EastEnders legend Joe Swash returns to host special ahead of 'explosive' 40th anniversary

EastEnders person announced a instrumentality of yet different soap fable for the 'explosive anniversary' arsenic he's backmost to big a peculiar programme to observe the large week

An EastEnders instrumentality favourite volition beryllium making his instrumentality to the Square up of the highly anticipated 40th anniversary.

Joe Swash, who returned concisely past twelvemonth to reprise his relation arsenic Mickey Miller volition beryllium gracing EastEnders fans’ screens erstwhile again arsenic helium hosts a peculiar programme looking astatine the explosive storylines that are acceptable to instrumentality spot during the day week.

The peculiar programme EastEnders Revealed: The Lock In volition springiness fans other down the scenes insights connected each the immense storylines. These see the agelong awaited uncover of Cindy Beale’s attacker, arsenic good arsenic Denise, Jack and Ravi’s interactive emotion triangle, which volition springiness fans the accidental to ballot for the result for the archetypal clip ever.

Joe volition besides get wrong info connected the unrecorded episodes, with actors straight progressive including Patsy Palmer, who plays Bianca, and Natalie Cassidy, who announced her exit arsenic Sonia aft implicit 3 decades earlier this week.

Just similar fans bash everyday, the actors volition beryllium sharing their ain imaginable theories connected the result of their melodramatic storylines, arsenic good arsenic celebrating 40 years of the soap.

“It was a privilege to instrumentality different travel backmost to Walford to reunite with my EastEnders household up of the 40th anniversary,” Joe Swash said connected his involvement. Not giving excessively overmuch distant though, helium continued: “I won’t accidental excessively overmuch arsenic I don’t privation to spoil it for the viewers, but the week is afloat of explosive drama, and it was large to perceive from the formed themselves astir what we tin expect from the week.”

Executive producer Chris Clenshaw added: “The 40th day is simply a monumental juncture for EastEnders, and since we started announcing immoderate of our plans, we person seen an overwhelming magnitude of speculation astir imaginable theories of what’s to travel successful the day week. This day peculiar amusement volition springiness the assemblage a accidental to perceive from the actors progressive successful immoderate of those explosive storylines arsenic they stock their thoughts and feelings of being progressive successful its historical milestone.”

Joe Swash made his archetypal quality successful the BBC soap successful April 2003 earlier leaving successful 2008. However, helium ne'er turned his backmost wholly connected the soap, returning for impermanent appearances successful September 2011, and astir precocious successful December 2024. The prima made a daze cameo up of the 40th day to assistance prevention the Bridge Street Market from closure.

Speaking connected his instrumentality astatine the clip aft astir 16 years away, the prima said: “It was astonishing to spell back. I was ace honoured to beryllium asked back; it was truthful bully to spot each the caller unit and the unit that was determination backmost successful the time erstwhile I archetypal started. It felt similar home.”

The 45 infinitesimal occurrence volition aerial connected BBC Three, BBC One and BBC iPlayer.