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Tom Banks was a fictional character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He was played by Colm O'Maonlai.
Tom was Sharon Watts' childhood friend who returned to the Square after 20 years in the Merchant Marines in 2002. He got a job as a firefighter and got together with her, but his psychotic ex-wife Sadie tried her hardest to split them up. She used his ex-step-daughter, Charlotte as an excuse to get back into Tom's life and convinced Sharon that they were having an affair behind her back, but they weren't. Sadie attempted suicide but Sharon and Tom convinced her to get psychological help, and she was out of their lives for good.
Then things took a turn for the worse, Tom discovered that he had a brain tumour, but didn't tell Sharon. Sharon proposed to him when they swapped roles for a day, and he accepted.
When Trevor Morgan started a fire at 23 Albert Square, Tom ran in to rescue Trevor's hostages Little Mo and Baby Sean. He took them to safety, and then went back to rescue Trevor, when Trevor's petrol can exploded, killing them both.
Family
- Mother: Bridget Banks
External links
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