Bradley's funeral

[Perdita]

DEVASTATED Max Branning clutches his son Bradley's wedding shoes as he stands over his body in a morgue.
Max (Jake Wood) collects Bradley's possessions and spends a private moment with him in Monday's tearjerker episode on BBC1.

Nearly 17million saw Bradley (Charlie Clements) plunge to his death in Friday's live show.

His dramatic exit, revealed by The Sun last month, saved wife Stacey (Lacey Turner) from being locked up for Archie Mitchell's murder.

But actor Charlie, 22, was full of life yesterday - dancing on the tables at his leaving party in Cafe De Paris, central London.

Lacey, 21, popped in to say goodbye as Charlie and his pals ran up a £5,000 bar bill.



The Sun

[Siobhan]

wonder if his mum Rachel is going to show up and probably blame Max

[Abbie]

Aww this is going to be soooo sad :(

[Dutchgirl]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/bradley_max.jpg

How sad is this?

[Dazzle]

Oh my god, I've got no words...:crying:

[Siobhan]

so sad... poor Max (I had a feeling that Jake was crying real tears on Friday as it would be the last time he would be working with Charlie)

[tammyy2j]

omg it will be so sad :(

[Dutchgirl]

so sad... poor Max (I had a feeling that Jake was crying real tears on Friday as it would be the last time he would be working with Charlie)
His acting was really superb on friday. You could almost feel the pain.
(except for the throat thing)

Must say Max was never my favourite but Jake Wood does a good job for making us hate him.

[Dazzle]

I've always loved Max, whether he's being good or bad, because he's so watchable. Jake Wood does a fantastic job of playing him.

[CrazyLea]

Awww think this is going to be a tissue worthy episode :crying:.

[Katy]

its going to be so sad, poor max and stacey, adjusting to life without bradley will be weird.

[Bad Wolf]

i wonder if tanya comes back to support max?? no matter what happens she'll always be there for max with regard to his children- even if jo joyner just came back for a day during her maternity leave

[*-Rooney-*]

aww poor bradley, soo sad :(

[LostVoodoo]

I've always loved Max, whether he's being good or bad, because he's so watchable. Jake Wood does a fantastic job of playing him.

same here. i think this might be a turning point for his character. he's got such a self-destructive gene and i think this could change him for the better.

and yeah, i hope Tanya is at Bradley's funeral, it's not like she hardly knew him!

[*-Rooney-*]

yeah i hate that when in soaps at weddings/funerals, people who should come back for it dont, like mothers, sisters brothers

[sean slater]

Im not sure when Tanyas coming back. Its this year sometime though isnt it. Cafe De Paris, i'll have to look that up! celebrity hangout lol

Do you think Stacey didnt want to talk to Max tonight, cos she was feeling guilty about their affair. Cos that was just another way she hurt Bradley.

[Perdita]

It is too early for her to come back after having twins, I am sure she won't be back until later in the year. Can't see her coming back one day for the funeral if she can't bear to be close to Max yet. They will blame illness of Oscar or so for her not being able to attend, or she is ill herself.

[Dutchgirl]

i wonder if tanya comes back to support max?? no matter what happens she'll always be there for max with regard to his children- even if jo joyner just came back for a day during her maternity leave
Ah I wondered where she was. HAHAHA.

[lizann]

Will Syd and Noah be back for the funeral?

[Perdita]

Doubt it, he left for Stacey. She will be upset that he has died but can't see her wanting to see Stacey and her family again.