Creator / Stephen Churchett

Stephen Churchett (10 April 1947 — 11 January 2022) was an English actor and writer best known for his roles in EastEnders and The Brittas Empire.

First appearing on-screen in the 1970 sitcom Up Pompeii, Churchett managed to get success in his role as the solicitor Marcus Christie in EastEnders. He played the role on a recurring basis from 1990 to 2000 before reprising it in 2014 and 2015.

Finally, he is also best known for playing the antagonistic Councillor Drugget in The Brittas Empire. Although his appearances were relegated to Once a Season at first starting with Series 4, he became more of a recurring character in the final series of the show.

Outside of his many appearances in TV, Chruchett is also known to have written some screenplays for TV shows, including The Bill and Lewis.

Churchett died on the 11th of January in 2022 at the age of 74.

Works on TV Tropes He Appeared In:

Film

• A Bridge Too Far (1977) — Soldier
• Secrets & Lies (1996) — Man in Suit

Television

• Up Pompeii, episode "Britannicus" (1970) — Soldier
• Play for Today, 3 episodes:
  • "After the Solo" (1975) — History Teacher
  • "Minor Complications" (1980) — Dr. Lacey
  • "Young Soldiers" (1984) — Mr. Jessop
• Enemy at the Door, episode "The Raid" (1980) — Feldwebel
• The Professionals, episode "It's Only a Beautiful Picture..." (1980) — Supervisor
• Miss Marple, episode "The Body in the Library Part 2" (1984) — Major Reeve
• Doctor Who, 1 episode of 2-episode story "Attack of the Cybermen" (1985) — Bill
• Screen Two, episode "In the Secret State" (1985) — Director Official
• Grange Hill, 2 episodes:
  • 1 episode (1985) — Chairman
  • 1 episode (1988) — Welfare Officer
• CASUAL+Y, episode "The Raid" (1987) — PC Geary
• 'Allo 'Allo!, episode "The Sausages in the Trousers" (1987) — Wing Commander Belfridge
• The Bill, 6 episodes:
  • "Hothead" (1989) — Bert Cornel
  • "Start with the Whistle" (1990) — D.I. Dewhurst
  • "Coming to Terms" (1993) — Jim Tolman
  • "Cold Feet and Hot Coffee" (1996) — Bob Jackson
  • "Follow Through" (1999) — Governor Booker
  • "Money for Nothing" (1999) — Bob Chatterton
• EastEnders, 73 episodes (1990-2015) — Marcus Christie
• Minder, episode "A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in Shepherd's Bush" (1991) — Head Waiter
• The House of Eliott, 22 episodes (1992-94) — Joseph Wint
• The Brittas Empire, 8 episodes^{show list} "The Chop", "The Old, Old Story", "Back with a Bang", "The Elephant's Child", "http://etc", "Wake Up the Lion Within", "The Disappearing Act", "Curse of the Tiger Women" (1994-97) — Councillor Jack Drugget
• Heartbeat, episode "Gone Tomorrow" (1995) — Bernard Conway
• The Detectives, episode "Back to Class" (1996) — Mr. Hawthorne
• Bugs, episode "Schrodinger's Bomb" (1996) — Neumann
• Pie in the Sky, episode "Squashed Tomatoes" (1997) — Filmer
• Peak Practice, episode "Another Day of Life" (1998) — Mr. Anthony Millington
• Silent Witness, episode "Brothers in Arms" (1998) — Charles
• Dalziel and Pascoe, episode "Foreign Bodies" (2000) — DI Larkin
• Marple, 4 episodes (2009-13) — Coroner
• Law & Order: UK, episode "Vice" (2009) — Judge Rook
• Lewis, 2 episodes^{show list} "Intelligent Design: Part 1", "Intelligent Design: Part 2" (2013) — Professor Richard Seager

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