From Albert Square to Midsomer Mere... Actress Annette Badland, who played the villainous Aunt Babe in EastEnders, is joining the cast of Midsomer Murders - and she'll be on the right side of the law this time 'round.
The stage and screen veteran will play new pathologist Dr Fleur Perkins in the ITV whodunit, which this year is celebrating its 20th anniversary on screens.
"I have always enjoyed living dangerously so arriving at Midsomer is thrilling," said Badland, who added that Dr Perkins is "very good at her job".
She'll need to be as DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon) and DS Jamie Winter (Nick Hendrix) will be investigating grisly goings-on involving a circus of horrors, an intellectual society and a comic book festival as the show's death toll moves closer to the 300 mark.
As part of the 20th birthday celebrations, Midsomer Murders executive producer Jonathan Fisher has promised fans that they will be treated to "nods back to some of the most memorable moments of the show's history".
Viewers last saw Badland as Aunt Babe earlier this year when the Walford troublemaker was thrown out of the Queen Vic. Her memorable EastEnders exit scene saw her telling the Carter family: "I curse you. I curse the lot of you. I hope you lose everything and your precious pub. I curse you."
The Carter family were left in no doubt that they had been cursed.
