Character: Phil Mitchell

Soap: EastEnders

The actor found himself in the middle of a sex scandal when his ex-girlfriend Angela Bostock alleged that he forced her to take part in all sorts of sexual encounters.

She told the News of the World: "Steve loved dirty old men watching us having sex in car parks. It disgusted and terrified me."

McFadden also confessed his criminal past to BBC bosses, including cannabis possession, actual bodily harm and drink driving.