Alfie: Love Still Strong

There was a pre-Walford reunion for Kat and Alfie this week, when Jessie Wallace joined Shane Richie on the Heart breakfast show. Shane, who has been filling in for DJ Jamie Theakston this fortnight, was joined by Jessie for a chat about their return to Walford later this year.


With laughter filling the studio, the pair agreed that despite nearly five years away, their off-screen relationship hadn’t changed. Shane told listeners that when they had been brought together for a photoshoot recently, they had giggled throughout.

‘My face was aching after half an hour,’ Jessie added, ‘it was like it was yesterday.’

When asked by DJ Harriet Scott about whether the on-screen couple’s relationship had also stood the test of time, neither Shane nor his co-star knew the answer.

But the actor revealed that there had once been suggestions of a Kat and Alfie spin-off: ‘Tony Jordan, the guy who created the Slaters and the Moons… had an idea that Kat and Alfie were on a scam in Vegas.’

‘I do remember that idea,’ Jessie chipped in, ‘just because I think they end up in Lanzarote or something!’

Kat and Alfie Moon left the Square together at Christmas 2005 for a road trip around America. They will make their return to the Square in the autumn this year, when viewers will find out what circumstances have brought them back and whether the couple is still together.

The actress told Harriet Scott that she is looking forward to being back. ‘It’s almost like I’m going home,’ she said. ‘I have missed it.’