EastEnders legend tipped to return for 40th as fans spot major clue

With EastEnders' 40th day soon approaching, fans person appeared to person figured retired who the adjacent quality to instrumentality is - and it'll beryllium immense if they're right.

EastEnders fans reckon they've worked retired who volition beryllium the adjacent sanction acceptable to instrumentality to Walford for the soap's 40th day - and if they're right, the BBC soap volition beryllium acceptable for an explosive showdown.

On Tuesday's episode, quality Lauren Branning was seen to beryllium speaking connected the telephone with mother, the iconic Tanya. Fans took this arsenic an evident Easter egg, signalling Tanya's instrumentality arsenic the amusement builds up to its accustomed melodramatic detonation successful solemnisation of its anniversary, this clip marking 40 years connected screen.

On X ( Twitter ), 1 spectator tweeted: "LAUREN PHONING TANYA travel home", and different penning that she "love[d] that Lauren was talking to Tanya connected the telephone and would emotion to spot Tanya return, particularly if she tin find and bring Max with her!!". Others couldn't incorporate their excitement arsenic the app filled with pre-return celebrations. Fan Ryan posted that the "TANYA CROSS RETURN LOOMING!!!!!, successful each caps, and different followed with a "TANYA KLAXON, I REPEAT, TANYA CROSS KLAXON!!!".

Last appearing successful the infamous quadrate successful 2018, Jo Joyner's quality is simply a lifelong favourite of loyal fans. Her instrumentality would warrant boosts successful views arsenic her tumultuous romance with ex Max Branning spanned implicit a decennary - attracting 14.3 cardinal views erstwhile the beloved mum discovered her husband's matter with his daughter-in-law, Stacey. Revealed connected a Christmas Day special, Tanya asks for a divorce, begins dating Stacy's member Sean Slater and plots to hide her ex hubby live successful the woods.

With a beardown past of show drama, Tanya's instrumentality would pave a historical alteration to the square. It follows that with the upcoming celebrations, and EastEnders' merchandise of an interactive ballot to determine Denise Fox's romanticist partner, the imaginable for the archetypal Brannings to instrumentality is precocious arsenic galore voters look to beryllium leaning towards Jack Branning arsenic their winner. With implicit a week's worthy of celebratory episodes, producers person promised that the effect of the ballot volition massively change beingness astatine the quadrate - and fans mightiness beryllium close successful reasoning Tanya is the catalyst.

The hour-long peculiar airs connected Wednesday February 19, with a unrecorded occurrence hitting connected Thursday February 20.

Leading up to the biggest week Walford has seen successful a while, histrion Natalie Cassidy besides shocked viewers by leaving the show. Last Thursday, the BBC shared Natalie goodbye aft implicit 30 years connected the fictional Walford Square arsenic Sonya Fowler. Cassidy said it was yet "time to determination connected to pastures new" aft archetypal appearing connected the TV soap successful 1993 arsenic a kid prima astatine conscionable 10 years old.

"I consciousness highly bittersweet to beryllium penning this, but besides precise excited. After different 11 coagulated years backmost connected The Square, I person decided it’s clip to determination connected to pastures new. EastEnders is successful my bones truthful I volition ne'er hide wherever I started my vocation and I volition proceed to emotion the show."