EastEnders boss teases major flash-forward episode and schedule shake-up
EASTENDERS boss Chris Clenshaw has teased the major upcoming flash-forward episode.
The BBC show has also engaged in a major schedule shake-up, scrapping the iPlayer first look for the special edition.
Monday night’s episode of the BBC soap is set to air with a twist that the show has never done before.
The episode centres around the lives of six of Walford’s much loved matriarchs, Denise (Diane Parish) Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) as they settle in to a usual night in The Vic.
All the women are together in a lock-in at the pub but that is all that is known about the episode.
However what they soon realise is that in a flash everything changes.
To preserve the surprise for fans of exactly what happens, the BBC has scrapped the usual 6am upload of the episode to BBC iPlayer.
Unlike previous weeks, the episode will air on BBC One and iPlayer simultaneously at 7.30pm so that audiences can enjoy the special twist at the same time.
Executive producer Chris Clenshaw teased: “We’re all incredibly excited for Monday’s episode with six of Walford’s leading ladies at the fore.
“What may seem like a regular day in Walford soon takes a twist and what transpires for each and every one of them is that in a flash everything changes.
“This episode will leave the audience with a lot of questions and, what may seem like the end, is only just the beginning of some very big storylines that will play out this year.”
The drama is centred around Linda Carter, Stacey Slater, Suki Panesar, Kathy Beale, Denise Fox and Sharon Watts.
The trailer dropped earlier this month with some major hints about what is to come.
An ominous voiceover warns: “In a flash, everything changes.”
The dramatic trailer starts by showing Linda, who is played by Kellie Bright, looking deeply stressed behind the bar.
Linda can then be heard saying: “There is a moment just before you do something…
The camera then shows Stacey Slater, portrayed by Lacey Turner, appearing plagued by worry.
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Meanwhile, Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth), Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) all seem frightened about what is about to unfold.
A woman can be heard saying: “When time freezes and you think is this really happening, am I really going to do this, suddenly it’s done and your whole world shatters.”