Eastenders Spoilers Revealed

11 Mar 2010

Details have emerged of a dramatic Eastenders special focusing on Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) and Max Branning (Jack Wood) in the aftermath of Bradley's (Charlie Clement's) death.

According to The Daily Mail Max takes Stacey, who suffers from bipolar disorder, hostage in a bid to get her to confess to killing Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) on Christmas day.

He is said to track her down and roughly bundle her into a car before driving off so that he can clear his son's name.

Close to 17 million people tuned into hear Stacey confess she killed Archie Mitchell during the show's first ever live episode to celebrate its 25th Birthday.  Stacey confessed to Max moments after her onscreen husband Bradley plunged to his death following a police chase. Previously she had been raped by Mitchell and was convinced she was carrying his baby although it was later revealed that Archie would be unable to father children after undergoing chemotherapy.

The special two-parter was filmed only yesterday as the show's producers had kept the secret of who killed Archie right up until the live show, even the actors involved weren't told until the last minute.
It is due to air next month and will explore Stacey's motives for killing Archie Mitchell and answer the question of whether she had meant to do it. The show's executive producer Diederick Santer has already explained that the murder had nothing to do with her bipolar disorder as she was lucid at the time and had several reasons to want him dead; including her rape, the death of best mate Danielle and her brother Sean's departure from Walford.

Since the success of the who killed Archie story line Paddy Power reckon the show's producers can't resist killing off another main character. They are taking bets on who will face the chop first.
They price Stacey at 25/1 and Max Branning 10/1. However, it is his brother Jack who is favourite to be bumped off with odds of 3/1 and Queen Vic favourite Peggy Mitchell is priced at 5/1.

All odds correct at time of writing and are subject to change.