Overview
- The BBC has confirmed Belinda Owusu has filmed a brief return to Walford this month to reprise Libby Fox after an almost decade-long absence.
- Her storyline brings Libby home to support her mother Denise following a blood cancer diagnosis and to help sister Chelsea after son Jordan was hospitalised in a road accident.
- Executive producer Ben Wadey described the appearance as a way to “uncover another piece of the puzzle” in the show’s Jan. 1 New Year’s Day flashforward storyline.
- EastEnders and the cast stress the stint is short but confirmed Libby will also appear in the flashforward New Year episode in the programme’s chronology.
- Libby’s return continues a common soap strategy of using legacy characters to heighten family drama and to drop clues for long-running mysteries, though some fans may be disappointed by the limited screen time.