EastEnders star Jake Wood has teased a huge Christmas for the BBC soap ahead of his character Max Branning’s exit.

The actor, who appeared on Wednesday’s The One Show, revealed that the storyline for December 25 is a ‘cracker’.

Speaking to Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas, Jake began: ‘Eastenders is always part of Christmas, I don’t think it’s a Christmas without it is it?

‘When I was growing up I always used to watch EastEnders at Christmas, for me it feels like Christmas Day is that show.

‘It’s an honour to be a part of it and we have a cracker lined up for this year.’

Another big storyline taking place in Albert Square is surrounding the attackof Ian Beale (Adam Wyatt).

This Christmas will be a ‘cracker’ (Picture: BBC)

There are a lot of suspects in the mix, including Max himself.

‘Why would Max want Ian gone?’ Jermaine quizzed.

‘There’s a lot of history between them anyway, didn’t Max try to kill Ian three years ago? He tried to strangle him with fairy lights one Christmas,’ Jake continued.

‘He didn’t quite finish him off then.

How will Max leave? (Picture: BBC/Kieron McCarron/Jack Barnes)