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Watch the moment bitter EastEnders rivals come to blows after months of tension
Fans were on the edge of their seats
EASTENDERS’ bitter rivals finally erupted into an explosive showdown after months of simmering tension.
Former boxer George Knight (Colin Salmon) finally snapped at Ian Beale’s (Adam Woodyatt) relentless goading in Tuesday's explosive episode of EastEnders.
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George paid his ex-wife Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), formerly Rose Knight, to reveal her suspicions that Ian was the one who attacked her on Christmas Day.
He pointed out how strange it was for Ian to take her back after she cheated on him with Junior Knight (Micah Balfour).
Ian walked in as George was sharing his theories and couldn’t resist turning the accusations back on George himself.
Ian pointed out that George had far more reason to attack Cindy, given her affair with his son right under his nose.
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Ian deliberately goaded George, pushing him until he snapped.
George punched Ian in the stomach and then in the lip, sending blood gushing from his mouth.
Cindy pleaded with George to leave, while Ian smirked, realising his plan to wind up George had worked.
Later, George made a shocking discovery in the Queen Vic pub cellar.
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He found a trail of splattered blood on the floor which led to the shovel that was used to hit Cindy over the head on Christmas Day.
Could the attacker be a member of the Knight family living in the pub? Or are they being framed?
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Meanwhile, Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer) took desperate action to escape from Reiss Colwell (Johnny Freeman).
Reiss was stressed out over Sonia's trail after she decided to plead guilty to Debbie murder.
Bianca begged Reiss to confess, but Reiss said he was too scared and didn't want to go to prison.
Bianca then changed tactics.
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EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning's dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler - not realising it was caught on tape - and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
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Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street - extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn't stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband's nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price's best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride's betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well - until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert's ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair - but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair - after which she announced it to the whole pub.
She told Reiss that she will confess to killing Debbie and go to prison for it.
Will Reiss believe her and let her go?
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Or is Bianca trying to trick him in order to esacpe?
EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday at 7:3pm on BBC One and is available to watch from 6am on BBC iPlayer.
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