EastEnders star James Bye, who played Martin Fowler, has made a huge life change months after his character met a fateful end in one of the soap’s saddest episodes ever
EastEnders star James Bye has sold his home and is now living in a field after bidding farewell to Albert Square earlier this year. In one of the soap’s saddest episodes, marking its 40th birthday, James’ character, Martin Fowler, was killed off when the Queen Vic collapsed, leaving his legion of loyal fans bereft.
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Following the dramatic scenes, James, 41, who is currently playing Mr Darcy in a theatre tour of Death Comes to Pemberley, has made a major life change as his wife told their followers they have sold their home and moved into caravan – with their four kids and two blind dogs. Revealing the surprising news on Instagram, Victoria said: “It’s official …because we’ve only gone and sold our ‘forever home’. And not only that. We’ve done it so that we can move into a field – and into a caravan…
EastEnders star, James Bye, who played Martin Fowler in the BBC soap, has made a huge life change(Image: Instagram/jimmybye)
“Yes, you read that right. A tin box on wheels with barely enough room to swing a cat let alone four kids + two blind dogs. S**t. Now, you may wonder what in the hell we’re doing (I know we do, both still I denial I think!)”
Explaining the ‘method to their madness’, Victoria said it had long been a dream for the couple to live in a caravan because both their parents had done it in the eighties.
Revealing that James’ sister was even conceived in a home on wheels, she said: “A dream we’ve long since had and just never had the time … or the belief that we could.
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“And yet somehow, when it feels like we’ve got more than ever on our plate, we thought. Sod it. It’s now or never. This is our year for change. And so we are.
“I mean, what’s could go wrong?! (Er, right. Everything apparently. But let’s just breeze over that bit and get back to following your dreams & all that gumph…) Because, really, it has been a bit of a dream of ours for a very long time.
“And it’s no surprise because both of our parents did the very same thing back in the 80’s! And they survived! (just about!) In fact, James’ sister was conceived in their caravan right on the foundations of the house they still call home to this day!”
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Fans were bereft when Martin was killed off(Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Despite James’ parents creating new life in their caravan, Victoria was adamant that she and James would not be adding to their family of six.
Lifting the lid on their family plans, she said: “And whilst there is a firm NO on any baby making shenanigans going on in our little love pad, the same belief & hope for something that we’ve built on our own is there.
“It’ll be an adventure. A messy, chaotic, mud filled ride – just us & our boys. And we cant wait. We might even get an alpaca. What the hell, in for a penny & all that…
