{"id":30481,"date":"2023-02-23T22:00:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1790810"},"modified":"2023-02-23T23:45:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T22:45:14","slug":"danny-dyer-hints-at-eastenders-return-i-could-go-back-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/danny-dyer-hints-at-eastenders-return-i-could-go-back-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Danny Dyer hints at EastEnders return: \u2018I could go back in 3 years\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;I can turn up in three years\u2019 time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed\u2026&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 23 February 2023 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>While it seems that all anyone can talk about when it comes to <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a> right now is that shocking <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/who-dies-eastenders-christmas-2023-flashforward-bloody-death-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">flash-forward to Christmas 2023<\/a>, Danny Dyer has been reflecting on his departure from the soap during Christmas 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on this week\u2019s episode of The Jonathan Ross Show on Saturday 25th February, Dyer will be seen opening up about his departure, saying that while he does \u201cmiss the people there\u201d, this is a \u201cnew chapter\u201d for the actor.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">However, after Ross points out that Mick\u2019s body was never seen, Dyer does admit: \u201cIf it goes t*ts up I can go back. I can turn up in three years\u2019 time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">He says that the team behind the programme \u201cwanted to keep it open\u201d before saying that he\u2019s \u201cvery privileged and grateful for that job\u201d which \u201creally did change my career and my life\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/412634-cdfd726.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;crop=9px%2C13px%2C1602px%2C1067px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/412634-cdfd726.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=9px%2C13px%2C1602px%2C1067px&amp;resize=300%2C200,\" 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no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/412634-cdfd726.jpg?quality=90&amp;crop=9px%2C13px%2C1602px%2C1067px&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> Kellie Bright as Linda Carter, Danny Dyer as Mick Carter and Charlie Brooks as Janine Butcher in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron\/Matt Burlem<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Dyer recently made <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/danny-dyer-mick-carter-return-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">similar remarks<\/a> on YouTube channel\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=13MJ6UVCtOs&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">iFL TV<\/a>, where he compared the character\u2019s exit storyline to that of <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/neighbours\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Neighbours<\/a>\u2018 Harold Bishop.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-diane-parish-denise-fox-whodunnit-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders\u2019 Diane Parish on Christmas whodunnit: \u201cI\u2019m really scared it\u2019s me\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-lacey-turner-stacey-slater-christmas-death-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders\u2019 Lacey Turner predicts \u201caccidental death\u201d in Christmas whodunnit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-balvinder-sopal-suki-kaur-panesar-killer-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders\u2019 Balvinder Sopal on Christmas killer: \u201cI would like it to be Suki\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p>Speaking further on The Jonathan Ross Show about his exit, Dyer says: \u201cYou don\u2019t have much say in it, I just wanted it to be exciting and quite cinematic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt went down really well, a lot of people were quite touched by it. People were sending me all this stuff, TikToks of kids crying, it really upset them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Meanwhile, he adds that one of the reasons behind his departure is that he is \u201clazy\u201d and that filming the show is \u201cf**king hard\u201d.<\/p> <p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">He explains: \u201cThirty pages you\u2019ve got to learn a day. It\u2019s like a film a week. My final scenes were in the sea, in Ramsgate at 2am. We did the exteriors in the sea and the interiors you go to a water tank. But EastEnders couldn\u2019t get Pinewood, so we had to go to Basildon.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">\u201cIt\u2019s all warm and lovely but to make it look like the sea they put broccoli juice in it. You smell of a**e. It\u2019s f**king broccoli juice. Warm broccoli juice. It was very emotional, but I stunk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/danny-dyer-role-after-eastenders-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">future project for Dyer<\/a> was announced last year, with the actor set to star in Heat, a four-part action thriller series for Channel 5 which has been filmed in Australia.<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove\" embed=\"\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;brightcove__player\" vjs-playlist-player-container=\"\"> <video data-video-id=\"&quot;6320537285112&quot;\" data-account=\"&quot;69912529001&quot;\" data-player=\"&quot;ByeOf0VZEl&quot;\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" controls=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><p><strong>The Jonathan Ross Show airs Saturday 25th February at 9:40pm on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit our dedicated <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/news\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\">EastEnders<\/a>\u00a0page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>If yo<\/strong><strong>u\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Soaps<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"&quot;m_4964104444528344133MsoPlainText&quot;\"><strong>Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"\/\/radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription?utm_term=evergreen-article&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\"><strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 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