EastEnders is bringing back even MORE familiar faces this year

EastEnders fans are going to be in for a blast from the past next year as more old characters are set to return.

It has already been confirmed that a number of familiar faces will be returning to Albert Square, including Lola Pearce; Lofty and Mary the Punk. However, the series' senior executive producer, Kate Oates, has now said there are going to be even more returnees - including one in the Spring who its going to have a "huge impact" in Walford. https://twitter.com/bbceastenders/status/1080071137118355458?s=03 During a Twitter Q&A, she said:

"We've got some great returnees planned. "You already know that Lola's coming back so I'm looking forward to seeing her in the Square.

"We've got a couple more secret returnees coming as well which I won't tell you too much about now but I will tell you that there's one coming back in spring that I'm really super excited about.

"It's going to be for a fairly short stint but I think it's going to have a really huge impact so they're part of my big plans for 2019."

She also revealed that Sharon and Keanu's romance is going to be part of a "big year" for the soap, and that Walford is going to be getting it's first gay bar - "a super-cool precinct where gay and straight characters can all just hang out."