EastEnders legend Rudolph Walker 'embroiled in secret race row with BBC bosses after he and his black co-stars were snubbed from soap's 20th anniversary book' Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Geraint Llewellyn For Mailonline Published: 00:40 BST, 30 September 2024 | Updated: 00:42 BST, 30 September 2024 e-mail View comments EastEnders legend Rudolph Walker reportedly accused BBC bosses of racism after he and his black co-stars were snubbed from the show's 20th anniversary book in 2005. The actor, 85, who's played Patrick Truman in the show since 2001, said he was 'totally disgusted' and met with then boss John Yorke to demand an explanation.
Writing in his autobiography Walking With Dignity, which was printed in The Sun , Rudolph said that his photo was nowhere to be seen in the book and co-stars Adam Wodyatt and Shane Richie had demanded it be 'withdrawn and reprinted'. He said was told that only characters with prominent stories at the time were featured in the book, despite new family The Millers, who had yet to make their debut, were included. Writing: 'By the end of 2004, I had appeared in 300 episodes over three years and in 2004 had eight 'doof doofs' [the iconic sound to mark the end the end of an episode].
EastEnders, 85, legend Rudolph Walker reportedly accused BBC bosses of racism after he and his black co-stars were snubbed from the show's 20th anniversary book in 2005 The actor who's played Patrick Truman in the show since 2001, said he was 'tota.
