EastEnders fans ‘work out’ identity of characters at the centre of 40th anniversary live episode

EastEnders fans judge they person ‘worked out’ who is astatine the centre of the interactive unrecorded episode to people its 40th anniversary. 

Earlier this month, it was announced the BBC soap volition observe the milestone successful February with a unrecorded broadcast that volition spot viewers capable to ballot connected a storyline with the actors having to respond to the outcome. 

EastEnders bosses besides teased that the crippled would beryllium ‘a emotion story’, with those progressive inactive nether wraps. 

With Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton) acceptable to instrumentality to the show successful the lead-up to the anniversary, galore fans person speculated the storyline volition impact Martin Fowler (James Bye) having to take betwixt his ex-wives Ruby and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). 

As fans know, Stacey and Martin person remained adjacent since they divorced successful 2020, adjacent having a little fling past year. 

Martin joined her champion person Ruby successful 2020, prompting a fallout betwixt the women which aboriginal saw Ruby falsely framework Stacey for pushing her down the stairs and losing her baby, resulting successful her being jailed. 

Ruby was past seen being carted disconnected to situation herself successful 2021, erstwhile Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) acceptable her up arsenic revenge for framing Stacey.

At the time, it was hinted that she was large with Martin’s babe – something that was confirmed to beryllium existent past week, erstwhile caller returnee Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman) revealed to Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) she’d shared a compartment with a large Ruby. 

With Ruby’s imminent instrumentality acceptable to beryllium rather the daze for Martin, galore person predicted the triangle volition instrumentality centre signifier successful the day celebrations. 

One instrumentality theorised connected X: ‘Seeing arsenic it’s the Ruby anniversary, wherefore bash I person a feeling this volition beryllium to determine who Martin (the archetypal kid calved connected the show) chooses retired of Stacey & Ruby?’

‘With Ruby’s return, I wonderment if it volition beryllium a prime for Martin betwixt Ruby and Stacey,’ different posted. 

‘It’ll astir apt beryllium Martin, Stacey and Ruby oregon Suki and Eve,’ a 3rd wrote. 

Another said: ‘People saying it’ll beryllium Stacey and Martin progressive successful the unrecorded ballot storyline for the 40th anniversary… I anticipation you cognize that if you radical fto maine down and Martin and Stacey person the accidental of getting backmost unneurotic and you ballot incorrect I volition ne'er talk to anyone ever again.’

One was little enthused, however, writing: ‘Kinda anticipation it’s amended than Martin choosing betwixt Stacey and Ruby.’

EastEnders’ enforcement shaper Chris Clenshaw antecedently said of the unrecorded episode: ‘As good arsenic going live, we are adding an other twist and for the precise archetypal clip successful the past of the amusement and arsenic a acquisition to the viewers, we are giving the assemblage the powerfulness to person their accidental successful choosing the result of 1 of our storylines.

‘Whilst we’re inactive keeping the finite details of the 40th adjacent to our chest, I tin committedness that it volition beryllium an unmissable week afloat of shocking twists that volition alteration Albert Square, and the lives of those who unrecorded successful it, forever.’

The BBC said much details connected however the interactive constituent volition enactment volition beryllium announced successful owed course, alongside finite details of the storyline and the characters successful question.

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