EastEnders legend returns for soap spin off – 17 years after character’s shock axe

IN CELEBRATION of EastEnders’ 40th anniversary, the BBC has announced a peculiar programme that is acceptable to delight long-time fans of the soap.

The special, EastEnders Revealed: The Lock-In, volition bring backmost nary different than Joe Swash.

The histrion is champion known to viewers arsenic Mickey Miller, and his quality volition travel 17 years aft his quality was past seen connected Albert Square.

Joe, who primitively joined the soap successful 2003, was loved by fans for Mickey's goofy personality.

However, successful 2008 helium was written retired of the amusement successful a determination that near viewers stunned.

He decided to permission London aft being severely bullied by Sean Slater and past astir dying successful a state detonation caused by Dr May Wright.

Now Joe is acceptable to marque his long-awaited instrumentality arsenic the big of the one-off special, offering insights and behind-the-scenes entree to the melodramatic events of EastEnders’ highly anticipated day week.

The Lock-In promises to springiness fans a person look astatine immoderate of the biggest storylines unfolding successful Walford; including the enigma surrounding Cindy Beale’s attacker, the tense emotion triangle betwixt Denise, Jack, and Ravi, and exclusive revelations astir the anticipated unrecorded episode.

The amusement volition besides diagnostic interviews with immoderate of the soap’s biggest stars, including Jacqueline Jossa, Natalie Cassidy, and Patsy Palmer.

These stars are readying to stock their thoughts connected being portion of the historical milestone.

Speaking astir his return, Joe said: “It was a privilege to instrumentality different travel backmost to Walford to reunite with my EastEnders household up of the 40th anniversary.

"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.”

The 45 infinitesimal peculiar volition besides diagnostic a philharmonic show from a well-known EastEnders superfan.

BBC Three’s Head of Content Nasfim Haque expressed excitement for the upcoming special, saying: “There is immense excitement for the EastEnders 40th anniversary, and we’re pleased to erstwhile again connection viewers connected BBC Three an exclusive penetration into the day storylines, arsenic we person done antecedently with immoderate of the biggest storyline moments successful the show.”

EastEnders’ 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 this historical milestone.”