{"id":27153,"date":"2022-12-14T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T12:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1755718"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T13:30:25","slug":"is-fatboy-alive-eastenders-fans-spot-massive-clue-during-dots-funeral","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/is-fatboy-alive-eastenders-fans-spot-massive-clue-during-dots-funeral\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Fatboy alive? EastEnders fans spot massive clue during Dot\u2019s funeral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Helen Daly\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 14 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Dot Branning and her late actress June Brown were celebrated in true style on <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Characters old and new joined together to pay tribute to her life and times on the BBC soap in what\u2019s been a touching week for the continuing drama.<\/p>\n<p>But one eagle-eyed fan spotted a fairly inconspicuous moment from Tuesday 14th December\u2019s episode which could hint at a\u00a0<em>very<\/em> big return \u2013 no, not <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-keanu-taylor-surprise-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During a scene where newcomer Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) had a look through his great auntie\u2019s cards, one, in particular, stood out enough for viewers to read it.<\/p>\n<p>Written in black ink, the card said: \u201cMrs B \u2013 forever in my heart. Arthur x.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastEnders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#EastEnders<\/a> Omg the card it&#8217;s from Arthur &#8220;fatboy&#8221; Chubb ! He is alive! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/o7qnZBhTTD&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/o7qnZBhTTD<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Luna (@LunaPhoebeQuinn) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/LunaPhoebeQuinn\/status\/1602863206397251584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 14, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>While inconspicuous at first, there was one character who always called Dot by her affectionate nickname, Mrs B \u2013 and that was Fatboy, played by Ricky Norwood.<\/p>\n<p>Fatboy, whose real name was Arthur Chubb, was not only Dot\u2019s good friend, but he was also a fan-favourite who was last seen on Christmas Eve in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The lovable character was quite brutally killed off in a case of mistaken identity in the feud between the Mitchells and the Hubbards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" 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title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Reiss reads a card from \u201cArthur\u201d. <em>BBC<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Vincent (Richard Blackwood) discovered Fatboy\u2019s necklace, phone and some blood in the boot of a crushed car, and he was presumed dead thereafter, with Vincent even sending fake letters as Fatboy to Dot, explaining that he had gone abroad.<\/p>\n<p>As we know in soap land, if you don\u2019t see the body, there\u2019s every chance they could still be alive\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Is Fatboy about to make a sensational return to EastEnders?<\/p>\n<p>Fans certainly hope so, as one said: \u201cThe card that Reiss was holding at Sonia\u2019s said \u2018Mrs B\u2019 from \u2018Arthur\u2019 does that mean Fatboy is alive????\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">FATBOY\u2019S ALIVE?! <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EastEnders?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#EastEnders<\/a> <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/GcbYsF02TV&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/GcbYsF02TV<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Phil Mitchell\u2019s hair (@philsbaldhead) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/philsbaldhead\/status\/1602781640471842817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">December 13, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>Of course, Vincent himself is now dead too so there is no one left to send fake cards in Fatboy\u2019s name, leaving the hope of a return to linger on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read 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