Overview
- The BBC confirmed the return and released new photos on Thursday, with multiple outlets reporting the on-screen comeback lands in late April.
- In the story, a voicemail from his son Mark Fowler Jr prompts Grant to return to Walford for a long-awaited meeting.
- Executive producer Ben Wadey said the team is thrilled to have Kemp back and teased heavy drama when the Mitchells reunite.
- Kemp said he is eager to explore Grant reconnecting with Mark and to take part in Nigel Bates’s dementia storyline, which he said has personal meaning for him.
- Radio Times reports this will be Mark’s first face-to-face with his father since learning the truth in 2016, setting up a new chapter for both characters.