EastEnders schedule shake up after furious fans ‘missed an episode’ when soap was pulled off air
Viewers discover if Lauren Branning and her son Louie make it out of the burning house in time
A BRAND new episode of EastEnders will air tonight after Tuesday’s was pulled from the schedule.
The unusual Friday episode follows the BBC’s decision to air Sports Personality of the Year on Tuesday, taking EastEnders’ usual time slot.
The BBC soap typically airs Monday to Thursday on BBC One at 7:30pm and is available to stream from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
Tonight EastEnders will air at 7:30pm, but it is also available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.
Viewers will see the aftermath of Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) accidentally setting a house fire.
She knocked over a candle after passing out from taking strong pills that Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins) gave her for her pain.
Cindy was wary to give her the pills due to her pregnancy, but Lauren blackmailed her into giving them by threatening to expose that she was involved with Kojo’s (Dayo Koleosho) fall.
As the room goes up in flames, can Lauren and her son Louie escape in time?
And is this the wake up call Lauren needs to seek help for the p.a.i.n.k.i.l.l.e.r addiction?
Meanwhile, Denise Fox’s (Diane Parish) paranoia over Nish Panesar (Navin Chowdhry) coming for her gets too much for her.
Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara) if forced to intervene and help her, but is confused
Will see tell Ravi the truth about last Christmas and being the reason Nish ended up nearly d.e.a.d?
In hospital, Martin finds himself in a love triangle again as he has rekindled his connections with both Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton).
Zack Hudson (James Farrar) encourages his friend to go with the person that feels the most right. Who will he choose?
Elsewhere in the square, Anna Knight (Molly Rainford) and Freddie Slater (Bobby Brazier) are listening to the bird calls on Freddie’s voice recorder.
But who will overhear Cindy’s confession that she is sleeping with her stepson Junior Knight (Micah Balfour)?
