SHOCKING NEWS JUST DROPPED! EastEnders makes a formal announcement about the actor selected to play James Brown, the new proprietor of the Car Lot. This development has sparked curiosity among numerous viewers regarding the potential for Jamie Borthwick to make a comeback in the plot
Jamie Borthwick was axed from the soap.
The business has been run by Lauren Branning for the last six months since Jay disappeared from the Square following the real-life sacking of actor Jamie.
He was suspended and eventually sacked after 19 years on the soap for using a sickening disabled slur.
It was eventually revealed on screen that Jay had had to suddenly leave to care for his grandfather Bert who had fallen ill.
However it has now been revealed that during his time away from his life and business in Walford, Jay has fallen in love and is now expecting a baby with a mystery woman.
It puts an end to any hope that he will be returning – and also means that his business is up for grabs.
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He had been running the Car Lot for several years after Phil Mitchell engineered it to be handed over to him.
And now next week Lauren will find herself desperate to buy it so she can stay employed.
However with her credit history and lack of capital, she is left gutted when she can’t get a bank loan to fund the purchase.
Instead she turns to father-in-law Ian Beale for advice.
He doesn’t hand over any cash but he does point her in the direction of her own father – Max Branning.
Lauren approaches him and asks him to invest in her venture and eventually Max agrees.
However it soon becomes clear that Max has very different ideas about how to run their new business.
Will the father and daughter manage to find a way to make things work?
Jay Brown will forge an “unlikely friendship” following the death of his wife Lola Pearce-Brown in EastEnders.
The car salesman and undertaker will find his life changed forever this week when Lola (Danielle Harold) loses her life to her terminal brain tumour.
Speaking at a press screening of Lola’s final episode, executive producer Chris Clenshaw and Jay’s actor Jamie Borthwick teased what will come next for Jay to RadioTimes.com and other press.
Discussing the impact of Lola’s death on her loved ones, Clenshaw commented: “Billy, Ben, Jay, Lexi, Honey, it will obviously have devastating consequences for the family.”
He continued: “I think Lola has been in this position where she has been aware of what kind of has been coming down the line. So she’s actually, you know, she’s given some certain requests to the family. You know, she’s asked Jay to make sure that he always is speaking to Lexi, she should put certain things in place.
“So, in a kind of immediate future, they really pull together as a family, I think and they’re there for each other. But that may not last forever. Yeah, it’s gonna be a difficult, difficult process.
“Obviously, It’s a sad ending for Lola, but it doesn’t stop there for the rest of the family. Unfortunately.”
However, when speaking specifically about Jay, he added: “Jay will find friendship with an unlikely person.”
It seems that Jay will need this unexpected friend too as he is set to clash with his “brother” and best friend Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden).
Actor Jamie Borthwick added: “Yeah, I’m sure the boys are going to clash about the dad thing, particularly, probably Ben and Jay.
“But in terms of moving on that a bit further on, me and Chris have had brief little moments but we do have a little one to one due to find out exactly what’s going to be going on, so yeah, I’m sure it’s gonna be very very exciting.”