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EastEnders spoilers for next week could drop some major twists about some scenes ahead on the ITV soap, including some exits and some flashforward hints on the BBC soap

EastEnders spoilers for next week could give away some big secrets.

The spoilers could tease future storylines on the show and not just what’s happening next week. While the spoilers are centred on upcoming events, they seem to drop a tease or two about some upcoming moments, including the flashforward episode and some exits from the show.

One spoiler in particular could pave the way for six exits, or eight including two new characters if you’re being technical. We also might finally have some answers about the New Year’s Day wedding.

Another flashforward scene could also be explained, as one character pursues a romance with an ex. Here’s what the spoilers could mean for the rest of the year.

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Multiple exits sealed

It seems an exit for more than one character has been confirmed in the spoilers for next week’s episodes. We obviously know Nancy and Lee Carter aren’t sticking around and that Johnny and Linda Carter are both soon leaving.

Do spoilers for next week detail what happens? When Nancy returns to Walford with Lee’s baby, Lee’s ex Jess soon arrives and gives Lee an ultimatum. Jess soon offers Nancy and the baby a fresh start with her away from Walford.

So does this secure the departure storyline for Nancy, Lee and the baby, but also the rest of the family? When Linda inevitably decides it’s time to move on from Albert Square, she’ll be joined by her son Johnny, but also her younger children, Annie and Ollie.

So will these four characters along with Nancy and Lee all join Jess and the baby for a new life elsewhere?

Max’s New Year bride

Max‘s New Year bride has finally been confirmed. He and Linda get engaged next week. Obviously it seemed earlier this year that it would be Cindy but in true soap fashion, they have split.

Max has moved on with Linda with him now proposing. With the wedding just weeks away, it seems to confirm that at the New Year’s Day wedding, Max will be the groom and Linda will be the bride. Whether it will go to plan remains to be seen.

Who Oscar ends up with

Spoilers for next week tease Oscar wants to reunite with his former flame Josh. It seems he has firmly moved on from Jasmine and instead wants to be with her twin brother Josh.

So, as Oscar enlists the help of Peter and Louie to win Josh back, will Josh agree to reunite, and is this why in the flashforward episode, Patrick tells Oscar you’re part of the family now?

Is a reunion set for Oscar and Josh? Might they even get married? If Patrick’s saying Oscar is a part of the family, does he end up taking the Trueman name?

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When it comes to comebacks, Liverpool and Istanbul have plenty of history – but this time Andoni Iraola’s side made the wrong kind.

Having hit the front for a second time against Fenerbahce, when Alexander Isak nodded in after 69 minutes, Liverpool were seemingly on their way to a thoroughly impressive away win.

But Iraola’s players then capitulated amid a febrile atmosphere, as spirited hosts led by interim boss Dirk Kuyt – a Liverpool hero of years gone by – pulled off a shock Champions League comeback victory.

By losing 3-2 at the Sukru Saracoglu stadium, Iraola’s visitors created that unwanted slice of history: this was the latest Liverpool have ever gone ahead in a major European game and then been beaten.

Iraola described the goals they conceded as “cheap” and “messy”.

After Liverpool let three points slip from their grasp, Kuyt spoke of how he had encouraged Fenerbahce’s players to embrace the never-say-die mindset that allowed the Reds to achieve so many great feats in Europe in the past.

He joined Liverpool in 2006, a year after the team’s famous ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ comeback in the Champions League final, and spent six years as a first-team fixture.

“We told each other to stick together and be united. That’s something I learned from Liverpool, who we played against,” Kuyt said. “We made a miracle tonight – not many expected us to win.”

He and Fenerbahce will remember this one for a long time. Liverpool will want to quickly forget it.

After winning five games in a row, Iraola’s side have gone on to lose twice in four days. Arsenal on Sunday, and now this.

On the flight back from Istanbul, there will be plenty of disappointment at the way in which Liverpool failed to see this game out.

“It’s frustration because it’s a difficult place to come and play,” said Iraola. “We were, during most part of the game, thinking we can win this one. But obviously it hasn’t happened.”

All three of Fenerbahce’s goals came from set-pieces.

Two were scored by Englishmen.

Former Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood benefited from a slice of luck when his free-kick deflected in off Jeremy Jacquet in the first half for Fenerbahce’s first equaliser, and Liverpool only had themselves to blame when Cody Gakpo’s header took the ball past Alisson and gave Birmingham-born Archie Brown a tap in to make it 2-2.

Six minutes later, Liverpool made a mess of Brown’s looping ball in the box and Vedat Muriqi beat three players in red and headed past Alisson.

“They are cheap goals. They are messy goals,” said Iraola.

“It’s a free-kick. It’s quite far also and it’s through the wall.

“Mistakes can cost you. For the last goal, it’s a long throw and the first phase is controlled but after a very long ball, Muriqi wins it.

“The second goal, Cody is the one touching the ball just in front of Ali [Alisson].

“In the stadium it was almost impossible to communicate because it was so noisy. It was even difficult for me to give any kind of instruction. I suppose the communication between Ali and Cody was difficult.”

Big Brother’s 2026 winner will be crowned in a matter of hours

Big Brother viewers have been left baffled by a revealing clip that wasn’t aired on the main show.

It’s officially finals week in the Big Brother house, with eight housemates still fighting for the 2026 crown. The live finale will air on Thursday (November 5) followed by a reunion episode on Friday (November 6). Frankie is one of the contestants who joined the experiment on day one and has managed to dodge facing eviction over the last eight weeks.

But that doesn’t mean he hasn’t sparked debate among viewers. The 23-year-old has come under fire for sharing conflicting stories about his life back home, with some viewers becoming convinced that he has fabricating stories to help his chances of making it into the final.

Fans have notably caught onto Frankie’s changing narrative about his current relationship. During the first week, he seemed to suggest he was recovering from a breakup, but has more recently been gushing about his girlfriend waiting for him at home. Viewers have now become convinced they were right to suspect Frankie has a gameplan after his audition clip aired on ITV.

Hosts GK Barry and Kate Lawler shared the clip on last night’s (November 3) episode of The Group Chat. In it, Frankie essentially explains that he has joined the experiment with the sole goal of winning, even if that means he has to “play a game”.

He revealed: “I’m not coming in here to lose, at the end of the day. If I have to play a game, I have to play a game. That’s the way it goes. I’m not gonna be obvious with it, it’s gonna be very discreet. It’s gonna be very smart.

“Surprisingly, I’m very emotionally intelligent. I understand people very, very well. So I feel like being in the Big Brother house, people will be very surprised on how I move and how I act. If I am in that position where I’ve got a chance to win this show – which, I’m gonna win this show.”

ITV also aired Catrin, Lynx and Omar’s audition clips. They all admitted that they would love to win the show but Frankie was the only one who openly declared that he would win by any means necessary.

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Fans have quickly gathered on social media to slam the housemate’s “intentions,” with one posting: “FAKE FRANKIE!!! if anyone in that house is performative it’s HIM as we’ve all known since day one #bbuk.”

Someone else agreed: “Frankie admitting in his audition that he will play a game if he has to makes me doubt his intentions even more now […] #bbuk #TheGroupChat.”

A third viewer chimed in: “It’s clear he has had a game plan throughout and is 100% disingenuous. I can’t believe none of the housemates have cottoned on,” with a final person saying: “Hahaha Frankie… you’re not going to win #bbuk.”

Some viewers have defended the reality star and argued that he may have exaggerated his competitive nature to ensure he stood out from other applicants and was selected for the show, suggesting he could win. One person penned: “Frankie is actually so funny. I used all 5 of my votes for him to win #bbuk.”

Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX

The Chase host Bradley Walsh’s new gameshow was revealed to be an experiment on an unsuspecting live audience and viewers at home who believed a contestant was gambling, and losing, his own money

Bradley Walsh’s brand new Channel 4 gameshow sparked horror on Sunday evening as a young contestant gambled away £6,000 of his own money, prompting shocked audience members to leap out of their seats in fury. However, seasoned gameshow host Walsh, 66, interrupted the show to reveal that it was just one big TV hoax.

Scepticism over the true nature of the gameshow was rife prior to airing after its marketing was shrouded in mystery. Billed as a “UK first”, the government-owned channel promoted the show as a “nail-biting brand-new one-off quiz event in which three plucky contestants step up for the chance to win up to £1 million”.

In reality, it was an experiment to show the concerning techniques that gambling companies use to persuade people to bet more and more money.

“I feel strongly about this, which is why I’ve taken part in the show,” Walsh told the studio audience. “I wanted to show you how dangerous this industry could be.”

And the host’s true feelings were plain to see as Walsh was tearful by the end of the show.

“We talked a lot about the twist of contestants playing with their own money, but the actual twist was that this wasn’t a real quiz show whatsoever,” Walsh explains to the Mirror. “The purpose of the programme was to demonstrate the, entirely legal, techniques gambling companies use to draw people in and encourage them to keep spending.”

At the centre of the quiz show was contestant Reece, played by an actor, who said that he was struggling financially but would be able to spend a maximum of £1,700. But as the stakes got higher, he bet more and more money and gambled over three times that amount.

While the character was fake, he was inspired by a real man, teacher Patrick. Speaking on the show, he revealed that he started gambling while at university when he placed a £2 bet on a roulette machine. He ended up winning £72 and recalled it replicating the rush he felt when he played sport.

For the following 13 years, a day didn’t go past when he didn’t bet something. But it was after university that he began gambling online and said it “became like a drug”.

“When it’s online, the money doesn’t feel real,” he admitted. Patrick had no idea how much money he lost and at one point had 76 different online accounts.

He met his partner Charlotte in December 2016, during which time he was still gambling. At that point in his life he was up to £300,000 in debt from loans and credit cards. His gambling spiraled so much that he began approaching the parents of pupils he taught for money, giving a variety of excuses. An investigation was launched and Patrick desperately tried to gamble his way out of the problem.

“I did it all day and all night,” he said. After some luck, he won £78,000 and bet it on one horse at the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2018 and if it didn’t win, he told himself he would kill himself. The horse lost.

“I was broken and numb,” he recalled. “I was also terrified, because it suddenly felt real.”

Patrick told his partner that he was in big trouble and that he didn’t want to be here anymore. Thankfully, she managed to get him to open up and speak about what had been going on.

He no longer gambles, but admits he has a “huge amount of debt”.

“The gambling industry has a lot to answer for,” his partner Charlotte said.

Patrick added: “Gambling is everywhere, there are too many gambling ads everywhere. One of my biggest concerns now is actually my children and what it means for them.”

Walsh was clearly impacted by Patrick’s story and was close to tears after watching the interview.

Among the techniques used by gambling companies, as shown in the ‘quiz show’ was using “bet balls”. Psychologist Dr Steve Sharman explained that the “bet balls” were used in the same function that poker chips are used in a casino or credits in a slot machine which distance an individual from their money.

“When you place some psychological distance between the individual and their money by tokenising it, people using the tokenised money end up spending more money,” he explained.

Other techniques used include losses disguised as wins, the illusion of control and free bets. Over £1billion is spent on gambling advertising each year, and the experiment used phrases frequently used in ads in the show.

Among them was “I’ve got a good feeling about this”, used in Sky Bet’s ad featuring Roy Keane and Micah Richards.

“It’s quite extraordinary actually,” Walsh said. “You see the ads everywhere. In fact, even on this and every other commercial channel you watch. So it’s everywhere.”

Will Prochaska, a campaigner of Gambling Reform, added: “Our children are watching that. Why are we grooming the next generation into thinking this is normal?”

“That’s a sobering thought,” Walsh admitted.

Speaking further about why he wanted to be involved, Walsh says: “So many people in the UK have been affected by gambling, whether being impacted directly by addiction or maybe having a friend or family member who has lived with it. It’s a huge and difficult issue, and I hope this programme shines a light on how the industry works.”

In response to the programme, the Gambling Commission say they have implemented a wide range of consumer protections in recent years, including tightening rules on free bets. They say all operators are required to look out for and act on the warning signs of harm.

While a Betting and Gaming Council spokesperson said: “Our members operate in one of the most tightly regulated gambling markets in the world, with strict rules on advertising, customer protection, promotional offers and game design.

“These protections have been strengthened significantly in recent years. Practices such as losses disguised as wins have been banned for years, while operators are required to stop marketing to customers where strong signs of harm are identified.”

Entain, which owns Coral and Ladbrokes, say customers only receive promotional offers if they have opted in to marketing, and that it blocks marketing where it identifies safer gambling concerns, even if a customer has opted in. It strongly rejects any suggestion that Coral deliberately targets customers showing signs of gambling harm with free bets. They say all games on Ladbrokes are certified to the regulator’s technical standards, which ban games from celebrating a return less than or equal to the stake.

Evoke, owners of William Hill, say they strongly reject any suggestion that they disregard consumer protections to keep customers playing regardless of the potential risks. They say their approach to restricting marketing and take-up of new bonus offers is informed by the Gambling Commission’s requirements and their own assessment of indicators of gambling harm. They say they have invested in specialist teams to identify potential signs of gambling harm and take appropriate action, including stopping customers from gambling.

Flutter UKI, which owns Paddy Power & Sky Bet, say they operate in a legal, licenced and highly regulated market and they take their obligations incredibly seriously. They say advertising is a benefit of being part of a regulated market. They say like any other business, their brands offer promotions to attract customers and free bets are part of that offer.

If you’re struggling and need to talk, the Samaritans operate a free helpline open 24/7 on 116 123. Alternatively, you can email _jo@samaritans.org or visit their site to find your local branch

*If you are struggling with a gambling addiction, advice and support can be found at GambleAware. If you need to talk, call The National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for free information, support and counselling.

Celebrity Traitors finalist Nick Mohammed has shared how isolating it was to film the show amid monitored phone calls with his children and limited downtime

A year on from being hoodwinked by Alan Carr in the Celebrity Traitors final, Nick Mohammed is revealing what it was really like to film the BBC game show.

Speaking with Jessie and Lennie Ware on their Table Manners podcast, the actor described the isolation of filming, sharing that he was only permitted to have one call with his children a day and that those chats had to be monitored.

Nick, 46, said: “I was allowed once a day to FaceTime them, but only with the producers listening into the phone calls.” He added that this was “because if anything gets out, the game was over”.

“So that was the most difficult thing, and not being able to tell them exactly when I would be going because I didn’t know, and I could be back in 48 hours. I could be gone in three weeks, which turned out I was.”

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He continued to say that the celebs “downtime” was limited: “You didn’t get that much downtime, really. […] It looks in the programme like you get in those cars and go off, but it’s a more elaborate way out of the castle because they don’t want you to see who’s going in what direction. You’re actually in a holding area and dismissed at random, so you have no way of knowing whether someone’s been dismissed early and what that might mean.”

The Ted Lasso star was a Faithful on the show and made it all the way to the final. Though fellow Faithful Joe Marler was suspicious of Traitor Alan, Nick and David Olusoga both thought it was Joe who was the final Traitor and voted him off. As such, Alan won the game, stealing the prize pot for his chosen charity. Alan’s win won a BAFTA for most Memorable Moment.

Nick shared that he almost felt as though it had “never happened”. He explained: “It’s such a strange thing because we filmed it over April and May of last year, and then it didn’t come out till October of that year. So there is a good sort of four or five months where you can’t talk about it. You can’t give anything away, and you are not doing press for it because everything’s embargoed. So to a degree, it almost feels like it never happened. […] And you’ve got no access to the outside world, or you don’t have your phone on you, or anything like that during it.”

This year’s cohort have faced similar conditions concerning contact with the outside world. In a recent interview with The Times, current Traitor James Acaster shared that he was told off by the production team after a conversation with his partner. He said: “You can’t have an authentic conversation because you can’t tell them anything that’s happening.

“At one point my partner said, ‘Have you caught the sun?’ I was saying, ‘Oh yeah, we were outside for one of the missions.’ I was told I couldn’t even tell her that.”

He added that it was “just a game” and that the production team should remember that. His words were criticised by Richard Osman and Marina Hyde on their podcast. The former Pointless star said: “When James says it’s just a game and the production team would do well to remember that, the thing is it’s not just a game, it’s a television show about a game.

“And I am absolutely certain that they would have overstepped lines which the talent would rather they hadn’t overstepped because their job is incredibly difficult and you need to keep things as tight as you possibly can.”

Marina agreed: “You can’t call your family because you’ve been told in the rubric of the show before you go on it and before you sign the contract that that’s part of the game….You’ve got to toughen up.

“You’re being paid 40 grand for like 10 days work or something and you’re doing it for disadvantaged people so try and remember your chosen charity and just push it down.”

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