In the coming year, BBC viewers will catch up with Cindy Beale, played by Michelle Collins.<\/p>\n
The former wife of Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) was famously killed off 25 years ago, off-screen in prison.<\/p>\n
But in a shocking twist, it will be revealed she is alive \u2013 and she\u2019ll return to Walford with Ian alongside her.<\/p>
The details of the reason for their return (and how Cindy\u2019s actually alive) are so far being kept under tight wraps.<\/p>\n
Cindy was last seen in 1998, having joined the soap 10 years previous to that. Michelle reprised the role in 2014 for a Children in Need special, The Ghosts of Ian Beale.<\/p>\n
As for Ian, he was last seen making a surprise special appearance at Dot\u2019s funeral<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n Ian didn\u2019t interact with any characters, simply lurked in the background of the church cemetery to watch beloved Dot being carried in for her service.<\/p>\n Ian abruptly left when he got a call, telling his \u201clove\u201d he\u2019d be home soon.<\/p>\n The identity of who he was speaking to was a mystery<\/a>, but it seems that may have now been solved with the confirmation of Cindy\u2019s return.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and from 6am on BBC iPlayer.\u00a0<\/strong>Visit our dedicated\u00a0EastEnders<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0page\u00a0<\/strong>for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for more to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/strong>TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n She won’t be alone, either. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32961,"template":"","categories":[1,2,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death.jpg",2344,1562,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/05\/cindy-beale-to-make-sensational-return-to-eastenders-25-years-after-death-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":"She won't be alone, either.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/32960"}],"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\/32961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""Adam\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/Adam-Woodyatt-Ian-Beale-EastEnders-2022-722e26e.jpg?quality=90&resize=620%2C413"\" "\\"\"Adam\\"")
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