 Afterwards, Ian brings Bobby to live with him and his half-siblings, Peter Beale (Joseph Shade/James Martin/Thomas Law/Ben Hardy/Dayle Hudson) and Lucy Beale (Casey Anne Rothery/Melissa Suffield/Hetti Bywater).Ian's partner Jane Collins (Laurie Brett), joins the household; she becomes Bobby's stepmother and values him as her own child, increasingly so following an emergency hysterectomy.Ian enters Bobby (now Alex Francis) into a talent contest but cheats by enlisting another child to sing while Bobby mimes.