- EastEnders is set to introduce a new family, the Hawkins, this summer, promising an "explosive impact" on the BBC soap.
- The Hawkins clan are the estranged relatives of Nicola Mitchell, and their arrival will bring "old wounds" and "complicated family dynamics" to Walford.
- Notable actors joining the cast include Jamie Bamber, Marian McLoughlin, and Patricia Potter, alongside Felix Uff and Anna Constable.
- Marian McLoughlin will play Rose, Nicola's mother, with Patricia Potter and Anna Constable as her sisters Gemma and Jodie, respectively.
- Jamie Bamber will portray Ned, Gemma's husband, and Felix Uff will play their son, Ryder, completing the new family unit.
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