EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has reunited with his former co-star and best friend Max Bowden.

Max, who is 30, left his role as Ben Mitchell last year. The character was arrested for fraud but because the crime was committed in America, he is in prison overseas.

It has left the likes of Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) and Callum (Tony Clay) forced to take trips to the US every so often to check on Ben.

Callum did exactly this over the festive period, and returned to Albert Square yesterday.

He shared an update on Ben to dad Phil (Steve McFadden). Callum revealed that his son was doing well, and had even developed an interest in creative writing.

Unfortunately, because Phil is currently experiencing mental health struggles, he wasn’t exactly interested in what Callum had to say.

Following his departure from the soap, Max has gone on to star in a theatre show called Birdsong. He continues to stay in touch with some of his EastEnders co-stars though – and of course Jamie Borthwick is on that list.

Jamie plays Jay Brown in the soap, best friend to Ben Mitchell. Recently, the stars shared a selfie together on their Instagram accounts, with Max now sporting an impressive moustache.

‘We can find each other anywhere @Jamie_B10’, Max wrote alongside.

‘We do shuuunnnn’, Jamie added.

Jamie is currently on tour with his fellow Strictly stars.

The actor took part in last year’s series alongside professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas, becoming the ninth celebrity to be voted out.

Comedian Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell were eventually crowned winners of the show.