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Lee, who worked on the biggest soaps for ten years, is now the host of
Soap From The Box – a weekly interview series with some of the best-known faces from the soap world.
Digital Spy recently caught up with Lee for a chat about his new project and what it s really like to work in Soapland. Lee Salisbury
How did the idea for the podcast come about? The idea came about because I ve pitched shows for television with the soap casts and often TV companies say they re not big enough stars, which is mad because soaps are some of the biggest shows.
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Barbara Windsor and June Brown arrive for the British Academy Television Awards at the Royal Festival Hall in 2009
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Boris Johnson, mayor of London, and actress Barbara Windsor play Sitting Volleyball after the Women s Sitting Volleyball Preliminaries Pool A match between Great Britain and Ukraine on day 2 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games at ExCel
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Eric Morecambe with Barbara Windsor in 1976
Barbara Windsor flanked by Andrew Sachs and Bill Fraser during a dress rehearsal of Shakespeare s Twelfth Night at the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1976
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Barbara Windsor with Lionel Jeffries and Graham Stark the premiere of the film Percy at ABC1, Shaftesbury Avenue, London in 1971
Prince William calls Dame Barbara Windsor a true national treasure as he hails EastEnders and Carry On icon in moving speech to Christmas pantomime audience after her death aged 83
Prince William delivered a tribute on the stage of the West End s London Palladium ahead of Pantoland show
Barbara Windsor became a household name as buxom blonde in Carry On films and later joined EastEnders
Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease in 2014 and made the news public in 2018
Died at 8.35pm on Thursday at a London care home and her final weeks were typical of how she lived her life