{"id":395800,"date":"2026-04-16T20:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395800\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:25:09","slug":"eastenders-confirms-when-grant-returns-as-the-mitchell-siblings-finally-reunite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/395800\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders confirms when Grant returns as the Mitchell siblings finally reunite"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders spoilers follow.<\/p>\n

EastEnders has confirmed when Grant Mitchell will return to the soap, as he reunites in Walford with both his siblings, Phil and Sam, for the first time in over 20 years. In February, it was announced that Ross Kemp would be reprising his role as Grant again<\/a> following a brief return last year.<\/p>\n

Grant and Phil\u2019s childhood friend Nigel is currently in a care home<\/a> as his early on-set dementia progresses, and in next week\u2019s episodes his loved ones are told that his pneumonia is getting gradually worse.<\/p>\n

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Mark feels that his estranged dad should be kept in the loop about Nigel\u2019s condition, but Sam doesn\u2019t want to get in touch with her brother, so Mark takes matters into his own hands and leaves Grant a voicemail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It has now been confirmed that Mark\u2019s call will be successful, and Grant will return to Walford<\/a> in scenes that will air on Monday, 27 April.<\/p>\n

As he is brought up to date on Nigel\u2019s wellbeing, there is a much-anticipated reunion with Phil and Sam, with a newly released picture from EastEnders showing Ross with co-stars Steve McFadden and Kim Medcalf.<\/p>\n

The last time the three Mitchells were in Albert Square at the same time was November 2005, when Phil and Grant teamed up to free Sam from prison for Den\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n

They all attended their mum Peggy\u2019s funeral in 2016, during a stint when Sam was played by Danniella Westbrook \u2013 but Grant only showed up to pay his respects secretly<\/a> and from a distance, and he only made a proper return to Walford several weeks later after Sam had left.<\/p>\n

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Over the last two decades, Grant and Sam have each come back to the Square on multiple occasions, but their returns have never overlapped until now.<\/p>\n

Grant\u2019s return later this month will also be the first time that he has seen his son since Mark discovered his true parentage, and the first time the characters have interacted since Stephen Aaron-Sipple took over the role of Mark<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n

In a statement released back in February when his return was first confirmed, Ross said: “As well as exploring Grant\u2019s attempts to reconnect with his son Mark, it\u2019s especially an honour to be part of Nigel\u2019s powerful ongoing dementia storyline, which holds deep personal meaning for due to a close family connection in real life.”<\/p>\n

EastEnders airs on Mondays\u2013Thursdays 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 \u2013 as Carla and Lisa get married and Charity goes into labour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow. EastEnders has confirmed when Grant Mitchell will return to the soap, as he reunites in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[137241,635,187924,637,146,85,46,636,187923,137371,411],"class_list":{"0":"post-395800","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-af85ad0d-209b-4c1e-a97d-912fadddc2d3","11":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-locale-gb","16":"tag-shorttitle-eastenders-confirms-when-grant-returns-in-mitchell-reunion","17":"tag-subsection-eastenders","18":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}