EastEnders star Danny Dyer has promised an explosive Christmas for his Albert Square family the Carters. 

Part of the Christmas storyline sees his character Mick discover Dean has raped his beloved partner Linda. Dyer said ‘Mick will go nuclear’ apon discovering the shocking secret. In the interview with The Radio Times  Dyer says. “The audience will know that the bomb is going to go off – but they’ll be asking themselves: ‘How big is that bomb going to be?’ And, let me tell you, it’s nuclear.”

Dyer added that upcoming scenes will allow him to show “every bit of range” that he has as an actor.

It was recently confirmed that the hour long EastEnders Christmas episode will take centre stage as part of BBC One’s Christmas Day schedule, going head to head with Downton Abbey at 9.00pm.