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."
Blue moon
In the 1998 paranormal romance fiction novel by Laurell K. Hamilton of the same name, "Blue Moon" refers to two full moons occurring within the same month. In the 2009 young adult fiction novel by Alyson Noël of the same name, "Blue Moon" refers to two full moons occurring within the same month and the same astrological sign. Note that if two full moons fall within the same astrological sign they will fall in different calendar months, and "vice versa". In the novels of Simon R. Green the blue moon plays a significant magical role, and also figures in titles of three of his novels: "Blue Moon Rising", "Beyond the Blue Moon", and "Once in a Blue Moon", all of the Hawk & Fisher fantasy series.
"The Moon Is Blue", a 1953 movie starring William Holden, was nominated for three Oscars. Blue Moon Investigations is the name of the detective agency in the TV series "Moonlighting" starring Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis. A Blue Moon appears as a significant element in the 2011 film "The Smurfs", and the Wikipedia page on Blue Moon is viewed in the movie. "The Smurfs" TV show also featured the blue moon in an episode. The theme song for The Sopranos, "Woke Up This Morning" by Alabama 3, references "a blue moon in your eyes" in its lyrics. "Once in a Blue Moon" is also the name of an episode of TV show "Charmed", which involves the three witches being affected by the blue moon magically, and turning into monsters.