EastEnders Christmas victim's identity 'confirmed' after new cufflink clue

13 July 2023 , 18:49

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EastEnders dropped a huge clue about who dies this Christmas as they aired a new clue relating to the infamous cufflinks which were found on the dead body in the flashforward episode (Image: BBC)

EastEnders have aired a new cufflink clue - 'proving' who dies this Christmas in a huge twist.

We know that an unknown male dies this Christmas after a flashforward episode earlier this year teased what happens this festive season. Denise (Diane Parish), Kathy (Gillian Taylforth), Linda (Kellie Bright), Sharon (Letitia Dean), Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Suki (Balvinder Sopal) are all seen surrounding a dead body, as Sharon announces the person has died.

Who that person is and how they died is currently a mystery but with it being the BBC One soap's big Christmas storyline, there's no doubt that it will be a death that will cause ramifications across the whole of Albert Square long into the future.

During tonight's episode, Rocky was thrown a stag do as he prepared to marry Kathy. He decided to have a game of poker with Nish and Jack, with the stakes getting increasingly higher as Nish handed over his cufflinks.

Nish handed over the cufflinks (BBC)

The cufflinks were then put on the table, with Rocky eventually winning the round. It meant he had won the cufflinks, with Nish joking he can use it for his wedding before Rocky handed them over to Jack, who took them on.

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One fan noted of the scene: "The cufflinks were passed around in tonight’s episode of #EastEnders from Nish to Rocky then Jack. I’m sure them cuff links will be moved around again before Christmas Day. But at moment it’s Jack. #EastEnders. I’m wondering if it’s Martin, Rocky or Jack that dies on Christmas Day. On the stag doo their wearing suits so I’m seeing if their wearing the cuff links."

Navin Chowdhry - who plays Nish Panesar on the BBC soap - previously teased to The Mirror details of a scene which will 'confirm' the identity of the Christmas victim, and it looks like this might be the one he was talking about.

Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, he said: "I am aware that Nish is the number one contender to die at Christmas. I think the main clue is to follow the cufflinks. There's some stuff we filmed recently about the cufflinks so look out for that and follow the cufflinks."

The cufflinks were shown during the flashforward episode, with fans having been convinced in the past that they know who will die after claiming they had been shown onscreen in previous episodes. In one moment that aired earlier this year, Phil was seen wearing a suit and a cufflink which looks a lot like the one shown in the flashforward scene - so could Phil be the one to die?

At the time, one viewer penned: "If they've zoomed in on a cufflink that Phil has repeatedly clearly worn onscreen - and it actually is Phil in the end, then they are the most advanced trolls in TVLand and I doff my cap to them."

Jasmine Allday