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Is dead Barry Evans to set to return to Walford?

Shaun Williamson - who played the fan-favourite character from 1994-2004 - was last seen in the BBC One soap when Barry was pushed off a cliff by Charlie Brooks' evil Janine Butcher.

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it would be the perfect time to bring another blast from the past back to Albert Square.

Appearing on Loose Women, Williamson has spoken about a dramatic Walford comeback.

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With every EastEnders fan knowing what happened to Barry in Scotland 12 years ago, it would be amazing for Barry to dramatically walk back into the Queen Vic.

Speaking about EastEnders bringing characters back, he told the Loose Women panel: "I think it's great Barbara Windsor is going back and apparently Ross Kemp is too."

However, the actor then revealed that it's unlikely that we'd see Baz return.

"I just think it's pushing it that Barry's been hiding in Scotland for 12 years," he said, much to the disappointment of EastEnders fans.

"He was a wimp but he started as an edgy character," Williams added.

"He gave Cindy the number of the hitman who shot Ian, got hold of Cindy's kids to try and help her get out on the Eurostar, and then they needed a chubby buffoon so I shifted over, which gave me longevity I think."

Barry's return wouldn't be that far-fetched with producers resurrecting previously presumed dead characters like Leslie Grantham's "Dirty" Den Watts and

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Speaking about other projects since the BBC soap, he added: "These days they let them off to do something for a bit. You'll see them on Strictly Come Dancing, in the jungle - then they were really quite strict about it.

"It was all I'd done - I'd left drama school at 30, got snapped up at EastEnders and was in it for ten years. So I booked panto and kind of forced their hand a bit."

Just how did Barry die again?

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On New Year’s Day 2004, newly-weds Barry and Janine were celebrating their nuptials. Or at least Barry was.

Janine was wondering how to get out of a marriage to a man she thought was dying but is actually as fit as a fiddle. Don’t you hate it when that happens? The answer then came when he tried to hug her and she shoved him away, repulsed.

Barry fell down the cliffside and banged his head on a rock. He begged Janine for help, but she took a seat and watched him die. The scheming gold-digger inherited his money and business. AND got away with it.