{"id":593171,"date":"2026-05-19T21:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:05:12","slug":"eastenders-confirms-when-harrowing-new-denise-fox-storyline-will-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/593171\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders confirms when harrowing new Denise Fox storyline will begin"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow, while this story also contains discussion of subject matter such as cancer. <\/p>\n

EastEnders has confirmed when the harrowing new storyline involving Denise Fox<\/a> will begin. The arc sees the beloved figure diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), a form of blood cancer.<\/p>\n

The storyline, which was outlined earlier this month, has been teed up in several recent scenes on the BBC soap<\/a>, with the much-loved character exhibiting signs of persistent tiredness around Walford.<\/p>\n

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Denise recently saw the GP, who said that she had an iron deficiency. She continually struggles with tiredness throughout this week, and will later undertake a blood test, which officially kicks the storyline off.<\/p>\n

In next week’s developments, Denise receives a call from the hospital following the blood test, and is asked to take a bone marrow test the following morning. She tries to put on a brave face, but is evidently worried.<\/p>\n

She decides to head to the appointment alone instead of leaning on a friend, and later receives the results of her test. She is told by a doctor that she has blood cancer, and is understandably shocked at the diagnosis.<\/p>\n

While it remains to be seen what the future holds for Denise, Diane Parish recently sat down for an exclusive interview<\/a> with Inside Soap<\/a>, where she discussed her character’s immediate reaction to the devastating diagnosis.<\/p>\n

“It pulls the rug out from under her,” said the actor. “This is life-changing. Denise is the one who takes care of everyone and is always strong, now she\u2019s facing something with an uncertain, possibly quite bleak, outcome, and it’s a complete shock. <\/p>\n

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“Denise is always in the thick of things, she’s a busybody! The idea of having to be isolated from other people to protect herself is a huge challenge, as is that loss of control and not being at the head of her family.<\/p>\n

“Life carries on for everyone else, while she is forced to have this massive pause,” added the actor, who joined the soap<\/a> in 2006. “Joyful things are happening around her, and Denise’s reality becomes wondering whether she will be around to see them.”<\/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 free and confidential support and information on blood cancer and life after a diagnosis, contact Blood Cancer UK online<\/a>, by phone on 0808 2080 888 or via email at support@bloodcancer.org.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow, while this story also contains discussion of subject matter such as cancer. EastEnders has confirmed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":593172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147950,379,202919,381,96,190731,1156,202918,148025,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-593171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-3a58bed6-5115-4a80-81a3-1f70ad829baa","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-eastenders-confirms-when-new-denise-storyline-will-begin","tag-subsection-eastenders","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/593172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}