Pics: Lucy Benjamin's 'EastEnders' return

Lucy Benjamin recently returned to filming with EastEnders as Lisa Fowler for her special one-off episode.

Due to air in August, the special instalment sees Lisa race back to Walford in a bid retrieve her daughter Louise (Brittany Papple) from her ex - and father to the youngster - Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden).

So what's the deal with Lisa, Louise and Phil?

Little is known about the circumstances of Louise's sudden appearance back in March when Lisa apparently dropped her off near the tube station - but was it Lisa driving the car? Was Louise snatched from Lisa's custody?

The initial report pertaining to Lisa's return also indicated that one resident secretly contacts her, confirming Louise's location and residency with Phil.

Meanwhile, a recent storyline leak revealed that Phil is to become addicted to crack cocaine over the coming weeks - is this the reason for Lisa's comeback?

Last month, executive producer Bryan Kirkwood told me: "I'm intrigued to see how [Lisa's] return affects the people who she has connections with - Peggy and Phil. I'm really happy with the reasons for her return..."

Cryptic.

As you can see from my pictures below, Barbara Windsor (Peggy) and Pam St Clement (Pat) were shooting on location with Lucy over the last few days.




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If you look closely at the second image, you'll see that Peggy has a black eye. Surely Lisa doesn't punch The Duchess?!

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