EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick teases shock new storyline for Jay Brown

EASTENDERS actor Jamie Borthwick has teased fans should "watch this space" ahead of his upcoming storyline.

The actor has played Jay Brown on the BBC soap opera since 2006 and has been at the heart of the show over the last 12 month after being left widowed when wife Lola died of a brain tumour in heartbreaking scenes.

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But it seems that the actor is already raring and ready to go to take on his next gritty storyline.

Jamie has even confessed that he has sent story suggestions via text message to bosses of the Walford soap in a bid to land him a huge new plot.

Chatting to , Jamie said: "Until recently I've never gone out of my way to seriously suggest a storyline to the writers.

"I'll always drop a bit of banter, but just the other day, for the first time, I did actually text Chris Clenshaw [EastEnders executive producer].

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"I asked him 'What do you think about...?'"

It seems that it may have worked in Jamie's favour as he added that the story suggestion was not completely ruled out.

He continued to the publication: "A seed was planted, it wasn't pooh-poohed, so watch this space!

"If it comes to fruition, I will let you know – I will say, 'See! Remember when I said about the story? This is the story!'"

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Elsewhere in the interview, Jamie opened up on his desires to film more scenes and work on bigger storylines with EastEnders heavyweights such as Natalie Cassidy and Lacey Turner.

Natalie plays long-running character Sonia Fowler whilst Lacey has won an abundance of awards for her formidable portrayal of Stacey Slater.

Jamie said: "Me and Lacey are incredibly close in real life, I call her Big Sis, she calls me Little Bro.

"But Stacey and Jay are poles apart on screen!

"I'd love to do more scenes with Natalie Cassidy!

"We did some nice scenes recently around Lola's death. That was lovely.

"Those scenes we filmed kind of mirrored my relationship with Natalie, she's like an aunt to me."

EastEnders airs Monday-Thursday at 7:30pm on BBC One.