EastEnders' Nasty Nick will return to the BBC One soap this Christmas, seven years after he left, reports BBC.
Nick Cotton, played by John Altman, will make his way back to Albert Square hoping his mother Dot Branning (June Brown) will welcome him.
Altman said he was "thrilled" to be returning and was looking forward to seeing if Nick would "spread fear and loathing" in Walford.
The actor appeared in the soap's very first episode in February 1985.
Nick Cotton, played by John Altman, will make his way back to Albert Square hoping his mother Dot Branning (June Brown) will welcome him.
Altman said he was "thrilled" to be returning and was looking forward to seeing if Nick would "spread fear and loathing" in Walford.
The actor appeared in the soap's very first episode in February 1985.
