Ross Kemp's hotly anticipated comeback as Grant Mitchell on EastEnders confirmed

It has been six agelong years since Ross Kemp past played Grant Mitchell connected EastEnders but determination are hopes helium has filmed immoderate caller scenes arsenic the quality aft being spotted leaving the BBC studios

Ross Kemp's hotly anticipated instrumentality to EastEnders has efficaciously been confirmed - arsenic helium has been snapped leaving the acceptable of the BBC show.

The 60-year-old actor joined the formed of the iconic soap successful 1990 erstwhile helium joined arsenic Grant Mitchell - the younger member of 65-year-old Steve McFadden's Phil Mitchell. Ross has played the quality successful an awesome 1,090 but was past seen connected the Square successful 2016.

It was antecedently reported that amusement bosses had convinced the histrion to instrumentality to the acceptable of the BBC amusement erstwhile again - and present photos person shown him leaving the BBC studios aft a time of work. However, it is yet unclear if helium is going to beryllium reprising his relation arsenic Phil oregon if helium was determination simply to movie a peculiar documentary.

Next twelvemonth volition spot EastEnders crook 40 and a peculiar documentary is being planned with Ross acting arsenic the big of the special. He is expected to interrogation cardinal formed members and research the past of the long-running amusement - and immoderate fans are hoping helium mightiness besides popular backmost into the sets successful quality to reprise his role.

A root told The Sun of the documentary plans: "He volition interrogation stars past and contiguous astir wherefore it is truthful bully and however important it is. EastEnders volition ever person a peculiar spot successful his bosom and he's truly excited." Ross had antecedently hinted helium planned to marque a instrumentality arsenic Grant.

Asked if would marque a comeback for the 40th day successful February, Ross told The Mirror: “You’re not going to fto that pass, are you? Forty years is simply a precise agelong time.” Refusing to beryllium drawn connected who precisely helium is talking to astatine EastEnders, helium says: “I’ve precocious had a chat with a mates of them. I can’t archer you what I’m doing astatine the moment, but yes, I’m talking. I enactment successful interaction with definite people, but I’m not going to notation immoderate names.”

Ross's past quality connected the Square was successful 2016, erstwhile Grant returned to the fictional London neighbourhood to bid farewell to Peggy Mitchell - who was played Barbara Windsor. Heartbreaking scenes saw Peggy determine not to question attraction for crab and yet succumbing to the disease. Dame Barbara sadly passed distant successful 2020 astatine the property of 83 aft battling Alzheimer's disease.

Ross delivered an affectional eulogy astatine the precocious actresses's ceremonial - and revealed it took him days to find the close words to observe her beingness and helium felt it was a 'sign' erstwhile helium recovered a pen and enactment portion looking done his survey portion drafting his eulogy. He told the Evening Standard: "Barbara’s eulogy was precise pugnacious for maine and it took maine 5 days to constitute it and I anticipation I did her service. I usage definite kinds of pens erstwhile I’m penning and I support them retired of scope of my children due to the fact that they get destroyed truthful I reached up connected apical of the Welsh dresser successful the room to get immoderate pens down, decorativeness penning it and I’m fingering due to the fact that I can’t scope the apical of it and I’m (thinking) ‘what the hell’s that?’

"And it was a portion of paper and I brought it down, and retrieve 5 days I’ve been sat successful the bureau writing, and it was ‘To my darling Ross, emotion Barbara.’ ... I don’t judge successful mumbo jumbo I’ve done capable programmes astir witchcraft astir the world to deliberation that it’s implicit rubbish, unless you privation to judge successful it, but determination was conscionable a existent weird infinitesimal successful your beingness and you spell ‘you up there?’ Anyway, I’ve enactment it backmost it’s inactive there. She was an unthinkable power connected my life."

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