EASTENDERS fans have ‘worked out’ which character dies in a shock Christmas twist after a star left
their script on a train.
The Sun revealed over the weekend how a dozy star had left the top-secret BBC documents while
commuting, before being picked up by a passenger.
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In the script, includes details on a key character who will be killed off by EastEnders bosses over the festive period.
But after The Sun visited Albert Square to return the classified script, fans have ‘worked out’ who gets the chop.
Previous pictures showing the Carters gathered for a tense and emotional funeral shoot suggested Linda Carter was being axed after 10 years.
But now EastEnders fans are convinced Linda Henry’s character Shirley Carter will be killed off.
Taking to a web forum, one eagle-eyed viewer wrote: “A new thought is: Shirley dies, offscreen.
“If Linda Henry had plans to return, it seems mad that EE weren’t able to get her back – even briefly – while Dean was around. To meet her granddaughter Jade. To attend the trial. To confront Linda.
“I think Shirley’s death will serve as a catalyst for Linda’s exit story, which would then only be 2 months away. I think Linda will leave with Johnny (Feb ‘25 is his 1-year contract), Ollie & Annie. Hell, maybe even Elaine too.
“And with that, the Carter era is over.”
A second wrote: “I’m in agreement that I don’t think it’s Linda, it’s too obvious. I think it’s a red herring same as last year.”
“If Linda Henry is saying she won’t ever return, they might as well bump her off,” said a third.
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MICHELLE Collins has seen her second EastEnders stint boost her bank balance. Yet what stars have quit this year?
The Sun exclusively reported how Michelle, 62, was down to £20,000 in her company accounts when she agreed to a shock back-from-the-dead return to Albert Square last year.
Her character, Cindy Beale, was presumed dead off-camera in 1998.
Yet what about the 2024 exits?
Earlier this summer, loyal soap fans appeared to note how Stevie Mitchell had “quit” the long-running series.
It came after Alan Ford enjoyed just six-months on-screen.
Bobby Beale actor Clay Milner Russell also left this year after five years in Walford.
Fans also feared Martin Fowler actor James Bye would “quit out of boredom” over recent storylines.
Additionally, a host of stars have quit the BBC soap for Hollywood fame.
One of the most successful stars to come from the BBC One soap is Rob Kazinsky.
He played Stacey Slater’s brother Sean Slater from 2006 to 2009, he has starred in Hollywood blockbusters Pacific Rim and Captain Marvel.
Ben Hardy, who quit EastEnders as Bobby Beale almost a decade ago, went on to break Hollywood the following year, when he starred as Archangel in X-Men: Apocalypse.
Since then, he has played Roger Taylor in Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, and he starred in Michael Bay’s Netflix movie 6 Underground.
Michelle Ryan played Zoe Slater until 2005.
She starred as the lead in short-lived American series Bionic Woman from 2007 to 2008.
