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When is Nish Panesar leaving? 2024
It appears that nasty Nish Panesar is set to receive a final comeuppance as actor Navin Chowdhry bows out of the BBC One soap.
It's been reported via The Sun that actor Chowdhry has quit the BBC soap after two years, with the publication quoting a source as saying: "It's not known if Nish will be killed off, even though his health is suffering, but expect the exit to be very impactful and dramatic.
Thank fuck for that! The cockroach might well actually go!
When is David Wicks returning? Autumn 2024.
Walford icon David Wicks will return for a short stint on EastEnders later this year as actor Michael French reprises his role.
David is famously the son of Pat Butcher (Pam St. Clement) and Pete Beale (Peter Dean), the half-brother of both Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) and Simon Wicks (Nick Berry), the former lover of Ian’s wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), and the father of fellow Walford icon Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) and his children with former wife Lorraine Wicks (Jacqueline Leonard) – Joe (Paul Nicholls) and Karen Wicks.
Boring! Will be about 10 minutes before Cindy tries to get her leg over and David comes to blows with Junior. Meanwhile Ian will just whine.
When is Ruby Allen returning? Late 2024.
Martin Fowler is set to be shocked when his ex-wife Ruby Allen returns to Walford later this year.
Louisa Lytton is reprising her role as Stacey Slater's former best pal and love rival after three years away. Ruby was last seen leaving Walford secretly pregnant after being sent to prison as a comeuppance for framing Stacey for GBH.
Ruby is said to be returning for a prolonged stint on the show, so we'll soon find out what Ruby's motives are as she brings new chaos to Martin and Stacey's lives.
Stacey gets someone to have a bitch slap with.
When is Shirley Carter returning to EastEnders? TBC.
Come on! Bring her back. NOOOOWWW. Shirley v Elaine 100%.