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Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey Mitchell’s (Emma Barton) wedding plans are derailed successful EastEnders adjacent week pursuing Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) disappearance.
Last year, the BBC soap recorded scenes during the London Marathon, with actors Emma Barton and co-star Jamie Borthwick appearing successful quality arsenic Honey and Jay Brown on the route.
Billy was preparing an affectional connection for his ex-wife astatine the decorativeness line, but he’d mislaid the ring.
In a astonishment move, she got down connected 1 genu and popped the question instead. They decided to support the engagement a secret, allowing their nearest and dearest to ticker the events proceeding connected tv instead.
The much-loved mates are present preparing to locomotion down the aisle connected February 19, 2025 – which coincidently is the soap’s highly-anticipated 40th Anniversary.
Aerial pictures from filming that were obtained by Metro showed The Queen Vic blown to smithereens, whilst a marquee was acceptable up successful the Square Gardens.
Could this beryllium from Billy and Honey’s wedding?
In scenes that aired past week, the mates were abuzz with excitement arsenic they statesman to hole for their large day.
Whilst readying a disco, Billy besides arranges a barbecue, which is simply a wholly mean happening for a ceremonial successful February.
When connection reaches Phil that they’re facing somewhat of a fiscal crisis, helium puts the wheels successful question with Mo Harris (Laila Morse) for him to assistance enactment them.
Amid his intelligence wellness battle, we’ve seen the Walford stalwart merchantability and acquisition his concern assets. Firstly, Peggy’s barroom was sold to Nicola (Laura Doddington), whilst his fractional of The Boxing Den was handed implicit to aged pal Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley).
With his information worsening, Phil attempts to instrumentality his ain life.
As the household retrieve from the tragedy, Billy’s half-brother Teddy (Roland Manookian) is anxious for him to absorption connected the wedding and enactment hopeful for brighter days ahead.
He pulls retired each the stops for the associated stag and hen-do, but Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) struggles to bask herself astatine the party.
EastEnders 40th day – Everything we cognize truthful far
Here's what EastEnders fans tin expect arsenic the soap celebrates its 40th day connected 19 February 2025:
A unrecorded episode
Having antecedently gone unrecorded for the 25th and 30th anniversaries successful 2010 and 2015, the soap volition beryllium beaming unrecorded to the nation erstwhile again during the 40th week.
This instalment volition aerial 1 time aft the large 4-0, connected Thursday February 20.
The occurrence volition besides people a immense EastEnders archetypal arsenic bosses are giving the assemblage the powerfulness to ballot connected the result of 1 storyline, with the actors having to respond to the effect unrecorded connected aerial – speaking of which…
Denise Fox decides... benignant of.
With Denise Fox (Diane Parish) having recovered herself successful a emotion triangle with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), fans volition decide whether she reunites with her estranged hubby Jack oregon picks her concealed lover.
We besides cognize that another 'history making' determination volition beryllium near to audiences to decide, with details yet to beryllium announced.
Grant Mitchell returns
Ross Kemp volition beryllium reprising his role arsenic the legendary Grant Mitchell to play a important portion successful the 40th celebrations.
‘Grant has ne'er been acold from the enactment and let’s conscionable say, this clip is nary antithetic arsenic helium surely comes backmost with a bang,’ Ross teased.
Cindy Beale’s attacker revealed
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was near for dormant erstwhile she was whacked implicit the caput with a shovel by a enigma assailant connected Christmas Day aft the truth astir her matter with erstwhile stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) exploded.
With the digit of suspicion presently pointing astatine galore characters, Cindy’s attacker volition beryllium unmasked astatine past during the day week.
Special programming
Ahead of the large week, BBC Four volition broadcast EastEnders Sings astatine the BBC, a look backmost astatine archive performances from formed members from Top of the Pops.
Ross Kemp volition instrumentality a travel down Walford representation lane with a peculiar hour-long documentary called EastEnders: 40 Years connected The Square, taking fans down the scenes arsenic helium delves into the show’s past and relieves immoderate of the astir memorable moments.
BBC Three volition besides connection viewers a look astatine the explosive day storylines with a 45-minute interrogation peculiar – EastEnders Revealed: The Lock In – hosted by Joe Swash arsenic helium chats to immoderate of the actors who find themselves astatine the bosom of the day drama.
The Queen Vic explodes
As Billy and Honey Mitchell (Perry Fenwick and Emma Barton) hole to locomotion down the aisle, their favourite boozer The Queen Victoria volition pain to the ground.
Aerial pictures from filming amusement the pub blown to smithereens, with a car crashed into the side. There's besides a marquee successful the mediate of the Square Gardens - is this from the wedding?
Her worries for Phil intensify erstwhile Mo informs her that the lawsuit was paid for retired of his pocket, and she orders the clan to knuckle down to find him erstwhile helium disappears.
As Sharon, Jay, Billy and Honey frantically hunt for the patriarch, his slump deepens and helium begins to hallucinate scenes from his youth.
Through Phil’s eyes we’ll spot him interact with younger versions of his mum Peggy, member Grant, begetter Eric and Nigel.
After insisting that he’s fine, and refusing to let Sharon to signifier an intervention, Nigel deals 1 last lifeline and brings Grant (Ross Kemp) backmost to the East End.
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