CHEATED Tanya Branning will shock East-Enders fans by burying ALIVE hubby Max.
The mum of three, played by actress Jo Joyner, takes revenge — in an stunning storyline — for the love-rat bedding his daughter-in-law.
Weeks of scheming will culminate in Tanya seducing Max and then drugging him — before placing him in a coffin and burying it in woods.
Bosses of the BBC soap are certain to come under fire for showing the scenes, which will go out at Easter, before the 9pm watershed.
The moment Max (Jake Wood) had his affair with Stacey (Lacey Turner) uncovered attracted 14 million viewers on Christmas Day — the highest ratings of 2007.
A BBC source added: “Viewers will have to wait to find out whether Max lives or dies.”
The couple’s relationship will nosedive as they battle over custody of their children.
Jo, 29, said: “Tanya is worried Max could take the kids.
“He’s capable of being nasty to get what he wants. He disgusts Tanya, she doesn’t want him back — and feels he is out to hurt her because of that.”
Max is appalled when Tanya’s drug-addict sister Rainey moves in with his family — and he reports his wife to social services.
He claims the kids — Abi, Lauren and baby Oscar — are at risk from dirty needles.
Meanwhile, Stacey tries to rebuild her shattered marriage to Max’s son Bradley (Charlie Clements).
The Sun
