GOOD NEWS: EastEnders icon announces he is ‘return to the Square’ in blow to fans

Pictures have emerged of EastEnders icon Ross Kemp leaving the soap’s production base – ‘sealing’ his return.

The actor, 60, played Walford hard man Grant Mitchell on the long-running BBC drama intermittently between 1990 and 2016.

In September, amid speculation that he will be the next in a long line of names that are returning for the show’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, Ross teased that something could be on the cards.

In an interview on This Morning, presenter Alison Hammond asked the star: ‘Now I can’t let you go until we ask you about the EastEnders rumours. What is going on, are you going back for the 40th anniversary. Tell us what’s going on.’

Ross quipped: ‘I can tell you nothing.’

He later added: ‘I am very proud of the show celebrating 40 years and I wouldn’t have had a career, good or bad without it.

Ross Kemp drives out of EastEnders' Elstree Studios 1
He was keeping undercover in the back of a black car 
Ross Kemp drives out of EastEnders' Elstree Studios
It’s great to see him back!

‘I absolutely love it and I still support it and I would if I had come from Coronation Street or Emmerdale, well I was in Emmerdale Farm briefly before but yeah, I am proud the show is celebrating the 40 years and I will continue to support it as long as I can.’

At the end of November, pictures showed him driving out of the soap’s Hertfordshire production base in a black car.

Peggy, Grant and Phil Mitchell in EastEnders
He was part of some of the soap’s biggest stories Ross Kemp drives out of EastEnders' Elstree Studios
BBC bosses are lining up a live episode for the 40th 

Grant’s last stint arrive for the their mum Peggy’s (Barbara Windsor) final days and funeral, before discovering that Mark Fowler Jr (Ned Porteous) is his son.

Departing executive producer Chris Clenshaw admitted he’s the one character he would love to reintroduce, whilst it has also been reported that Ross will front a documentary series about the show’s four decades on air.

Phil and Grant Mitchell in EastEnders
Grant could reunite with brother Phil ar stint.Ex-wife Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) has stepped in to try and help, but he’s reluctant to open up.

Could Grant be coming home to save Phil?

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