{"id":36499,"date":"2023-09-05T07:30:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1883874"},"modified":"2023-09-05T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T18:52:01","slug":"eastenders-airs-character-update-in-cindy-story-in-early-iplayer-release","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/eastenders-airs-character-update-in-cindy-story-in-early-iplayer-release\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders airs character update in Cindy story in early iPlayer release"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you were wondering what she’s been up to… <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 05 September 2023 at 05:30 AM<\/p>

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Spoiler warning: this article contains storyline details from EastEnders\u2019 Tuesday 5th September episode, which is already on iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

EastEnders<\/a> has offered a welcome update on Cindy Williams Jr (Mimi Keene)<\/a>, as her long lost mother Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) worried about the baby she walked away from 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

Cindy Jr was last seen in 2015, having spent two years living with Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and her half-siblings in Walford. Cindy Jr moved to Germany with boyfriend Liam Butcher (played by James Forde, later by Alfie Deegan).<\/p>\n

But, according to her half-brother Peter Beale (Thomas Law), Cindy Jr\u2019s life has just undergone a massive change.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat about my other little girl?\u201d cried the newly returned Cindy Sr, moments after she spoke about the rejection from youngest daughters Gina (Francesca Henry) and Anna Knight (Molly Rainford).<\/p>\n

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Mimi Keene as Cindy Williams Jr in EastEnders.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t want her to have to deal with this,\u201d continued Cindy. \u201cAnd she\u2019s living this life in Germany with Liam Butcher, and I\u2019m just gonna ruin it all! It\u2019s not fair on her, she doesn\u2019t even know who I am!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s just broken up with Liam, she won\u2019t hear anything from him,\u201d assured Peter. \u201cShe\u2019s gone away travelling. I was worried too, I checked. Apparently it was a messy break-up, she\u2019s cut all ties. Mum, she\u2019s gone away to find herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Ian added that this gave Cindy time to work out what to do about Cindy Jr, Cindy insisted that she needed to put down roots in Walford<\/a> to make it clear to her children that she was back for good.<\/p>

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Promising to get a new business up and running for Cindy, Ian was also urged by Peter to heal the rift between him and mum Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth).<\/p>\n

In the caf\u00e9, Ian told his mum that he loved her and did want her back home, despite throwing her out last week! However, he added that Cindy was his priority.<\/p>\n

The pound signs were soon showing in Ian\u2019s eyes when he met Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry), and he invited Nish and his wife Suki (Balvinder Sopal) over for lunch. Will Ian form a business partnership with ruthless Nish?<\/p>\n

And while Ian reminds us of his exhausting penchant for chasing the next money-making opportunity, might we be seeing Cindy Jr any time soon?<\/p>\n

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