Mark Fowler Jr. in an EastEnders promo shot; inset, actor Ned Porteous as Joe Tate (Credit: BBC/ITV/Composite: ED!)
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EastEnders announces Ned Porteus recast as Mark Jr returns to soap

Mark's coming home!

EastEnders has announced that Mark Fowler Jr. will return to EastEnders, with actor Stephen Aaron-Sipple replacing star Ned Porteous. Ned played baby Mark – the result of a one-night stand between Grant Mitchell and Michelle Fowler – during his original stint in 2016.

He left soon after learning that Grant was his dad, with Ned going on to play Joe Tate in Emmerdale. A new actor is now stepping into Mark Jr’s shoes… and they’ve already made their EastEnders debut earlier this year.

Eagle-eyed viewers will have noticed him pop up when Max Branning was arrested in January’s flashforward episode, although we didn’t know then who he was. The soap has now revealed that this was Mark Fowler Jr, now in deep with the Branning family.

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But what brings Mark home to Albert Square?

It's the return of baby Mark, doo-doo-doo (Credit: BBC)
Mark Fowler Jr. is back (Credit: BBC)

EastEnders announces news of Mark Fowler Jr. return

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Joel Harley
EastEnders Insider Editor

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