Overview

• Ricky Champ will reprise his role as Stuart Highway in EastEnders for a limited period in the coming months.
• The BBC declined to comment on plot details or duration, though sources confirm his stint is brief.
• Stuart’s tenure from 2018 to 2022 featured major storylines on male breast cancer and postnatal depression that earned widespread acclaim.
• His return is expected to reconnect him with family members in Walford, including brother Callum Highway, who remains married to the incarcerated Ben Mitchell.
• Viewers are speculating that Stuart’s comeback may be linked to Max Branning’s return and is part of a broader trend of veteran character revivals on the soap.