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EastEnders 5th May 2026
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00:30Wakey-wakey.
00:33Look at you.
00:34Sleeping beauty.
00:40She ran me ragged all night.
00:42Didn't throw the towel in till 5.30.
00:43Oh, look at her.
00:46All curled up like butter-wooded milk.
00:49Here you go.
00:51You made it strong.
00:54All lovely.
00:57So where'd you go last night?
00:59I saw you heading out.
01:01I just drove up to London Fields.
01:03Needed to clear me head after a day we met him.
01:07Oh, that reminds me.
01:09We've run out of nappies.
01:10And the minute mark doesn't do the tiny ones,
01:12so it's a supermarket job.
01:14Oh, sorry, babe. I need to pump.
01:16Fuck.
01:19Yeah, I like this sick thing on self-defence.
01:22Maybe we've got to sell that.
01:23It's fine. It's fine. It's fine.
01:24It's fine. It's fine.
01:25That hurts me. You're supposed to kiss me.
01:28Oh, looking fly.
01:30Oh, you've got to debate today, haven't you?
01:32See, no one can accuse you of not taking this seriously, can't it?
01:34Well, my suit looks good, my experience speaks for itself,
01:38and I've got my opening remarks locked and laminated.
01:43This... this is going to be a walkover.
01:46Okay.
01:48Nothing except my family means as much to me as the people of Waltham.
01:54You might want to give that a once-over and add a couple jokes in there.
02:00Don't think your toilet tumour and your knock-knock jokes
02:03is what people are after,
02:04and that is one of the many reasons why I sacked you as campaign manager.
02:07I want as many people there as possible supporting me, okay?
02:10Good luck with that, am I right?
02:11We're meant to be doing Jimmy's party straight after school.
02:13You ain't forgotten about that, have you?
02:15Of course I haven't.
02:16I've got his present all wrapped up ready.
02:19I don't suppose you could just, you know, push the party back an hour?
02:22Or so?
02:23Yeah.
02:24No.
02:24What do we know is we're Dad.
02:26If we don't go to support him, we'll...
02:27Exactly.
02:31Darling?
02:31Mm-hmm?
02:33Look A and look B.
02:36Oh, well, they both look like you should be filing a tax return.
02:38Not exactly your usual style.
02:40Well, that is the whole point.
02:41I should be taken more seriously.
02:43You know what?
02:43I'm going to go with the black.
02:45Yeah.
02:46Corporate and serious breeds confidence in voters.
02:49Well, at least you're not still stressing about your speech.
02:50Oh.
02:51Don't worry about that.
02:52I got that sorted.
02:53Took it to a professional.
02:55My election is more interesting than most of his legal documents.
02:58You mean Johnny?
02:59What?
03:00How was he?
03:00Did he mention me?
03:03Sorry.
03:03Sorry.
03:04Even I think that sounded desperate.
03:06You both need to get this sorted.
03:08Neither of you are any good without each other.
03:10What do you mean?
03:11Is something wrong?
03:12Mum, I swear, if you do not tell me right now...
03:14No, no, no.
03:14It's just a bit of money troubles.
03:16That don't make sense.
03:18I mean, he's got all that money that Tim gave him.
03:19That's why we're here.
03:20He doesn't want to spend it.
03:21No amount of me telling him will convince him otherwise.
03:24You need to stop worrying.
03:27Johnny is a grown man.
03:29He can sort his own life out now.
03:43That was quick!
03:47Well, according to this, you were at Wolford General yesterday,
03:49not at London Fields or anywhere else.
03:53If there's something going on, you're not telling me.
03:55Come on, I thought you were getting well before you've been,
03:57you know, recovering from the birth.
03:59George, I'm fine.
04:01Honestly, there's nothing wrong with me.
04:05You see, it's different.
04:08The hospital forgot one of Ivy's prescriptions, alright?
04:12So I went down to get it.
04:15You haven't taken your eyes off that little girl since she was born.
04:18So if she really needed something, you would have sent me.
04:21Well, no, but it's all part of my trying to let go a bit.
04:26Nicola.
04:28We've got a lot to cope with already.
04:30So we can't go around lying to each other.
04:33This just won't work.
04:36Alright.
04:38Look, er...
04:41Don't go mad, okay?
04:46Your dad's in hospital.
04:48It wasn't the health visitor who called yesterday.
04:53It was him.
04:57So you spoke to him?
04:59Yeah, I thought rather me than you.
05:03You know, you've got enough on your plate right now without having to cosy up to that scumbag.
05:10That's my dad.
05:12Yeah, no, I know that.
05:14And if I want to see him, that's my decision.
05:16Not yours.
05:24Cheers, Linda.
05:25Thanks.
05:27You two have got some brass neck coming in after what you did.
05:30What?
05:31Don't what me.
05:32Sitting in the allotment rather than supporting your local boozer.
05:35How far you didn't seem to mind last night?
05:37Well, if you think you didn't get a mouthful off me, you're having a laugh.
05:41I'm both really sorry, Kate.
05:42Are you?
05:42Yeah.
05:43Can we have a couple of pints?
05:47You look like you've lost a grand and found a pound.
05:52You don't want to hear my problems.
05:54Well, I sat down, didn't I?
05:56He's my son, Johnny.
05:58What, the big shot lawyer?
06:00One of the first things your mum mentioned to me over my bottle of complex.
06:05Oh.
06:06I love all my kids equally.
06:09Johnny was always, I don't know, mine.
06:14Even if I was wrong, he'd give me the benefit of the doubt.
06:19It's not his fault, you know, I betrayed his trust.
06:22Mum told me this morning that he needs money.
06:25The fact he didn't come to me.
06:27So, go to him.
06:29Even if I had a couple of grand, which I don't, I doubt he'd accept it.
06:33Well, surely you can lay your hands on some cash.
06:36I part-own a B&B and a hair salon.
06:40I'm not exactly Alan Sugar.
06:42Anyway, I'd be letting people down if I pulled my money out.
06:45Let me ask you this.
06:47Are any of those people your kids?
06:50If your kids need your help, whether they want it or not,
06:54you do what you need to do.
07:00Right, listen up, you pair.
07:02OK, this is what's going to happen, OK?
07:03I'm going to introduce you.
07:04All right.
07:04And you're going to go to the podium.
07:05You've got two minutes each to put your point across.
07:09Oh, I've got some rules.
07:10Rules are, you, no shouting.
07:12You, watch your pot in your mouth.
07:14And no eye gouging, all right?
07:16Good luck.
07:17I think we can manage that.
07:18Yeah.
07:19I think we can.
07:21Oh.
07:22Oh.
07:22Here are my supporters.
07:23Well, actually, I think I can rely on my son and my cousin
07:26to vote for me.
07:28Well, what about me, though?
07:29And we are only second cousins, don't forget.
07:33Relax.
07:34We're here to support you.
07:36Go, Team Bill.
07:37Yay!
07:38Has he had to bribe you to turn up?
07:39I didn't bribe anyone.
07:41Sure.
07:42Yeah.
07:45Ah!
07:46Bill!
07:47Peacock.
07:51I'm really sorry.
07:52It's the adults today.
07:54Children's soft plays next week.
07:55Young people can be politically engaged too, you know.
07:58Yeah.
07:59I mean, not me.
08:01I'm just here to support my favourite father-in-law.
08:04Well, no, no, no, no.
08:05I am not.
08:06I am not your father-in-law.
08:08Just get off me.
08:08We're not even related, all right?
08:09Sorry.
08:09Don't touch.
08:10Hey, look.
08:10That's hurtful.
08:11Um, because fam's fam in my book.
08:14You're gonna do great.
08:18Are you nervous?
08:20Absolutely not.
08:22All right, well, don't tell anyone.
08:25You know, it's funny.
08:26I only got into this to get one over on you.
08:28Who knew I'd care about it so much?
08:31And whoever Walford chooses,
08:32they're gonna get the best counsellor.
08:35Wow!
08:36Look at this!
08:37Such a big crowd.
08:39Oh, you'll be amazing.
08:41And you'll do your best, I'm sure.
08:44Oh, charming as always.
08:46Well, I'll see you up there.
08:48Better bring your A-game.
08:49I will.
08:53Have you thought any more about what I said yesterday?
08:55Because I could give Elaine's reputation a bit of a passion with just a click of a button.
09:00Yeah.
09:00Look, I've thought about it, all right?
09:02Just lose the video.
09:03Okay?
09:03Just lose it.
09:06That's all right.
09:06You're.
09:21You're.
09:21Um, I'm sorry. I was snapping earlier.
09:29It's just, since he went down, I just realised I'd like knowing where he is.
09:35Because he can't reach me, he can't touch me, so...
09:38No surprises, yeah.
09:41Until now.
09:42That is why I went to see him, George.
09:45So I could handle it instead of putting it on you.
09:48Yeah, but you couldn't really afford you to keep it from me.
09:51No, no, no.
09:57So, how do you see him?
10:02Er...
10:03Weak.
10:06Sad.
10:08He's dying.
10:10They get like that, don't they? Questioning things.
10:14Questioning? Like what?
10:16Well, when people know it's the end, they start having regrets.
10:22Did he say he wanted to see me?
10:27It seemed like you were the only thing in his head, George.
10:30And if, if you do want to see him, then I wouldn't hang about.
10:37Oh, we're good to go, we're good to go.
10:39Right, everybody, settle down.
10:41Are you all comfy?
10:42Yeah!
10:42Did he say yeah?
10:45Right, we're here today.
10:46We're going to kick off proceedings, okay?
10:48We've got the continuity candidate.
10:51Yes, the man who's been there, done that, when it comes to Walford Council.
10:56Make some noise for...
10:57...and the Briefcase Bill!
11:06Nothing, apart from my family, means more to me than the people of Walford.
11:12Except making money and serving average chips.
11:16I never wrote this.
11:17It must be you, because it's laminated.
11:19Look, why would I say I sell average chips?
11:22Yeah, but I don't, I don't serve average chips, sometimes honesty is the best process.
11:25Yeah, but I didn't write it, he said, look, look, I'm at Brian Beale.
11:31He said his name.
11:32It's him.
11:33Okay, okay.
11:35Listen, take no notes, just wing it.
11:36Come on, you've done it before.
11:37You'll bang out of it.
11:38Yeah, you'll bang out of it for you.
11:40Come on, come on, you've got this.
11:43Right, I, I, I guess what I'm trying to say to you, um, I mean, we're all friends and,
11:52um, and neighbours and, and let's face it, we all need good neighbours and, um.
12:00He's not, is he?
12:02And, and with a, a little understanding, you, you can find the perfect blend, blend.
12:15Listen up, everyone.
12:17No one needs boring, prepared speeches.
12:23We're not polished politicians.
12:25No, we're ordinary people like you.
12:27So you lot drum up a few questions.
12:30And we are here to answer them!
12:33Yeah!
12:34Oh, pick up!
12:36Beautiful.
12:38You've got to be done.
12:39Chelsea dropped these into the bar.
12:42She said she didn't want to intrude, but she knows how hard it can be to find clothes for tiny
12:46babies.
12:46Oh, that was kind of her.
12:50Kojo, I owe you an apology.
12:53Right, I shouldn't have flung you out on your ear the other day.
12:55It, it's not how we treat family.
12:58See?
12:59Thought you'd be all right.
13:01Joy and stress.
13:02That's what my mum says kids bring you.
13:05So, where's dad then?
13:08Uh, I don't know how to tell you this.
13:12He's, um, he's gone to visit your granddad.
13:16Eddie?
13:18What, he's gone to visit him in prison?
13:21No, he's had a change of scene.
13:23He's in Walford General.
13:25He's been pumped full of who knows what.
13:27He's got lung cancer.
13:30It's terminal.
13:31Yeah, and dad's gone to see him?
13:33Yeah, well, I tried to talk to him, but he's a big boy.
13:37You know, I couldn't stop him.
13:38He killed our dad, Nicola.
13:41I know, Kojo, and I'm sorry, but George had his reasons.
13:46Look, um, maybe you could go down there, you know?
13:49Just see that your dad's okay?
13:51No, you're all right.
13:53Don't waste my time on a racist.
13:56Maybe I'll start thinking, eh?
14:00Oh.
14:23You came?
14:25Well, I didn't have much choice.
14:27Like, you blew up my phone.
14:29I suppose that Nicola once told you,
14:32I ain't long for this world.
14:38She says you wanted to see me.
14:40It's the only thing I want.
14:43The only thing I need.
14:47I'm sorry, George, for everything I did.
14:52Everything I put you through your whole life.
14:55I'm not the man I was.
14:58I can see now all the mistakes I made.
15:02The way I carried on.
15:05Angry and cold.
15:08I treated your mother like a dog.
15:10And you, even worse.
15:14I know it's just words.
15:19But I'm so...
15:20I'm so sorry.
15:30And there it is.
15:33Yes.
15:33You like it?
15:34It looks lovely.
15:36Hey, sweet.
15:37Could we clean up the hair, please?
15:39Yeah.
15:39Don't call me that.
15:41What should I call you?
15:42What?
15:43Room Master Jay?
15:44Oh, yeah, that's more like it.
15:46That's more like it.
15:47You hear me?
15:48I'll get you cold.
15:49Ah, Linda.
15:52Can I have a quick word?
15:54Of course.
15:55Sorry.
15:57Everything all right?
15:59I hope you know just how much I've loved being part of what you've built here.
16:05Loved?
16:05That sounds a little bit past tense.
16:09You always knew I weren't some big-time investor.
16:12You know, my share's in this place and the B&B, that's all I've got.
16:15I don't understand the problem.
16:18There's other things I want to do with my money.
16:20You know, for my family's sake.
16:22You're pulling out.
16:23If I had any other choice, then...
16:25Well, keep things as they are.
16:26That's the choice.
16:27Oh, obviously.
16:27You'll get first refusal and buy me out.
16:30It's like I've got that kind of cash lying around.
16:33What if you end up selling it to someone who don't want to be a silent partner?
16:36Look, you can't force Dee to partner up with some random.
16:39I'm sorry.
16:40I'm sorry.
16:41But you'd do the same.
16:42I know you would.
16:47Bear?
17:02You'd probably think this is...
17:04What do you call it?
17:06Karma.
17:08It'd be nice if the world worked that way,
17:10but it seems to me it's always the innocent who suffer the most.
17:14So, what do you want, Eddie?
17:18This.
17:20Us.
17:21I told you.
17:22No.
17:24What do you really want?
17:26Because you don't do anything unless there's something in it for you.
17:31You knew me pretty well back then.
17:33I know you inside out.
17:35And as much as I'm here,
17:38as much as I would love to,
17:42I can't shake the fact you still matter to me, so...
17:45But I won't be led by the nose,
17:46so don't even try that.
17:50They've been giving me counselling.
17:54Yeah.
17:56That's what I thought.
17:59Back in my day,
18:00you'd chew off your own arm
18:02before you talked about feelings.
18:07Well, they've been helping me.
18:10Not just to get me head round what's happening now,
18:14but the past and all.
18:17Well, I was the way I was.
18:19Well, I ain't having any excuses.
18:21No.
18:22None of that.
18:25I was a racist.
18:28Pure and simple.
18:31It was the way I was brought up.
18:33And I was too stupid to question it.
18:37So you admit it?
18:39You hated me.
18:41No.
18:41Yeah?
18:42I saw it in your eyes.
18:44Every day.
18:46You hated me because of the colour of my skin.
18:50So own it.
18:52Say it out loud.
18:53Or we're done.
18:55Yes.
18:56All right.
19:00I hated you because you was black.
19:04And now...
19:06I hate myself for it.
19:11But I...
19:14I was your son.
19:16That just made it worse.
19:19Every day.
19:21People looking at you.
19:24Knowing you weren't mine.
19:27Knowing I couldn't give me Mrs. the one thing she wanted.
19:32I was a jaffer.
19:34You can't say that.
19:36There's lots of things you can't say.
19:39Sometimes they still slip out.
19:43I can't change the pain I caused.
19:47But I can own it.
19:50And I can say.
19:53From the heart.
19:55With everything I've got.
19:58I've never cared about anyone.
20:02More than I care about you.
20:05Happy birthday, dear Jimmy.
20:11Happy birthday to you.
20:17Right.
20:18Time to blow out the candles.
20:19Do you want to do it?
20:25I hear your debate performance went down like a lead balloon.
20:29Mum.
20:30What?
20:31I mean, old Square's talking about it.
20:33And I sent out a few texts to let people know.
20:35It would have been fine.
20:36If these two hadn't stuck their oar in.
20:38I've worked hard on that speech.
20:40Really?
20:40Couldn't tell.
20:41Come on, let's be honest.
20:42Oscar's version was way better.
20:45You made me out to be a small-minded money grabber.
20:48Well, if the cap fits.
20:50Yeah, Alfie was right.
20:51You could have just styled it out, you know.
20:52Yeah.
20:53Not our fault you don't have what it takes to charm people, Brian.
20:55I didn't get a chance.
20:56You cut me off at the knees.
20:57Yeah.
20:58We're supposed to be here for Jimmy.
20:59Can we please just drop the subject?
21:01Please?
21:01All right.
21:07Sounds like Elaine didn't have any problem going off script.
21:11Yeah, I know who I'll be voting for.
21:13Yeah.
21:13It's just the one event.
21:15No, I'm sure it won't affect anything in the grand scheme of things.
21:23Right, kids, wash your hands and I'll get you a snack.
21:32Is it all right if I hang out here?
21:35Yeah, of course.
21:36Actually, I'm glad I've seen you.
21:39I owe you a thanks for giving me the shove I needed to woman up and find Johnny some money.
21:45Well, good for you.
21:47I mean, I put a friend in the process, but nothing trumps my kids.
21:54Of course, Johnny probably won't even give me the time of day, let alone accept my money.
21:59Yeah, well, I know how that feels.
22:01Ah, me and my son Mark don't exactly see eye to eye.
22:06Sorry.
22:07I'm hanging around for the funeral, but I'm hoping that I can build some bridges with him.
22:12What can we do except keep trying, eh?
22:27How are you feeling?
22:30I just thought I'd have a look at one of the community groups and see what they were saying.
22:34Oh.
22:36And?
22:38Well, half of the comments are laughing at me.
22:41The other half think I'm actually called Brian.
22:44So, by the time we get to the election, the whole of Walford's going to be laughing at me.
22:48Oh, not just laughing.
22:51Laughing uproariously.
22:54Look, I'm sorry.
22:55I care too much to lie to you.
22:58You were publicly humiliated.
23:01But if only there was some brilliantly inventive way just to pull things back.
23:10Look, I appreciate you didn't want to do it this way.
23:14But I have to say, after today, it's either win dirty or lose clean.
23:22Post a video.
23:24Look at that.
23:30You're back.
23:32What happened?
23:33What did he say?
23:35I've never actually seen him like that before.
23:40One of the first things he said to me was, eh...
23:45I'm sorry.
23:47That's a bit basic, considering what he's done.
23:50He has never admitted to being wrong about anything.
23:53And now...
23:55He's holding his hands up to everything.
23:57George, that's easy to say.
23:59Not for him.
24:02But...
24:03That doesn't get over the fact that he did it all in the first place.
24:08My dad died screaming.
24:10At me.
24:11My sisters.
24:13About the whole world.
24:14Really.
24:15He never changed.
24:17And he never said sorry.
24:23You're going to visit him again?
24:27Yeah, well, he wants me to.
24:31Well, he's saying all the right things, babe.
24:33But, you know, the question is, do you believe him?
24:39You don't know, Eddie.
24:42Everything with him is just...
24:45It's sly.
24:47When I was little, it...
24:50It wasn't just what he said.
24:51It was...
24:53It was how he looked at me.
24:56But until he met you, Dad's...
25:00He didn't have a way of understanding his culture.
25:03Like, for him, being black, it's just something that's different.
25:08Something to be ashamed of.
25:11Because that is how Eddie made him and me feel.
25:15He's an old man now.
25:16He's ill.
25:17Yeah.
25:18All that goes around comes around, then.
25:20You don't think people can change?
25:24You feel better now that you've seen him?
25:27Me and him's got a long way to go.
25:29If I want to make things right.
25:32Well, look, your blood pressure is stable.
25:36And your oxygen levels, they're improving.
25:40Did you talk to George about what happens when they discharge you?
25:46If you have nowhere to go, they'll send you back to prison.
25:51No one should die in a place like that.
25:54Not if they have a choice.
26:05So, what would you do, then?
26:07Oh, George, you know, I can't tell you that.
26:10He brought me up, so...
26:12For better or worse, you may have been the man I am.
26:17Probably deserves a second chance, doesn't he?
26:20Gina came round with Kojo.
26:22I was worried about you, so I told him where you were.
26:25George, if you're going to do this,
26:27if you are going to bring Eddie back into our lives,
26:30you could be pushing her away for good.
26:43Details of organisations offering information and support
26:47with racism and racist hate crime
26:50are available on the BBC Action Line website.
27:22We'll see you next time.
27:22We'll see you next time.
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