BBC EastEnders spoilers for next week: Ben exit twist, double return and Dean’s sick revenge

EastEnders will air big scenes for a number of characters next week on the BBC soap.

Two returns will leave one character making a big discovery, that could tear apart a couple. The scenes will eventually lead to the exit of a major character.

There’s another exit on the cards too, with spoilers finally giving away how Ben Mitchell is likely to leave the BBC soap. It’s a tense time for his family, with more details set to come to light next week.

Then there’s a dark new twist in Dean Wicks’ storyline as he continues to tamper with his daughter Jade’s medication. As he frames someone else, could one resident face big trouble? Here’s the biggest moments happening in Walford next week…

Double return

EastEnders viewers will welcome back two familiar faces next week on the BBC soap, but there’s trouble ahead. Whitney Dean finally heads back to Walford after months away, and after her recent trip to Milton Keynes.

Amid her and Zack Hudson being on the rocks, the pregnant character returns ahead of her permanent exit from the show. She’s not alone though, as she heads back to Walford with teen Britney who she recently met in Milton Keynes during her visit to stepmother Bianca Jackson.

Next week, Zack decides to throw a welcome home baby shower for Whitney in The Vic. Soon, Whitney arrives home alongside Britney who reveals that she is her new foster mum. Zack is left reeling, and soon Whitney confirms the news to her partner.

Ben exit twist

It was announced months ago that Max Bowden would be leaving the show as Ben, after taking on the role in 2019. There were conflicting reports as to whether the actor quit the show or was written out, while fans were devastated about the twist.

Now, new spoilers have teased a prison exit for the character thanks to a historic crime, thought to have happened while he was in America. Ben had visited the US last year amid pal Lola Pearce dying on the show, after battling a brain tumour.

There is some confusion as to what Ben could possibly have done to have led to an arrest and a possible exit for the character so abruptly, given he wasn’t in America for very long. That said, the soap has yet to confirm specific details yet about the storyline or the exit, with spoilers not going into too much detail.

What we do know is that his loved ones are in turmoil as they await news and try to figure out what is going on, as he’s arrested in scenes to air next week. Spoilers reveal Ben protests his innocence as he is held at the Walford police station when details of a previous crime resurface.

Later in the week, Phil takes a call from Ben as he shares a request while Ben’s daughter Lexi is fearful as she learns what’s happened, barely a year on from her mother’s death. Phil’s actions spark suspicion with Ben’s mother Kathy, while Ben’s husband Callum uses his profession to his advantage to try and help – but ultimately it seems this storyline will end with Ben departing in some way.

Dean’s sick revenge