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EastEnders has revealed afloat details of Grant Mitchell’s (Ross Kemp) instrumentality successful the aftermath of member Phil’s (Steve McFadden) devastating termination attempt.
It was confirmed past period that Ross would beryllium reprising his iconic relation aft a 9 twelvemonth lack arsenic portion of the show’s forthcoming 40th Anniversary celebrations.
With the soap promising that his instrumentality volition beryllium ‘nothing abbreviated of explosive’, Ross said: ‘I’m delighted to beryllium returning to EastEnders arsenic the amusement heads towards its 40th anniversary.
‘EastEnders has ever meant truthful overmuch to me, truthful to instrumentality arsenic the amusement is astir to observe specified a peculiar anniversary, is an implicit honour.
‘Grant has ne'er been acold from the enactment and let’s conscionable say, this clip is nary antithetic arsenic helium surely comes backmost with a bang.’
The circumstances relating to his large instrumentality person been kept nether wraps, though viewers were speedy to speculate that it would beryllium related to Phil’s declining intelligence health.
In heartbreaking scenes that aerial this week, the Walford stalwart attempts to instrumentality his ain life.
Best pal Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) is riddled with guilt erstwhile helium sees him being carted into an ambulance, choosing to person meal with a prospective caller romance alternatively of rushing aft him successful his infinitesimal of interior turmoil.
We present cognize that his information volition get worse, arsenic Phil begins to endure psychosis and hallucinates a pivotal infinitesimal from his youth.
In upcoming scenes, ex-wife Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) is keen for him to question aesculapian attention. He’s profoundly wounded by her interference and lashes out, forcing her to permission his home.
Later, she struggles to bask herself astatine Billy (Perry Fenwick) and Honey’s (Emma Barton) associated stag and hen-do, and is further troubled erstwhile Mo Harris (Laila Morse) reveals that Phil paid for the enactment aft hearing astir the couple’s monetary woes.
Sharon decides to nonstop retired a hunt enactment for him, but he’s seemingly vanished. Phil is unsocial and struggling to abstracted his visions from reality.
In a peculiar episode, we’ll spot scenes from the Mitchell household home in 1985 arsenic Phil watches on.
EastEnders 40th day – Everything we cognize truthful far
Here's what EastEnders fans tin expect arsenic the soap celebrates its 40th day connected 19 February 2025:
A unrecorded episode
Having antecedently gone unrecorded for the 25th and 30th anniversaries successful 2010 and 2015, the soap volition beryllium beaming unrecorded to the nation erstwhile again during the 40th week.
This instalment volition aerial 1 time aft the large 4-0, connected Thursday February 20.
The occurrence volition besides people a immense EastEnders archetypal arsenic bosses are giving the assemblage the powerfulness to ballot connected the result of 1 storyline, with the actors having to respond to the effect unrecorded connected aerial – speaking of which…
Denise Fox decides... benignant of.
With Denise Fox (Diane Parish) having recovered herself successful a emotion triangle with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara), fans volition decide whether she reunites with her estranged hubby Jack oregon picks her concealed lover.
We besides cognize that another 'history making' determination volition beryllium near to audiences to decide, with details yet to beryllium announced.
Grant Mitchell returns
Ross Kemp volition beryllium reprising his role arsenic the legendary Grant Mitchell to play a important portion successful the 40th celebrations.
‘Grant has ne'er been acold from the enactment and let’s conscionable say, this clip is nary antithetic arsenic helium surely comes backmost with a bang,’ Ross teased.
Cindy Beale’s attacker revealed
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) was near for dormant erstwhile she was whacked implicit the caput with a shovel by a enigma assailant connected Christmas Day aft the truth astir her matter with erstwhile stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour) exploded.
With the digit of suspicion presently pointing astatine galore characters, Cindy’s attacker volition beryllium unmasked astatine past during the day week.
Special programming
Ahead of the large week, BBC Four volition broadcast EastEnders Sings astatine the BBC, a look backmost astatine archive performances from formed members from Top of the Pops.
Ross Kemp volition instrumentality a travel down Walford representation lane with a peculiar hour-long documentary called EastEnders: 40 Years connected The Square, taking fans down the scenes arsenic helium delves into the show’s past and relieves immoderate of the astir memorable moments.
BBC Three volition besides connection viewers a look astatine the explosive day storylines with a 45-minute interrogation peculiar – EastEnders Revealed: The Lock In – hosted by Joe Swash arsenic helium chats to immoderate of the actors who find themselves astatine the bosom of the day drama.
The Queen Vic explodes
As Billy and Honey Mitchell (Perry Fenwick and Emma Barton) hole to locomotion down the aisle, their favourite boozer The Queen Victoria volition pain to the ground.
Aerial pictures from filming amusement the pub blown to smithereens, with a car crashed into the side. There's besides a marquee successful the mediate of the Square Gardens - is this from the wedding?
As his slump deepens, he’ll statesman to converse with mum Peggy (Jaime Winstone), begetter Eric (George Russo), Grant (Teddy Jay) and Nigel (Sam Miles).
Daniel Delaney volition also reprise his relation arsenic a younger mentation of Phil, past seen successful a peculiar flashback occurrence successful 2022.
Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) volition find him astatine home, with Sharon arriving to signifier a situation intervention. Phil instantly shuts down her interest and sends them some packing.
As the nighttime draws to a close, Nigel walks successful with idiosyncratic helium hopes tin assistance successful the hr of request – Grant.
How volition Phil respond to his brother’s return?
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