Overview
- A special episode on New Year’s Day will jump a year ahead to Max Branning’s wedding day on the BBC soap.
- A new iPlayer release shows 2027 clues, including a baby scan, a Rolls‑Royce mascot and a gloved hand aiming a gun, with a gunshot incident teased.
- Promotional imagery features Max in a suit with a white flower and visible blood spatter, signaling turmoil linked to the ceremony.
- Fans are speculating that Nicola Mitchell could be the mystery bride, though this remains unconfirmed by the show.
- Jake Wood says Max moves from an all‑time low to a steadier place, and cast members maintain they do not know who the bride is after Max’s disruptive return and Beale family clashes.