Nigel In Eastenders 2025. Eastenders aired a blast from the past on christmas eve, as nigel bates, played by actor paul bradley, returned to the bbc soap for the first time in almost 30 years The character, played by paul bradley, was seen at the community.

In tonight’s christmas day episode, nigel will reunite with steve mcfadden’s phil mitchell. Nigel bates has returned to eastenders for the first time in 26 years in the soap’s christmas eve episode.