EastEnders: Ian Beale to make a shock confession over the future of his restaurant
EastEnders businessman Ian Beale will horrify his fellow Walford residents next week, after he is forced to make a shocking confession.
Ian (Adam Woodyatt) has secretly sold his beloved restaurant Beales' to a supermarket chain, but has been avoiding an inevitable backlash by keeping the news under wraps.
Although Ian is selling the business in a bid to pay for his son Bobby's boarding school fees, it becomes all the more apparent that he is having second thoughts after he hosts a very successful event there.
Realising that Ian is struggling to let Beales' go, his mum Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) encourages him to tell everyone the truth about the supermarket deal or else she will.
Things get even more awkward for Ian after he is presented a surprise award and he finally decides to face the music, confessing that he has sold Beales' to a supermarket chain.
Naturally worried for the future of the market, the less-than-pleased residents rally at Masood's and decide to boycott all of the Beales' businesses.
With Ian facing a backlash from his friends and punters, it is down to Kathy to try to persuade them otherwise, but will she be successful?
EastEnders airs these scenes next week on BBC One.