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EastEnders boss Chris Clenshaw promises “big” Christmas for the Beales

Will it be linked to the flash forward?

Michelle Collins as Cindy Beale with Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale in front of a Christmas-themed Queen Vic pub for EastEnders.

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Published: Saturday, 24 June 2023 at 9:00 pm

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All eyes are on what will happen to the residents of Walford over the EastEnders Christmas period.

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Earlier in the year it was revealed that one character would die and there would be six women in the frame for the mystery man's murder.

Now that Cindy (Michelle Collins) and Ian (Adam Woodyatt) are back on EastEnders, will they be tied up with the drama?

Speaking at a recent press event to press including RadioTimes.com, Executive Producer, Chris Clenshaw, hinted that there could be a huge festive season on the cards for the newly-reinstated Beales.

He said: "You know, it’s the Beales and Cindy’s first Christmas back in Walford.

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"It will be a big Christmas in the Beales’s house."

Will they get wrapped up in the Christmas flash-forward drama?

At the moment, all we know is that a man will be killed - but who is the victim?

Balvinder Sopal as Suki Kaur Panesar, Gillian Taylforth as Kathy Beale, Lacey Turner as Stacey Slater, Diane Parish as Denise Fox, Letitia Dean as Sharon Watts and Kellie Bright as Linda Carter in EastEnders.

The EastEnders Six stand over a dead body at the Queen Vic. BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron

Six women have been linked to the drama, with Sharon (Letitia Dean), Linda (Kellie Bright), Denise (Diane Parish), Stacey (Lacey Turner), Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) all named as suspects.

Could Cindy serve as a seventh suspect? And could Ian end up dead on the Queen Vic floor?

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