{"id":43537,"date":"2024-01-11T12:11:06","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1958374"},"modified":"2024-01-11T13:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T12:43:22","slug":"ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Norwood reminisces on E20 days: \u201cIt was a beautiful time\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Many fans will remember when Fatboy first stormed onto the Square. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Katelyn Mensah\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 11:11 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>A lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/\">EastEnders<\/a> fans will remember when four new characters burst onto screens back in 2009 as part of the show\u2019s internet spin-off, E20.<\/p>\n<p>E20 was set up to develop new talent and target a younger audience and many of the characters ended up becoming series regular, including Fatboy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/ricky-norwood-dancing-on-ice-2024-contestant\/\">Ricky Norwood<\/a>), who has reminisced on the \u201cbeautiful time\u201d he had on the show.<\/p>\n<p>Fatboy, Leon Small (Sam Attwater), Mercy Olubunmi (Bunmi Mojekwu) and Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny) all found themselves squatting at 89b George Street and soon becoming a force to be reckoned with.<\/p>\n<p>E20 ran for three seasons and now, Ricky Norwood spoke exclusively to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> about his time on the show, ahead of his appearance on ITV\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/dancing-on-ice-2024-release-date\/\">Dancing on Ice<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/ricky-norwood-possible-eastenders-return-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Ricky Norwood on EastEnders return: \u201cAll they\u2019ve got to do is give me a call\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-the-six-kathy-denise-newsupdate\/\">EastEnders airs vicious threat within The Six in early BBC iPlayer release<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On whether he would ever return to the BBC soap, despite his character dying offscreen, Norwood said: \u201cEastEnders are on such a high at the moment. They\u2019ve had a year full of great storylines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristmas was fantastic. So if they ever needed Fatboy back in the Square, all they\u2019ve got to do is give me a call.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if there could ever be rejuvenation of E20, he said: \u201cE20! You took it back, you took it way back. We\u2019ll have to get Mercy, Zsa Zsa and Leon back as well. It was a beautiful time.\u201d<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"Leon's Boxing Match - E20 - Series 1 Episode 12 Preview - EastEnders - BBC\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H7ulQnxToYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/>\n<p>Norwood will be donning his skates soon, as he prepares to compete in Dancing on Ice. The actor is partnered with German figure skater Annette Dytrt, and the pair have teased their \u201chigh energy\u201d routine that\u2019ll have the audience up and dancing with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be loads of fun,\u201d he told <strong>RadioTimes.com<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re definitely going to get the crowd up and going. It\u2019s going to a be high energy routine and I\u2019m sure they\u2019re going to love it. Fingers crossed!\u201d<\/p> <p><strong>EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dancing on Ice returns Sunday 14th January, 6:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit our dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a><\/strong><strong> page <\/strong><strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. <\/strong><strong>If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a title=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 10 issues for only \u00a310 \u2013 <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/?utm_term=evergreen-article\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\"><strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Many fans will remember when Fatboy first stormed onto the Square. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":43538,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/01\/ricky-norwood-reminisces-on-e20-days-it-was-a-beautiful-time-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Many fans will remember when Fatboy first stormed onto the Square.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/43537"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}