Career: Dyer's first film was 1999's Human Traffic and he followed this up with roles in a number of low-budget movies, including Borstal Boy (2000), High Heels and Low Lifes (2001), Mean Machine (2001), The Football Factory (2004), Adulthood (2008) and Vendetta (2013). Dyer had a lead role in Run for Your Wife (2013), which was savaged by film critics and only took £602 during its opening weekend. He has also appeared in a number of stage productions, including Celebration and No Man's Land, and has presented documentaries about football and hardmen. In 2013, he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter.

Career: Bright had a main role in the fourth series of Bad Girls, and she has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including The Bill, Silent Witness, Jericho, The Catherine Tate Show, New Tricks, Hotel Babylon, Holby City and Vera. She played Joan Trotter in Only Fools and Horses' spin-off Rock and Chips. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Linda Carter. Her film credits include Ali G Indahouse (2002). In August 2015, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.

Career: West's big break on the small screen came in 1975 when he played the title role in Edward the Seventh. Since then he has demonstrated his versatility with roles in a BBC production of King Lear, ITV comedy Brass and the soaps Coronation Street and EastEnders. He has also made memorable guest appearances in the likes of A Very Peculiar Practice, Goodnight Sweetheart, Midsomer Murders, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Waking the Dead, Not Going Out and Last Tango in Halifax. Although known primarily for his stage and small-screen performances, West has starred in a number of films, including The Day of the Jackal, Cry Freedom and Iris. A fan of boating, he has presented series about canals and narrowboating called Water World and Great Canal Journeys. The latter featured his second wife, Prunella Scales; their eldest son, Samuel, is also an actor.

Career: During a long and prolific acting career, Badland has made appearances in a number of popular TV shows, including Shoestring, The Gentle Touch, Minder, Bergerac, All Creatures Great and Small, Making Out, Love Hurts, Outside Edge, and The Bill. Her film credits include The Grotesque (1995), Little Voice (1998), Beautiful People (1999) and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). More recently, she has starred in Doctor Who, All the Small Things, You, Me & Them, Man Down, Father Brown, Wizards vs Aliens, and Outlander. In 2014, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Babe Smith.

Career: Linda continued to work steadily during the 1980s and 1990s, taking roles in Birds of a Feather, Cracker, Casualty and cult film Beautiful Thing. She made her EastEnders debut in 1992, playing Lorraine Salter, the mother of teenage tearaway Mandy. However, her big break arguably came in 1999, when she was cast as Yvonne Atkins in the popular prison drama Bad Girls. After serving four years at Larkhall, she appeared in the movie The Business and then returned to Walford in 2006, this time in the much higher-profile role of Shirley Carter.

Career: In January 2006, Di Angelo made his debut as Deano Wicks in EastEnders and became one of the show's biggest heart-throbs. However, in August 2007 it was announced he would be leaving the show. He filmed his final episode in December 2007, which aired in February 2008. He appeared in the 2007 series of Strictly Come Dancing, with dance partner Flavia Cacace. He was runner-up to winner Alesha Dixon. Di Angelo and Cacace also took part in the live tour of Strictly Come Dancing in January and February 2008, winning more shows than any other couple. Di Angelo has also appeared on The Paul O'Grady Show, Saturday Kitchen, Ready Steady Cook, Alan Carr's Celebrity Ding Dong, The Weakest Link and The Friday Night Project. He became a series regular on Hustle in 2009 and stayed in the show until it ended in 2012. He returned to EastEnders in 2014.

Career: Keene went on to star in two editions of BBC drama Our Girl. Her big break came in 2013 when she joined the cast of EastEnders as Cindy Williams. She has also voiced characters in the video game Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate.

Career: Samantha's first taste of fame came at 18 when she represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest, eventually finishing joint 10th. But it's as an actress that she's now best known. She enjoyed success with sitcom Game On in the mid-1990s before appearing in The Grimleys, Up 'n' Under and Babes in the Wood. A successful run in a West End production of Guys and Dolls came just before she joined EastEnders in 2007. After being involved in a number of major storylines, she took a break from the soap in 2011. She went on to perform in a stage tour of South Pacific, and was also a subject of Who Do You Think You Are? In May 2013, it was confirmed that Samantha would return to EastEnders on a six-month contract.