Pat Butcher List of EastEnders characters (1986)

pat evans (also wicks , butcher) played pam st. clement 1986 2016. pat played emma cooke in soap bubble pat , mo: ashes ashes, delving past sister-in-law mo harris, first aired in 2004. pat third-longest-running character in soap, coming after ian beale (adam woodyatt), has featured in soap since first aired, , dot branning (june brown). character of pat conceived creators of eastenders, tony holland , julia smith, in 1984. although not 1 of serial s original protagonists, pat referred in character outline of pete beale, appeared on-screen in eastenders first episode, written smith , holland in book, eastenders: inside story: [pete] married young pat – turned out total disaster. young, rushing difficult life wrong reasons, , truthfully, [pat] vicious shrew...[pete] divorced [pat] , married kathy when 24...his 2 sons first marriage nineteen , twenty , hardly sees them... on 7 july 2011, announced st. clement had quit eastenders. actress revealed wanted try other things, saying have enjoyed 25 , half wonderful years in eastenders creating character of pat feel s time hang earrings. leaving eastenders family akin bereavement. m looking forward other work , life opportunities have time pursue. pat left later in year , executive producer bryan kirkwood said departure fitting storyline. pat s son david wicks (michael french) returned departure.