EastEnders feature image young Mitchell family and old Mitchell family
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EastEnders reveals first pics of young Phil and Grant in flashback special

The ickle Mitchell brothers make their presence felt

EastEnders is set to take viewers back three decades in a special episode next month.

And now the soap has just given us the first look at the Mitchell family, 1979-style!

Jaime Winston leads the cast as a young Peggy Mitchell.

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Of course, Jaime has already portrayed Barbara Windsor in the 2017 biopic Babs. But now we get to see her take on Bab’s greatest role, Peggy.

Young Phil and Grant flashack image EastEnders with Peggy
The young lads are the spit of their polder counterparts (Credit: BBC)

So, the big excitement of the new picture is our first peek at a teenage Phil and Grant, played by young actors Daniel Delaney and Teddy Jay.

And it seems the EastEnders casting department have pulled off a blinder with the two actors, who look uncannily like young versions of original actors Ross Kemp and Steve McFadden.

The original Phil and Grant (Credit: BBC)
Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell with his TV fam Steve McFadden as Phil and Barbara Windsor as Peggy (Credit: BBC)

Back to the future

Young Mitchell family group shot EastEnders

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