George Knight discovers the secrets adopted parents Eddie and Gloria have been hiding. <\/p>
George Knight\u2019s story in EastEnders<\/a> is set to get an extended episode<\/p>\n The BBC One soap will air the special episode on Wednesday 14th February 2024<\/strong> from 7.30pm.<\/p>\n The episode is still expected to be released at 6am on BBC iPlayer and will run for 34 minutes.<\/p>\n The instalment is penned by Lauren Klee who was the scribe for the much-lauded Christmas 2023 episode<\/a> which saw the death of Keanu Taylor<\/a> at the hands of killer Linda Carter<\/a>.<\/p>\n The focus of the episode is on the origins of publican George Knight (Colin Salmon<\/a>) who recently discovered that his adopted parents Eddie (Christopher Fairbanks) and Gloria (Elizabeth Counsell)<\/a> lied about his origins<\/a>.<\/p>\n Discovering that he was not of Caribbean descent as he first believed, George learned he was obtained by his parents through baby \u201cfarming\u201d and he was actually of Ghanaian heritage.<\/p>\n Despite the emotional discovery, George was reconciled with his parents, but they were clearly hiding the full truth from him<\/a>.<\/p>\n