EastEnders Christmas special featuring David Walliams removed by BBC

David’s 2003 Christmas episode has been scrubbed from iPlayer (Picture: ITV) As the situation surrounding David Walliams continues to unfold, the BBC have taken the decision to remove the episode of EastEnders he appeared in from iPlayer.

David appeared on the Christmas Day episode of 2003 as Ray Collins, a fake registrar employed by Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) to conduct a sham marriage between him and fiancée Kat (Jessie Wallace).

He appeared in both parts of the 2-part episode, and both have been scrubbed from the streaming service.

This week, David was exposed as the ‘famous man’ who failed to get a High Court injunction against two media organisations, Independent Television News (ITN) and Guardian News and Media (GNM), publisher of The Guardian, ahead of them reporting the allegations against him, including of sexual misconduct and potential criminal activity.

David unsuccessfully sought the injunctions to prevent the exposure because of the risk he would take his own life, after two previous suicide attempts.

BBC previously confirmed that it was it carrying out a review of ‘all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.’

Their statement also explained: ‘These are serious allegations. As such, the BBC is looking carefully at all material featuring and written by David Walliams on our platforms.

‘We are in the process of removing some programmes, including Little Britain, whilst this review is underway.’

An episode of Doctor Who featuring David and Gangsta Granny, based on a book he’d previously written were subsequently removed.

The comedian and former Britain’s Got Talent judge is alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the workplace over a number of years, The Guardian and ITV reports.

Multiple women have accused Walliams of sexually inappropriate behaviour and grooming including when they were teenagers, according to the investigation, claims that he denies.

In a statement to The Guardian and ITV prior to his named being released as part of the investigation, Walliams denied the allegations against him.

He said: ‘Looking back, I realise that at times I behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.

‘I realise I did not always take people’s feelings properly into account. That is something I regret.

‘And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.

‘I am not a sexual predator. I have not broken the law, but I am devastated that some of the women I met 10 to 20 years ago have now expressed hurt or anger towards me.’

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