During the discussion, Loose Women panellist Kaye Adams made reference to co-star Nadia Sawalha\u2019s stint on the soap as businesswoman Annie Palmer from 1997 to 1999.<\/p>\n
Before Nadia joked that Annie was away \u201cplotting revenge\u201d, Clenshaw noted: \u201cAnnie Palmer\u2019s name popped up in the office recently.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cShe left. She\u2019s in New Zealand currently?\u201d<\/p>\n
Nadia confirmed that Annie had left \u201cin a black cab\u201d for New Zealand before Clenshaw teased: \u201cMax Branning\u2019s in New Zealand as well. Maybe they\u2019ve hooked up. Their own spin-off now.\u201d<\/p>
Fans will recall that Jake Wood left the role of love rat Max Branning in February 2021 after his love triangle with Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) and Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) came to a close.<\/p>\n
However, since then, Linda has given birth to a daughter by Max named Annie Carter and has hidden her existence from him.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, despite leaving his granddaughter Abi behind with his ex-wife Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks), Max later absconded with Abi off-screen when his brother Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) visited him with Abi in Paris.<\/p>\n
The last update about Max came from his daughter Lauren Branning<\/a> (Jacqueline Jossa) who revealed that he had stayed with her in New Zealand for a time but they unceremoniously parted ways after he slept with her best friend there<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, despite this falling out, Lauren defended him by criticising Linda in the Queen Vic but remained unaware that she had a half-sister in Annie.<\/p>\n When Lauren departed Walford after the funeral of her step-grandmother Dot Branning (June Brown), she phoned her father, hinting at a reconciliation.<\/p>\n Now it seems we know that Max is still in New Zealand and is still very much on the mind of EastEnders\u2019 boss!<\/p>\n Fans will also be aware that Linda is currently in talks with a mystery potential buyer<\/a> for presumed dead Mick\u2019s shares in the Queen Vic, with Max being one of the theorised potential buyers.<\/p>\n Could we be in line for a Max Branning return?<\/p>\n Earlier this morning, actor Jake Wood spoke<\/a> with Kate Garraway and Ben Shephard on Good Morning Britain.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve kept the door open for me which is nice,\u201d Wood said of the BBC One soap\u2019s producers.<\/p>\n Asked about returning to Walford in the future, he added: \u201cI don\u2019t think so at the moment, but never say never.<\/p>\n \u201cAn actor\u2019s life is normally different jobs and different characters, so I\u2019m enjoying that at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n We\u2019ll have to wait and see, but if Max returns, then drama is sure to follow!<\/p>\n EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Visit our dedicated\u00a0EastEnders<\/a>\u00a0page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.\u00a0<\/strong>If yo<\/strong>u\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>, or visit our\u00a0Soaps<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/strong>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Just as actor Jake Wood has said “never say never” to a return… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":30568,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-scaled.jpg",2560,1707,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/02\/eastenders-boss-chris-clenshaw-offers-update-on-max-branning-2048x1365.jpg",2048,1365,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Just as actor Jake Wood has said \"never say never\" to a return...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/30567"}],"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\/30568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"""\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/01\/407106-0feeade.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"\"\\"\/")
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