{"id":383220,"date":"2026-04-05T13:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/383220\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T13:25:31","slug":"eastenders-airs-worrying-nicola-mitchell-health-twist-in-early-iplayer-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/383220\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders airs worrying Nicola Mitchell health twist in early iPlayer release"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow for Wednesday\u2019s episode (1 April), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC iPlayer and hasn\u2019t yet aired on TV.<\/p>\n

EastEnders has aired a worrying health twist for Nicola Mitchell<\/a>, in a dramatic week where she takes centre stage. This week pregnant Nicola found herself in a lot of pain and was taken to the hospital, where she was thankfully told that her baby was fine.<\/p>\n

She was distracted by other events, as this week she clocked Penny\u2019s suspicious behaviour following her own pregnancy scan. Nicola realised that her son Harry could be the father of Penny\u2019s baby, not Vinny \u2013 so she urged Penny to get a DNA test, or else she will expose this paternity secret<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n

As George prepared for the launch of restaurant Knight Fusion in today’s episode<\/a>, Nicola\u2019s mind was elsewhere. She confronted Penny and urged her to get a DNA test today, and issued another stern threat when Penny refused.<\/p>\n

Penny talked things through with Lauren and Oscar and concluded that she can\u2019t take a test, as she doesn\u2019t want to ruin her future with Vinny<\/a> and her friendship with Gina if it was revealed that Harry is the father.<\/p>\n

At Harry\u2019s Barn, Nicola experienced sharp stomach pains as Penny arrived to confirm that she won\u2019t be taking a DNA test. Penny reminded Nicola that Harry would turn his back on her<\/a> if she blew up his relationship with Gina and could even turn back to drugs.<\/p>\n

As triumphant Penny went to leave, Nicola\u2019s pain continued, and Penny insisted on calling Harry to come over. When Harry turned up, he was keen to take his mum to hospital, but Nicola refused \u2013 and decided to instead go home to rest and run a bath.<\/p>\n

Later, the Knight Fusion launch got underway with George at the helm, safe in the knowledge that Nicola was at home chilling out.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders confirms major Vicki and Zack curveball in surprise announcement<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, despite getting the upper hand over Nicola earlier, Penny knew that things were far from over<\/a> and that until she proves that Harry isn\u2019t the dad of her baby, she is just buying time.<\/p>\n

Back at home, Nicola went downstairs to get water but suddenly dropped the glass when she was overwhelmed by pain and was left fearing that something is seriously wrong with her baby.<\/p>\n

This marks the start of a harrowing new storyline for Nicola and George<\/a>, as she goes into premature labour in tomorrow\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

EastEnders is working on Nicola and George\u2019s story with support from Bliss<\/a>, a charity that supports the families of babies born premature or sick in the UK. Support and information are available via the charity\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

EastEnders airs on Mondays – Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC One. The show also streams on BBC iPlayer, where most episodes drop early at 6am ahead of their TV broadcast.<\/p>\n

Read more EastEnders spoilers on our dedicated homepage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow for Wednesday\u2019s episode (1 April), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383221,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,170856,1107,93,61,60,1135,170855,131322,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-383220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-collection-latest-news","9":"tag-content-type-news","10":"tag-contentid-a8e09fcb-60b3-4211-8985-bc4a40084edf","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-locale-gb","16":"tag-shorttitle-eastenders-airs-worrying-nicola-mitchell-health-twist","17":"tag-subsection-eastenders","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}