{"id":410725,"date":"2026-04-21T22:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410725\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T22:17:09","slug":"eastenders-announces-powerful-new-will-mitchell-storyline-in-special-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410725\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders announces powerful new Will Mitchell storyline in special week"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow
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EastEnders will air a powerful storyline next month as part of the BBC’s Caring Matters week. From Saturday, 23 May until Saturday, 30 May, the BBC “will shine a light on the experiences of unpaid carers and the role they play in families and communities across the country”.
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The soap will feature a storyline that shows Will Mitchell attempting to juggle caring for his nine-year-old sister Janet, who has Down’s Syndrome, while supporting his family at home.<\/p>\n

Will is left to care for the family while his mother Honey recovers from a recent injury.<\/p>\n

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There’s no word on what Honey’s injury will be or how it will happen, though recent weeks have seen her struggle with menopause symptoms<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Honey is also still, unknowingly, being taken advantage of by Bea, who signed up for a credit card in her name and has been running up a bill. <\/p>\n

In a press release, the BBC said: “Through powerful stories, trusted information and practical guidance, Caring Matters will not only highlight the challenges that come with providing care, but also what we can all do to better recognise, understand and support the unpaid carers around us.”<\/p>\n

The broadcaster has worked with several charities, including Carers UK, Carers Trust, Alzheimer\u2019s Society, Dementia UK, The Children\u2019s Society, Mencap, Mind, The Mental Health Foundation, The Open University and Citizen\u2019s Advice.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders confirms Nigel’s devastating death as Grant makes sensational return<\/a><\/p>\n

The flagship programme of the week, Natalie Cassidy: Caring Together, will see the former EastEnders icon training to be a carer over eight episodes.<\/p>\n

Natalie, who played Sonia Fowler on the soap for over 30 years, will be enrolling at one of the UK\u2019s top Health & Social Care colleges and will “study, train, and work alongside health and social care students, care professionals, volunteers and home carers”.<\/p>\n

The synopsis adds: “Together they\u2019ll be putting the spotlight on a dilemma we\u2019ll all face at some point in our lives – who will care for our parents, our partners, our children… and who will care for us?”<\/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

For exclusive soap star interviews, gossip, spoilers and theories every week, don’t miss the Soap Scoop podcast<\/a> from Inside Soap magazine. The latest episode<\/a> delves into next week\u2019s soap spoilers for EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale – as Weatherfield\u2019s murder mystery unfolds, and Grant Mitchell returns to Walford!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow EastEnders will air a powerful storyline next month as part of the BBC’s Caring Matters…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[131124,1105,180432,1107,93,61,60,1135,180431,131322,282],"class_list":["post-410725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-e5c153dc-ff50-4daa-b8c1-65338fdf288a","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-eastenders-announces-powerful-new-will-mitchell-storyline","tag-subsection-eastenders","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410725","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=410725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}