Overview
- BBC One confirms Anthony Skordi as Russell Delaney, the once off‑screen boss who has been pressuring Mark Fowler Jr for months.
- Coverage reports Delaney ordered Mark to hunt down and kill a police informant within his gang, later identified as Ravi Gulati.
- After threats that included photos of sister Vicki Fowler, Delaney demanded £30,000 as payment with a warning of consequences.
- Mark is abducted by Delaney’s masked men, and Phil Mitchell later receives a demand for full payment as the family moves to find him.
- A fight at The Boxing Den shows Delaney recognizes Grant Mitchell from a past affair and doubles the deadline, setting up a tense confrontation at a warehouse.