Here comes trouble!

One thing is guaranteed whenever castmembers leave Albert Square and one thing only - drama.
And as exclusive first look images reveal from an upcoming EastEnders episode, tempers are set to fly as Peter Beale, Dexter Hatman, Jay Brown, Lola Pearce and Abi Branning go for a country drive.
Things go off road and the group's car gets stuck fast in the mud with the boys desperately trying to free the vehicle.

What are you doing, mate? Tensions run high in an upcoming episode of EastEnders as Dexter, Jay, Lola, Peter and Abi find themselves stuck in the mud during a country drive

As tension mounts as the group realise they are far from home, things are only going to get worse before they get better.

Struggling to free the car, it is poor Lola who suffers the worst fate - as she gets drenched in mud during the debacle.
No doubt her friends will be amused by her situation, but a BBC insider says that her character is left far from amused by her situation.

Boys to the rescue? Abi and Lola stand back as Dexter and Peter try to free the vehicle

Got beef? Lola appears to give Dexter a bit of attitude as she grows frustrated by the situation

The group all get on relatively well on screen with Jay and Dexter working together at the garage owned by Phil Mitchell.
Peter Beale recently returned to the fictional setting of Walford having been away from home since 2010.
New actor Ben Hardy took on the role when Peter returned to EastEnders this month.

Splattered: Unluckily for Lola, she gets covered in mud as the drama unfolds

Push and pull: Jay sits behind the wheel as Peter tries to push the car to safety

His character can be seem in the stills attempting to free the car by pushing it, and the actor is fooling around on set in between takes.
It marks the first location shoot Ben has taken part in since joining the long-running soap - and his arrival has been heralded as injecting a bit of sex appeal for female viewers.
'I can't wait to step into the shoes of a character with so much history and am looking forward to getting stuck in,' he said upon joining - which seems apt as his character has become stuck in... the mud.

Joking around: Ben Hardy - who plays Peter - jokes around on set between takes of the hit BBC soap

Walford's newest addition: Ben Hardy will take over the well-known role of Peter Beale in EastEnders as of June 7

In a bid to inject some new talent into the long-running soap, producers have signed the new actor just months after his on-screen twin sister Lucy Beale was recast with Hetti Bywater in the role.

 

Peter has been absent from screens since his departure just over two years ago, when he was seen leaving Albert Square to go and stay with his grandmother in Devon, after falling out with dad Ian Beale.
His return is sure to set pulses racing if the new pictures of actor Ben are anything to go by, perhaps providing some competition for David Witts and Tony Disipline.

Taking over: Ben (L) will replace Thomas Law (R) who played the character from 2006 until his departure in 2010