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"The Mitchell world is about to be blown apart with the much-anticipated arrival of the latest member of EastEnders&amp;#039; iconic family.  Actor Larry Lamb has joined the cast of the Walford soap as Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell&amp;#039;s father, Archie. Archie is charismatic, authoritative, smart and proper old-school London. His arrival will most definitely shed new light on what made Ronnie and Roxy into the women they are and will also provide some new insights into Peggy&amp;#039;s history. Being the brother of Peggy&amp;#039;s late husband Eric, Archie is someone who Peggy finds very hard to resist. Speaking of his casting, Lamb said: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m absolutely delighted to be joining the Mitchell clan and working with the one and only Barbara Windsor and my new-found daughters Ronnie and Roxy. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t wait to step into Archie&amp;#039;s shoes - frankly, it&amp;#039;s a badge of honour to join EastEnders. My roots are working class so becoming part of The Square feels right. It&amp;#039;s like I&amp;#039;ve come full circle and am back where I started out.&amp;quot; EastEnders&amp;#039; executive producer Diederick Santer explained: &amp;quot;Larry Lamb is an immensely talented, experienced and charismatic actor. His arrival as Archie will set the cat amongst the Mitchell pigeons.&amp;quot; He added: &amp;quot;Archie is a Mitchell through and through, possessing the unique moral code which that legendary name implies. Barbara, Rita [Simons], Sam [Janus] and I are very excited to be working with Larry, and we can promise the audience stacks of excitement and drama on his arrival. The complex and darkly-veiled Mitchell world is about to be blown apart.&amp;quot; Lamb, who starred in the 1980s hit film Buster and is currently appearing in the BBC Two comedy Gavin and Stacey, begins filming with the soap in a couple of months and will first appear on screen in July.  The highly-anticipated casting of the role has seen high-profile Hollywood names bandied around such as Terrence Stamp, Malcolm McDowell, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone and Michael Caine. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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