EastEnders is lining up wedding bells in a matter of weeks, but it could lead to tragedy during the BBC soap’s big 40th anniversary week featuring a live episode and a horror explosion
Viewers have been given their first confirmed EastEnders storyline for the BBC soap’s 40th anniversary.
Amid rumours of returns, deaths, big twists and even reports of a devastating fire destroying The Queen Vic, the soap has let slip a major detail about one episode in particular. The episode set to air on the show’s 40th birthday, February 19th, will see one couple prepare to tie the knot.
During the eventful Christmas Day episode, one couple announced they had picked a date for their wedding. And, you guessed it, they selected February 19th 2025.
Honey and Billy Mitchell, who recently got engaged years after their first marriage ended, confirmed to their loved ones this would be their big day. Telling them to save the date, they shared the very date that the soap first aired four decades ago.
It’s thought but not confirmed that this could be when the live episode airs, given this is the show’s actual birthday. With all kinds of hints being dropped about the big week of episodes, with boss Chris Clenshaw teasing shocking twists and turns ahead, we now have a confirmed plot – a wedding.
But does this also give away who is in danger, and who might die if there is in fact a death or two? After all, most wedding receptions tend to happen at The Vic.
Viewers have been given their first confirmed EastEnders storyline for the BBC soap’s 40th anniversary (Image: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)
Judging by some recent pictures from filming, the famous pub is set to explode during the 40th anniversary. Images obtained by other publications showed a black vehicle outside of the pub, thought to have crashed into it.
The pub itself appeared to be destroyed, likely from a fire. No details have been revealed about who is in there at the time and what happens.
But now the wedding is definitely happening on the 19th, can we expect tragedy for the Mitchell family? Will Honey and Billy and their nearest and dearest gather in the pub to celebrate, only for disaster to strike?
The BBC soap has yet to confirm the fire or what happens, with details around the 40th also remaining under wraps for the time being. But with Honey and Billy set to wed, viewers will no doubt be fearing the worst and that they and their family and friends may be inside the pub when everything kicks off.
Viewers will just have to wait and see with more details to be revealed in the coming weeks. Viewers are already speculating a soap favourite will meet a grisly end in the storyline!
EastEnders airs Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
