page_title: Slater family (EastEnders)
section_title: Stacey's return and secret family
hierarchical_section_title: Slater family (EastEnders) / Development / Stacey's return and secret family
caption_attribution_description: English: Actress Lacey Turner at the EastEnders Meet and Greet event at BBC Elstree Centre.
context_page_description: The Slater family are a fictional family from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, that have appeared since episode 1997, first broadcast in September 2000. The family are introduced as a central family unit consisting of father Charlie Slater, grandmother Mo Harris, Charlie's daughters, Kat Slater, Lynne Slater, Little Mo Morgan and Zoe Slater, and Lynne's partner Garry Hobbs. A fifth sister, Belinda Peacock, was introduced a year later. The family were the eighth to be introduced in the soap's history, replacing the di Marco family who departed during the previous month. The Slaters were created by Tony Jordan and introduced by John Yorke. The Slater sisters were cast in an improvisation session. In their first years on the show, the family were involved in storylines about child sexual abuse and domestic violence.
  Following multiple cast departures, three new cast members — Lacey Turner, Gillian Wright and Rob Kazinsky — joined the show as an extension of the family. Stacey and Jean were used to highlight the topic of bipolar disorder, working with the charity Mind.
context_section_description: In July 2012, Morse was told that her contract would not be renewed, however she continued to make occasional appearances in the show. On 31 July 2013, it was announced that Jean would leave EastEnders following Wright's resignation. The actress hoped to reprise the role in the future. As part of Jean's exit, Tony O'Callaghan was cast as her new love interest, Ollie Walters. The characters depart together in September 2013 after deciding to move to Brighton. Martin reprised his role as Charlie for two episodes in December 2013 and expressed an interest in returning permanently. That same month, Kat announces that she is pregnant with Alfie's child. Nine months later, Kat gives birth to their twin sons, Bert and Ernie Moon (Freddie and Stanley Beale).
  It was announced on 6 December 2013 that Turner had agreed to reprise her role as Stacey and that the character would return in early 2014. Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins described Stacey as "one of EastEnders' best-loved characters, played by one of television's finest actors". He also commented, "Stacey's last time on the Square was iconic. But that was just the first act. There is so much more to come for Stacey." Matt Willis was cast as Stacey's partner Luke Riley and appeared across a guest stint. Lily was reintroduced alongside Stacey with the role recast to child actress Aine Garvey. Stacey and Lily return in February 2014, but Stacey departs during the following month after confessing to Archie's murder. Off-screen, Turner took a planned break to film BBC drama Our Girl. In May 2014, it was announced that Wright would film a guest stint to coincide with Stacey's return from her break. Treadwell-Collins confirmed that Stacey and Jean's relationship and bipolar disorder would be explored in upsetting scenes. Stacey and Jean returned in August. A second return for Jean was confirmed in May 2015 when it was teased that Jean and Ollie would marry, and Jean appears two months later in July.
  Following her return, Stacey was shown to own a mystery key, starting a long-running storyline for the Slater family. In October 2015, it was announced that Riley Carter Millington had been cast as Kyle, a new character for the show. Millington's casting marked the first time a transgender actor has played the role of a transgender character in a British soap opera. Kyle is shown to have a key similar to Stacey in his first appearance. Jean made another guest return in December for the reveal of Stacey's key. At the time of the reveal, the story was described by Daniel Kilkelly of Digital Spy as "one of the longest-running mysteries in EastEnders history". During Jean's return, it emerges that Stacey's father and Jean's husband, Brian, was a bigamist and had a second family. Kyle was later confirmed to be Stacey's half-brother. In May 2016, accredited actress Denise Welch appeared in one episode of the soap, episode 5276, as Kyle's mother Alison Slater, who has not seen him since his transition.
caption: Actress Lacey Turner reprised her role as Stacey Slater in 2014, four years after she quit the show.
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