EastEnders to air explosive Angie and Den Watts two-hander after historic Queen Vic twist

EastEnders fans will get to see one of the biggest soap twists and episodes of all time on their telly screens again next week.

Angie Watts and husband Den Watts, aka Dirty Den, will make their big screen return after the BBC soap went off air on Tuesday.

Filming halted in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, and episodes were rationed to just two a week.

Despite this, and the fact cast will be returning to filming later this month, the show ran out of episodes and will remain off air until later in the year.

Mondays will now see episodes replaced with a special spin-off, Secrets From The Square, with backstage gossip and cast interviews.

EastEnders is re-airing the classic two-hander between Den and Angie Watts (BBC)

Excitingly, Tuesdays will now air past episodes of the soap - the biggest and the best.

It will give viewers the chance to relive some iconic scenes all over again - or give people the chance to see them for the first time.

The first episode being shown is the two-hander between Den and Angie, when she dropped a bombshell on him in October 1986.

Angie, Den and Sharon Watts originally owned the pub (BBC)

The episode focused on the couple's failing marriage, and Angie's desperation to keep her husband - leading to a shocking lie.

Angie claimed she was terminally ill and only had six months to live, leaving Den reeling.

The unforgettable couple have been nodded to over the years on the soap, with their adoptive daughter Sharon still in Walford.

Sharon Watts got The Vic back in the last episode (BBC)

Of course, the two-hander led on to one of the most watched soap episodes of all time when he asked her for a divorce.

It was game-changing at the time that it aired, and paved the way for some of the biggest soap moments years on.

Now, the soap will return later this year with the Watts family back behind the famous bar with the perfect nod to the past.

Rather fittingly, a twist during the final episode of the soap before it went off air saw Sharon take back The Queen Vic in now historic scenes.

Immediately after the massive twist, that has left fans cheering, viewers will now get to see Den and Ange behind that bar where Sharon belongs.

EastEnders' classic episodes air Tuesdays at 7:30pm on BBC One.