- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Jane Rackham
Olympic coverage hasn’t shoved EastEnders out of the schedules completely, but it has nudged it from BBC1 to BBC2. Not that it’s suddenly got highbrow...
Having discovered her mother’s secret, Tanya is determined to extract the full story from Cora who, unusually for a woman apparently hewn from granite, actually sheds
a tear. In fact, emotions are running high all over the Square: Lola’s upset by gossip, Masood is forced to make a sacrifice for his family and, fed up of being constantly questioned about Ian, Lucy devises a plan to take her mind off things. It’s one that’s going to have a startling conclusion.
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Tanya grills her mum for information about the sister she never knew existed, but Cora refuses to give anything away, leaving her daughter devastated. Lola cannot bear being kept apart from baby Lexi when she begins her community service, while Lucy arranges to do volunteer work in exchange for gig tickets, although Lauren and Whitney try to bail out after discovering it involves feeding the homeless. Zainab discovers Masood's ambition to become a teacher, presenting him with a dilemma, and Syed is furious with Christian when he suggests entering Yasmin into a bonny baby competition.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Ian Beale
- Adam Woodyatt
- Lucy Beale
- Hetti Bywater
- Bobby Beale
- Alex Francis
- Lauren Branning
- Jacqueline Jossa
- Tanya Cross
- Jo Joyner
- Cora Cross
- Ann Mitchell
- Max Branning
- Jake Wood
- Lola Pearce
- Danielle Harold
- Ben Mitchell
- Joshua Pascoe
- Jay Mitchell
- Jamie Borthwick
- Billy Mitchell
- Perry Fenwick
- Roxy Mitchell
- Rita Simons
- Derek Branning
- Jamie Foreman
- Alice Branning
- Jasmyn Banks
- Joey Branning
- David Witts
- Christian Clarke
- John Partridge
- Syed Masood
- Marc Elliott
- Zainab Khan
- Nina Wadia
- Masood Ahmed
- Nitin Ganatra
- Ray Dixon
- Chucky Venn
- Kim Fox
- Tameka Empson
- Sasha Dixon
- Rebecca Sanneh
- Michael Moon
- Steve John Shepherd
- Alfie Moon
- Shane Richie
- Anthony Moon
- Matt Lapinskas
- Arthur `Fat Boy' Chubb
- Ricky Norwood
- Whitney Dean
- Shona McGarty
- Poppy Meadow
- Rachel Bright
- Jean Slater
- Gillian Wright
- Mo Harris
- Laila Morse
- Andrew Cotton
- Ricky Grover
- Fran
- Imogen Slaughter
- Betty
- Kirstie Brough
- Sarah
- Amanda Daniels
- Shaiyana
- Dani Moseley
- Les Coker
- Roger Sloman
- Gas engineer
- David Mounfield
Crew
- Director
- Ian White
- Executive Producer
- Lorraine Newman
- Writer
- Pete Lawson
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