High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Sharongate" is the term used for a storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, which reached its climax on 24 October 1994, attracting 25.3 million viewers. The plot was written by EastEnders scriptwriter, Tony Jordan. In the storyline, Sharon Mitchell (Letitia Dean) confessed on tape that she had slept with her husband’s brother, Phil (Steve McFadden). The truth came out in the middle of a packed Queen Vic. Grant (Ross Kemp) attacked his brother and Phil was lucky to survive.