EastEnders is set for an explosive Christmas Day episode as Sharon Mitchell and Keanu Taylor's affair is finally revealed. Phil Mitchell will learn that Sharon's unborn baby is not his, tearing the family apart. This follows a tradition of shocking Christmas reveals on the BBC soap, from baby twists to affairs exposed via DVD.
One of the most memorable Christmas episodes saw Max Branning's affair with daughter-in-law Stacey Slater exposed. Lauren Branning had accidentally recorded them kissing on her wedding day to Max's son Bradley. She burned the footage onto a DVD and left it under the Christmas tree, which was watched by the horrified family as they unwrapped gifts.
Another DNA twist involved Sean Slater, who discovered his wife Roxy Mitchell had slept with her sister's husband Jack Branning, making Jack the father of daughter Amy. The truth came out in a Christmas cracker, leading Sean to kidnap mother and daughter before fleeing Walford.
In 1986, over 30 million viewers watched Den Watts hand divorce papers to wife Angie after learning she had faked terminal illness. More recently, Max Branning's secret wife Kirsty showed up on his doorstep as he prepared to marry Tanya, revealing his brother Derek had lied about the divorce.
Stacey Fowler's baby Arthur was revealed to be fathered by Kush Kazemi, not husband Martin, after a brief fling. Kush's wife Shabnam figured out the truth at Arthur's birth on Christmas Day. Adoptive siblings Sharon Watts and Dennis Rickman also developed feelings for each other that they could no longer ignore.
