EE: Joe and Pauline SPOILER

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EASTENDERS star Ray Brooks has been axed from the BBC1 soap, we can reveal.
The actor, who plays Joe Macer, will meet an explosive end after nearly a year married to whingeing Pauline Fowler.
Ray ? best known as the voice of cartoon character Mr Benn ? will leave in January, just weeks after po-faced Pauline is killed off on Christmas Day. Last night, a show insider said: ?With Pauline going, there?s not much more we could do with Ray?s character.
?Viewers will see him leave in January ? and it?s going to be a dramatic exit.? The source added: ?Ray is fine with the decision.?
It marks the end of a difficult year for the 67-year-old actor who endured a challenging working relationship with unhappy EastEnders legend Wendy Richard.
Wendy, 63, previously admitted the pair didn?t share the same ?chemistry? as she had with first on-screen hubby Bill Treacher ? who played her beloved ?Arfur?. And she told The Sun how she quit over Pauline?s second marriage ? because she felt it betrayed her character
Wendy explained: ?The bosses all thought we looked good together on screen. But when I watched it back, I just thought it looked like I was working very hard. I?ve had a lot of people come up to me and say, ?You should never have married.? ?

An EastEnders spokeswoman refused to comment last night.

[eefanincan]

Well, I'd like to say that I'm surprised, but I think that we could all see the writing on the wall when it came to this storyline.

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[cori]

Killing Pauline off - HOW??????

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