EastEnders star Larry Lamb reveals update about his | UK News

National treasure Larry Lamb has revealed whether or not or not his character Archie Mitchell would ever make a comeback to Albert Square. The 77-year-old performed the evil criminal and rapist, father of Roxy and Ronnie, for virtually 18 months before he met his grisly finish at the palms of Stacey Slater and the bust of Queen Victoria.

However, just because Archie died doesn’t imply he couldn’t make a comeback – maybe a long-lost twin brother? Or faked his own death with the help of Janine? The prospects may be excessive, but not unheard of, after all, something is feasible in soapland.

The Express caught up with Larry at the annual British Book Awards 2025, held at the swanky Grosvenor House in Mayfair. Presenting the award for Book of the Year: Crime & Thriller, sponsored by the Daily Express, to Abir Mukherjee for his e-book, Hunted, Larry also mentioned his new novel, All Wrapped Up.

Asked if there was something that may persuade him to return to Albert Square, a fats paycheck, maybe, Larry mentioned: “It’s not about that, people have got to be prepared to face the fact that stories come to an end. Archie Mitchell had his day. They wrote a character that was so strong, so powerful, what are you going to do? You can’t go back and pretend he’s come back to life.

“You know, I had a fantastic time doing it, the identical as I had a fantastic time doing Gavin & Stacey, but that’s it, the story is completed. That’s it.”

While Larry’s days in two of the BBC’s most beloved shows might be over, the veteran star is keeping busy as a book author. His debut novel, All Wrapped Up, tells the story from behind the scenes of a movie following the path of a first assistant director who is determined to see his film get finished.

Drawing on his own experience on set, Larry said: “It’s about the crew, it is not about the actors, it is about the people who truly make the movies and TV exhibits. They’re the brains behind it all. When I first acquired into this business, I used to be working in construction in the oil and electrical energy line business, working with crews of guys distanced from their properties and households.

“When I got into this business, as I got into film and television, there was someone who did my job, which had been back then, which was the first assistant director. That’s when the idea came along about writing a story about the reality of making a show or film. I was so fascinated by them, I always watched them. I knew somewhere there was a story in this.

“I assumed about [the story idea] about 30 years in the past and carried it with me. I at all times thought of it as a movie but then a good friend was saying to me, you’ve got acquired to have the option to fictionalise half of your life and while I used to be telling her that I could not, I assumed hold on a minute, I may write that story as a novel.”

All Wrapped Up is on the market from Amazon and all main bookstores.