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The Latest Breaking News from Peggy Mitchell

Impressionist ‘honoured’ to join cast of EastEnders

‘I hope audiences have as much fun watching Bea as I have had bringing her to life,’ says Ronni Ancona

The Independent UK

Beloved EastEnders character to return to soap 21 years after death

Barry Evans will appear alongside Pat Butcher as part of a dementia storyline

The Independent UK

EastEnders character Barry Evans to return alongside Pat Butcher

The hapless Barry Evans, played by Shaun Williamson, was killed off more than 20 years ago when he was pushed from a cliff.

Evening Standard

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EastEnders legend Pat Evans set for shock return 13 years after being killed off

In a move not on anybody’s bingo card, Pam St Clement is returning to Walford in time for Christmas

Evening Standard

Barbara Windsor’s widower Scott Mitchell defends new relationship: ‘I would like to believe she would be happy’

Mitchell met his new partner, Tayna Franks, while fundraising for Alzheimer’s Research

The Independent UK

EastEnders is 40 years old – but will the soap opera make it to 50?

IN FOCUS: The primetime soap may not have its peak 30-million audience, but its humour, warmth and the certainty that someone on the square is having a worse day than you have helped it to reach an extraordinary milestone, writes Fiona Sturges

The Independent UK

EastEnders star Pam St Clement in tears remembering Barbara Windsor in emotional special

The heartfelt moment took place as Ross Kemp, best known for playing the tough-as-nails Grant Mitchell, hosted EastEnders: 40 Years on the Square

Evening Standard

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‘Happy Christmas, Ange!’ EastEnders’ 40 most memorable moments – from Dirty Den to Dot Cotton

There were landmark gay kisses, characters who returned from the dead and the biggest earrings ever seen on screen. As the soap turns 40, we round-up Walford’s weirdest, wildest and most heartbreaking scenes

The Guardian - UK

EastEnders star Steve McFadden on Phil Mitchell’s tragic 40th anniversary twist

EastEnders’ Phil Mitchell decides to take his own life in next week’s 40th anniversary episodes

WhatToWatch

Ross Kemp to read CBeebies bedtime story amid Eastenders return

Grant and Phil are known in EastEnders for having several heated confrontations

The Independent UK

Jaime Winstone: Reprising Peggy Mitchell role in EastEnders was ‘overwhelming’

The actress is returning to the role as part of a mental health storyline on the BBC soap.

Evening Standard

EastEnders spoilers: Two Mitchell legends return to Walford!

Airs Thursday 13 February 2025 at 7:30pm on BBC1.

WhatToWatch

Young Peggy Mitchell star returning to ‘dream’ role for EastEnders Phil storyline

Winstone portrayed Dame Barbara Windsor in biopic Babs, and took on the actress’ role in a 1979-based flashback episode.

Evening Standard

EastEnders 40th Anniversary: date, live episode, trailer, returning cast, shock storylines, special shows and everything we know

EastEnders 40th Anniversary will see the soap celebrate four decades of spectacular drama.

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Evening Standard

Ross Kemp to front EastEnders 40th anniversary special as he returns to soap

Anita Dobson, who played landlady Angie Watts in the 1980s, and Pam St Clement, best known as Pat Butcher, will appear in the programme.

The Independent UK

Iconic EastEnders character returning to the show after nine years

Producers said the character is returning for an ‘explosive’ storyline

Evening Standard

Ross Kemp to return to EastEnders as Grant Mitchell for soap’s 40th anniversary

Kemp last appeared in the show in 2016 as part of Dame Barbara Windsor’s exit storyline as Peggy Mitchell.

The Independent UK

Barbara Windsor’s widower opens up about EastEnder’s star’s final weeks

‘It’s a cruel thing to watch,’ he said

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EastEnders 'signs up' Hollywood actor as cast film funeral scenes for soap legend

EastEnders has cast a Hollywood actor for a major new storyline as they were seen filming funeral scenes following a soap legend's death.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star 'joins BBC's Death in Paradise' as they begin filming Christmas special

Death in Paradise continues to be a BBC favourite and there will be a new face appearing as Patsy Kensit, 55, is said to have filmed for a fortnight in Guadeloupe

Daily Mirror

EastEnders fans in tears over Peggy Mitchell tribute seven years after her death

EastEnders fans were overcome with emotion last night as the soap paid tribute to Queen Vic landlady Peggy Mitchell, who was played by the late Barbara Windsor

WhatToWatch

EastEnders spoilers: Ben Mitchell vows to SAVE Lola!

Airs at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 24 May 2023 on BBC One.

Daily Mirror

How did Roxy and Ronnie die in EastEnders and is Roxy returning? Death plot explained

EastEnders' Roxy Mitchell makes a comeback this week with Rita Simons returning, but how did Roxy and Ronnie die on the BBC soap?

WhatToWatch

EastEnders spoilers: Sam Mitchell LEAVES the Square?

Airs at 7:30 pm on Wednesday 12 April 2023 on BBC One.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders' Queen Vic curse: Gruesome murders, tragedy and families torn apart

EastEnders' famous The Queen Vic pub is at the centre of Walford, but it's also been the location of many deaths and soap twists over the years

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