EastEnders icon Charlie Brooks is swapping the Square for the stage and joining Emmerdale actor Liam Fox in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The legendary actress, 42, played bitchy Janine Butcher in the BBC soap sporadically between 1999 and 2022.
Her most recent departure saw her in a tense cliff-top showdown with Linda (Kellie Bright) and Mick Carter (Danny Dyer), leading to the former going missing at sea, presumed dead.
Upon returning back to the Vic, Janine blamed Linda for the ordeal and attempts to evict Linda and her mother-in-law Shirley (Linda Henry) from the pub, resulting in Shirley trying to strangle her.
Brother Ricky (Sid Owen) was mortified by his sister’s actions and called the police.