Warning: Contains spoilers for Thursday's episode of EastEnders, which airs at 7.30pm on BBC One or can be streamed now on ...

Clare and mum Debbie arrived in Walford and moved in with Nigel in 1993, after escaping Liam Tyler, Clare’s dad who’d physically abused both her andDebbie.

Almost two decades after she was last seen on EastEnders, Gemma Bissix has returned to the role of Clare Bates, who will have ...

Soap icon Gemma Bissix talks exclusively to Radio Times about growing up on screen and her contribution to two continuing ...

EastEnders aired the return of former Walford resident Clare Bates on Wednesday night as Gemma Bissix reprises her role for a short stint as part of Nigel Bate's dementia storyline ...

Bissix's return will be a “emotional reunion” storyline centred around her on-screen stepfather, Nigel Bates. Her return marks another chapter in the soap’s ongoing dementia storyline, which sees long ...

EastEnders has worked with Dementia UK for the ongoing storyline, which has also seen returns from popular characters such as ...