{"id":9754,"date":"2022-01-11T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T07:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1545264"},"modified":"2022-01-11T08:27:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T07:27:10","slug":"6-eastenders-spoilers-for-next-week-gray-foils-chelseas-escape-plan","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/6-eastenders-spoilers-for-next-week-gray-foils-chelseas-escape-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"6 EastEnders spoilers for next week: Gray foils Chelsea\u2019s escape plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Johnathon Hughes\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 11 January 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Chelsea Atkins (Zaraah Abrahams) is caught in the act by evil husband Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) as she plots to take their baby and escape the abusive marriage \u2013 will she ever be free?<\/p>\n

Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) convinces Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) they should be a couple, Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) gets life-changing news from the police and Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) thinks he\u2019s being cheated on.<\/p>\n

Here are all your\u00a0EastEnders<\/a>\u00a0spoilers for\u00a017th \u2013 21st January 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gray catches Chelsea trying to escape<\/h2>\n
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Chelsea panics when Gray wants to register Jordan\u2019s birth, and tells Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) if her horrible husband is officially named as his father they\u2019ll never escape his clutches. With help from Whit and Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol), Chels concocts a plan to sign the certificate without Gray so he has no legal rights over their son \u2013 not easy when he\u2019s watching her every move.<\/p>\n

Kheerat whisks Gray away to wet the baby boy\u2019s head while Chelsea sneaks out to get a new passport as ID, because her sinister spouse has all her personal possessions safely guarded (naturally). Gray catches her arriving home and she\u2019s forced to lie about where she\u2019s been, arousing his suspicions. The next day Chelsea manages to duck out to surreptitiously sign the birth certificate solo but gets a nasty surprise that derails her plan\u2026 Has Gray rumbled her? And is taking sleeping pills to combat the new mum\u2019s spiralling stress really a good idea?<\/p>

Janine and Mick pose as a couple<\/h2>\n
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Minxy maneater Janine may not have persuaded Mick to succumb to her charms (yet) but she continues to pursue her fantasy of cosying up to Mr Carter by convincing him to pose as her partner. Surely he won\u2019t agree to that\u2026 Surely?!<\/p>\n

Ms Butcher is due a visit from social services to assess if she\u2019s suitable to regain custody of Scarlett Butcher (Tabitha Byron), and needs a permanent address and proof of a stable home environment to offer her daughter. Tugging at the landlord\u2019s heartstrings she asks if she can put the Vic down as her official dwelling, then pushes her luck by begging him to pretend they are in a loving relationship to the social worker! Softie Mick agrees, and regrets it when Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) gets the wrong idea and publicly announces the publican is having a secret fling with the floozie! Isn\u2019t that what Janine wants everyone to think\u2026?<\/p>\n

Phil\u2019s fate revealed<\/h2>\n
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Phil is in deeper trouble with the police than he\u2019s ever been (and that\u2019s saying something) and avoiding admitting to Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) just how long a jail sentence he could be looking at now the past has caught up with him. Clue: it\u2019s probably forever.<\/p>\n

Putting his house in order he tells Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) he\u2019s considering selling the Mitchell empire as he\u2019s not sure his son can handle running the show if he ends up doing a long stretch \u2013 especially with Ben struggling in the wake of the attack. Eventually, Phil confronts nemesis DCI Keeble (Alison Newman) who tells him his fate and it\u2019s not what he was expecting \u2013 but there\u2019s an almighty catch\u2026<\/p>\n

Stuart thinks Rainie is having an affair<\/h2>\n
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Stuart maintains his silence to Rainie Highway (Tanya Franks) with regards to his cancer diagnosis, despite his wife getting increasingly worried about his behaviour and Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) urging him to come clean. Remaining so stubborn while he suffers in silence starts messing with Stu\u2019s head, and when he spies Rainie receiving a bunch of flowers from Mick in the market he convinces himself his missus is being unfaithful.<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t hear the details of their conversation, which is actually about Mick thanking Mrs H for her advice on how to cope with Linda\u2019s destructive addiction, but the undertaker\u2019s paranoia builds throughout the week leading to a huge misunderstanding and an emotional showdown\u2026<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on EastEnders<\/h2>\n
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