The character debuted in the BBC One soap in 1987 as a curate of a local church before he became a love interest for soap icon Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean).<\/p>\n
The pair were engaged to be married for a time after Sharon sought solace with Duncan and the church due to her tempestuous home life at the Queen Vic pub with her adoptive parents Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) and Angie Watts (Anita Dobson).<\/p>\n
However, the course of true love did not run smoothly and the pair\u2019s engagement eventually ended with Duncan being offered a new role at a parish in Wiltshire and leaving Walford in 1989.<\/p>
Now Duncan will be back on our screens when he unknowingly reunites with Sharon to officiate the christening of her young son Albie, who she shares with partner Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters).<\/p>\n
How will Keanu feel meeting Sharon\u2019s former flame?<\/p>\n
Discussing his return to EastEnders, David Gillespie commented: \u201cI have to say what a pleasure it was being back in EastEnders reviving my role as Duncan after over 30 years of leaving the show \u2013 a little strange at first but \u2018nice strange\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only people I knew were my old mates Letitia and Gillian [Taylforth, who plays Kathy Beale] but I was made to feel instantly at home by such a wonderful cast and great crew \u2013 lots of new friends. Fabulous!\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Meanwhile, EastEnders\u2019 executive producer Chris Clenshaw commented: \u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to welcome David back to the role of Duncan Boyd. Although we haven\u2019t seen Duncan for over three decades, his character shares a romantic history with one of the show\u2019s iconic matriarchs, Sharon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re delighted to have him back for a short while as he unknowingly stirs up drama between the happy couple.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n EastEnders airs on Mondays to Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One, while the episodes premiere at 6am on BBC iPlayer.\u00a0<\/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>\u00a0or 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 Sharon Watts is set to be reunited with an old flame later this month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32208,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-scaled.jpg",2560,1721,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-300x202.jpg",300,202,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-768x516.jpg",768,516,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-1024x688.jpg",800,538,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-1536x1033.jpg",1536,1033,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/04\/eastenders-announces-return-for-classic-character-duncan-boyd-2048x1377.jpg",2048,1377,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":"Sharon Watts is set to be reunited with an old flame later this month.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32207"}],"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\/32208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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