{"id":27843,"date":"2022-12-25T23:25:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-25T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1760241"},"modified":"2022-12-26T05:07:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T04:07:29","slug":"eastenders-boss-teases-story-not-done-before-for-february-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-boss-teases-story-not-done-before-for-february-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders boss teases story \u201cnot done before\u201d for February anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Sunday, 25 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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A brand new storyline has been teased for EastEnders<\/a>\u2018 anniversary episodes in February.<\/p>\n

Many EastEnders fans will be aware that the soap\u2019s first episode was broadcast on 19th February 1985 and the new year will mark 38 years of the show.<\/p>\n

Now, we have had a hint of what to expect from the upcoming anniversary and who will be at the centre of the storyline: Linda Carter, played by Kellie Bright.<\/p>\n

Speaking to\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press in December, executive producer Chris Clenshaw reiterated how important Linda Carter would remain to EastEnders<\/a> despite the exit of Mick.<\/p>

He commented: \u201cLinda\u2019s still very much, you know, at the heart of Albert Square and it\u2019s so great to have Kellie. What can I tease? I mean, she\u2019s not going to let go of Mick very quickly, you know she was just reunited with him and then, obviously, he was snatched away from her. So it won\u2019t be all smiles straight away, but there are big plans for Linda.\u201d<\/p>\n

He teased that Bright would \u201cshoot something in January\u201d as there is the \u201ckind of anniversary in February and it\u2019s something that we as a show have not done before and Linda is at the centre\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Linda Henry as Shirley Carter and Kellie Bright as Linda Carter in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The storyline comes following the departure of Mick Carter<\/a> on Christmas Day when he tragically disappeared into the sea in a bid to rescue Linda from drowning \u2013 unaware she had made her own way to the shore.<\/p>\n

The episode marked Danny Dyer\u2019s exit from the role of Mick after nine years on our screens, leaving Linda to soldier on alone as a single mother to children Ollie and Annie Carter with her former mother-in-law Shirley (Linda Henry) being the only other Carter left in Walford.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Linda\u2019s pregnant love rival Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) is set to depart EastEnders on Boxing Day<\/a>. Will Linda bring the schemer to justice?<\/p>\n

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