STEVE: I've had my Phil of miserable storylines

NO HAPPY ENDERS

- by ED GLEAVE

EASTENDERS legend Steve McFadden doesn't get an easy ride from bosses.

The actor, who plays Phil Mitchell, gets endless miserable storylines.

And it can make working on the BBC soap pretty gruelling for him.

Steve confesses he struggles to enjoy it a lot of the time.

He said: "The past year has been particularly hard. It's not a walk in the park... a lot of it is quite dark. It takes a lot out of you.

"When I do panto, that's fun. EastEnders isn't."

Over the past year, Steve has been tackling his darkest storyline yet.