EastEnders said goodbye to James Bye as Martin Fowler tragically died in The Queen Vic after his character was crushed whilst trying to save beloved ex-wife and true love, Stacey Slater.

From the most dramatic scenes, to the romantic, thrilling and delightfully camp, the incomparable EastEnders has been delivering the biggest water cooler moments for 40 years. As a new era begins, the magic is still very much alive – in fact, it's thriving.

EastEnders fans were going crazy on social as another character made a surprise return on the live episode of the BBC soap, for the 40th anniversary celebrations this week

The episode was broadcast live for the first time since 2010 and its ratings were about 1.5 million above the soap's daily average. However, they were a fraction of those for the