust until their 21st birthdays. It's like I've come full circle and am back where I started out. Archie, meanwhile, is up to his usual tricks as Glenda does her best to keep the lively Ronnie and Roxy out of trouble. Crace's casting in the role was announced in July 2008, when she was described as a love interest for fellow new character Callum Monks ( Elliott Jordan ). [2] He first appeared on 8 July 2008 as a newest member of the Mitchell familywho had first appeared on the soap in 1990and became the show's main antagonist until the character was killed off on Christmas Day 2009; with Archie making his last appearance as a corpse on 28 December 2009 and later serving as a posthumous impact throughout the majority of 2010, which involves making a brief voice appearance on 19 July 2010 on a family video tape overheard by his ex-wife Glenda (Glynis Barber) and their two daughters Ronnie (Samantha Womack) and Roxy (Rita Simons) respectively. Introduced by Nieces Billy soon discovers Archie's plot upon hearing him and Janine talking about their engagement. Peggy eventually agrees to talk to Archie and believes he is sorry for his past actions. Archie lets her in the pub, and she delivers an ultimatum; either Archie leaves the pub tonight, or he will regret all the evil things he had done to their family. Roxy his antique fountain pen which she always wanted as a child, as well as the residue of his estate, including his mother's engagement ring, his house (27 Albert Square), car, The Queen Victoria (46 Albert Square), the car lot (6 Albert Square) and 3 million; Ronnie his signet ring (as well as a note regarding him expecting her to not take any substantial gifts from him); "[14] Veteran entertainer Lionel Blair was also rumoured to be playing Archie, but this was denied. Ronnie later confronts and stands up to her father, which provokes Archie into slamming her into the bar. In 2019, while Stacey's old friend Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) tries to find some closure after being raped, she learns what Archie did to Stacey and they visit his grave together - with Ruby convincing Stacey to get the closure she needs in order to move forward with her life. [20] Archie returned in an attempt to win Peggy back. Archie tells Janine that he is aware that she had been planning to defraud him in a conspiracy with Ryan, before taunting her with the fact that she is the reason why her father Frank (Mike Reid) always ran away and tells here that if she was his daughter he'd have run away too. 10/07/2008. "[6] Following Ronnie's failure to attend her second appointment, the character briefly departed from the series, said to have returned to her native Telford. Entrepreneur Ronnie visits her father, telling Archie that he will not make her care for him anymore. [6] Peggy knows that Roxy is staying with Archie in Dorset but does not tell Ronnie, worried that she will refuse to go. Former; regular Deceased Daughters Research 7:30pm 10 . [18] Windsor later commented that "she always thought Larry Lamb should star in the [] soap" and that he is a "match made in heaven" for her. Danielle decided that she would tell Ronnie who she really was, and then leave Walford for good, but was stopped by Archie, who found her locket. Archie thinks he will prevail, but that's because he's a psychopath! When Ian pleads for Archie to not get the police involved, Archie tells him that the CD containing his one-night stand with Janine does not exist but that there is a file on his laptop - which he then reveals he can make copies of anytime he likes. Stacey does so by telling Archie off for his actions against her and ruining her life, before concludingly telling him he cannot hurt her anymore - nor does he deserve any sympathy from her or anybody else. This prompts Phil to borrow money from a loan shark named Isaacs, who later assaults him for not meeting the repayments; in response, Phil gets a loan from his stepson Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) - which is secured on The Queen Vic, thereby meaning that ownership of the pub would pass to Ian if Phil does not repay him in two weeks. Watch the NEW series of Albert Squared, the EastEnders gameshow, here https://bit.ly/3tILL6ZWhen Archie discovered his teenage daughter Ronnie was pregna. Janine then shows her engagement ring to Peggy, who recognizes it as the same ring that belonged to Archie's mother. He turns up to Pauline Fowler's for Christmas dinner with his dog Patch. Archie is up to his usual tricks as Glenda does her best to keep the lively Ronnie and Roxy out of trouble. She was married three times: twice to Jack Branning and once to Charlie Cotton. Mother-in-law During that same live episode, it also transpired that Archie had previously raped Ronnie back when she was 13; Ronnie would eventually describe this to her family on 20 July 2010. "[1] Santer agreed that while having Ronnie and Danielle spend time together as mother and daughter would be touching, ultimately it would become boring. Meanwhile, Stacey began acting strangely towards everyone, and it was revealed that the death of Danielle was one of the events that triggered her bipolar disorder. She then blackmails him into selling the debt to Archie, whom she claims to be in a relationship with; Ian is forced to agree when he fears the pair will expose the recording to his wife Jane (Laurie Brett) and threaten Ben should the latter get involved. [1] Crace herself was only told of Danielle's true identity after her successful audition, though as she only signed a six-month contract with the show, was always aware Danielle would only have a short arc. Ronnie had given birth at the age of 14 to a daughter, Amy, fathered by Joel Reynolds, but Archie had Amy immediately put up for adoption. Upon realizing that she had been manipulated again, Peggy confronts Archie and signs the divorce papers and the Mitchells celebrate in the pub. Danielle did not, however, and on the wedding day, placed her locket in Ronnie's champagne glass, before going upstairs to confront her. Other known relatives Aunts Larry Lamb Henry Garrett (flashback; 2022) 22 Betty Mitchell Janine tells Ronnie that Archie paid her to spy on her and Roxy, prompting Ronnie to tell her sister about this. Archie Mitchell made his first appearance when he is visited at his home in Weymouth by his estranged daughter, Ronnie (Samantha Womack) - whom he has not seen for just over fifteen years - and sister-in-law, Peggy (Barbara Windsor); they are looking for his younger daughter, Roxy (Rita Simons), who has disappeared after discovering she is pregnant. Horrified that Archie could lie to both Danielle and Ronnie - his own family - in such a way, Peggy threw Archie out and ended their marriage, while Roxy threw his belongings into the road, telling him to never come back. When Sam is arrested, Archie puts up her bail money on the condition he can have his family back. Father [1] The role of Danielle was given to the then-unknown actress Lauren Crace, who commented: "Im thrilled. Ronnie made his first appearance on 25 December 1998 - Part 1. Because of Archie's previous lie to Ronnie about Amy's death as an infant, Danielle (albeit unknowingly) posed a huge threat to him because things were going incredibly well between him and Ronnie, and the discovery that his story was a lie would destroy his relationship with Ronnie, and would also mean ostracism form the rest of his family, including Roxy and Peggy, to whom he was now engaged. It's a shame they. She leaves the pub distraught, though not before Archie emotionally tells her that he will be waiting for her to return the moment she leaves. Flashback Appearance Archie and Peggy catch up and he tells her he has survived cancer. Ronnie struggles to get through to her sister. He abused her as a child and forced her to give up her daughter, Danielle, as a 14 year old . Blugeoned with the Queen Victoria Bust by Stacey Slater after Bradley found out he raped her "[1] Writer James Payne concurred: "There's no point making the reveal of the Mitchell secret in the caff at half past nine in the morning over a bacon sandwich, it's not EastEnders. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Archie_Mitchell&oldid=1142052818, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Was, not is. This is a reupload of my Ronnie and Archie video hope you enjoy No copyright infringement intended. Roxy invites everyone to Archie's housewarming party, but Ronnie organises a party at The Queen Vic - so nobody turns up. Peggy tells Phil that Archie has changed, but Phil tells Archie to stay away from his family and drops a bullet into his glass. Ronnie is also the cousin of Phil, Grant and Sam. Great-nephews 8 July 2008 He later told her the baby had died. [3] She has stated that some audience members guessed Danielle to be Ronnie's daughter almost as soon as she arrived, and that she found maintaining the secret to be difficult. Peggy threatens him, telling him that she is not just a sweet, innocent old lady and that he has no idea who he is messing with. On 10 October 2008 when Ronnie discovered this, she sacked Danielle and called her pathetic. Archie is struck on the head by the falling bust, and is left fatally injured. Peggy tells Archie that he killed another of Ronnie's children and warns him to stay away from her, but later invites him and Janine to The Queen Vic during a Christmas Eve party and gives them the keys; Archie and Janine celebrate as his family move out of the pub in defeat, though not before Phil warns Archie that he will be coming for him. Then, in January 2009, she discovered she was pregnant. He causes trouble by manipulating both of them and stops Sean being there when Roxy gave birth to her daughter, Amy - prematurely - by deliberately failing to phone him when Roxy goes into labour. Danielle gets caught up with Archie's and Ronnie's feud as both use her. Ronnie is a complicated character - stemming from her relationship with her controlling father, Archie. At a family meal, Archie impresses Peggy when he helps her son Phil (Steve McFadden) mediate his relationship with his son Ben (Charlie Jones) - after Phil ends up revealing that his father,Eric (George Russo),[7] had previously abused him back when he was a child; Archie calms Phil down by telling him of his own abuse at the hands of his own father, which also impacted Eric, and that Eric loved another woman. Archie throws her out, reminding her that of the exact spot she pushed Danielle onto the night she died. Peggy eventually agrees to talk to Archie and believes he is sorry for his past actions. Ronnie, his signet ring (as well as a note regarding him expecting her to not take any substantial gifts from him); Janine (who played the game better than anyone he ever knew), his, This page was last edited on 28 February 2023, at 07:16. Archie later came to stay at Walford where he began a relationship with Peggy. When Archie and Peggy's divorce papers come through, Archie tells Peggy that he still loves her and wants her back. So she holds off, she wants to get to know Ronnie, and charm her and make her like her and then tell Ronnie who she is."[1]. He and Glenda then plan to con Roxy out of her inheritance themselves. After deciding to leave Walford and return home to Telford, she left deciding that Ronnie would not want her in her life. The character of Archie was introduced in a group of episodes filmed on-location in Weymouth, Dorset. Both were rapists; Archie raped Stacey Slater before his rape of Ronnie was exposed, while Harry was revealed to have sexually abused multiple girls after it transpired that he molested Kat Slater. Several affairs (1970's) Archie falls for the blackmail and begs for his life, offering Phil money. 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