{"id":11503,"date":"2022-02-23T18:07:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1590805"},"modified":"2022-02-23T18:07:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T17:07:13","slug":"when-is-frankie-returning-to-eastenders-rose-ayling-ellis-comeback-explained","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/when-is-frankie-returning-to-eastenders-rose-ayling-ellis-comeback-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"When is Frankie returning to EastEnders? Rose Ayling-Ellis\u2019 comeback explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Helen Daly\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 23 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Fans of <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\">EastEnders<\/a> will be pleased to hear that Frankie Lewis (played by Rose Ayling-Ellis) is making her way back to the Square.<\/p>\n<p>However, it won\u2019t be all smiles as she\u2019s coming back to the start of a very big storyline for the Carter family.<\/p>\n<p>During next week\u2019s instalment, Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) hits breaking point with his marriage to estranged Linda Carter (Kellie Bright).<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday 1st March, Mick receives divorce papers from his wife, and reality well and truly sets in.<\/p>\n<p>As Mick comes to terms with what\u2019s happening in his personal life, the Carters get some news that blows it out of the water \u2013 Tina\u2019s (Luisa Bradshaw-White) body has been found.<\/p>\n<p>Will the Carters unmask Tina\u2019s killer?<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Mick will get a silver lining when Rose Ayling-Ellis returns to our screens as Frankie Lewis.<\/p> <h2>When is Rose Ayling-Ellis returning to EastEnders as Frankie?<\/h2>\n<p>Frankie Lewis will return to EastEnders on <strong>Friday 4th March<\/strong> and she will find her world thrown upside down as she learns the devastating news about Tina.<u\/><\/p>\n<p>Frankie temporarily left Albert Square in November 2021, when she went to spend time with a friend.<\/p>\n<p>The decision came shortly after she learned the truth about Nancy (Maddy Hill) and Zack (James Farrar) were behind a hit-and-run.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of EastEnders, Rose took a break from EastEnders while she trained for Strictly Come Dancing.<\/p>\n<p>She would go on to win the 2021 series with professional partner, Giovanni Pernice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><section class=\"&quot;template-article__editor-content\" editor-content=\"\" ev-meter-content=\"\"><strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">EastEnders\u00a0<\/a>page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. 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