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With an explosion acceptable to rip done the Queen Vic aboriginal this month, it looks similar astatine slightest 1 EastEnders quality volition dice successful the blast.
Floral tributes person been spotted extracurricular the iconic boozer pursuing the deadly blast, which is acceptable to aerial arsenic portion of the BBC soap’s 40th day celebrations aboriginal this month.
In pictures obtained by The Sun, flowers tin beryllium seen extracurricular of the Vic tube store, wherever a car was antecedently photographed having crashed into.
News of the Vic detonation was confirmed astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth erstwhile melodramatic pictures taken astatine the show’s studios successful Elstree successful Hertfordshire showed the devastation and demolition caused by the blast.
With the caller snaps confirming astatine slightest 1 quality volition perish successful the stunt, viewers volition nary uncertainty beryllium speculating arsenic to who it could be.
Some eagle-eyed fans had antecedently noticed however the car that crashes into the Vic powerfully resembles that belonging to Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), who is besides set to permission the soap it was precocious revealed.
Or it could beryllium his fiancée Sonia Fowler who perishes, arsenic past week Natalie Cassidy announced she’d discontinue the amusement 32 years aft her debut.
Sonia is astatine presently the centre of a large story arsenic she attempts to fig retired wherefore sister Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) confessed to the execution of Debbie Colwell.
Little does she know, however, that fiancé Reiss is really the slayer – and he’s been keeping Bianca captive astatine a concealed lockup.
While fans volition person to hold and spot if bosses person a deathly send-off lined-up for Natalie, she didn’t regularisation retired the anticipation of being killed disconnected during an interrogation with The Sun.
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?
She said: ‘I’ve got to retrieve successful my caput that when, arsenic an actress, you marque a determination to permission a amusement similar this, you can’t hypothesise oregon interest astir what’s going to hap to your character.
‘That is down to the brag and the storyliners arsenic the destiny of Sonia is successful their hands. I’ve had to instrumentality a heavy breath, and go, “I’ve made my decision, I’ve conscionable got to fto it play out”.
With The Vic occurrence acceptable to play a large portion successful EastEnders’ 40th day week of episodes, past week BBC bosses released the archetypal authoritative details astir the unmissable event.
A peculiar hour-long offering volition transmit connected Wednesday February 19 – the precise day the amusement archetypal deed screens 4 decades agone – followed by a afloat unrecorded episode connected Thursday February 20.
The occurrence successful question which volition alteration Walford – and the lives of those who unrecorded successful it – forever.
One of the halfway elements of the day week is that fans volition have the accidental to decide whether Denise Fox (Diane Parish) ends up with Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) oregon Jack Branning (Scott Maslen).
The day volition besides spot the instrumentality of Grant Mitchell arsenic Ross Kemp reprises his relation and the amusement volition besides lick the enigma of ‘Who Attacked Cindy Beale?’
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One oregon watercourse archetypal from 6am connected iPlayer.
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