A former world champion swapped darts for the TV screen after becoming the ‘Stig of Darts’.Scott Mitchell won the BDO World Darts Championship before forging a career on shows including Eastenders.GettyMitchell has revealed his surprise role on Eastenders[/caption]GettyThe former world champion has dubbed himself the ‘Stig of Darts’[/caption]The 54-year-old, who has also been behind the mic on talkSPORT 2’s darts commentary, revealed he has been appearing in the soap opera for a decade but viewers ‘never see me’.Mitchell, perhaps better known as ‘Scotty Dog’ lifted the lid on his role as a ‘darts stuntman’ last week.Comparing himself to the iconic Top Gear character, Mitchell said on Hawksbee and Jacobs: “I don’t know whether I’ve had the duff duffs because I haven’t been watching it.“But yeah I’m a bit of a, I’m like the Stig of the Darts world where I pop in to various shows and throw a dart but you never see me.”Explaining exactly what his role on the show is, he added: “Basically we see the darts hit the board where they want the actors to put them.”Despite not being shown on screen, Mitchell’s work on Eastenders can often play a key part in the storyline of an episode.He continued: “Well obviously it’s part of the script.“So sometimes where the dart lands is where the script is heading and going. So it needs to land in certain places.“So if they need a bullseye to win a match obviously then the script then goes to the next two minutes off the back of that bullseye.“I haven’t watched EastEnders for a long time. It’s just the way the game works.”GettyMitchell won the 2015 BDO World Darts Championship[/caption]GettyHe has been a ‘darts stuntman’ on Eastenders for the last ten years[/caption]Mitchell has been in the role for a decade, having won his world title back in 2015.He revealed: “I’ve been going in and out for ten years every now and again. You know I’m a jobber. I just do wherever the money takes me.”The Englishman followed up his BDO world title with a run to the last eight the following year and made the semi-finals again in 2020.Mitchell later earned a PDC Tour card in 2021 and made his Alexandra Palace debut the following year.However, he was beaten by Chris Landman in the opening round of the 2022 tournament.He is also a four-time veteran of the Grand Slam of Darts and enjoyed a fine run at last year’s UK Open. After entering in the first round as a Challenge Tour qualifier, Mitchell beat Leighton Bennett, Darren Beveridge and Matthew Dennant to reach the fourth round, where he lost to fourth seed Nathan Aspinall. The UK Open returns this weekend with Butlins, Minehead once again hosting the ‘FA Cup of darts’.