Actor says he’s ‘truly delighted to be stepping back into Grant Mitchell’s shoes’ as the character returns for short spell in Walford
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Actor says he’s ‘truly delighted to be stepping back into Grant Mitchell’s shoes’ as the character returns for short spell in Walford
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Actor’s filled with ‘gratitude’ after ‘revisiting career-defining character’
‘I’m really excited to be doing this, almost as excited as my wife and daughters are,’ joked the actor
The BBC detective drama will be back for series seven next year
Actor was a fixture in the long-running soap between 2000 and 2016
Michael Sheen, Ross Kemp, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Miranda Hart are also among the contestants this year
Actor was suspended by the BBC earlier this year for using a slur on the set of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’
