The character, played by Kellie Bright, has taken a break from her pub landlady duties following the tragic loss of her ex-husband Mick<\/a> (Danny Dyer).<\/p>\n In new scenes, Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) will meddle in Linda\u2019s affairs, reopening the pub to help his friend and trying to get some work amidst his financial problems. Needless to say, Linda won\u2019t be too pleased about Alfie\u2019s summer-in-January party.<\/p>\n After getting the keys to The Vic with the help of Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), Alfie tries to revive the place by serving drinks and organising a party.<\/p>\n He thinks things are going brilliantly until a shocked Linda bursts in.<\/p>\n Seeing everyone having a good time in her pub takes a toll on her. She confronts Alfie, accusing him of not caring about her pain over losing the love of her life.<\/p>\n Alfie tries to make amends by organising a vigil for Mick at the pub. While they\u2019re all there to pay their respects, the police arrive with an update. What could this possibly be about?<\/p> Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our dedicated EastEnders<\/a> page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers. <\/strong>If yo<\/strong>u\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our TV Guide<\/a> or Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our Soaps<\/a> hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013 <\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the <\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Stefania Sarrubba Published: Friday, 13 January 2023 at 12:00 am Linda Carter gets back to\u00a0EastEnders\u00a0after the dramatic events of Christmas Day to find an unpleasant surprise. The character, played by Kellie Bright, has taken a break from her pub landlady duties following the tragic loss of her ex-husband Mick (Danny Dyer). In new scenes, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":28608,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/01\/linda-carter-returns-to-eastenders-amid-fresh-heartache.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Stefania Sarrubba Published: Friday, 13 January 2023 at 12:00 am Linda Carter gets back to\u00a0EastEnders\u00a0after the dramatic events of Christmas Day to find an unpleasant surprise. The character, played by Kellie Bright, has taken a break from her pub landlady duties following the tragic loss of her ex-husband Mick (Danny Dyer). In new scenes,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/28607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/413690-37e1e48.jpg?quality=90&resize=614%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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