Penny Branning has been keeping a secret from her partner Vinny Panesar, played by Shiv Jalota: that she doesn’t believe he is actually the father of her unborn baby – instead, it’s Harry Mitchell<\/a> (Elijah Holloway).<\/p>\n In an episode next week, we see Penny consider telling Vinny her secret at his 30th birthday party, but Lauren tries to persuade her not to.<\/p>\n Speaking to Radio Times<\/a> at the National Television Awards 2026 on Thursday, Kitty Castledine was asked her opinion on whether she thinks Penny needs to tell Vinny her secret.<\/p>\n Penny wants to be honest\u00a0BBC<\/p>\n “I think there’s a lot of tension building up in Penny at the moment,” Castledine told Radio Times, “I know she definitely wants to tell Vinny, and it’s a big sort of tension in their relationship.”<\/p>\n The EastEnders actress then teased what fans can expect to see from her character in upcoming episodes: “Next week, there’s going to be a lot of fun stuff happening. Penny and Vinnie’s birth happens.<\/p>\n “There’s going to be a lot of exciting things. It’s sort of very rom-comy, and they lean into the comedy of their love as well, which is really nice. Don’t see that a lot, and yeah, it’s lovely.”<\/p>\n Vinny’s 30th is eventful to say the least.\u00a0BBC<\/p>\n In the episode, before Penny has the chance to admit anything to Vinny at all, her waters break in the middle of his birthday celebrations, and she gives birth to a boy at the hospital.<\/p>\n The couple are then basking in the newborn baby glow and feeling very loved up, so Penny decides not to tell Vinny her secret, leaving him oblivious.<\/p>\n However, will the truth out? And if baby Ethan in the flash-forward is the son of Penny, then what has happened to her?<\/p>\n Read more:<\/p>\n Visit our dedicated EastEnders<\/a> page for all the latest news, interviews and spoilers.<\/p>\n Add EastEnders to your watchlist on the Radio Times: What to Watch app<\/a> \u2013 download now for daily TV recommendations, features and more.<\/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>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"*Warning: Contains spoilers* EastEnders actress Kitty Castledine has given her verdict on whether she thinks Penny Branning needs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":892033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[49,48,75,348],"class_list":["post-892032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/892032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/892033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=892032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/740104-8080110-e1788792681686.jpg\" "\\"Eastenders")
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