EastEnders newest villain Bea Pollard left Albert Square in handcuffs earlier this week after holding Billy Mitchell hostage – however, fans were quick to notice an editing blunder that overshadowed the dramatic exit.
Tuesday’s episode of the BBC soap saw unhinged resident Bea (played by Ronni Ancona) take her obsession with Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton) to new heights after trying to destroy her relationship with husband Billy. After her attempt to kidnap Honey was foiled by Billy, she took him hostage with a corkscrew, threatening to kill him unless Honey went quietly.
While many fans were hooked by the final twist in Bea’s storyline, others were distracted by a glaring continuity error with her weapon of choice. In the pivotal scene, Bea is seen holding a green corkscrew to Billy’s neck, but that later appeared to change colour mid-way through the character’s threatening monologue.
“Did the corkscrew weapon change colours?? Green one minute, shiny metal the next! Am I seeing things!!” one wrote on X.
“A few continuity problems on #Eastenders tonight !!” another wrote. “First Bea had a green plastic corkscrew than a shiny one then a green one again ??”
“Did anyone notice Bea using 2 different colors of corkscrew on Billy's neck? #Eastenders,” a third wrote.
EastEnders is no stranger to the odd continuity blunder; in March, viewers pointed out that Billy and Honey’s son Will (Freddie Phillips) was meant to be on a long holiday abroad and yet popped up in Albert Square while Davinder “Nugget” Gulati (Juhaim Rasul Choudhury) suffered a seizure.
“So, according to today’s episode, Will is on the (ridiculously long) holiday with his family – did he just pop back for the day the other week so he could film Nugget’s seizure?!” one person wrote on X/Twitter, adding: “I’m becoming disproportionately obsessed with how little sense all this makes.”
Another added: “So now Will is on holiday with his family? So why was he in Walford to silently stand by and record Nugget’s seizure, which went absolutely nowhere?”
EastEnders announced in December that impressionist and comedian Ronni Ancona would be joining the cast to play the “unpredictable, nuanced and complex” Bea. “I hope audiences have as much fun watching her as I have had bringing her to life,” Ancona said at the time.
