{"id":415731,"date":"2026-05-07T05:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415731\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T05:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:28:12","slug":"eastenders-to-pay-tribute-to-iconic-character-in-special-night-of-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/415731\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders to pay tribute to iconic character in special night of episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> is set to pay tribute to one of Walford’s most iconic residents next week with a night of special episodes. Denise Fox has been a staple of the soap for 20 years, and has been at the centre of many memorable storylines.<\/p>\n

Among them have been the exposure of killer husband Lucas Johnson, her part of The Six storyline<\/a> in 2023, and the love triangle with Jack Branning and Ravi Gulati<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

These are among the key episodes set to be repeated on Monday, 11 May on BBC Three, the date that marks exactly two decades since Diane Parish debuted as Denise.<\/p>\n

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

Airing between 8 and 11pm, the eps will be followed by the EastEnders Investigates: The Manosphere<\/a> documentary from last year, which Diane presents and explores the real-life issues raised by the Joel Marshall misogyny storyline.<\/p>\n

The doc sees the cast “meet individuals whose lives were turned upside down by the effects of misogyny and discover those who are trying to change the narrative”.<\/p>\n

As mentioned, one of Denise’s key recent storylines was the love triangle, the outcome of which was determined by a viewer vote as the character ultimately chose Jack.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the episode<\/a>, Diane told TV Times<\/a>: “It was definitely the choice I thought viewers would make. For whatever reason, they ended up making a big story choice, because it now branches off into all different areas.”<\/p>\n

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Related: 12 huge EastEnders spoilers for next week (11 to 14 May)<\/a><\/p>\n

Recalling Ravi actor Aaron Thiara’s reaction to his character’s rejection, she added: “I don’t think he’s gutted! When it was first suggested about Denise and Ravi [getting together], I was like, ‘Do what?!’, because he’s considerably younger than I am!<\/p>\n

“But as an actor, I’d struggle to discover a more mature, insightful, generous and emotionally-intelligent actor than Aaron. He was exciting to work with, and he takes things in his stride. He’s chilled, and pleased in terms of it being Scott Maslen [who plays Jack]. It’s all good!”<\/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

The new edition of Living Legends, a 100-page all-colour celebration of Sir David Attenborough, is here! Buy Sir David Attenborough in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders is set to pay tribute to one of Walford’s most iconic residents next week with a night…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415732,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147144,2115,213786,2117,156,207184,2116,111,139,69,213785,147307,437],"class_list":["post-415731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-5963c5c0-b604-477b-917c-93d48e85c965","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shorttitle-eastenders-to-pay-tribute-to-icon-in-special-night-of-eps","tag-subsection-eastenders","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415731","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}