Gemma Bissix is reprising the role of Clare Bates for a short stint this spring as she returns to EastEnders as part of Nigel Bates’ dementia storyline. Despite being estranged from her stepdad Nigel, Clare returns to Walford when news of his worsening dementia reaches her, but she is shocked when she arrives and is confronted by Nigel’s fragility and the reality of his prognosis. With emotions at an all-time high, and with old wounds to mend with Nigel’s wife Julie, Clare’s arrival will not be