Albert Square's Jean Slater: Actress Gillian Wright has revealed she is quitting the show

EastEnders star Gillian Wright is quitting the soap after eight years as Jean Slater but has refused to rule out a comeback some day.

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Kat and Alfie on their wedding day at The Queen Vic in 2003

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Viewing figures slump in the great Christmas TV turn-off - audience numbers are lowest for a decade

EastEnders' Alfie lashes out after wife Kat affair revelation

EastEnders' Alfie Moon loses his cool and lashes out at Derek Branning after he discovers the truth about long-held suspicions his wife Kat was having an affair.

Wedding bells battle at Christmas: Coronation Street and EastEnders go up the aisle yet again

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With the much-publicised trouncing of The X Factor in the ratings by Strictly Come Dancing, the rivalry between ITV and BBC is as healthy as ever. But have the networks called a Christmas truce?

I'm A Celebrity: Helen Flanagan flounders in third Bush Tucker trial - and is elected to endure fourth

It is fourth time unlucky for Helen Flanagan after she was picked to do tonight's bushtucker trial in I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!.

Luke Anderson, 31, was crowned winner of the current Channel 5 series.

Lowest ratings recorded for BB final

Big Brother drew its lowest-ever viewing figures for a final last night with less than two million watching.

Acting editor of The Archers moves to reassure fans after fears it will become more like Eastenders

The Archers will not become more like EastEnders, the acting editor of the world’s oldest soap opera has promised, after backtracking on comments which provoked concern from listeners.

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