{"id":572877,"date":"2026-07-28T23:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572877\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T23:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T23:38:10","slug":"eastenders-sets-up-terrifying-behind-bars-shock-for-ian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/572877\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders sets up terrifying behind-bars shock for Ian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EastEnders has set up a terrifying behind-bars shock for Ian in Wednesday&#8217;s episode on RT\u00c9 One and BBC One.<\/p>\n<p>Releasing first-look photos, the BBC soap said: &#8220;Struggling to adapt to life behind bars, Ian finds himself targeted by fellow inmates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But nothing prepares him for the shock that awaits when he comes face to face with Gray&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Serial killer Gray Atkins, who was last seen in Albert Square in 2022, is serving a life sentence for the murders of his former wife Chantelle Atkins, Kush Kazemi, and Tina Carter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) meets Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt). Photo: BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0024c4ff-614.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fans can watch what happens next on Wednesday on RT\u00c9 One and BBC One at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n<p>EastEnders airs on RT\u00c9 One and BBC One Monday to Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/entertainment\/soaps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here for more on the soaps.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rte.ie\/player\/series\/eastenders\/SI0000000492?epguid=AQ10011881-25-0130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Catch up on EastEnders on the RT\u00c9 Player.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders has set up a terrifying behind-bars shock for Ian in Wednesday&#8217;s episode on RT\u00c9 One and BBC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-572877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572877","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=572877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}