Original version

BBC Three

A multi-platform service for 16-34s, featuring comedy, entertainment and factual content.

The BBC’s multi-platform service for 16 to 34s, innovating with breakthrough comedy, stand-out entertainment, brave documentary and intellectual factual content.

EastEnders 2013 - 2017

Drama

Drama: Soaps

It’s all about family in Walford as EastEnders turns 30. Amid tragedy, deceit and buried secrets, see the Mitchells and Beales tested like never before, and meet the Carters.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

BBC Three HD

EastEnders

Lacey Turner

Davood Ghadami

Rakhee Thakrar

James Bye

Kellie Bright

Danny Dyer

Maddy Hill

Danny-Boy Hatchard

Luisa Bradshaw-White

Annette Badland

Maria Friedman

Lin Blakley

Natalie Cassidy

Shona McGarty

Himesh Patel

Gillian Wright

Tony O'Callaghan

Pete Lawson

David Tucker

Dominic Treadwell-Collins

EastEnders 2013 - 2017: 2015: 18/12/2015

eastenders_181215_e_rob-francis.jpg

18/12/2015

2015

BBC One - EastEnders 2013 - 2017, 2015, 18/12/2015

Mick grows concerned about Linda, but will she admit the truth to what's going on?

Stacey struggles to come to terms with her discovery. Mick grows concerned about Linda's behaviour, but will she admit the truth to what's really going on?

Jean explains that Stacy’s dad told her about this other family and that she had to share him with another woman. He wrote all of his children letters so that they would know everything. Kush makes to leave but Martin asks him to stay. Jean says that the key was to be given to Stacey when she turned 21 but he died and there was no key; Sean must have taken it. Stacey assumes that he was the one that emptied the box but Jean is adamant that he didn’t know enough to find out what the key opened. Stacey doesn’t understand why the box is empty and Jean suggests that the other woman might have had a key. She asks Stacey not to be angry with her father for what he did. He would say he was doing building jobs in Blackpool but he was with her. Once he went for a month and Jean told Stacey that he was in Germany.


Stacey asks about his other children but Jean can’t handle the subject and locks herself in the bathroom. Eventually she lets Stacey in and explains why she never told her the truth. Stacey asks if she ever met the woman and Jean says that she arrived at the house months after the funeral looking for answers but Jean sent her away. She walks away when Stacey asks who has been following her. Stacey pushes her for answers and she says that she threw away his letters and ignored him. It dawns on Stacey that he could be her brother. Before she leaves Jean asks Martin to look after Stacey for her and hugs him. Shabnam joins them as Jean and Ollie leave. Shabnam tells Stacey that anyone would be lucky to have her as a sister and that blood is important. Shabnam and Kush stay for lunch as Martin has cooked a turkey and doesn’t want the food to go to waste. Kush approaches Stacey in the bedroom and tells her that what they are doing to Marin is exactly what her dad did. He closes the door and tells Stacey that he wants to come clean, for his son…


Mick apologises to Linda but tells her that if they aren’t getting married he can’t face the family and pretend everything is okay. The family are all sat in the living room happily tucking into Babe’s trifle. Whitney tells Lee she might catch the bouquet at the wedding. Linda sits with them and Babe notices Mick putting on his coat. He says he needs to pop out to sort out the Christmas order. Tina admits to Mick that she has been visiting Shirley and wants her to come to the wedding. He tells her this isn’t the time and heads out leaving Linda feeling uncomfortable. In the hallway Elaine asks Linda if this is all due to the stress of the wedding and tells her she can sort everything out once the nativity is finished.


Mick sits in the car with the engine running unsure what to do. Linda gets in and asks him to stay with her. Elaine tells Nancy that her mum is just overwhelmed with the wedding and worried about Nancy becoming a Muslim. Mick and Linda sit in their bedroom and Nancy wants to be sure they aren’t upset with her. She lets them know that everyone has left. Linda apologises to Mick for the way she has been and he promises that he is going nowhere. She explains how she is feeling and that she is scared of everyone looking at her. She opens up about her bulimia which started when her father died and now she is having the same thoughts and feelings as she did before. Mick tries to understand and comfort her but it becomes clear that it’s about Dean. Later Linda finds Mick in the kitchen and apologises for keeping it secret. Mick confesses that he knew about her bulimia when she was younger and didn’t want to make it worse by confronting it. He apologises for not seeing it this time round and says they will get her professional help. He says he doesn’t need the wedding, she is all he needs. She is determined to go through with it with him by her side.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

EastEnders 2013 - 2017

2015

18/12/2015

Contributors

Genres

Brand

Series

BBC Three

About BBC Three