Arthur Fowler's hold on Eastenders...

Just been reading back through Andrew's Bedsit Blog, and saw a post I missed from earlier in the week. Not wishing to spoil it, I'll isolate one sentence at random and you can see if you want to read more....

Popular stars who incurred the wrath of the deranged former road-sweeper - including Gita, 'Lofty', and Clyde Tavernier - found themselves expelled from the soap and ostracised from their former friends[:] victims of Fowler's insane ego, sacrificed and eaten at the climax of stomach-churning ceremonies in which drug-crazed, pagan drummers (possibly including Ian Beale, alias real-life actor, Adam Woodyatt) aroused Walford residents in a crescendo of evil.

I think we all suspected that something similar was going on...