{"id":962471,"date":"2026-05-15T22:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962471\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T22:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T22:23:18","slug":"eastenders-confirms-special-week-of-episodes-for-next-month-with-ominous-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/962471\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders confirms special week of episodes for next month with ominous first look"},"content":{"rendered":"

One night can truly change everything…<\/p>\n

That’s the message that the ominous new first look images and poster are teasing for EastEnders<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

The BBC One soap is set to air a special week of episodes dubbed ‘The Night That Changes Everything’, which will be set across a single night following the wedding of Vicki Fowler (Alice Haig) and Ross Marshall (Alex Walkinshaw).<\/p>\n

It has been confirmed that multiple major clans in the Square will be drawn into the events, namely the Beale-Brannings, the Knight-Mitchells, and the Fox-Truemans.<\/p>\n

Multiple stories will be playing out on screen as each clan faces their own reasons for being drawn into the drama – and what goes down will have lasting consequences for all involved.<\/p>\n

The trailer depicts these families in the Queen Vic to the sound of David Bowie’s Changes, and soon certain characters begin to drift away from their scene partners and rotate.<\/p>\n

Are some people set to be torn apart?<\/p>\n

\"In<\/p>\n

Denise Fox (Diane Parish, bottom right) with Jack Branning (Scott Maslen, top centre) and Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter, top left) in EastEnders.\u00a0BBC<\/p>\n

In the topsy-turvy posters shared by the soap, we can see Max Branning (Jake Wood) with his children, Lauren Beale (Jacqueline Jossa) and Oscar Branning (Pierre Counihan-Moullier), and Max’s current girlfriend, Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we can see Denise Fox (Diane Parish) and her husband Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) and surrogate mother-in-law Yolande Trueman (Angela Wynter). It has already been announced that Denise will be diagnosed with blood cancer in the coming weeks<\/a> on the show.<\/p>\n

\"George<\/p>\n

George Knight (Colin Salmon, bottom right) and Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington, top left).<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, new parents George Knight (Colin Salmon) and partner Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) are shown.<\/p>\n

Viewers are aware that Nicola is hiding a huge secret currently by taking money from George’s evil adopted father, Eddie (Christopher Fairbank), in return for letting him live out his final hours in their hom<\/a>e.<\/p>\n

Most intriguingly, newly elected councillor Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt) is paired with Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams). What on earth is bringing them together?<\/p>\n

\"Ian<\/p>\n

Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt, bottom right) and Chelsea Fox (Zaraah Abrahams, top left) for EastEnders.\u00a0BBC<\/p>\n

We’ll have to wait and see next month.<\/p>\n

Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Visit our dedicated EastEnders<\/a> page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Add EastEnders to your watchlist on the <\/strong>Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our Soaps<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> and Streaming Guide <\/a>to find out what’s on. For more TV recommendations and reviews, listen to The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One night can truly change everything… That’s the message that the ominous new first look images and poster…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":962472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-962471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116580936043595640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=962471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/962471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/962472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=962471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=962471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=962471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}