EastEnders confirms huge Christmas storylines in explosive new trailer

EastEnders has confirmed several huge Christmas storylines, in a new trailer that teases the drama set to hit Albert Square over the coming weeks. With confrontations, surprises, difficult choices and repercussions ahead, big secrets are about to be revealed…

The new clip, released this morning, shows Christmas celebrations getting underway, with a festive choir singing in the Square and Mo shocking Alfie by bringing a donkey into The Vic! But there are many more shocks teased – most notably the first look at returning villain Janine.

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With the conclusion to the New Year’s Day flashforward episode just two months away now, there are no end of suspects who could want revenge on Max.

While Cindy is desperate for Linda to discover his true character, Max gets a sinister threat from returning Sean, and his feud with Ravi resumes in a violent scene in the trailer.

Plus, Jack isn’t happy to discover that his big brother took £50,000 from Amy’s trust fund, and Kat reiterates to Alfie that she wants the man who abandoned Zoe dead. But who will be the mystery gunman taking Lauren and Oscar hostage on 1 January?

Linda remains loved up with Max, but in the trailer she is stunned by a death certificate that is intriguingly dated 29 October 2026. Is this linked to Janine, or Mick?

As she desperately tries to help her son Lee with his own drink problem, recovering alcoholic Linda is worryingly seen clutching a bottle herself, saying, “if you can’t beat ‘em, self-destruct with ‘em!”

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Meanwhile, Sean comes face to face with groomer Craig and teams up with Jack and Phil to save missing teen Amy.

But with Amy later seen to be back home after her disappearance, Denise leaves her loved ones devastated when she tells them that she wants to stop her cancer treatment.

Elsewhere, there is heartache for Suki and Eve ahead, with Eve telling someone “you wouldn’t know what love looked like if you had to pick it out of a police line up” and Suki smashing a glass in anger in the kitchen.

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There’s also more drama for Nicola and brother-in-law Ned, as secrets from the past threaten to be exposed and Nicola appears to drop a huge bombshell around the Christmas dinner table.

Plus, there’s love in the air for Ian and Elaine, while Lauren’s affair with Mark continues. And Vinny decides to propose to his partner Penny – but with Harry and Gina both seen looking distraught, could Penny’s baby secret soon be revealed?

EastEnders airs on Mondays - Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.

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