Fans of EastEnders have been left in shock as an old face appeared in the BBC's raunchy drama The Luminaries. Actor Himesh Patel, who previously played Tamwar Masood on EastEnders between 2007 and 2016, has a lead role in the new series based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Eleanor Catton.
He portrays Emery Staines, an adventurer from England who arrives in New Zealand and quickly is drawn to fellow new arrival Anna Wetherell (Eve Hewson, daughter of U2 frontman Bono ).
However, Emery is soon separated from Anna and spends much time looking to reunite with her after feeling a profound connection to her.
Meanwhile, Anna has fallen in with the charismatic Lydia Wells ( Eva Green ) and her roguish husband Crosbie Wells ( Ewen Leslie
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