Nasty Nick Cotton will return to the Square, just in time for Halloween, even though his mother Dot believes he is dead.
Viewers will of course know that Charlie is very aware that his dad is still alive, and he and Ronnie receive the shock of their lives when they go to visit Dot.
Instead of his grandmother, they find Nick sitting at the kitchen table. Can they get rid of him before Dot returns?
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It doesn't look like he's going to disappear that easily, and he offers Charlie and Ronnie an ultimatum.
Speaking to Radio Times John Altman, who plays Nick, said: "I wouldn't like to see Nick change. He's a bit too long in the tooth now to change. It's good to be back – when you've not been on the set for five years, it does take a week or so to get back into the energy of it.
"But I'm back on the rails now, so to speak."
Nick isn't the only character who will 'come back from the grave'. It was confirmed at the weekend that Ian Beale will be haunted by various dead women from his past for a Children In Need special of the soap.
His mum Kathy, first wife Cindy, daughter Lucy and EastEnders' favourite Pat Butcher will all feature in the episode set to air next month.