THE ENDER? EastEnders’ Nigel Bates’ fate revealed after dementia-stricken star’s bath drowning horror
The beloved character – who is played by actor Paul Bradley in the BBC soap – found himself unable to stay above the water in harrowing scenes shown last night
In today’s episode Nigel – who has dementia – slipped out of consciousness with Phil only remembering his friend was upstairs at the last minute.
He raced upstairs and found Nigel not breathing.
Screaming for help, he and Mark hauled Nigel out of the bath.
Phil then began chest compressions on his friend, telling him: “Don’t leave me.”
With that failing to work, they turned him on his side and Phil landed two heavy blows on Nigel’s back – and that did the trick.
Water flew out of his lungs and he began breathing again.
An ambulance was called and Nigel was taken in – with Julie who had been summoned over.