Not only did he get to execute his vision on a whole week's worth of episodes, but the final instalment was somewhat standalone, following Nigel Bates's (Paul Bradley) dementia symptoms worsening on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
It culminated with the reopening of The Queen Vic following a devastating fire, and Nige joining his neighbours for a celebration.
"I really set my sights on EastEnders. I was messaging them all the time, if anything remotely positive happened in my career I’d message them straight away," he explains, having worked on Channel 4's Big Boys and the latest series of Horrible Histories.
He also credits his "champions inside the team", Head of Drama Kate Oates and Training Executive Kris Green, for helping to promote him.
"Hollyoaks is now shot single camera, whereas EastEnders is three or four multi-cam. Technically it’s really difficult.
"It really taught me something. The more I pitched to then-Executive Producer Chris Clenshaw, the more he had actually amplified that and said: 'Why don’t you go a bit further and try something more?'
"The team love it when someone comes in and is excited to be there. I wanted to make the set the happiest place on earth."
Now that Oates and Green have opened the door for him to work on the soap, he's hoping that his story will allow other crew with disabilities to follow suit.
"For me, I split my focus on pushing my career forward and then figuring out how I can hold that door open for others to follow through."
And as for Phil Mitchell legend Steve McFadden: "His performance this year has been incredible. Hair-raisingly brilliant. I only had a few scenes with him but it was so good to meet him and tell him how fantastic he was.
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