EastEnders spoilers: Fans in shock as Danny Dyer to QUIT soap after 9 years; plus Coronation Street & Emmerdale news
Danny Dyer is to quit EastEnders later this year, the soap has confirmed. The actor - who joined the cast in 2013, playing Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter - is not leaving imminently, with "plenty of explosive drama" for his character before then. A spokeswoman for the soap said Dyer, 44, has not been blocked from other projects and denied reports suggesting the BBC show is in a crisis ahead of his departure.