Bad news for major EastEnders legend as show is axed

Former EastEnders star Danny Dyer’s latest project has been axed after just one series.

The actor, 47, played Mick Carter on the BBC One soap until he was spectacularly killed off at Christmas 2022.

Following that he was cast as a fictional version of himself in BBC Two comedy Henpocalypse!

The six episode comedy, written by Caroline Moran, centred on a group of Birmingham women on a hen-do in remote North Wales when an apocalypse of crab measles threatened to wipe out human civilisation.

Danny’s role saw him appear in a series of dream sequences throughout the series. The first episode reached almost a million viewers, but that number dwindled across the run.

A spokesperson for the BBC confirmed to Metro.co.uk: ‘We are very proud of Henpocalypse! but in order to make room for new comedy shows sometimes difficult decisions have to be made and we currently have no plans for another series.’

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