Call the Midwife series 13 continues this weekend, and there’s a guest star that EastEnders fans will recognise – actor Steven Hartley plays Bill Regan.
And, guess what? Like his infamous soap character, he plays another nasty piece of work!
In episode 3 of the latest series, Violet considers running for Mayor, until husband Fred’s health stops her from pursuing her mayoral campaign.
Yorkshire-born Steven Hartley portrays Violet’s opponent, and he’s not a very nice man at all… But where have you seen the actor before? And who else guest stars in the episode? Here’s everything you need to know.
Who plays Bill Regan in the cast of Call the Midwife episode 3?
Actor Steven Hartley portrays Bill Regan in the cast of Call the Midwife episode 3 on BBC One. The 63-year-old guest stars in the episode as Violet’s pushy opponent in the mayoral campaign.
According to Annabelle Apsion (who plays Violet), smug fellow councillor Bill is “patronising”. She adds: “That infuriates her. He’s also a bad local landlord and Violet, who has a sense of right and wrong, sees that he’s in a position where he should be helping, not exploiting people.
“That puts fire in her belly too and she’s determined to stop him from riding roughshod over everybody.”
Who is Steven Hartley? Was he in EastEnders and The Bill?
Actor Steven Hartley will be very familiar to fans of EastEnders and The Bill. For two-and-a-half years, Steven appeared as Tom Chandler in The Bill. His character was romantically involved with DS Debbie McAllister, who he went on to marry. However, Tom was killed off in a major storyline that spanned the majority of his last series.
Superintendent Tom Chandler’s past was explored in a six-month plot that led to his downfall and subsequent suicide. He left the show in 2002, after first appearing as Tom in 2000.
Of course, soap fans (of a certain age) will know Steven Hartley for playing Matthew Jackson in EastEnders. He was one of the BBC soap’
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