List of Kat &amp; Alfie: Redwater characters
Alfie Moon is played by Shane Richie. The character originally appeared in the soap opera "EastEnders" from 2002 to 2005, and 2010 to 2016. Before his departure from "EastEnders", he discovers he has a mass on his brain. Of Alfie's part in "Redwater", Richie said, "Alfie's journey is to help his wife find her son but at the same time he has his own dark secret which he's keeping." Richie later said, "For the first time in 15 years, [Alfie] questions himself as a father, a husband and as a life, it feels like it's coming to an end for him. [...] Alfie starts getting hallucinations and one in particular is quite harrowing."
List of EastEnders characters (2002)
Chris Wright, played by Tom Roberts, is the original applicant for the job of bar manager of The Queen Victoria public house who is usurped by Alfie Moon, who uses his name and identity three weeks earlier, and tells Chris by telephone that the position has been filled. Chris arrives on 13 December 2002 to talk to the landlady, Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor). Alfie, fearing his facade will be unravelled, thinks of a scheme to get rid of Chris and tells them his grandmother, Nana Moon (Hilda Braid) is Peggy. When Chris confronts Nana about Alfie having his job and insults Alfie, she tells him to leave and threatens to set the dog on him.