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Eastenders 22nd January 2026
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00:00MUSIC
00:18Have you seen Oscar this morning, haven't you?
00:20You're joking.
00:21Them and Peter go to work at the crack of dawn.
00:24Any thoughts on how we're gonna run the wicked witch of the west out of town?
00:27I'll speak to Oscar.
00:29I might think differently to them.
00:31Oh, I hope he's gonna wake up and realise your father of the year after all.
00:35Disappointment lingers.
00:37And you've given your kids more of it than most.
00:40You can talk.
00:41Whatever.
00:43Why don't you go and have your little father and son chat
00:45and come back to me after you crash and burned, hmm?
00:49Listen, Cindy, whatever happens here, you said you'd back me up.
00:52Make it so it just ain't my word against Jasmines.
00:55Yeah.
00:57I will.
01:13Right, so, Raymond's had his breakfast. I'll take him to school.
01:16Thank you for having him last night.
01:18Yeah, it's no trouble at all. We had a great night.
01:21Oh.
01:22Well, you know, we can make these overnights a regular thing.
01:25That's only if you want to.
01:27Yeah, yeah, we'll have to see.
01:29I've got a lot on me plate right now.
01:31Everything all right?
01:33Yeah, yeah, just, er, you know, Sam's operation, er, I'll be heading to the hospital myself in a minute as soon as your laddie gets here to sit with Nigel.
01:42Yeah, Jack took Ricky over first thing.
01:45Poor kid.
01:46He's putting on a brave face, but he's worried sick.
01:50You sure everything's all right?
01:54Yeah.
01:55Just leave it here.
01:56You're gonna be later now.
01:58Yeah.
01:59Raymond!
02:00Come on.
02:01Let's go.
02:02Get your bits.
02:03Bye, Dad.
02:05Bye, mate.
02:06Bye, mate.
02:12What's up?
02:13All right, Oscar?
02:17So have you realised I'm telling the truth, yeah?
02:20Just give me a chance, all right? We'll sit down and have a chat.
02:23So you can say what?
02:24Oh, it wasn't me. I didn't do nothing. I don't even like women.
02:29Right, so you're fully on Jasmine's side, Ethan.
02:31Seen her before Dad. The sad little show you do.
02:34Please, please don't say you're leaving.
02:37Right, I need you, Oscar. I hope Lauren needs you. The boys need you.
02:41Lauren's got her own family to worry about.
02:43She'll be glad to have her spare room back.
02:47Right, so you've just decided. That's it. You're leaving, yeah?
02:52Ain't this any harder even to see me again.
02:55Oh, remember that, er, gig we were talking about? Er, tickets gone sour tomorrow.
03:07Oh, you're unbelievable.
03:09I'm lying in my sick bed and you're trying to tap me up for my credit card.
03:12I said I'd sort tickets out for the pair of you, didn't I?
03:16Yeah. We're gonna go together.
03:18You know, when you're better. Yeah, Mum?
03:21Yeah.
03:24Well, why don't you, er, heat up that vending machine?
03:27Stop you getting a blood sugar crash.
03:29Jack.
03:39Listen, if something goes wrong, or, I don't know, they don't manage to get it all out, then...
03:44Stop.
03:46No, no, please.
03:48Of all the blokes I've ever knocked around with, er,
03:51I'm so glad I had a baby with you.
03:55Just stop worrying, you're gonna be fine, yeah?
03:56Can we?
03:59Sorry.
04:01Okay.
04:02All right, listen, I'm gonna go and check, see when they're getting up to you.
04:04I'll break in a minute.
04:11Okay.
04:14Hey, hey, hey.
04:16I'll leave if you're gonna get all sobby on me.
04:20I thought you'd stood me up.
04:22Yeah, well...
04:23It's tempting, no.
04:25I never did like hospitals much.
04:29You and Grant used to wrap me up in Cornwall.
04:34You made me feel like nothing bad could ever happen to me.
04:37And it can't.
04:38All right.
04:40No one might watch.
04:41Oh, this is, um...
04:53Nice.
04:55So, what's the emergency?
04:57Well, I've spoken with Oscar.
05:00He don't believe a word I'm saying and he's still planning on leaving.
05:04Hmm.
05:05Young love, eh?
05:07Do you know, it's, er, really hard being right so much of the time.
05:10Well, it's my son, Cindy, all right?
05:11If he leaves with her, she's never gonna let me see him again, is she?
05:14Probably.
05:16What do you mean, what do you mean, probably?
05:17Well, how is that gonna help me?
05:20Look, if you want to get through to Oscar, you just have to make him see that Jasmine isn't the person that she says she is.
05:26He's in love with Ernie.
05:27Then you've got to show him some proof.
05:30I've been thinking if we can get him on our side long enough for him to listen.
05:34I've tried all that.
05:35That was you.
05:36I said we, as in you and me.
05:39And the only other person that Oscar cares about apart from Jasmine.
05:44You know half the market's gossiping about you.
05:48Oh.
05:49I'm not sure hanging out with Walford's Scarlet Woman's gonna do your reputation much good.
05:54I can hear you, you know.
05:55I know.
05:57What?
05:58Is that Mum?
06:05So how are we gonna do this?
06:07Lauren comes home for lunch, and we will be waiting.
06:12Mum, what is it?
06:14Oh.
06:15Have you seen this?
06:16Stale old tart.
06:18Oh, oh, that's awful.
06:19Yes, and it is false advertising.
06:22I am anything but old.
06:23It's probably just kids, Mum.
06:25Kids, my eye!
06:30Hi.
06:32Sorry.
06:33Um, how did Phil sing to you earlier?
06:37Well, I tend to avoid him first thing, because he's not really a morning person, is he?
06:40But, um, he was in good form yesterday at the party.
06:42Yeah, but I dunno, it just seemed like there was something more, somehow.
06:48Well, I'm off to the hospital now.
06:49I mean, I'll make sure he's on the app and up, and then I'll check in.
06:53Yeah, but try not to tell him that I said anything, because he gets grumpy when he thinks people care about him.
06:58He does, doesn't he?
07:00Yeah.
07:01Yeah, sure.
07:02See you later.
07:03See ya.
07:12Right, so what's all this?
07:15Oscar and Jasmine.
07:18Right, well, no offence, but what's it got to do with you?
07:20I thought you said you were gonna sort things out, Lauren.
07:22I am, I have been.
07:23You haven't done a very good job of it, have you?
07:25I mean, Oscar's still leaving.
07:26What?
07:27No, he ain't.
07:28I've spoken to him.
07:29No, what's that have I, all right?
07:30He's just admitted it.
07:32Whatever you've said, Lauren, all right?
07:33It obviously don't mean that much, does it?
07:35Not compared to what Jasmine's been filling his head with.
07:39I did sort of have a go at her last night in the Vic.
07:43I just told you to stay away from him.
07:45Yeah, well done, Lauren, yeah.
07:47No wonder you don't wanna be here.
07:49Says you, the human wrecking ball.
07:51Anyone that gets too close to you, their lives get ruined.
07:53Let alone if they're related to you.
07:55That is enough, you two.
07:57Just, just annoy each other later.
08:00I know Jasmine.
08:02The real Jasmine.
08:03And manipulative and cunning, doesn't even cover it.
08:07She's managed to fool everyone else out there,
08:09and unless we tell Oscar the truth...
08:12We could lose him, Lauren.
08:14You know, I keep thinking about it the other day, the memorial.
08:17The sort of family we used to be.
08:22I mean, this family's the only thing keeping me head above the water, Lauren.
08:27Always has been.
08:30Well, wasn't it for you?
08:32Well, let's just say the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
08:42For a while, anyway.
08:47What do you need me to do?
08:49I'm sure you wanna do this.
08:54Last chance to back out.
08:57You'll be missing out on kitty cuddles.
09:01Yeah.
09:03Minnie Mo's the only one in this family that really likes me.
09:07Sometimes I think she's the only one that's ever really liked me.
09:10Well, apart from you.
09:16Zoe didn't want me.
09:18Anita definitely didn't want me.
09:23It was my brother, actually.
09:26But we got separated.
09:28Separated? Why?
09:29Well...
09:36It's Lauren.
09:38You don't have to answer that.
09:39Could be important.
09:41Low stress means text.
09:42A voice note. Important means ring.
09:44I don't mean the rules.
09:47Yo, sis.
09:50You alright?
09:51Yeah, yeah, sure.
09:58I'll be straight over.
10:01Louie's sick.
10:03She needs to pick him up from school.
10:05She wants me out with Jimmy until Peter gets back.
10:08Babe!
10:09It's fine.
10:10I'll be as quick as I can, I promise.
10:12Alright?
10:13Wait by the tube.
10:15I'll call you.
10:17Yeah.
10:21I reckon if we...
10:29squeeze another two machines in,
10:31we could increase productivity by 25%.
10:34I don't know, Ian.
10:35This place has been running itself just fine as it is.
10:37Oh, well.
10:38Can't stand in the way of progress, can you?
10:40Anyway.
10:41You've got to clear a space for your clean and collect bags.
10:43What...
10:44What are you talking about?
10:45We don't collect.
10:46Yeah, you do.
10:47As of Wednesday.
10:48Says so on the poster.
10:50Ian Beale.
10:52That advertisement cost me a flipping fortune.
10:55And because of you, it's ruined.
10:58Must have been some passing kids.
11:01Don't give me that.
11:02No kid today would say stale old tart.
11:04Well, I don't know what you're getting so high and mighty about.
11:06I spent £100 on those leaflets.
11:08And for what?
11:09For you to trash them?
11:10You come for my advertising campaign.
11:12I will come for yours.
11:13What goes around, comes around.
11:15Yeah, I mean, it comes around again,
11:17and your nasty little advert gets spray painted again.
11:19It's all right, all right.
11:20Enough.
11:21Okay?
11:23Look, I might not know anything about marketing,
11:25but what I do know is you two could be making cash instead of fighting.
11:29Yeah, sponsored silence.
11:30He'd make a fortune.
11:31Look.
11:32How many loads of sheets and sales do you send out to be cleaned every week?
11:36Right.
11:37Now, if you was to offer her a little discount,
11:40right, she might, in return,
11:42recommend the calf or the chippy when she's checking her punters in.
11:46Eh?
11:47We've all had enough of this, yeah?
11:50So make up and start negotiating.
11:53Yeah?
11:54Before word gets around what a pair of toddlers you are,
11:56and both your businesses go bust.
12:08Mm.
12:10Louie isn't sick, is he?
12:13Is it true?
12:16Are you still planning to go away with Jasmine?
12:20Jasmine's waiting as soon as I meet up with her.
12:22We're gone, I'm sorry.
12:23Lauren, it don't mean I'm not grateful for everything you've done for me.
12:28Stay, then.
12:30I told you to follow your gut.
12:33I thought you was gonna do the right thing,
12:34not just turn around and leave us.
12:36Jasmine needs to go, and I need to be with her. I'm sorry.
12:39You haven't got a clue who the real Jasmine is.
12:41Yeah, and you ain't my family, so stay out of here.
12:43Yeah, but I am.
12:48What, so you and him are in on this together?
12:50The only thing we're in on is trying to do what's best for you.
12:55He's our dad.
12:57We have spent all week coming together trying to be a family again.
12:59Yeah, and then he tried it on with my girlfriend.
13:01No, never.
13:02Dad, if this is gonna be another lame remix of
13:04You Mean the World to Me, please give me another chance.
13:06Listen, listen to me, all right?
13:07I know what it's like to be in love.
13:09Yeah, the other person becomes a part of you.
13:11You can't see past them, right?
13:12That's why I know you're not gonna believe me over her, are you?
13:16That's why you need proof.
13:17Is she awake? I can't tell.
13:18Well, it can take a while when, you know, come round, but...
13:19You see what went well?
13:20I mean, it's weird.
13:21Usually when she's in the room, she can't stop talking.
13:22Well, let's just enjoy that for a minute, shall we?
13:23I heard that.
13:24You're still here.
13:25Until it will be, didn't I?
13:26I thought you might have whisked Nigel off to Portugal while I was sleeping.
13:29Hmm.
13:30Them drugs must be a lot stronger than we four.
13:31What, are you off on a boy's trip away, are you, Phil?
13:33Yeah, well, she, uh... she seems to think so, doesn't she?
13:35Hmm.
13:36Well, she, uh...
13:37She seems to think so, doesn't she?
13:38I heard that.
13:44You're still here.
13:46Till it will be, didn't I?
13:48Mm, I thought you might have whisked Nigel off to Portugal
13:51while I was sleeping.
13:53Them drugs must be a lot stronger than we fall.
13:56What, you off on a boy's trip away, are you, Phil?
13:59Yeah, well, she, uh, she seems to think so, doesn't she?
14:03Well, I'm, uh...
14:05I'm glad you're feeling a bit better.
14:07I'll see you at home later, all right?
14:09Mm, thanks, Phil.
14:14Hey, Phil.
14:18In a bit.
14:22Phil.
14:25Well, I know she's done painkillers, but, uh,
14:27you, Nigel, had a Portugal, that was very specific.
14:31Especially with all the aggravation you've been having with Julie over the care homes.
14:35Just keep your nuts out of my business, yeah?
14:37Hey, you're a mate, Phil.
14:39You've been good to me.
14:41But the way Nigel's been,
14:43this ain't a good idea.
14:45Why?
14:47That's how you want to play, isn't it?
15:06Why don't you see that?
15:07Sure.
15:08I wasn't sure you'd come.
15:11Someone texts and offers me 3,000 quid.
15:13I'm gonna hear him out.
15:15Even if it is you.
15:18Assume you want something in return, yeah?
15:20Yeah.
15:21Talk to Oscar.
15:23Tell him the truth.
15:24Tell him I'm innocent.
15:25No, I'm sorry about yesterday, all right?
15:27I was a bit heavy-handed.
15:29I was just upset about Oscar leaving,
15:31just as I'm getting to know him again.
15:35You're offering me money?
15:37Aren't you afraid I'm just gonna go buy two plane tickets?
15:41No.
15:42If Oscar wants to go, it's fine.
15:43You can go.
15:44I'd just rather he didn't think I'm capable of something like this.
15:48But family's important, Jasmine.
15:49You know that anyway, right?
15:50You wouldn't have gone through this whole thing with Zoe
15:52if you didn't believe that.
15:53You don't know what I went through.
15:54Yeah, but you ain't a machine, are you?
15:56You're human, all right?
15:57You love things.
15:58You want things.
15:59Just like the rest of us.
16:00So?
16:02Look, I love Oscar.
16:04You're offering me money.
16:05Aren't you afraid I'm just gonna go buy two plane tickets?
16:07No.
16:08If Oscar wants to go, it's fine.
16:09Look, I love Oscar, all right?
16:11If you two want to go, that's fine, all right?
16:13But I just need your help to put things right with him before you do.
16:17That ain't right, Jasmine, right?
16:19It's not fair.
16:21If Cap finds out you've gone, yeah, she'll be upset.
16:23But you'll call her, wouldn't you?
16:24From anywhere, anywhere in the world.
16:25Speak to her, speak to Patrick.
16:28Oscar ain't gonna call me, is he?
16:30Not if you split us up like this.
16:39Listen, you can't be everything to him.
16:50You just can't be.
16:51It's just too much for ya.
16:54Oh, about five grand.
16:57About five grand, yeah?
16:58Well, how does that sound?
16:59Yeah, you get yourself set up, yeah?
17:02Please, I'm begging ya.
17:04Have you got cash?
17:09Yeah, yeah I have.
17:11Go get it then.
17:34After this, you guys can go to the printers and get in some new leaflets.
17:44Thank you, Artie, for showing us how silly we were being.
17:47Yeah, yeah.
17:48I mean, we should be supporting each other, not knocking each other down.
17:51See?
17:52Ball's while it ends well, eh?
17:54Right, now let's get down to business with the discount you promised.
17:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hang on.
17:58Hang on, I don't know how much extra business you're gonna bring me in.
18:00Come on, be fair.
18:01It's gotta be worth my while.
18:0250p off a boil, wash you tight little...
18:05Well, if that is your attitude, I'll take my sheets elsewhere.
18:08Well, from what I've heard, they're only good for the incinerator.
18:11Vile, nasty.
18:12Vain, annoying, oh no!
18:14Adieu, isn't it?
18:16Eyes on.
18:17Yeah, well, whatever.
18:18You won't see my next move coming.
18:32And just so we're clear, what is it you want me to tell Oscar?
18:45Just the truth.
18:46Right.
18:47Well, it just sounds like you want me to lie.
18:51Tell him that you're not a human sleaze and that you didn't try it on with me.
18:54I'm sorry, why are you doing this?
18:55Well, it's...
18:56It's just lies.
18:57Lies, lies and more lies.
18:58What, in the name of saving your relationship?
18:59Which is a total joke, by the way.
19:00If you really cared about Oscar, you would have shown up for him over the years.
19:01But you didn't, did you?
19:02Did you?
19:03You are not fit to be a dad.
19:04You are a sperm donor, at best.
19:05You are a sperm donor, at best.
19:06And you're not a human.
19:07You're not a human sleaze and you didn't try it on with me.
19:08I'm sorry, why are you doing this?
19:11Well, it's just lies.
19:13Lies, lies and more lies.
19:15What, in the name of saving your relationship?
19:17Which is a total joke, by the way.
19:20If you really cared about Oscar, you would have shown up for him over the years.
19:24But you didn't, did you?
19:26You are not fit to be a dad.
19:29You are a sperm donor, at best.
19:32What, and here you are, trying to get me to, to lie for you.
19:36It's sick.
19:37Why, why are you saying all this?
19:38I don't want your money.
19:40I don't want to lie to the person I love.
19:45I don't want to be like you.
19:47Oscar and I, we are different.
19:51Is that it?
19:52Yeah?
19:53You said it, old man.
19:54Oscar, she's lying, alright?
19:55Trust me.
19:56You said I'd get proof and I have.
19:58Proof you ain't worth my time, I'm done with you.
20:01Oscar.
20:05Oscar, just wait, will ya?
20:10You're having him on the phone.
20:12That's old school.
20:14I was pretty sure you'd make a recording.
20:17You know, work out the old branding classics.
20:20Oh, Oscar's told me everything about you and your tragic little family.
20:24I win.
20:25Why are you still here?
20:39I told George he must have it wrong because there ain't no way Phil is gonna risk getting banged up again.
20:45You know what Lexi is going through without her dad.
20:51So what, you gonna really let Albie and Raymond go through that as well?
20:55I ain't getting banged up, alright?
20:56You don't know that.
20:58Julie is Nigel's wife.
21:00It ain't up to you to take him to Portugal or wherever Phil.
21:04Phil, you know I'm right.
21:06You've got your own life to think about.
21:08And Nigel, Nigel ain't got a life at all.
21:10Not anymore.
21:11He hated him that care.
21:12All Julie's about, all she's about, she's just waiting for him to die.
21:15Oh, that's not fair.
21:17And I gave my word to Nigel.
21:18I promised him that I'd be there for him.
21:20Right until the end, you know?
21:21Not until, not until he, he couldn't recognise me anymore.
21:24Not until he, it didn't suit me anymore.
21:26But until the very end.
21:28And the last time I checked, he, well he ain't dead yet.
21:30This is wrong.
21:31Look, I know, I know you've got good intentions.
21:35But for you, for Nigel, this is wrong.
21:38This is what Nigel wants.
21:40You don't know what he wants anymore Phil.
21:42Look, I'm sorry it hurts you, but I'm...
21:44Just, just get out, alright?
21:45Just get out.
21:46Look Phil, just listen to me.
21:48Just get out, listen, you ain't my wife, alright?
21:50You ain't my wife, you ain't even my friend.
21:52So just get out, out.
21:53Out!
21:59You and Nigel, round here, you are surrounded by people
22:05who would bend over backwards to help.
22:08And what you got in Portugal?
22:11Eh?
22:12When things get...
22:14Bad.
22:15When you're struggling.
22:17Who you gonna call?
22:20And all this, this, it's, it's just the old Phil.
22:24The Phil that thinks he can handle it all by himself.
22:28Yeah.
22:29Oh.
22:30Remind me again.
22:33How did that work out?
22:35That's pathetic little plan didn't work for what you want to know before I leave Walford.
22:49Oscar, wait.
22:50Oscar, wait.
22:51Can you just please think about the boys a minute?
22:53They love you so much and I know you love them back.
22:56Sorry, she's playing you, Oscar.
22:57This is enough.
22:58Can we just go?
22:59I just...
23:00I want to say that I'm really sorry how I spoke to you yesterday.
23:04It was out of order.
23:06And your Oscar's girlfriend, sir.
23:09I should have more respect.
23:13You two want to be together.
23:14I get it.
23:15But it's just the fact that you ran over there on the promise of a few grand.
23:20So you two must know that you're not going to get very far without any cash.
23:26Just stick around for a bit.
23:28You could spend some time with the boys.
23:30Let the dust settle with Dad.
23:33And, and if you still really want to go when everybody's less upset, then fine.
23:38You know, I'll do what I can to help.
23:40Could take us weeks to find work.
23:42We'll be on the streets by then.
23:43It's not going to get to that, babe. We're going to work this out, okay?
23:45I know, but what she's saying, it makes sense.
23:51Let Dad in the house, mouth off again at Jasmine, and I'm gone straight away.
23:55Understand?
24:03Nice apology.
24:04Considering you didn't mean a word of it.
24:07Well, here's something I do mean, then.
24:09Stick around.
24:11Or I will go straight over to the Vic, and I will tell Kat all about your little plans.
24:17Oscar hates me.
24:26He'll be gone by the morning.
24:32He must realise what Jasmine's like.
24:36Maybe he just doesn't care.
24:38I don't care.
24:39Max!
24:50What do you want?
24:52What, you come to kick me when I'm down, have you?
24:54Lauren's persuaded Oscar to stay.
24:56I just wanted you to know that this isn't over.
25:02That any tiny part of me that felt sorry for you,
25:06or that might have persuaded Oscar to stay in touch after we'd gone,
25:11is dead.
25:12Well done, Lauren.
25:13At least one of the Brannins is pulling their weight around.
25:14Well, I tried.
25:15No.
25:16What else can I do?
25:17You can remember who you're dealing with, and get smarter.
25:18Mind you, I don't think she saw you.
25:20The last two people she'd expect to be working together.
25:24How was your day with Yolanda?
25:27Yeah.
25:28Good.
25:29Yeah.
25:30I like Yolanda.
25:32Listen, you know how you and me were talking, you know about
25:45I like you, Lander.
25:47Listen, you know...
25:49how you and me were talking, you know, about...
25:52going on a little adventure.
25:54An adventure? Just you and me?
25:56Yeah, yeah, just you and me to, er...
25:58to Portugal, do you remember?
26:00Portugal, yeah, right.
26:02Well, do you think that that's something that you'd like to do?
26:08Yeah. Why not?
26:10No, I...
26:12Do you understand what I'm saying?
26:14I'm talking about us not...
26:16you know, us not living here anymore.
26:21Yeah, yeah.
26:23Sounds fun.
26:25Nigel, I need you to...
26:27that I know that you understand, you know,
26:29that...
26:31that that's what you want, you know?
26:33Mm. Well...
26:35Um...
26:36Well, you know me better than anyone else.
26:38Well...
26:39What do you think?
26:41What do I think?
26:43I think...
26:45I think...
26:47I think you deserve better than just sitting on a chair...
26:51in the corner of a room.
26:54Because if all you're thinking about is...
26:56is the bad taste, then...
26:59you might not have any more good ones.
27:01I'd like some more good ones, please.
27:07Yeah.
27:11It's never too late for an adventure.
27:13Is it, eh?
27:14Mm.
27:15And, uh...
27:17I promise.
27:18Promise is a promise.
27:20Yes.
27:26Listen, that'd be the taxi.
27:27Alright?
27:28I'll tell them we'd be five minutes.
27:30Alright.
27:37Mark.
27:38Shut the door.
27:39Hello, Uncle Phil.
27:47Hello, Uncle Phil.
27:56Hello, Uncle Phil.
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