Danny Dyer will star in new travel show with daughter after escaping from EastEnders

Toby Alexander-Smith, who plays Gray Atkins – dubbed as one of the film’s worst villains – said he was emotional when he talked about the character, who will be getting a cameo appearance. myself this week.

Speaking to Ball from the new set, the actor said: “I think audiences have been waiting for this for a long time, and I think, as an actor, me too, so let’s see all the endings. put together and seeing Gray finally get his appearance, I think it’s really exciting.

“We shot some stuff the day before and it’s really emotional for me to speak out loud about this whole journey as Gray because it’s been such a rollercoaster to see it coming to a climax. and to see it all put together – it really affected me more than I thought it would. ”

The EastEnders suite was originally scheduled for completion in 2018 at an estimated cost of £59.7 million, but the final bill was £86.7 million.

Executive producer Rona McKendrick, who worked on the set for 30 years, said on the breakfast show: “It was an extraordinary piece of work. Having worked on the old set for so long, to see this newly refreshed set, with new life in it, is really exciting.”

She added that the set has new alleyways and new streets with garages giving them the opportunity to “explore new storylines”.

The new schedule will air on BBC One at 7:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

It comes after ITV announced that it would also be changing its showtime in March, moving Coronation Street to one-hour episodes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm, while Emmerdale will switch to 7:30 p.m. time frame.

Speaking to Lorraine, Emmerdale actress Rebecca Sarker said it was a “dream” to play Manpreet Sharma in the ITV drama and that “people were hooked” by her storyline.

“Every couple of weeks you get an email with shooting scripts and it’s just some kind of high-octane drama,” she said.

“Just when you think it’s safe to get back in the water, something else happens, some higher drama happens, so it’s awesome, it’s great to play. I really enjoyed it and like I said, it’s not over yet. “

Good Morning Britain host Richard Arnold appeared on Coronation Street on Monday, speaking to Sally Carman, who plays Abi Franklin.

The actress said of her upcoming story: “She is a runner. The search for the mother is underway and it will be very complicated. ”

Speaking of famous faces her on-screen baby has resembled, she added: “First it looked like Chris Lilley, the Australian comedian, then he looked like Paul McCartney, and then like David Dickinson , so it was very emotional.”