Adam Woodyatt used to raid co-star Gillian Taylforth's fridge in early hours

Adam Woodyatt used to call into his on-screen mum Gillian Taylforth\'s house in the early hours after a night out - and raid her fridge.

The \'EastEnders\' actor admits he and Gillian - who play mother-and-son combo Kathy and Ian Beale - "clicked" on their first day of meeting back when the soap first started out in the mid-80s, so much so he would turn up at her house unannounced for food in the middle of the night.

He said: "My daughter calls her nan. Right from day one, we just clicked.

"A couple of years further on, I\'d be coming home from a night out, we\'d be going through Islington on the way home. She\'d be getting a ring on her doorbell at two in the morning, \'Mum, I\'m hungry!\' "

Gillian added: "He\'d go straight to the fridge, \'What have you got?\' Two in the morning. He\'d go, \'Alright mum?\' "

Adam admitted the pair have addressed each other as "mum" and "son" from day dot.

Speaking on \'EastEnders: Secrets From the Square\', he added: "I remember everybody else was already there.

"She burst through the door and we looked at each other and went: \'Mum!\' \'Son!\' That was it, it started from that."

Gillian previously praised Adam for always being there for her and "supporting" her.

Speaking in 2017, she said: "I absolutely love the bones of Adam, I adore him. He\'s always been there and always supported me.

"Even when I wasn\'t in \'EastEnders\', we\'d keep in touch. I knew he was rooting for me to come back, he kept coming up with different storylines.

"And he\'s always called me mum - and I\'ve always called him son or Sonny Jim. His daughter calls me nana! Adam is a lovely person, and a wonderful actor."