{"id":357637,"date":"2026-03-31T23:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357637\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T23:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T23:42:09","slug":"eastenders-star-shares-lee-carter-update-as-fans-call-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357637\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders star shares Lee Carter update as fans call for return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former EastEnders<\/a> star Danny Hatchard has shared an update on the possibility of returning to the BBC One soap after fans called for his comeback.<\/p>\n

The actor played Lee Carter between 2014 and 2017, and was at the centre of some major storylines at the time.<\/p>\n

Since then, he’s popped back a few times, and has also appeared on shows such as Our Girl, Ridley Road, and The Madame Blanc Mysteries.<\/p>\n

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In a TikTok video<\/a>, he spoke about the difficulties of being an actor and all the rejections that happen in-between jobs.<\/p>\n

In the comments, fans called for him to go back to EastEnders, and he said: “My future is outside of Walford. Not to say I won\u2019t pop back from time to time!”<\/p>\n

While Lee comes back to Albert Square now and again, his brother Johnny Carter has had three stints in Walford so far, each with a different face.<\/p>\n

At first, he was played by Sam Strike, before being replaced by Ted Reilly two years later. He was reintroduced in 2024 with Charlie Suff taking over the role.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders fans point out flashforward problem after Scott Mills’s BBC sacking<\/a> <\/p>\n

Recently, Johnny got with Callum Highway after an affair behind Ben Mitchell’s back (in a sense, Ben is in prison) and was coerced into having sex with Tim Walton as part of a blackmail storyline<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, family matriarch Linda is currently having a ‘will they, won’t they’ romance with Max Branning<\/a>, the biological father of her daughter Annie. We know he’s set to marry someone on New Year’s Day 2026, but could it be her?<\/p>\n

Either way, if Lee were to return, there’s plenty of family drama waiting for him.<\/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 Cain Dingle is left for dead, Jasmine Fisher goes on trial, and Jodie Ramsey gets up to no good again.<\/p>\n