{"id":30593,"date":"2023-02-24T16:56:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T15:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1791762"},"modified":"2023-02-24T17:06:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:06:53","slug":"eastenders-boss-teases-big-year-for-the-slaters-and-new-stacey-story","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-boss-teases-big-year-for-the-slaters-and-new-stacey-story\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders boss teases \u201cbig year\u201d for the Slaters and new Stacey story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> What is Stacey up to? <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Stefania Sarrubba\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 24 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>EastEnders executive producer Chris Clenshaw has confirmed that 2023 will be an eventful year for Stacey Slater and her family.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s only February but Lacey Turner\u2019s character has already been dealt quite a tricky hand as she\u2019s been struggling financially as well as <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-stacey-worries-pregnant-lily-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">dealing with Lily\u2019s (Lillia Turner) pregnancy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Loose Women for Super Soap Week today (24th February), Clenshaw teased more drama ahead for the Slaters as the family will have a \u201cbig year\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--full=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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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=\"\"\/> Turner with co-star Lillia Turner (Lily Slater).<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The soap boss acknowledged that Stacey has had more than her fair share of bad luck, but it seems things may change later on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big year for the Slaters,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Stacey]\u2019s really finding the cost of living crisis quite difficult as well as coming to terms with the fact that her 12-year-old daughter is pregnant,\u201d he continued, giving a shoutout to Lillia\u2019s \u201cphenomenal\u201d performance.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The producer assured fans they will get to see a new side of Stacey over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll see her do something that she hasn\u2019t done before and go to quite some extreme lengths to protect her family,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Clenshaw didn\u2019t reveal what Stacey will end up being involved in, but, whatever it is, it may tie in with the soap\u2019s <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\">big Christmas whodunnit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" 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data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/02\/flashforward-eastenders-2023-e551e40.jpg?quality=90&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=\"\"\/> The EastEnders Six stand over a dead body at the Queen Vic.<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p>In a recent flash-forward scene, Stacey and five other <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders<\/a> leading ladies find a dead body at the Queen Vic <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-sharon-flash-forward-wedding-dress-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">on what appears to be Sharon Watts\u2019s (Letitia Dean) wedding day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the soap is set to give more clues in future episodes, fans have plenty of time to come up with the wildest theories about the male victim\u2019s identity and if any, or all, of the women are to blame for his death.<\/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<li><a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/eastenders\/eastenders-letitia-dean-sharon-watts-flash-forward-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">EastEnders\u2019 Letitia Dean on flash-forward mystery: \u201cI think it\u2019s so open\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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