EastEnders viewers can expect worrying and “difficult” scenes on the way, with a funeral set to air on the BBC soap.

Linda Carter actress Kellie Bright has revealed all on the “painful” scenes ahead as her character continues to struggle without her late husband Mick Carter. As Keanu Taylor’s funeral arrives next week, spoilers reveal his killer Linda continues to drink heavily to block out what is going on in her life.

Alcoholic Linda relapsed a few months ago, before things escalated after she accidentally killed Keanu on Christmas Day. With her and five others covering up the crime, they’ve managed to frame Dean Wicks after Keanu’s body was found recently.

Next week, his funeral date arrives and more than one character is a mess. Linda is also struggling because Father’s Day is approaching, a day she finds hard without her ex Mick.

Mick is presumed dead and lost and sea after an accident a few years back, and his young son Ollie keeps asking about his dad. It all gets too much for Linda as she misses Mick, and she is trying to get through Keanu’s funeral knowing what she did.

Linda Carter actress Kellie Bright has revealed all on the ‘painful’ scenes ahead for her character (Image:

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But with the wake planned at her pub, the very place she killed him, will she end up confessing? Speaking about the scenes ahead, Kellie said: “I think any day that reminds her of Mick is a difficult day. She’s still got a very young son who remembers his dad, and wants to talk about his dad, and wants to make his dad a father’s day card and in addition to that, she’s still drinking so her ability to cope with those emotional things is on the floor.

“She’s not in a strong mental place so she is finding it hard. She’s finding it hard to answer Ollie’s questions and I don’t think she wants to think about it. Everything for her is too painful at the minute so she just wants to shut it away.”

On why Linda agrees to attend the funeral, she went on: “I think it’s because Linda has so much guilt around Keanu. I think she feels that she owes Sharon, and will always owe Sharon something. She would do things for Sharon that she wouldn’t do for herself, even.”