Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He pai ake tana mōhiotanga i a ia hei kuia pōhēhē mai i te whakaari rongonui a Absolutely Fabulous - engari kua mau a June Whitfield, 89-tau te pakeke, ki te kākahu mō tana tūranga hōu hei tuahine Ruth, he nunui, i roto i te pouaka whakaata a te BBC, EastEnders. He pai ake pea tana mohio ki nga kaimatakitaki hei whaea tipuna mai i te Absolutely Fabulous. Engari ko te putanga e whai ake nei a June Whitfield ka kite ia i a ia i roto i tētahi tūranga rerekē - hei nunui i EastEnders. Kua whakaritea te 89-tau-tau ki te mahi i tetahi ahua manuhiri i roto i te hopi BBC i te wiki e whai ake nei hei tuahine Ruth. Ka tukuna e tana ahuatanga he tohutohu ki te ahua o Jessie Wallace's Kat Moon, he tangata whakamomori i muri i tana pakanga ki te aro ki te tukino i a ia i a ia e tamariki ana. I te wa i panuihia ai tana ahua, i kii te kaiwhakaari tawhito: "Kua roa au e matakitaki ana i nga EastEnders, a he tino miharo ki te paerewa o te mahi. <unk>He tino harikoa te mahi tahi me Jessie Wallace, ā, e tino harikoa ana ahau ki te whai wāhi ki te whakaaturanga.<unk> Kua wheturangitia hoki e te kaiwhakaari te hit Terry me June me nga waahanga e toru o te raupapa kiriata rongonui Carry On. I puta mai tana ahua i muri i te kaiwhakaari a Timothy West, 80, nana nei i whakaari te ahua o Stan Carter i EastEnders, i whakahe i nga hopi mo te kore e aro ki nga kaitoi me nga kaitoi tawhito. I kii a West ki te Radio Times i te tau kua hipa: "Ki taku whakaaro kaore i te nui te uara ki a raatau, a, ki taku whakaaro koinei tetahi o nga take i kawea mai ai ahau ki [to EastEnders]. " Ka tukuna e Sister Ruth a Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) etahi kupu whakatenatena ki a Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace) Ka rite ki a Kat (na Jessie Wallace i purei) ka tae mai ki nga tikanga mo te tukino i a ia i a ia e tamariki ana, kei te taha o te tuahine o Whitfield a Sister Ruth. I kii a Whitfield he'tino koa'ki te mahi tahi me Wallace i a ia e mahi ana i te hopi. Ko Whitfield te mea rongonui mo tana mahi hei whaea mo Edna, i whakaarihia e Jennifer Saunders, i roto i te Absolutely Fabulous. Ko West, i uihia e te maheni mena he nui nga taangata pakeke i roto i nga hopi, i kii: "Mai i taku i rongo ai, kaore i nui te hiahia ki nga taangata tawhito. Ranei he nui o ngā pūāhua tawhito hei āwangawanga. I puta whakamutunga a West i te marama kua hipa i te matenga o tana pūāhua...
Ka puta a June Whitfield ki te pouaka whakaata a te BBC ā te wiki e whai ake nei hei tuahine Ruth. Ka hoatu e tana ahuatanga he tohutohu ki a Kat e mamae ana, i whakaarihia e Jessie Wallace. 'He tino harikoa te mahi tahi me Jessie,' i kii te kaiwhakaari Ab Fab.