She wants it for her son Jonathan (Jonny Lee Miller), but when he proves lazy and unreliable, an embarrassed Mrs Hewitt takes his place as Arthur's assistant.

In May 1992, a phone call from New Zealand brings news that Kenny Beale (Michael Attwell) has been in a car crash, so Arthur's wife Pauline (Wendy Richard) decides to go there to tend to her crippled brother.

Christine becomes more needy and manipulative, cooking up absurd lies and a fake burglary to lure Arthur round, then hitting the bottle if he refuses to come.

Kathy Beale's (Gillian Taylforth) decision to open the café in the evenings as a bistro gives Christine an opportunity to see more of Arthur — she applies to be the cook and gets the job.

This spells the end for Christine, as Arthur then decides he wants nothing more to do with her, and in October she disappears to face a lonely future, divorced by her husband Greg (Robert Swann), and ditched by her lover.

In December of the same year Christine sends a wreath to Pete Beale's funeral, which is only seen by Dr Legg (Leonard Fenton) and Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin).

[2] Power filmed her scenes for the five episodes and thought that would be the end of it; however, she was subsequently contacted by Leonard Lewis and asked to reprise the role.

"[1] Mrs Hewitt was reintroduced in a storyline that saw her become Arthur Fowler's mistress, but when the affair ended Power left the series, making her final appearance on-screen in October 1993.

[2] According to Power, director, Russell Mulcahy was a fan of EastEnders and while in Hollywood he used to get friends to video the Arthur and Mrs Hewitt scenes.