EastEnders Jamie Borthwick hints at how Ross Kemp’s return will play HUGE part in 40th anniversary

EASTENDERS prima Jamie Borthwick has revealed Ross Kemp's instrumentality volition instrumentality viewers down representation lane successful a nostalgic Mitchells reunion.

The actor, who has played Jay Brown connected the BBC soap since 2006, said upcoming scenes betwixt Grant and Phil Mitchell, played by Steve McFadden, is the cleanable mode to observe the soap's 40th anniversary.

This week viewers volition see Ross, 60, step backmost into Albert Square, on with respective different amusement icons, 9 years aft his past appearance.

The timing couldn't person been much perfect, arsenic his on-screen member Phil battles with his intelligence health in a harrowing storyline arsenic his slump spirals aft an attempted suicide.

Strictly prima Jamie, 30, said Ross' instrumentality volition play a immense portion successful the day special.

Jamie exclusively teased to The Sun what EastEnders fans tin expect adjacent week, saying: “We’ve got Phil and Grant, Ross Kemp is brilliant. Phil and Grant, seeing them 2 connected surface together, it’s similar ‘that’s the aged EastEnders’.

"There is truthful overmuch that’s going to happen, each the caller questions that the assemblage privation to cognize are each answered connected the night.

"You find retired who hits Cindy connected the head, I judge there’s a Queen Vic fire."

BBC fans volition get the power to determine whether Denise Fox reunites with estranged hubby Jack oregon picks concealed person Ravi Gulati alternatively successful an interactive Walford first.

For the archetypal clip ever, arsenic portion of the show’s 40th day celebrations, viewers get to ballot for their prime of outcome, which volition beryllium revealed during a peculiar unrecorded occurrence successful day week.

Jamie revealed who helium hopes the nationalist picks, telling us: "We’ve got Denise deciding betwixt Jack and Ravi – I privation her to prime Jack!"

Jamie confirmed helium volition beryllium portion of the unrecorded 30-minute peculiar on with a fig of different formed members.

The soap prima said he'll beryllium spending the adjacent fewer days successful Elstree Studios successful mentation for adjacent week's episode.

“We finished Strictly unrecorded circuit past nighttime and time I’m successful rehearsals for the unrecorded occurrence of EastEnders – I’m truly looking guardant to it, it’s going to beryllium everything EastEnders fans want," Jamie said.

"When EastEnders get it right, it’s the best.

"I’m not tense astir it being live, particularly doing Strictly wherever I’m not truly comfy dancing live, I benignant of consciousness I’m comfy with the acting – I’m not truly tense astir doing that live, I’m conscionable excited.

"It’s specified a bully ambiance erstwhile we’re connected the set, everyone’s got that benignant of other spot of buzz.”

Grants back

The soap kick-started Ross' 5 decades agelong vocation that helium instantly said yes erstwhile telly chiefs asked him to revive his astir celebrated relation as Grant Mitchell.

He said: “I ever felt similar I owed them.

“I ever felt I wouldn’t person been capable to person gone connected and done each my different shows — the documentaries, going to Afghanistan and travelled the satellite — without EastEnders.

“I wouldn’t person been capable to get my ft successful the doorway arsenic a moving people lad from Essex.

“I conscionable wouldn’t person got those opportunities if it hadn’t person been for my clip spent connected the soap.

“I joined the amusement conscionable 5 years aft it began, and past I stayed with it for astir 10 years — and that was conscionable life-changing for me.”

He added: “The mode successful which (show boss) Chris Clenshaw approached maine was very, precise lovely.”

Ross is reminded of conscionable however galore opportunities EastEnders has fixed him by the information helium is juggling his instrumentality to the amusement with making a caller documentary astir the Mafia successful Britain alongside hosting BBC gameshow Bridge Of Lies.

As if that weren’t enough, helium has besides agreed to beforehand a peculiar hour-long documentary celebrating the 4 decades since EastEnders launched connected February 19, 1985.

Naturally, helium isn’t giving overmuch distant astir what happens portion helium is backmost successful EastEnders, though helium volition admit that Grant’s enactment in Walford is a comparatively little one.

Ross teases: “I’m lone backmost for a abbreviated play of clip but it’s beauteous impactful.

“He surely comes backmost with bang — they didn’t person clip to driblet maine successful gently.

“There’s nary brushed landing if you’ve been portion of that interior ellipse connected EastEnders.

“People said to me, ‘Did you get a accidental to drawback up with people?’ And I said, ‘Not really’, due to the fact that you’re connected a rollercoaster.

“From the infinitesimal you get connected the acceptable it’s like, you’re off!”