Shirley flees from Walford after the wedding, leaving Dean upset. Linda and Nancy then discuss Nancy's upcoming 21st birthday, but Mick interrupts them as Nancy is needed in the bar and Linda is persuaded to go downstairs to help. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic. EastEnders fans have come to know and love Linda Carter after she joined the cast all the way back in 2013. As they leave, Linda reminds Tina that she is welcome and Shirley asks Linda to tell Mick that she misses him. Elaine tries to get Linda to come clean and suggests they talk to Dean, but Linda snaps and says nothing is going on between her and Dean as she is not like her. When Shirley breaks into the pub to confront Linda over being manipulated by Stuart, Linda calls the police and they arrest Shirley. Linda rejects this offer, calling it unrealistic and telling her that her family will get their comeuppance. Mick also tells Linda that he's worried about her and them and he asks Linda if she can remember the last time they had sex and she keeps coming up with excuses, but he knows it's not all about sex yet he wants to feel close to her again. [13] Jane Simon from the Daily Mirror said that the fact Mick and Linda are happily married is a "rare thing in soapland". We met when I was 31 and I didn't want to jump straight into having kids. She went to the hospital and it was confirmed the cancer hadnt returned, and Linda was okay. Stacey tells Linda that she never dealt with it in the right way and she should have told her family and her husband, Bradley Branning. At the Christmas raffle, Mick announces that he and Linda are expecting another baby and when Linda gives out the first prize to Stacey, a bottle of Whiskey and Dean enters The Vic and shocks Linda, which Stacey picks up on. When Nancy tells Linda she's going to Dexter's for dinner, Linda suggests Dexter comes to them and it will give her a chance to clear the air and she'll get Babe to help. Linda makes Stacey promise to let her deal with it in her own way as it is no longer about Dean, but her family. Linda then brings up the fire Shirley caused accidentally on Christmas and how they lost so much before telling Shirley she did her kids a favour by walking out on them and she asks Shirley if she has any idea how much she hurt Mick. She first appeared on 7 December 2006, during episodes set in Dorset. Mick fights with Dean in the lake and he is knocked unconscious. With Lady Di needing an expensive operation and mounting debts, Shirley convinces Linda to sell the freehold of The Queen Vic, and they agree not to tell Mick. When Linda tells him it's nothing, Mick tells her not to say that as he isn't going to wear it and he's played it her way, but he isn't going to ignore it any longer. Dean congratulates Linda and Linda asks him who told him, but Dean says the matter is whether it's his or not, but Linda says it isn't. The Carters attempt to raise money after Grafton Hill tell them they need to pay 60,000 in repair costs or face eviction, though Fi tells them she has reduced it to 50,000. Later, Mick tells Linda he will get Johnny to get rid of the moped and changes the subject onto the baby and he offers to listen whilst Linda talks. Dean says they've had a cancellation and both he and Nancy encourage her to go and at The Vic, Mick informs Linda that her birthday surprise has been delayed until the weekend. She tells Linda that it's natural to want something different, but Dean is too close to home and Linda tells her mum to stop talking about Dean. Back in May 2016, Kellie took a six month break from EastEnders to have her second child. On filming this particular storyline, Bright stated that "It is a challenging storyline, but it is an important storyline and I feel honoured to have been given it". Mick pulls Linda to the side and says the trouble is with Johnny, not Dean and they should let Johnny spread his wings a bit, plus they'll have a baby to worry about soon. In the following argument, Nancy reveals that Johnny is gay, and has been hiding his sexuality in fear of how his parents will react. [9] Linda made her first on screen appearance on 19 December 2013, but officially arrived on Albert Square with her husband, Mick (played by Danny Dyer) and her children on 26 December 2013. On George Street, Linda heads for the tube. PC Walsh then leaves and returns with a colleague, PC Vanessa Jenkins and tells Linda and Mick that she's an officer attached to the Sapphire office at the station, trained to deal with serious sexual assault. Linda also learns that Lee battered Ben Mitchell from Nancy and Nancy tells Linda that Lee had a weird look in his eyes and that she'd never seen him like that before. Mick later marries Janine after taking Linda's advice. Kellie Denise Bright (born 1 July 1976)[2] is an English actress. In April 2014, Matt Di Angelo was reintroduced as Shirley's estranged son Dean Wicks. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on, he calls Linda's mother, Elaine, asking her to visit The Vic to help him understand her behaviour. The day of the boat party, which is being held to celebrate the Vic winning best pub, Linda and Shirley fight when Shirley notices Linda drinking as they prepare to leave. [19] She gave birth to her second son on 21 November 2016. Linda finally tells her mum the truth that Dean raped her. Tina can be seen in the stairwell laughing as Mick walks in. Upon Linda's return, Mick confesses and Linda throws Whitney out. During a heated exchange with Linda where Shirley is present, Dean admits that he raped Linda. Mick tells Linda that they have years ahead of them to focus on each other and if they did have another baby, they wouldn't have freedom until they were in their 50's and they'd have to look after a child for the next 18 years with nappies, teething, schools and puberty. [4], Linda first appeared in an episode that aired on BBC One on 19 December 2013, visited partner Mick's sisters Shirley and Tina when they needed money. Linda Henry has been a firm favourite on EastEnders ever since she first appeared on our screens back in 2006. When Mick asks what changed, Linda says that it's knowing that he wants the baby too and she's starting to see things differently. The next day, Linda is arrested for Stuart's attempted murder. Johnny finds a dog tag whilst grinding meat in the meat grinder and he and Shirley believe it is dog meat instead of lamb. Later, Mick searches through some boxes with Dean, saying that 3 years ago, he managed to get a ring exactly like her Lady Di ring, except the sapphire is real before he decorates the bedroom with fairy lights and petals. While Freddie was conceived naturally, Kellie became pregnant with Gene at 39-years-old after undergoing IVF for the first time. Aidan steps up his demands, repeatedly forcing him to accept money for these drug deals despite Linda returning it. She is disturbed when Dean finds out, and tries to hang onto the belief that the baby is Mick's. When Linda was away in Watford caring for her ill mother, Mick kisses Whitney carter. Linda and Mick made a promise to each other that they would no longer lie to each other anymore. "[6] Inside Soap said that Mick and Linda have a passionate relationship and adore each other. [7], Bright appeared as Joan Trotter in the Only Fools and Horses prequel, Rock and Chips, from 2010 until 2011. As Mick and Janine's relationship leads them both to being engaged, Linda learns that they are both having a baby and she accepts that her and Mick's time together is over and finds it difficult to move on. The storyline aired over the autumn. Linda formed a connection with Dean as she counselled him through his long standing issues with his mother, having a fair perspective on the situation due to her own battles with Shirley in the past. PC Jenkins then tells Linda the next stage is to take a statement, which can either be handwritten or a video statement that could be used further down the line if the case goes to court so she wouldn't have to stand in a witness box and Linda opts to do a video statement. You're something else. Shirley Carter (2016-2022) Mick rescues him and resuscitates him, and he is arrested for the attempted rape of Roxy. NOTE: Please do not add content from the BBC iPlayer's early episodes until it has been aired on television, as it is intrusive to our readers who may not have seen the episode on iPlayer. As this is happening, Mick walks into The Queen Vic and tells Max to stay away from Linda. Linda is the wife of Mick Carter (Danny Dyer) and mum of Lee, Nancy, Johnny and Ollie Carter and has been part of some huge moments. Mick proved to be the most popular, with nearly 50% of the vote. Mick points out that she flinched when he touched her and Linda reassures Mick it's got nothing to do with him and Mick begs Linda for her to tell him whatever is bothering her. Aidan calls off the drug deals, giving the Carters back control of The Queen Vic. Heres what we know. Gender However, Phil stops Aidan at the last minute and pressures him into leaving Walford or he'll reveal to the police that he killed Fi's brother Luke Browning (Adam Astill). Linda then goes home and Mick tells her that Frankie is his daughter. Save. 1st July 1977 Linda also says that she went downstairs to see her kids and when she returned, the mood seemed different and she decided to make some hot chocolate to break the atmosphere before explaining that Dean followed her in and he put his arms round her and started to kiss her. Linda returns the following day with Elaine. [20] Dean also stumbled upon the family secret that Mick and Linda were not married, and later drunkenly kissed Linda when she was struggling with issues surrounding Mick falsely pleading guilty to soliciting prostitutes. Linda warned him to back off. Linda then goes to Shirley and sympathises with her, saying it must have been hard, however, Shirley blames Linda for what happened and believes none of it would have happened if Linda had been straight with Mick. Linda and Mick initially don't let their guard down, but Elaine knows it's to do with Dean and she was wrong to think that it was an affair. Mick conquers his fears, but on the way home he is arrested for soliciting a prostitute. After he attempts to rape her, Linda gets him to confess that Mick did not shoot him, but he is unaware that she has a second recording device in her hair. Aunts Kellie Bright is better known for playing soap character Linda Carter on EastEnders since 2013, but away from Walford the talented actress enjoys an idyllic home life. Bright won the 2014 Digital Spy's Readers Award for Best Female Soap Actress. In 2015, she was nominated for the "Serial Drama Performance" award at the National Television Awards,[12] however the award was won by Dyer. The next day, Mick heads over to Max's to tell Linda the truth but Max refuses to let him speak to her. It eventually comes out that Linda was away from Walford for such a long period of time because she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. Linda says she isn't lying and Dean raped her in the kitchen whilst her children were downstairs and despite telling Dean to stop, he didn't. Although uneasy, Mick tells Linda he will raise the baby as his own. [35] Linda's pairing with Mick came in second place in the "Best Soap Couple" category at the 2018 Digital Spy Reader Awards with 10.6% of the total votes.[36]. Carol Jackson / . The character appeared in her 1,000th episode on 12 October 2022. . When Nancy and Mick plan a fireworks party, Linda says she wished they'd asked and she could do without it. Later, Linda tells Mick that she wants Shirley out and she tells Shirley that she is sacked as she runs The Vic, so she decides who does and doesn't work as the pub is the family's, which is her, Mick and the kids. Pat Peacock 7pm - 10pm, Remember PC Jenkins says it's not an option for Mick to be in the room as they don't allow anyone in the room as it can influence the person's statement without realising and Linda tells Mick she will do it by herself. When they return a few weeks later, they find Shirley helping to run the pub so Mick asks her to leave. Linda thinks Dean believes what happened was consensual and Stacey explains to Linda about her time in prison and Dean knows his guilty, but he just can't admit it. First Appearance Mick reminds her that they were always going to make it proper one day and Linda questions whether he means if the last 25 years between them haven't been proper. Johnny tells Linda that she's strong and holds the family together and the baby is lucky. Stuart seeks revenge on the Carters and one night, Stuart is shot in The Queen Vic. Alfie Moon ( Shane Richie) is eager to throw a coronation party in the Queen Vic, but recent events in EastEnders have left Linda Carter ( Kellie Bright) distracted. Mick stops Shirley from phoning Dean and in the kitchen, he reveals to Shirley that Dean raped Linda and Shirley goes to find Dean to ask him what happened. At the end of the party, Mick tells Linda that with the kids cleaning up down in the bar, they have a good half an hour to themselves and he asks Linda if she enjoyed her night and whether he can do anything else. Upstairs, Dean tells Linda how he can's trust women after Shirley abandoned him again and Lauren dumped him and how discovering Kevin Wicks wasn't his biological father sometimes makes him feel that he doesn't want to be around. ", "EastEnders: Linda and Mick aren't married! Episode Count Linda isn't pleased with Shirley and she tells Mick to step up. After having some doubts, Linda encourages Mick to marry Janine for the sake of his and Janine's unborn baby. 13 Sep 2021. EastEnders ' Linda Carter could be faced with a shock discovery this week following her affair with Max Branning. When Linda discovers that Mick has been fighting in the pub, Shirley tells her that he has struggled with her prolonged absence and Linda admits that she has neglected him. Stuart Highway (2018) Max Branning (2020-2021; affair) Mick Carter (2022) Aidan Maguire, a crime organiser, suggests Mick gets involved in one of his jobs. Female Linda asks Shirley what she is doing here and Tina says it was her fault and they don't want any trouble. Through this, Dean developed feelings for her. Mick later finds out about the hotel and confronts Linda, who claims she cannot remember anything but gets herself tested for STIs. Page Links: In the kitchen, Lee, Nancy and Johnny are making a guy and Linda picks up an apple without thinking and she bumps into Mick, both knowing the possible reason. Shirley explains that she was only 14 when she had Mick and she told him then because all she could see is one of her boys trying to kill the other, but Mick tells her that he isn't her boy and Dean isn't his brother and it changes nothing before storming out of the pub. On Boxing Day 2013, Linda along with Mick, Johnny and Lady Di arrive in Walford after they bought The Queen Victoria. L (By Mick Carter Mrs C (by Callum Highway) Later, Johnny returns to Walford while Linda relocates with Elaine to Watford to aid her mother's recovery. Linda walks out and passes out in the gardens, being awoken by Lee, who has returned for Christmas. She warns him that it is inappropriate but does not tell Mick out of fear of angering him. In 2019, after her son Ollie is diagnosed with autism, Linda becomes disruptive. When Lee comes in, Dean says that Linda has been lying to him and the others and Linda thinks he will reveal the attack, making it out to be an affair and pleads with him not to, but he reveals that Linda and Mick are not married. Linda tells him that they will get through this as the alternative is not an option. She returns, reconciling with Mick, before Sharon and Phil's wedding. Unbeknownst to her, Whitney has asked Mick for help after her accidental murder of Leo King. Rainie Cross, who is trying to get Max to return to the Square, becomes suspicious of Linda and threatens to tell Max that he has a baby on the way. Mick, along with Shirley and Tina, visit their estranged father Stan Carter (Timothy West) for money, and reunite with him in the process. After Janine scams Nancy and Zack out of 50,000 to give to Linda in an attempt for her to leave Walford, Linda invests the money in the 'Fox and Hair' salon, unaware that the money that Janine gave her was from scammed from Nancy and Zack who wanted to buy a restaurant. Linda sits with Johnny, upset and in disbelief after she overheard him coming out to Mick. Husband As Janine attempts to escape to evade justice, Linda and Mick follow Janine to Dover. Mother Aidan then gives Mick a Christmas present and tells him to open it in private. Menu. Mick arranges for Linda to go to a wedding fair in Birmingham, and when she returns, she discovers that Mick and Shirley have been seeing each other in secret, which upsets Linda. On 12 March 2015, Bright revealed that she had received "personal letters" from rape victims who had been affected by Linda's story, leaving her feeling "humbled" by the audience's response. As Shirley turns to leave, Linda asks Shirley if she is going to ask how Mick is as it's been 15 years and whether she cares. This is Henry's second role in EastEnders, as she previously played prostitute Lorraine Salter(1991-1992). Dean tells Linda that he was out of order and he needs her to talk to Stacey to say what she said was a mistake. Linda phones the police on Janine but as she tries to escape after hurting Mick, Linda gets into the car and it crashes into the sea where Linda pleads to Mick to save Janine and their unborn baby. Nancy points out that it's identical to her mum's current ring, but Mick says the sapphire in the ring is real and during dinner, Linda gets a call from her mum and Linda is unable to hold back her tears. Linda then starts to turn to alcohol which she keeps hidden until she drives Ollie to school hungover from the night before and accidentally crashes into Shelley's car. Later whilst cleaning the rubbish away, Linda gives Mick a present on his own, which is a West Ham United baby gro and Mick asks Nancy to cover for him whilst he picks up a special delivery before revealing that he is going to propose to Linda. Credits Linda organises a romantic picnic as a fresh start for her and Mick. She tells him to leave Walford and Jack agrees. "There you go, sweetheart, its some lovely wine that you save it for Christmas day." Dean arrives at The Vic the following day to apologise and he says sorry to Nancy and Lee as he had no right to say it, but Nancy says it's not them he needs to apologise to and Nancy says that Linda is in the barrel store. Downstairs in the bar, Dean tells Linda that she may think the previous night was a mistake, but it wasn't to him and he appreciates Linda being there for him when he was so alone and he'll never forget it before thanking her.
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