Chrissie Watts

Published October 15, 2010 | By Bman

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“manner of her departure” a “complete mystery even to the soap’s [own] producers”, with reports claiming that “no less than four separate storylines [are] to be filmed for her departure from EastEnders”. Commenting at the time to NOW, Oberman said, “I think Chrissie deserves to get away with murder. She was heavily provoked. I’d love to see her make it to Argentina… [and] run a beach bar with a young Latin lover by her side.” The immense public focus on the figure of Chrissie was used by executives in the intensifying ratings war, with the BBC “using the Chrissie Watts departure as the major weapon in our armoury… to snatch back viewers” from rival soaps.

Victim or villain

To mark Chrissie’s departure from the show, BBC Three aired a special episode of EastEnders Revealed on 22 September 2005. Entitled “Chrissie