 In 1996 Lynford joined the cast of "EastEnders" where he played Simon Raymond, the homosexual brother of Martine McCutcheon's character, Tiffany Raymond.His character made headlines in the British press, following a gay kiss with the show's resident bisexual, Tony Hills (Mark Homer), who happened to be dating his sister at the time.Both Lynford and Homer left the show in 1999.