charlie left "eastenders" on 13 january 2011. martin opined that his favourite storyline to film was finding out that kat was raped by harry, on which he stated "i shared some emotional scenes with kat during that storyline." he later stated that the storyline was "very strong". in october 2010, a last minute scene was filmed involving charlie and patrick, focusing on george osborne's spending review, in which the characters discuss the impact of the chancellor's plans. talking about the baby swap storyline involving kat, alfie, ronnie branning (samantha womack) and jack branning (scott maslen), martin explained that he only read his own parts of the script, so thought that charlie simply leaves his grandson alone, gets drunk and the baby dies. on charlie's part in the story, he said "[t]hat's terrible guilt obviously—because [he] feel[s] as though it's [his] fault that he's died. i was surprised when i saw the story come out [...] that it was a baby swap." in his autobiography, released in 2013, martin revealed that the storyline originally planned for charlie's exit was that he have a heart attack and die. he also spoke about his shock to be axed, "you know it's part and parcel of the profession to be in and out of work but after thinking charlie was part of the future of the show, i was shocked. i simply didn't see it coming." martin revealed that he immediately called former executive producer, john yorke, who had introduced the character to the show, and told him of his impending on-screen death. martin then revealed that he had received a call from current producers who said charlie was not to be killed off and would simply go to live with eldest daughter, lynne.