'There is sure to be drama': Grant Mitchell's genius EastEnders comeback

01/07/2025 06:09 AM

The evil twin is back! For the soap's 40th birthday, he'll be leaving his Portuguese villa to wreak havoc in the Square for the first time since 2016. What a brilliant idea

There are certain headlines that people dream about. "Inflation remains at record low". "January heatwave on the way for the UK (but don't worry, the climate crisis is sorted)". For me, it's: "Grant Mitchell is returning to EastEnders".

As a soap fan who grew up in the 1990s, some of my earliest TV memories are of Grant's trademark blend of psychopath and what I believe soap magazines used to describe as "womaniser". One of the most well-known British television characters of the decade, Grant reached icon status as half of the Mitchell brothers and a third of "Sharongate". (For anyone reading who was born after 1988, this was when Grant discovered wife Sharon was having an affair with brother Phil and promptly tried to murder him.)