User:DaniloDaysOfOurLives/Carmel

Carmel Kazemi is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Bonnie Langford.

Casting and characterisation
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/05/eastenders-bonnie-langford-carmel-kazemi_n_7007096.html

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a639895/bonnie-langford-to-play-kushs-mother-in-eastenders/

https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/soaps/news/bonnie-langfords-eastenders-contract-extended-870403.html

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/bonnie-langford-joins-eastenders

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bonnie-langford-joining-eastenders-my-5729032

Introduction
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/bonnie-langford-in-public-pretend-5802512

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/05/17/eastenders-spoiler-bonnie-langford-_n_7292094.html

Relationship with Masood
https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-spoilers-kush-tries-crush-6307873

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a778690/eastenders-spoilers-carmel-kazemi-and-masood-ahmed-to-share-a-kiss-next-week/

https://www.whattowatch.com/eastenders-main/eastenders-news/eastenders-is-it-an-unhappy-birthday-for-carmel-when-masood-makes-a-move-on-denise-331196

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a807484/eastenders-masood-and-carmel-get-very-romantic-in-mondays-trailer/

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a797565/eastenders-star-bonnie-langford-on-masood-and-denises-kiss-carmel-isnt-happy/

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a814140/eastenders-catch-up-masood-ahmed-announces-hes-moving-to-pakistan/

https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastenders-spoilers-cast-masood-ahmed-14476321

https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/eastenders-bonnie-langford-want-carmel-kazemi-reunite-masood-ahmed-1117344.html

Grief
https://metro.co.uk/2018/05/25/eastenders-spoilers-carmel-kazemi-is-broken-as-shakil-dies-7579218/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/carmel-kazemis-breaks-down-hysterical-12598689

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a857660/eastenders-spoilers-carmel-kazemi-suicide-attempt/

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a858166/eastenders-spoilers-carmel-kazemi-shakil-campaign/

https://www.ok.co.uk/tv/soaps/eastenders-spoilers-cast-bbc-carmel-14354911

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-carmel-kazemi-runs-away-12868427

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-viewers-tears-grieving-carmel-12618101

https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/showbiz/2018/07/04/bonnie-langford-eastenders-knife-crime-storyline-is-toughest-of-my-career/

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a865895/eastenders-spoilers-kush-carmel-clash-sophie/

Departure
In July 2018, it was announced that Langford would be departing the soap as Carmel and that her exit storyline would tie in with the knife crime storyline. Langford released a statement, which revealed that she had known since the beginning of the knife crime storyline that it would result in Carmel being written out. An EastEnders spokesperson confirmed the departure, adding that the actress has "been a fantastic addition to the cast and we wish her all the very best for the future". It was confirmed that the door would be left open for the character to return to the soap in the future. It was also announced that Langford had already been cast in the musical 42nd Street prior to Carmel's departure airing. Former 'EastEnders executive producer, Dominic Treadwell-Collins, who had introduced her, congratulated Langford on the news, calling her one of the "greatest and most underrated actresses" and adding that the soap had been "so lucky" to have her for so long.

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a866913/eastenders-bonnie-langford-exit-carmel-kazemi/

https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2018103064055/eastenders-spoilers-carmel-exit-revealed-cora-cross-returns/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-exit-bonnie-langford-carmels-13540061

Reception
In 2021, following Kush's death, Laura-Jayne Tyler from Inside Soap called Carmel a "poor woman" that she feels sorry for, adding that she had lost two of her sons to "toxic aspects of London life: one to gang culture, the other to the Picadilly line".

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/a647772/who-won-at-british-soap-awards-2015-see-the-winners-list-in-full/

https://metro.co.uk/2015/09/01/is-this-eastenders-slap-the-worst-one-in-tv-history-5371568/

https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/coronation-street/a868513/coronation-street-inside-soap-awards-shortlist-2018/