EastEnders confirms four returns as legend faces death in 49 pictures

Cindy pleads with Ian (Picture: BBC)

Later, he has a conversation with Teddy and Billy (Picture: BBC)

Why’s Ian so chirpy? (Picture: BBC)

He enjoys a drink with Priya in The Vic (Picture: BBC)

…but accidentally offends her (Picture: BBC)

Cindy and Junior are shocked to see them together (Picture: BBC)

Ravi isn’t over the moon either… (Picture: BBC)

Things are tense between Chelsea and Denise (Picture: BBC)

This wasn’t the best start to their relationship (Picture: BBC)

Sonia is transfixed by the video (Picture: BBC)

She struggles to let it go (Picture: BBC)

Reiss asks her to stop (Picture: BBC)

Sonia and Mo clash (Picture: BBC)

Reiss rushes off to the lockup (Picture: BBC)

He makes a shocking discovery (Picture: BBC)

Sonia resolves to delete the confession (Picture: BBC)

She makes an unsettling realisation… (Picture: BBC)

Sonia is gobsmacked (Picture: BBC)

Reiss tries to cover his tracks (Picture: BBC)

She confronts him (Picture: BBC)

A tense showdown ensues… (Picture: BBC)

Will Sonia be ok? (Picture: BBC)

He blocks her exit (Picture: BBC)

Priya clocks Ian in the cafe (Picture: BBC)

She invites herself for dinner at his house (Picture: BBC)

Teddy is preparing for the sten-do (Picture: BBC)

Denise and Ravi aren’t in the party mood (Picture: BBC)

Billy and Honey arrive! (Picture: BBC)

Kojo didn’t get the memo (Picture: BBC)

The lads are enjoying themselves! (Picture: BBC)

…possibly a bit too much! (Picture: BBC)

The women are thrilled! (Picture: BBC)

Denise is convinced to join in the fun (Picture: BBC)

The celebrations are halted (Picture: BBC)

Sharon learns that Phil paid £10k for the wedding (Picture: BBC)

She decides to form an action plan (Picture: BBC)

Phil’s condition is spiralling (Picture: BBC)

Jay, Sharon and Billy try and track him down (Picture: BBC)

He won’t listen to Jay (Picture: BBC)

Phil is taken back to his family home, c. 1985 (Picture: BBC)

Peggy’s back! (Picture: BBC)

Jaime Winstone reprises her role (Picture: BBC)

We see a pivotal moment from Phil’s youth (Picture: BBC)

Peggy sits down for a chat… (Picture: BBC)

…with a future version of her son (Picture: BBC)

In the present day, Phil imagines his younger self (Picture: BBC)

Daniel Delaney is back as young Phil (Picture: BBC)

There’s nobody there. (Picture: BBC)

At the eleventh hour, Grant walks in! (Picture: BBC)

A traumatic week for Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) lies ahead in EastEnders, as confirmed in my new spoiler pictures, as his estranged brother Grant (Ross Kemp) returns to Albert Square.

The Walford stalwart begins to suffer troubling hallucinations and flashbacks to his youth.

As his depression deepens, he starts to converse with mum Peggy (Jaime Winstone) and a younger version of himself (Daniel Delaney).

Can Grant save his brother?

Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) continues to examine sister Bianca Jackson’s (Patsy Palmer) confession video, much to killer fiancé Reiss Colwell’s (Jonny Freeman) annoyance.

He sneaks off to his lock up – and makes a damning discovery…