All Very Heartbreaking, But One Gripe..

The end of Tiffany Mitchell - EastEnders - BBC drama



Transmitted on the 31st December 1998, we see popular character Tiffany Mitchell (née Raymond), played by Martine McCutcheon. It's a well fondly remembered moment, but how could Frank Butcher (Mike Reid) in the car, not see ahead, when the street was empty. Sure, Tiffany was lying down on the ground, but quickly got back up, but with the amount of time from that to impact, and looking at the somewhat slow speed Buther's car was going, it looked just that little bit unrealistic, maybe Tiffany was weakened by the earlier blood clot, while most of the scene is superb.

Tiffany Mitchell's turgid relationship and marriage with Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp) was a disaster waiting to happen. It all began murkily, they had a fling, then they got back together again to marry when realised the kid Courtney was his (questionable), Grant has an affair with Lorraine Wicks, they fall out, then get back together. Tiffany later asked for a divorce after making advances to police officer, Beppe Di Marco, and a fight ensues over the custody of her daughter Courtney. Tiffany wants to leave for good with the child, but then accidentally falls down the stairs, but Tiffany and Bebe try to work against the evidence to make it look like it was Grant that pushed her down the stairs. Then we come to this, she leaves Hospital, to tale Courtney away, but is surprised to see Grant who is on bail. Grant's determined to hold onto Courtney.

Martine McCutcheon who played Tiffany Mitchell, is a terribly, terribly lucky actress, that has escaped the grasp of being either stereotyped from her soap character or confined to be forever attached to that Soap, after bombing in other roles. Despite this, her future talents/successes were not seen on the box, but in the theatre and music studio. Before Eastenders, she was a member of an obscure girl pop group named "Milan", usually a wram-up act for "East 17". Having had some acting parts in "The Bill" and being a model, she was invited to be in the Walford soap. After that she almost instantly did very well for herself, getting a No.1 hit in 1999.