EastEnders star Perry Fenwick has reached a huge milestone on the soap by appearing in 2,000 episodes.
Perry, who has played the much-loved character Billy Mitchell since 1998, was surprised on set by the soap's producer Chris Clenshaw, who also brought him a lovely bouquet of flowers to say thanks for sticking around for so long.
"Thank you so much. Thank you for your longevity, your loyalty," he said on the video posted on the soap's Twitter page.
Perry was quite surprised by the big moment and admitted he got a bit nervous when he saw the producer in case he found out he'd been up to something.
"See, Chris, the producer coming on set and say 'Perry' and I thought 'Oh here we go. I've been found out'," he joked.
"I got some nice flowers on set, so I'm thrilled. It's really good."
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It's been a busy time on Albert Square for Billy recently as the Mitchells are front and centre of a huge storyline involving the whole family, and the threat that Phil Mitchell could turn police informant to land Billy in prison.
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It was revealed in flashback scenes earlier this week that DCI Keeble's grudge against the Mitchell family goes back decades because Eric Mitchell killed her father in 1979.
Keeble blames Billy Mitchell for her father's death because he'd bought the firearm used in the shooting. This explains why Keeble is insistent on Phil bringing her information that would land Billy in prison.
Phil initially tried to get Billy to leave Walford by supposedly setting up a property deal in Portugal he wanted his relative to handle, and then came clean.
However, Billy didn't get a chance to leave the Square before the police were there to arrest him.
EastEnders airs on Mondays-Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer.
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