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She recruited her old scammer friend to pose as an estate agent to meet Nancy and Zack, meanwhile, Janine pretended to be Nancy and met with the real estate ...

Grace is a digital writer with WhatToWatch.com, where she writes series guides for must-watch shows and the latest TV news. I want you out of Walford for good,” Janine said. See more See more a scam artist! Not EastEnders casting the 'it's a scam' lady to play...

Janine's friend Melissa turned up in Walford to help her scam some money, but some fans knew her from somewhere else.

By then getting them to divulge more digits she is able to access and fleece their account. When Nancy and Zack met Melissa, she claimed other offers had been made on a property they wanted to buy. She plays a seemingly helpful bank worker who pretends not to hear a caller’s unique security code.

Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson) is struggling in the aftermath of his attack in EastEnders. Recently, Peter was left for dead after being brutally beaten by Ben ...

A frying pan in hand, Peter defends himself and soon realises Rocky (Brian Conley) is the person he’s hitting. Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson) is struggling in the aftermath of his attack in EastEnders. Tonight, as Kathy, Callum and Jay continue to keep Ben’s secret, Peter is feeling paranoid and jumps to his feet when he hears someone entering the house.

EASTENDERS star Aidan O'Callaghan has revealed his secret second career - and it's worlds away from showbiz.The actor - who plays Lewis Butler in.

I picked up acting again as a hobby – joined some classes. “I studied pharmacy. I didn’t have it in my mind. “And as I was working as a pharmacist, doing classes, I was like, ‘you know, I like this’. We were involved in theatre classes. And then I did a master's degree in the Royal College of Surgeons. I was going down that career.

On the Digital Spy forum, fans voted on a poll titled: "EE - Is Queen Janine back to her Evil Best?" It was a mixed response, with 26 per cent voting yes, 43 ...

And another pointed out Janine's flawed plan writing: "Nice to see her up to her old tricks. Seems like they are just having her be villainous for the sake of it what made Janine work in her previous stints was they're was always a proper motive not a teenage one lol." However, a 'yes' voter wrote: "I’m enjoying her scheming at the moment. This is nothing compared to her previous stints.." This all comes as part of the EastEnders storyline of Janine's bid to get rid of Linda after hooking up with her ex-husband, Mick Carter. The poll comes after viewers saw Janine offer Linda £25k to leave the Square but the Queen Vic Landlady bargained with her and asked for £50k.

EastEnders actor Max Bowden has confirmed there is a nod to a past storyline in Ben's male rape plot. EastEnders' Ben Mitchell arranges to meet up with ...

"With Kathy, there's obviously that commonality and the fact that she was raped by Wilmott Brown. Also, there's a brotherhood with Jay who can see through the mask, and the people who know him best start to see something's not quite right. And people start to unravel the pieces of the puzzle. She’s interviewed everyone from June Brown — AKA Dot Cotton — to Michelle Keegan, swapped cooking tips with baking legend Mary Berry backstage at the NTAs, and danced the night away with soap stars at countless awards bashes. But we do start to see the mask falling and it becomes more apparent that something's not right. EastEnders airs Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings at 7.30 pm on BBC One — see our TV Guide for full listings. "But for somebody who's as male bravado-driven as Ben Mitchell, it's really tough. So I said to him after we'd finished the scene 'I just want you to know that I am not an arse!'. After that, we had a good chat and got on really well. Max has also revealed that he purposely kept his distance from actor Aidan O'Callaghan, who plays Lewis, on set before filming the rape scenes... There’s always a conversation to be had with Gillian Taylforth!" I did feel quite bad for doing it, but I think it helped." "The initial impact of trauma is that element of shock, confusion, fear and loneliness. "They love to be reminded of stuff that's happened before.

The Lewis Butler actor studied pharmacology at Trinity College Dublin and is now a qualified pharmacist.

I moved to London to pursue pharmacy. “I studied pharmacy. We were involved in theatre classes.

Kellie Bright's life off-air hasn't been quite as rough as that of her character Linda's, who could be set to make an Albert Square exit this week.

I was 31 and wanted to have kids, and Paul was 24 and didn't at the time. But of course it was school run time so we got stuck in traffic. Prior to her acting stint in EastEnders, Kellie worked as a waitress, receptionist, and shop assistant. For whatever reason, I’m meant to bring up boys." Kellie says her second son Gene was almost born in a car as revealed she wasn’t expecting her labour to happen as quickly as it did. Her part as the iconic landlady led her to win the British Soap Award for Best Actress and Best Dramatic Performance in 2015.

Fans of the soap praised the 'clever casting' after they recognised fake estate agent Melissa in Wednesday's episode, realising that she had played a ...

a scam artist!” with the post racking up 13,000 likes. “Obsessed with her appearing in EastEnders to scam the Carters,” a third fan account. Another EastEnders viewer also spotted the genius casting, saying: “Not this icon turning up in EastEnders to scam the residents of Walford.”

In the meantime, Janine who isn't one to limit her schemes, has a couple of tricks up her sleeves and manages to scam Nancy Carter and Zack Hudson out of £ ...

Walford’s resident swindler sees an opportunity to come up with the large sum of money and recruits a fellow scammer to help her out with the plot. In the meantime, Janine who isn't one to limit her schemes, has a couple of tricks up her sleeves and manages to scam Nancy Carter and Zack Hudson out of £50,000. But unable to complete her devious mission alone, the TV villain enlisted the help of a fake estate agent played by a recognisable actress. Twitter users were quick to point this out. When it comes to our favourite soaps you never know who will pop up on the small screen. So when viewers tuned into EastEnders last night (Wednesday May, 19), a few eagle-eyed fans noticed an ironically cast character on the soap.

EastEnders spoilers and updates tease that Zack Hudson (James Farrar) will make a shocking discovery about Linda Carter (Kellie Bright).

Nancy invites Linda to a meeting, and the latter asks Mick if he wants to join them. He wants her to get professional help, and he’s trying everything he can to support her. However, Mick still wants Zack and Martin to reconsider.

EAGLE-EYED EastEnders fans spotted fake estate agent Melissa previously starred in a famous bank advert.Soap viewers couldn't hide their surprise afte.

Another posted: “Not this icon turning up in EastEnders to scam the residents of Walford.” Katherine's role as a fake call centre operator, who put on a professional facade to con bank customers out of their hard earned cash, was the perfect warm up for her soap debut. Ironically her latest role sees her at the heart of an expensive scam to defraud Nancy and Zack out of £50,000 by carrying out a fake house sale.

EastEnders has revealed Linda Carter's fate after Janine Butcher's latest scheme. The feud between Mick Carter's estranged wife and current girlfriend reached ...

There is nothing in this world that could make me leave my children, not 50 grand, not alcoholism and certainly not you!" Linda then insisted: "You listen to me. As Janine quietly demanded her money back, Linda had the last laugh

EastEnders fans questioned if Linda Carter was leaving the BBC soap, but she changed her mind - before getting one over on Janine Butcher.

Now, have a lovely evening." As Janine began raging at her she warned: "You are making a very big mistake. I'll be down here, you tell me how it goes."

EastEnders newcomer Aidan O'Callaghan has spoken about the importance of the male rape storyline involving his character Lewis Butler and Ben Mitchell.

"As with everything, there's an element of excitement that you're being trusted within these situations, but also an element of fear because we have such a duty to tell the story correctly. "You want to have that representation because it's important to have it [on television]. But in the same breath, you want to portray a character where sexuality is not a massive thing – it is one part of him. As an actor, you are thinking about it all and the importance of showing a complex character and multiple parts of him." But some parts of the building of that character mean you have to forget [what's coming for Lewis]. You want people to see depth to that character. You want to have an idea of the storyline that's coming. "I knew from day one.

Linda showed Janine who was boss in a truly old school EastEnders moment.

The mother and daughter duo shared a heartfelt moment, one in which Nancy told her mum just how proud she is of her for fighting her addiction. Linda was left with food for thought, and thus she took Annie out for a walk, crossing paths with Nancy in the market. Without wasting a second, Zack gave chase, confronting Linda – who was in the process of packing up her belongings – and pleaded with her to reconsider leaving her family.

Callum couldn't get his head around the fact that bar manager Lewis know what Ben was getting up to.

Callum struggled to get his head around the revelation. Lewis, catching sight of the poster, asked Callum if Ben was concerned about this, before revealing that he knows about Ben being the attacker. Callum was kept in the dark about his husband’s late-night assaults.

BEN Mitchell is the victim of a devastating rape next week as a new storyline begins.But when he confronts his tormentor, Lewis Butler, the EastEnders.

Ben is in shock from the events of the night before and confronts Lewis about his actions - but he is told that he instigated everything. But Ben is brought right back down to earth when he receives a selfie from Callum and his daughter Lexi. After a drunken evening, Ben is spotted by his aunt Sam (played by Kim Medcalf) coming out of The Albert next week and is wound up about staying out all night.

After Ben is raped, he confronts Lewis about his actions, but Lewis tells him that he was the instigator.

The next day, Ben confronts Lewis about his actions, but Lewis tells him that he was the instigator. However, when Ben receives a selfie from Callum and Lexi, he tries to leave but Lewis refuses to let him go, and sexually assaults him. When The Albert shuts for the evening, Lewis and Ben head upstairs and one thing begins to lead to another.

Elsewhere, Frankie Lewis (Rose Asking-Ellis) invites Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) to Clara's photography exhibition and when Lola spots the exchange, she gets ...

Afterwards, Ben heads to The Vic to drown his sorrows, and sends message to Lewis Butler (Aidan O’Callaghan) on a dating app. Clara enjoys the drama. After the Prince Albert shuts for the night, one thing leads to another, and they find themselves upstairs.

However, as Zack and Nancy were meeting with Melissa, Janine was also meeting with an estate agent while posing as Nancy. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below.

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Katherine rocked up in Albert Square during Wednesday's (May 18) edition of the BBC One soap, playing newcomer Melissa. Melissa is an old associate of Janine ...

The duo did just that, unaware that they’ve now lost their money! Nancy (Maddy Hill), meanwhile, was meeting with the estate agent to sign the lease on the new contract for the space in which she intended to launch her new restaurant. Melissa is an old associate of Janine Butcher’s (Charlie Brooks), a fake estate agent who was tasked by the schemer to carry out a top secret mission.

The fake estate agent - played by Katharine Bennett-Fox - made her first appearance in the BBC soap on Wednesday night. Advertisement. EastEnders fans shocked ...

Over the years she's starred in Trying, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Flack. In the advert Katharine is sat at a desk with a headset on talking to someone on the other end of the phone. After her details go through, Katharine turns to the camera with a huge smile on her face, but as she starts talking, her smile drops. Katharine shot to fame in 2005 when she landed a role as a cashier girl in Legacy. One wrote: "Not EastEnders casting the ‘it’s a scam’ lady to play… Soon the penny dropped that Katharine starred as the scammer in the Barclays bank 'It's A Scam' advert which aired in 2017.

EastEnders viewers were punching the air in triumph after Thursday's episode, when a character walked into the Vic they hadn't seen in a long time.

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Former EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra has addressed a possible return to Albert Square, admitting he would be up for it. The actor was last seen as Masood ...

"In a city of 8.9 million people… The actor previously spoke about a possible return for Masood, telling Lorraine in 2019: "Masood is lovely. "Would I go back?

EastEnders fans aren't happy with the show as they share their thoughts on who it represents. The discussion came after former EastEnders star Nitin Ganatra ...

And between May 2 and 8, only 3.389 million people watched the show. "When it first started it was a reflection of what life was like for the working class," another added. And several fans thought the future of soaps was bleak: "Like others have said, in 2062, none of these soaps will exist. "I think a lot of TV shows have gotten worse since the rise of social media and smartphones," another fan wrote. "I think a show like EastEnders needs very gutsy, courageous new teams really," he said after being made OBE. "I wouldn’t say just a producer or a writing team, I think the whole approach to storytelling will inevitably have to change. And fans quickly took to a Digital Spy forum to agree with him.

EastEnders star Max Bowden has revealed that he avoided co-star Aidan O'Callaghan ahead of Ben Mitchell's harrowing rape storyline.

It was a choice and I did feel quite bad for doing it, but I think it helped." It wasn't until Aidan came in that I realised the story was actually happening." "It had been pitched to me about ten months ago but [I wasn't] sure when it was going to come in.