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EastEnders 22nd December 2025
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00:00Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas!
00:15All right?
00:16Ho, ho, ho!
00:17It's Christmas, spirit.
00:20Elves, not trolls.
00:22What do you know?
00:22You like that?
00:23Yeah.
00:25I need a taxi.
00:27Where's Barry, Roy, Pat, when...
00:31No, they're not here anymore, mate. They've gone.
00:33Then how does anyone get a cab?
00:34We don't need a cab. We're gonna walk home, all right?
00:36You're screening tonight, haven't you?
00:38What you're sitting here, remember?
00:39Where's my tie?
00:41You'd better not have lost it, sir.
00:42Your tie's hard.
00:44Come on.
00:44Is it, Kay?
00:45Sir?
00:46No.
00:47You...
00:48You'll practice your speech, mate.
00:50Yeah.
00:50Come on.
01:03Linda, I gave you space last night, yeah?
01:05And this morning?
01:06You've just been avoiding me.
01:09All I want to know is when I'm going to see her.
01:10Yeah, all right.
01:12All right.
01:12We'll work that out.
01:15You know who else knew about all this?
01:18Your family or Mick?
01:19Yes, yes.
01:21Mick, no.
01:22Don't you dare say a bad word against him, all right?
01:24Because back then, he was the rock that I needed.
01:28Can we talk about this later, please?
01:31What do you mean, later?
01:33What, we'll meet up with Annie.
01:35We'll tell her everything, yeah?
01:37Tell her?
01:38Today?
01:39Yeah.
01:39No!
01:40No, I'm sorry.
01:41That is way too soon.
01:43Days are dawning.
01:45Rise and shine.
01:46Now.
01:46Today we have Bucks Fizz for anyone wearing a Santa hat.
01:53Oh.
01:54Don't mind if I do.
01:57And I'm not doing this now.
01:59Yes.
02:00There we go, darlings.
02:03Right, listen.
02:04The door's open for the screening at five,
02:05so help your dad with that bouge, yeah?
02:07I don't want him doing his backing before the big day.
02:09Hey, I know I'm going to get Christmas from you.
02:11One of your special messages.
02:12Shut up.
02:13Okay.
02:14Go on, you'll be late.
02:20Listen, darling, I know you're worried.
02:22Psycho's still out there, right?
02:24We're all worried, yeah?
02:25They've got to get through me to get to you, okay?
02:30But it ain't just that.
02:32I mean, seeing everyone excited about Christmas,
02:34all the families coming together,
02:37do you think I'm a stupid thing that I'd have found my son by now?
02:42No.
02:42No, of course you won't.
02:43Oi.
02:44I'm loving this little bonding moment,
02:45but is there any chance I could get served?
02:47Sorry, what are you doing?
02:48Well, I'm just testing out the canopies for tomorrow.
02:50Yeah, she paid for that.
02:52Blimey, if that's how you treat your customers,
02:54no wonder you've got some psycho chasing after you.
02:57Are you going to shut your mouth?
02:58Oh, come on.
02:58Oh, well, she does more than just stand around
03:01looking sorry for herself.
03:02You are asking for a slash.
03:03Yeah, it's worth it.
03:04Get out, you're barred.
03:08Whatever.
03:27How are you doing?
03:35Hospital said it's like I smoked 400 cigarettes in one night,
03:38so it's like double my record.
03:46Look,
03:47it doesn't take much to fix this.
03:50There's a bit of honesty,
03:52a bit of trust,
03:53and whatever's really going on with you.
03:57Maybe I can help.
04:02Nope.
04:04Too bad.
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04:33Hi, yeah, um, thanks for calling back.
04:38Um, Nigel Bates, yeah, I'm his wife.
04:42Yeah, I just wanted to talk through the range of care options.
04:48Um, is it all right? I'll call you back in a bit.
04:55Torsis, you're shipping him off to a care home two days before Christmas.
04:59Goodbye, good riddance, and happy new year.
05:00I just made an inquiry last week to talk through the options.
05:03You ain't missing the word I'd have said.
05:05Do you realise how much make-up I've had to slap on to cover up this bruise?
05:13Every moment I'm with him, every conversation, I'm just waiting for something like this to happen again.
05:21Now, it's not his fault, I do know that.
05:24But I also know that he will do it again.
05:27To me, to you, to a stranger, and then what do we do?
05:30I ain't giving up on my mate.
05:34And what happens if he hurts himself?
05:37Have you thought about that?
05:38You won't.
05:40Not while I'm around, so you can call them back and tell them you ain't interested, because this, this ain't happening.
05:46So, any news when the house is going to be fixed up?
05:58Well, now that it's been deemed an accident by the police, yeah, Ross can start cracking on.
06:01He said he'll work over Christmas and all.
06:03An accident?
06:04Yeah, a cigarette butt.
06:06Which wasn't mine, I swear.
06:09Right, I won't do too much longer then.
06:11That'll put Sonia's mind at rest.
06:13You struggling with a house, fool?
06:15Uh, we only came over because Lauren said that the coffee was good.
06:18And, well, you know, no one else is talking to her.
06:21Don't even joke.
06:23You know they've taken me off the community chat.
06:25Well, a lot of people put their hard-earned cash into that charity fund.
06:30Well, it did.
06:31Don't worry about it.
06:32You go before you know it.
06:34Do you want to try and leave my door on this hinges?
06:36She's been lying to me for years.
06:39Little Annie.
06:44She's my daughter.
06:44Those demands are ridiculous.
06:54She's going to leave me with nothing.
06:57No, I worked hard for that money, and that's what I pay you for.
07:00So deal with it.
07:04Is everything okay?
07:05But what do you care?
07:08I'm sorry I accused you of starting that fire.
07:11My family, right?
07:14It's Christmas.
07:18Oh, come on, Anthony.
07:19I'm trying.
07:21I'm sorry.
07:24Have you, um, seen Patrick and Yolandi?
07:29It's the church fundraiser for the soup kitchen.
07:32I'm going to take Jordan later.
07:34If you fancy coming.
07:41I've got two kids out there.
07:48It's like I don't even exist.
07:53I know you said you wanted to find them first,
07:56but maybe you should work with Zoe to track them down.
08:00She lied to you yet,
08:03and it was, you know, totally out of order,
08:05but the more I think about it,
08:08she's still a mum.
08:09She deserves a second chance.
08:19Whatever happens,
08:20he cannot know that any of us knew.
08:22Vali.
08:25I mean, I would have thought you'd have clocked it soon.
08:27I mean, a ginger ale's a real giveaway.
08:28Ian!
08:29Do you want me to punch him?
08:30Because I'll honestly punch him in the face.
08:32What are you saying, Ian?
08:35What, you knew?
08:36Of course he didn't.
08:39Come on, let's do the washing up.
08:45Oh, look on his face.
08:47It's made my Christmas.
08:48Oh.
08:49So, what, she just come out of it then?
08:52She just told you?
08:53Yeah.
08:54Yeah, she's already backtracking.
08:56Being all vague about how it's going to work.
08:57I mean, I've missed enough of her life already, you know.
09:02I know you don't, Lauren.
09:03I'm not going to go and sit and listen to her today.
09:06Well, you can't go in all guns blazing.
09:09Just let me call her.
09:14Yeah, double please.
09:17I know that's my first Christmas with Barney,
09:19and the Secret Santa was good,
09:20but I'm going to give him something special, you know.
09:24Well, don't look on a football shirt or a gift voucher,
09:28and then I'm out.
09:31Um, Vic,
09:34I have actually been meaning to talk to you.
09:37It's kind of crowded over at Cathy's,
09:40and, uh,
09:41I just really miss her.
09:44And Christmas morning,
09:47I don't want to wake up and drink
09:48Thai vodka and barbecue shrimp on me own.
09:51I thought that was an Australian thing.
09:53No.
09:55That's a you and me thing.
09:58It's all I reckon.
10:02Can't have you barbecuing shrimp in Cathy's spare room, can I?
10:06No.
10:07Happy days.
10:09Right, I'll catch you later.
10:10See you in a bit, mate.
10:14How about getting him an early edition
10:15of one of his favourite books?
10:20Barney.
10:21Hey.
10:21Christmas.
10:22Yeah.
10:22Sorry.
10:23Thanks, Marie.
10:24Yeah, it's a great idea.
10:26See you in a bit.
10:27Have a good day.
10:34What do you want?
10:36I was hoping to offer up
10:38a bit of a Christmas miracle.
10:40What's that look for?
10:46Is this about the restraining order?
10:48Just tell me why you're here.
10:52Okay.
10:53Um.
10:55An old doctor friend of mine
10:57has thought of another way
10:59we can find your son.
11:00It's just a DNA thing.
11:05Genetic records.
11:06I won't bore you with the technicalities,
11:08but
11:08if we knew
11:11the father's identity,
11:13it looks like
11:14we could open up
11:15a whole new avenue
11:16of investigation.
11:19Now,
11:19you've always said
11:21you don't know who it is,
11:22but
11:22if there's any way
11:24you can remember,
11:25I would do everything
11:26in my power
11:27to find him.
11:35I'm sorry.
11:37Like I said before,
11:39I've got no idea who he is.
11:42Oh, no.
11:58No, no, no.
11:59That's not the deal.
12:00I agreed to talk to you,
12:01not him.
12:02I've got legal rights.
12:03No, sorry.
12:04Annie is happy
12:05right now.
12:06I actually don't need
12:07any big revelations
12:07blowing her life apart.
12:09And you get that, right?
12:10Yeah, of course.
12:11He's just
12:12keen to get involved,
12:13you know?
12:14He wants to get to know her.
12:15Yeah, why are you
12:16pussyfooting around all this?
12:17Because of this.
12:18Right, because
12:18you've known for 12 hours
12:20and you're already
12:21hassling me,
12:22rushing me.
12:23You don't exactly
12:23fill me with confidence.
12:24We ain't got nothing
12:25to worry about, right?
12:25I'm a great dad.
12:27Aren't I?
12:28You're living out of a bag
12:29with your passport
12:30in your back pocket.
12:30I don't even know
12:31if you're sticking around
12:32Warford or not.
12:33And that is what
12:33I'm talking about.
12:34All right, you are not
12:35going anywhere near my daughter
12:36until I say so.
12:37And you are not telling her
12:38that you're her dad
12:39until you've got
12:40some sort of plan.
12:47Just baby steps, yeah?
12:58Forget him, Lauren.
13:00I've done worse.
13:05I'm gonna go.
13:09Did I hear that right?
13:11You got a kid with Linda.
13:14What are you gonna do?
13:16I don't know.
13:19What can I do?
13:20She's holding all the cards,
13:21isn't she?
13:22Well, if it was my kid,
13:23I wouldn't let anyone
13:26keep me away.
13:27And don't say I love
13:29Cause I'm not hiding
13:32All my love
13:34I just need that.
13:42This is fine.
13:43I know why you're against
13:51a care home.
13:54And, uh,
13:55well, the thought that
13:56costs me, it's my eyes water.
14:01There will come a time.
14:02The money's one thing,
14:04all right?
14:04But it's Nigel, isn't it?
14:05He's nowhere near the level
14:06of the people
14:07in these care homes.
14:08Half the time,
14:09he's the same bloke
14:10he always was.
14:11Half?
14:12As much as that?
14:14I don't think so.
14:20When it's bad.
14:22I feel when it's bad.
14:25It's really scary.
14:29Well, let me guess,
14:30is that L for nativity?
14:32It's die hard.
14:33Well, I know it's been tough.
14:38Of course it has,
14:39but right now
14:40there's more good times
14:41than bad.
14:44Are you really telling me
14:45you're ready to walk away
14:46from him
14:46and that you could sleep
14:47at night
14:48if you did?
14:54No, I couldn't.
14:57No.
14:59But we can't pretend
15:01he isn't getting worse.
15:04And, you know,
15:04I really worry
15:05that today's screening
15:06might be too much for him.
15:07We can't cancel.
15:09We can't.
15:10He'd be devastated.
15:18Well, I think you need
15:19to check with Linda
15:19about that.
15:20No, it's nothing
15:20to check, you know.
15:22She just thought
15:23it'd be some good bonding time,
15:24you know,
15:24take Annie to the grotto,
15:25go and see Sandra.
15:26No, no, no, no, no.
15:27Linda is taking her
15:28to the grotto.
15:30That's what I'm saying.
15:30She's going to meet us down there.
15:31Well, she's all right
15:32about that.
15:33I mean, to Annie,
15:33you're just some
15:34strange old man.
15:36The safest place
15:37in the world
15:37for that little girl
15:38who's with her dad.
15:41I just want to get
15:42to know her.
15:42That's all.
15:44I mean, you've got
15:45this place to run,
15:45haven't you?
15:46And I love all
15:46what you've done
15:46with it, by the way.
15:48Yeah, it's very, uh,
15:51like bougie, innit?
15:53Oh.
15:54Boutique hotel.
15:54Yeah.
15:55Those first reviews,
16:01very important.
16:04So if I can get Annie
16:05out of your way,
16:06give you a chance
16:07to be the hostess
16:08with a mostess,
16:09wouldn't it?
16:13Honey, darling,
16:13get your coat.
16:14Mummy's friend
16:15wants to take you
16:16to see Santa.
16:19Where's Tommy?
16:20He's meant to be here.
16:20Oh, yeah,
16:21well, don't worry
16:21about my back.
16:22I'm like Rudolph
16:23on steroids.
16:24Take why your noses
16:25so big, eh?
16:26You want to lay off
16:27the sheriff?
16:28Hey, hey,
16:28getting very funny.
16:30Zoe!
16:31It's all right.
16:31It's just a car.
16:41I'm sorry.
16:42I'm sorry.
16:42I can't go.
16:43I'm going to stay
16:44on the sofa with Minnie Mo.
16:45I'm safe there.
16:46No.
16:46No, you're not.
16:47No, I am,
16:48because any time
16:48I try and move forward,
16:49something happens.
16:50Listen, Zoe,
16:51it was just a car.
16:52We're all okay.
16:53Nothing's going to happen.
16:54All right?
16:54Trust me.
16:55When I find out
16:56who this is,
16:56and I will,
16:57I will kill them.
16:58All right?
17:10Oh.
17:11Ta-da!
17:13What do you think?
17:14Oh.
17:14It's all right.
17:15Oh.
17:17You look so dapper.
17:19Your tie.
17:20You look like James Bond.
17:22Ha-ha.
17:22The geriatric one of mystery.
17:24Mobility scooter
17:25instead of an Aston Martin.
17:27Did I have a sports car?
17:29Uh,
17:29your Morris Minor,
17:30do you mean?
17:31Yeah.
17:32Yeah.
17:33You and Phil
17:34went on a treasure
17:35hunting it together.
17:35Do you remember?
17:36Oh, uh,
17:40we're having a little accident.
17:41Don't worry.
17:42This suit's all wet.
17:44It's all right, Mac.
17:45We've got another one upstairs.
17:46Come on.
17:47Let's clean up.
17:48Come on, sweetheart.
17:50Don't worry.
17:51You all right?
18:16Are you excited?
18:18Listen,
18:22your mum tells me
18:23you've been a really good girl
18:24this year.
18:25So you've definitely
18:26got me on Father Christmas's
18:27good list,
18:28which means you
18:28are going to get
18:29loads and loads
18:31and loads of presents.
18:32Sound good?
18:34Merry Christmas.
18:35Mr. and Mrs. Claus
18:36are ready to see you.
18:37I love Santa.
18:39Yeah.
18:39I do know.
18:40Come on.
18:41Let's go.
18:41Uncle Max.
18:43That's Anna, right?
18:43Yeah, yeah.
18:44Just helping Linda out.
18:45Oh, what have we got here?
18:49A little girl?
18:51Annie.
18:51Annie.
18:53With you.
18:55Okay.
18:56Why don't you take a seat
18:57next to Santa?
18:59I'll need a photo of this.
19:01Hang on.
19:02Here we go.
19:04All right, big smiles.
19:06Annie, big smile.
19:09Cute.
19:10Right, there's
19:22no easy way to say this.
19:24You minding the film?
19:25It got cut.
19:27Oh, what's the point
19:28of me doing it then?
19:29Sorry.
19:30That's your business.
19:34Callum.
19:34Callum.
19:35Is Jay going to make it
19:37tonight or what?
19:38Well, look, you know
19:39how he's got his
19:39new girlfriend up north
19:40and how she's not
19:41got anyone this summer
19:42Christmas.
19:43Stupid Elena.
19:44Let me guess,
19:45he's staying there
19:46for Christmas as well?
19:47Yeah.
19:49Sorry.
19:50Come on.
19:50You're all right.
19:52Could you, um,
19:52keep a hold of this
19:54while I'm up there?
19:55It's Julie's
19:56Christmas present.
19:58Yeah.
19:58It's speech.
19:59Yes.
20:01Hi, Joel.
20:02You're on in 30 seconds.
20:04No, I think.
20:07Right.
20:08I barred you
20:09from the Vic.
20:10That means you don't
20:11get served in here either.
20:13All I did was
20:13ask for a drink.
20:14You're asking for a slap
20:15and you know it.
20:22You might want to give
20:23her a bit of a break.
20:25She's had a tricky few
20:26months since she came back.
20:28She's been back for months?
20:30Yeah, went in the country.
20:32She had a few personal
20:33things to deal with
20:34and probably thinks
20:35she deserves a drink.
20:36That's all.
20:48Just wanted to say
20:49thanks, you know,
20:50for not dropping us
20:51in it with Max.
20:52Well, you kept it secret
20:53because I begged you to.
20:54It's not my place
20:55to tell him.
20:58I'll do what I can
20:59to make sure my dad
21:00steps up, yeah?
21:03You might have
21:04sent me a photo.
21:06Santa's grotto.
21:07Little Annie.
21:09I never went to the grotto.
21:10Well, Max said to me.
21:14Stupid.
21:14Right, if anyone's phone
21:20goes off in the middle
21:21of this, you're
21:22in massive trouble.
21:25I'm being serious.
21:27Turn them off.
21:31Now, please welcome
21:32to the stage, Nigel!
21:41Um, everyone has
21:46a favourite
21:47Christmas movie.
21:48It's a wonderful life.
21:49Christmas carol.
21:51Die hard.
21:52Uh, although, um,
21:55if you want to see
21:56a bald man in a vest
21:57causing havoc,
21:59just walk into the kitchen
22:00when Phil's making breakfast.
22:05Um, the thing I love
22:21most about Christmas
22:24movies.
22:31Where were we?
22:32Sorry.
22:32Sweetheart, Mum.
22:33The thing I love.
22:33Uh, yeah.
22:35The thing I love
22:36about Christmas movies.
22:37Right, right.
22:37The thing I love
22:37about Christmas movies.
22:39Is the way
22:40they bring people
22:42together.
22:42The way they bring
22:43people together.
22:44It's all right.
22:46I don't know.
22:49I don't know.
22:50What?
22:51Where'd you get that from?
22:52What?
22:52Oh, no, it's nothing.
22:53It's nothing.
22:54It's a black eye.
22:55I don't know.
22:56No, it's...
22:57Let's talk about this at home.
22:58No.
22:58It was an accident,
23:03darling.
23:04You didn't mean it.
23:07It's okay.
23:14Come on, I can't.
23:16You think Patrick looks like Santa?
23:29Well, maybe he is Santa.
23:31In that way, you better be nice
23:33to me.
23:33Come here.
23:34That woman has no
23:42redeeming qualities.
23:43She's worse than Sophie.
23:44Everybody is in there.
23:45She's a selfish,
23:46lying, manipulative bitch.
23:48Well, with that attitude,
23:49no wonder she don't want
23:50nothing to do with you.
23:51Same goes for Sophie.
23:53So I'm the bad guy now?
23:54You're lying to her
23:55about her kids.
23:57So, yes, you are.
23:59Is everything all right?
24:01Yeah.
24:02Yeah, nothing to worry about.
24:03I'm the bad guy now.
24:22Any sign of him?
24:24No, no.
24:25Nothing.
24:27I knew this was all too much.
24:29Too many people.
24:30Too much pressure.
24:30Oh, here we go.
24:31What are we going to talk
24:32about a care home together?
24:33You know, maybe we should.
24:35Care home?
24:37But, um, for me?
24:39No, no, no, no, mate.
24:41Oh.
24:43Um, living in a home,
24:46a care home.
24:47No, no, mate,
24:48I'm here, isn't I?
24:50Yeah.
24:51I want to be alone.
24:52I want to be alone.
24:57What?
24:58I want to be alone.
25:00Can you give me a minute?
25:01I'll be right back.
25:04You sure?
25:05Yeah.
25:05I want to be alone.
25:28Hello?
25:28Hello?
25:40Hey, nice.
25:43You had a good day?
25:45Yeah, I have.
25:47We can do this again, any time.
25:54Because, look, I'm not just your mum's friend.
25:57I've known her for years.
25:59A long time before you were born, even.
26:02And four and a quarter?
26:04Yeah.
26:10Look, I'm your dad, Annie.
26:13I'm your dad, all right, which is a really good thing,
26:16because it means I'll always look out for you.
26:19Because you're my little girl.
26:23What on earth do you think we're doing?
26:25He's my dad.
26:27Come on.
26:28Come on.
26:29I warned you.
26:30Well, I'm in her life now.
26:31No, you ain't.
26:32No, you ain't.
26:33You stay away from me.
26:34You stay away from my daughter.
26:36Come on.
26:37Taxi!
26:38Oh, taxis.
26:41Nothing.
26:42And then three come at once.
26:45Nah, nah, that's buses.
26:46Buses come in threes.
26:47I need a taxi.
26:48Just get me home.
26:49Get me somewhere close to me.
26:53Get me somewhere close to me.
26:54Oh, no, no, no.
26:55Come on.
26:56You stay away from me.
26:57Come on.
26:58Oh, no, we need a taxi.
26:59Just get me somewhere close to me.
27:03I need a taxi.
27:05Just...
27:07get me home.
27:09Get me somewhere close to me.
27:13Oh, my God.
27:29Oh, shit.
27:33What do you have to do to get a taxi in this place?
27:51And a very merry Christmas to you and all, sweethearts.
27:55What a nice day
27:57to spend with you.
27:59Woo!
28:01What a nice day.
28:03What a nice day.
28:05I love you.
28:07I love you.
28:09I love you.
28:11I love you.
28:13I love you.
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