Fiction is looking to meet reality at the London marathon this year, where Jay Brown and Honey Mitchell of EastEnders will be running alongside some 40,000 participants. The Christmas day episode broke the news that Jay’s late wife, Lola, signed the pair up to run the marathon before she died, with Jamie Borthwick (Jay Brown) saying that while his character “didn’t expect it”, “he takes it on with an open mind and has a ‘go for it’ attitude”.
Borthwick and Emma Barton (Honey Mitchell) will actually be running in this year’s London marathon, during which they will be in character and followed by a BBC film crew. Executive producer Chris Clenshaw said that they were “thrilled to celebrate our city” in what is “a landmark occasion in the capital”, before going on to promise “a never-before-seen glimpse of the momentous day”.
