Classic EastEnders episodes and a spin-off featuring Stacey Dooley will plug the gap when the soap goes off-air. Filming is set to resume in Walford by the end of June after production was halted amid the pandemic.
But previously shot instalments will finish on June 16, before the new episodes are ready to air. The BBC has announced a “celebration” of EastEnders – which first hit TV screens 35 years ago – on Monday and Tuesday nights to fill the gap.
Dooley will host EastEnders: Secrets From The Square on Monday nights, from soap restaurant Walford East, with two members of the cast.
They will “reflect on their time on the show, tease what’s to come when EastEnders returns as well as the occasional sneak peek behind the scenes” in the show,