As Sharon lay stuck under collapsed beams – her false eyelashes and makeup still intact – her late mother Angie Watts (played by Anita Dobson) made a shocking return.
In an interactive twist for its 40th anniversary, fans will choose whether Denise Fox (Diane Parish) will reunite with her estranged husband Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) or her secret lover Ravi Gulati (Aaron Thiara).
Earlier this week, the BBC soap’s pub, The Queen Vic, exploded when Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman), the former partner of Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), crashed his car into the Albert Square pub after being on the run following a murder, and kidnapping Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer).
Kemp made a special return for the show’s 40th anniversary but will not be in the live episode tonight.
Fan favourite left the show in 1988 and made a return for the special episode.
