FIRST LOOK: Mandy's Fighting Return...

It's certainly a riotous way to make a comeback, as Nicola Stapleton returns to our screens in a feisty scrap with her pimp.
The former EastEnder is heading back to Walford to reprise her role as troubled Mandy Salter, who years later is now a stripper.

Typically, an explosive storyline on the BBC1 soap shrouds her homecoming, with Nicola's first scenes involving fisticuffs.

Unlikely hero Ian Beale, played by Adam Woodyatt, saves the day as he steps outside of a strip club and notices a man fighting with a girl.

When the female shouts his name, he realises Mandy is back in town.

Jumping to her defence, he intervenes with the brawl and shouts at the pimp to leave her alone.

Overwhelmed by his response, Mandy runs over to Ian and kisses him on the cheek, but the pimp follows and lands a punch on Ian.

He tries to drag Mandy away, but the fiery blonde knees him in the groin and makes a swift getaway to Ian's car, before driving away.

The 36-year-old shot to fame back in the nineties during her stint as wayward teenager Mandy.

Nicola, who joined the programme at just 18 in 1992, dealt with heavy topics including drug abuse, homelessness and prostitution.

The actress is more recently known for playing prisoner Janine Nebeski in the seventh and eighth series of ITV prison drama Bad Girls.

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