Shaun Williamson has claimed he was ‘pushed down the stairs by a ghost’ at his Isle of Sheppey home, after spotting a spooky woman in the window.

The EastEnders legend, 59, who is renowned for playing Barry Evans for a decade in the BBC soap, recalled the bizarre paranormal experience on Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted.

He said: ‘One day, I was walking down the stairs with a cup of tea in one hand and a plate in the other and I just fell.

‘It wasn’t like a buckle, I went up in the air, both feet and landed on my back. My cup of tea and plate smashed. 

‘It took me five minutes to get my breath back.

‘I just thought, “Christ, what was that?” At the back of your mind, you wonder if it’s the ghost.

Shaun Williamson, 59, has claimed he was ‘pushed down the stairs by a ghost’ at his Isle of Sheppey home, after spotting a spooky woman in the window

The EastEnders legend recalled the bizarre paranormal experience on Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted

‘When the team moved in we found out that there was a strong presence on that stairway.’

After his peculiar experience, Shaun said he began to notice early signs of paranormal activity in his home.

He added: ‘When we moved into the house, there were the usual bumps every old house gets in the night.

‘It could be wind in the attic, anything really. But then pictures started coming off walls – they were securely fastened – that’s when I knew something was up.

‘I remember when we were doing our kitchen extension, we got to know the builders really well.

‘So sometimes we would go off to work on a Friday at the weekend and leave them to lock up after saying goodbye.

‘Once, half an hour later, they phoned and said “You haven’t left then yet?” but we were halfway out on the M25.

‘They said there was a woman upstairs looking out at us.’

He said: ‘One day, I was walking down the stairs with a cup of tea in one hand and a plate in the other and I just fell… It took me five minutes to get my breath back… I just thought, “Christ, what was that?” At the back of your mind, you wonder if it’s the ghost’

After his peculiar experience, Shaun said he began to notice early signs of paranormal activity in his home when the builders at his home noticed ‘a woman upstairs looking out at us’

Shaun is renowned for playing Barry Evans for a decade in the BBC soap (pictured in 2003)

Shaun later said there was reportedly the spirit of a man named George, who murdered his wife in the 1900s. 

He said: ‘So he’s just a wrongen, George is an a******* and he had to go.

‘That’s why I’m really glad of this programme, because now, even if bits of his spirit remain, it’s not doing any harm.’

Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted comes to Discovery+ on January 23.