Eastenders actress, Pat St Clement has urged the younger stars of the BBC soap opera to up the excitement levels and buzz surrounding the show.

“When Jessie [Wallace] was in the show, pictures of her at clubs helped to fuel the Kat character and it never did her any harm because she’s such a talented actress,” Pam told The People.

“We get a hard time from the press and although I think it’s great that we now have a very professional cast who don’t fall out of clubs at 3am and don’t believe their own publicity, the papers love that kind of thing.

“I tell you if I was young and 19 and coming into it then I might be going out raving. As long as it doesn’t ruin their lives then I think the younger ones should do it. As long as they don’t do it at the cost of their work. Then I would have something to say.”