One BBC star is now sorting trolleys in ASDA, despite rising to fame penning episodes of EastEnders. The talented star is also credited with creating one of the Beeb's most underrated police shows - By Any Means, which was released in 2013. In total, he penned 55 episodes of the BBC soap, and also wrote episodes of The Dumping Ground and River City.

But now, BBC writer Richard Lazarus is working at ASDA, the supermarket confirmed in a social media post. ASDA shared a snap of Richard in a high-vis vest next to the trolleys, with the caption: "Meet Richard! He may be a porter at our Newark store... but did you know he's also a TV writer with some seriously impressive credits?

"He's written 55 episodes of EastEnders (yes, 55!) He's penned stories for CBBC's hit drama The Dumping Ground. He's worked on the Scottish soap River City.

"And he even co-created the BBC One prime-time cop drama By Any Means. From the shop floor to the small screen - Richard's talent knows no bounds!"

Social media users rushed to the comments section to praise Richard's work ethic, with one writing: "Incredible. This is lovely to read this morning."

Another echoed: "Richard's a creative genius in so many ways. I wish him so much success. Keep trucking Richard."

Somebody else quipped: "Anywhere is better than working for the BBC for obvious reasons."

Richard previously spoke about pitching EastEnders storylines in an interview with The Guardian, explaining: "It must have been in 2014, when UKIP were on the rise, and I pitched a story about Ian Beale becoming a UKIP councillor.

"I wanted to coincide it to run into a live episode to link with the general election, where we would see him win. [But] the feeling was that it was making it too front and centre. We tended to deal with politics or other issues almost as a side note."