{"id":785276,"date":"2026-09-28T12:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785276\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T12:50:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T12:50:15","slug":"eastenders-airs-surprise-tanya-branning-update-in-early-iplayer-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/785276\/","title":{"rendered":"EastEnders airs surprise Tanya Branning update in early iPlayer release"},"content":{"rendered":"

EastEnders<\/a> spoilers follow for Monday\u2019s episode (28 September), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC iPlayer and hasn\u2019t yet aired on TV.<\/p>\n

EastEnders has aired a surprise update about former character Tanya Branning, as a reunion with her daughter Lauren Beale is planned.<\/p>\n

Last week, fans were thrilled when Jo Joyner posted some pictures from the set of EastEnders<\/a> with her co-stars, taking the opportunity to visit when she was filming nearby.<\/p>\n

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

Now in today\u2019s episode<\/a>, the character has been mentioned on-screen, as Lauren, Peter and the kids prepared to pay her a visit on a week-long trip to Exeter to coincide with the couple\u2019s wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

However, viewers know that Lauren has recently started up an affair with Mark<\/a>, and before she left for her family holiday, she headed to No.55 to see her secret lover.<\/p>\n

Phil returned home at that point though, so Lauren had to quickly think of a cover story for why she was there and pretended she had a business idea for him.<\/p>\n

Mark later met Lauren at the empty car lot<\/a> and the pair began to get passionate \u2013 but they were interrupted by a call from Lauren\u2019s mum Tanya, who wanted to check that they were still coming to Exeter.<\/p>\n

Lauren got word that Max was returning to the car lot early, disturbing her and Mark once again.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders confirms huge Craig update as Amy grooming plot gets even darker<\/a><\/p>\n

She later offered to help Cindy bring up and unload a large delivery of prosecco at The Albert, and Cindy left to spend some time with Louie and Jimmy before they went on holiday.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Peter went to the prison to visit his dad Ian, who told him the good news that his appeal had been successful, and he was being released next Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peter was thrilled about this, and he also told his dad that his marriage was in a good place at the moment and Mark had got the message to stay out of the way.<\/p>\n

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Related: EastEnders fans think they’ve worked out the next owners of The Vic<\/a><\/p>\n

But elsewhere, Lauren used the opportunity of The Albert being free to invite Mark round, where they could continue their passionate encounter that had been interrupted all day.<\/p>\n

How will Lauren manage to continue her affair with Mark when she returns to the Square?<\/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

Visit our Streaming Guide<\/a> now to see at a glance where you can view ALL your favourite shows and movies.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Legends, a 100-page celebration of Dolly Parton’s life, is here. Buy Dolly in newsagents or online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EastEnders spoilers follow for Monday\u2019s episode (28 September), which is available to watch now on streaming service BBC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":785277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[147950,379,258767,381,96,190731,1156,258766,223205,148025,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-785276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-collection-latest-news","tag-content-type-news","tag-contentid-a05d1e00-fd0f-489d-a2e7-aeda5c6568e1","tag-displaytype-standard-article","tag-entertainment","tag-issyndicated-false","tag-locale-gb","tag-shorttitle-eastenders-airs-surprise-tanya-branning-update","tag-sponsored-false","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\/785276","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=785276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/785277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=785276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=785276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=785276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}