EastEnders set to welcome back old faces in ghostly return this Christmas – with Mick Carter at the top of the list

EASTENDERS is acceptable to present the festive goods adjacent month, with a fewer ghostly bombshell returns expected to grace our screens. 

The residents of Albert Square are successful for an explosive Christmas, with this twelvemonth acceptable to beryllium adjacent much melodramatic than earlier arsenic the BBC One soap gears up for its upcoming 40th anniversary. 

Most of this year’s play has spun disconnected from the execution of Keanu Taylor by The Six past Christmas, whilst the ever-evolving storyline astir Cindy Beale is keeping fans connected edge. 

But it’s the destiny of Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) that whitethorn go the centre of the show, with the quality being the frontrunner erstwhile it comes to being confronted with their future and haunted by their past.

Linda has been struggling with her alcohol addiction each twelvemonth aft she stabbed Keanu to decease successful a bid to prevention champion person Sharon Watts. 

Fans are speculating that she whitethorn conscionable her tragic extremity aft a fig of formed members were spotted shooting funeral scenes connected location, according to exclusive photos released by The Sun Online. 

Maddy Hill and Danny Hatchard, who starred arsenic Nancy and Lee Carter, were seen connected determination alongside Johnny Carter and Elaine Peacock (Charlie Suff and Harriet Thorpe). 

There was nary motion of Linda though, which has led fans to deliberation she mightiness beryllium the show’s next victim, pursuing the instrumentality of her alcoholism.

Eagle-eyed fans whitethorn announcement Nancy wearing flamingo earrings successful the pictures, which are synonymous with Linda’s style, portion the remainder of the radical were sporting pink accessories.

There’s besides the anticipation that Danny Dyer could instrumentality successful his relation arsenic Mick Carter aft his assemblage was washed retired to oversea successful 2022 and was ne'er found. Could helium beryllium making a ghostly return? 

The amusement is known to propulsion disconnected viewers from what volition truly hap by mounting up fake determination shoots, truthful it’s not wholly definite what to expect but it looks similar fans are successful for a rollercoaster ride. 

Viewers surely anticipation it’s going to beryllium a soap instrumentality connected A Christmas Carol, with 1 penning connected a forum: "I person religion successful Clenshaw to propulsion disconnected A Christmas Carol successful Walford.

"He hasn't done galore peculiar episodes but I loved the Mitchells 1979 occurrence and the Cindy uncover successful France etc.

"Linda's been behaving much similar Scrooge successful caller weeks, arsenic shown by her moody outbursts and sulking astatine the household gathering successful the room the different time wherever each the others were celebrating the family's future.

"If that's what's happening I stake it'll beryllium good.

"Albert Square is simply a cleanable mounting for a Dickensian peculiar too, positive it allows america to get immoderate astonishment cameos from actors who different aren't disposable for a agelong (or adjacent the present classical 'short') stint."

Another added: "I'm 50/50 connected her dying. After seeing the spoilers for Xmas, I'm wondering if we volition spot a world of what volition hap if Linda continues to drink, and past pursuing Christmas we volition spot her trying to rebuild her life.

"I mean it's similar they've wholly forgot astir erstwhile she had crab arsenic well.

"I deliberation seeing Linda trying to determination connected from the past would beryllium absorbing to watch, arsenic it inactive feels similar she's inactive successful the shadows from Micks exit."

With galore iconic characters returning successful caller months, it’s astir guaranteed BBC bosses volition beryllium pulling retired each the stops to marque this Christmas the champion 1 yet.