Grant Mitchell’s comeback all but confirmed as Ross Kemp returns to set Pictures have emerged of EastEnders icon Ross Kemp leaving the soap’s production base – ‘sealing’ his return.
‘I absolutely love it and I still support it and I would if I had come from Coronation Street or Emmerdale, well I was in Emmerdale Farm briefly before but yeah, I am proud the show is celebrating the 40 years and I will continue to support it as long as I can.’.
In September, amid speculation that he will be the next in a long line of names that are returning for the show’s 40th Anniversary celebrations, Ross teased that something could be on the cards.
Grant’s last stint arrive for the their mum Peggy’s (Barbara Windsor) final days and funeral, before discovering that Mark Fowler Jr (Ned Porteous) is his son.
The actor, 60, played Walford hard man Grant Mitchell on the long-running BBC drama intermittently between 1990 and 2016.