Watch devastating moment EastEnders’ Zoe Slater is found dead by heartbroken Kat – after Michelle Ryan is axed

EASTENDERS’ Zoe Slater is found dead by her heartbroken mum Kat during tonight’s episode of the BBC soap. Just last month The Sun exclusively revealed that actress Michelle Ryan’s alter-ego would die in one of the ‘blandest’ deaths in the show’s history. EastEnders’ Zoe Slater is found dead by her heartbroken mum Kat during tonight’s episode of the BBC soap Credit: BBC Kat has no idea that she will be greeted with her daughter not breathing in bed Credit: BBC As fans will know, earlier this week Zoe fell over and hit her head on concrete while trying to get Charlie Slater’s old cab back. The barmaid knew that the fall caused her to bleed, but she decided to ignore it… not knowing that it would have deathly consequences. Sign up for the TV newsletter Thank you! At the end of this evening’s instalment of the programme, which is already available to watch on BBC iPlayer, Kat discovers her dead in her bed. Kat randomly wakes up at 3am, gets up out of bed and Zoe’s cat Mini Mo is meowing outside of Zoe’s room in the landing of the Queen Vic. Kat is lost for words and shocked at what she sees on her daughter’s bed Credit: BBC Actress Michelle originally played Zoe between 2000 and 2005 (pictured in 2001) Credit: BBC “Oi you, you’re going to wake Zoe up,” she tells the furry friend. Kat opens the door and sees Zoe is laid on the bed with her full outfit on, including her shoes. As she turns her over to try and wake her up, she whispers to her daughter: “Zoe, why are you still dressed?” But she soon realises that she isn’t breathing and starts to panic. Most read in TV Kat slowly stands back from her daughter on her bed and starts shouting: “No!” And fans will have to wait until Friday’s episode to see what happens next. Actress Michelle was originally on EastEnders between 2000 and 2005, but rejoined the show last year. The soap star has since admitted that this was always what she had planned. Earlier this week the star broke her silence on Zoe Slater being killed off. Speaking with Radio Times, Michelle recently said: “My agent and I sort of discussed from the outset that it would be a year, and I think that when we came to look at where Zoe was going, it just seemed like a natural conclusion for her to die, because for her to run away again would have gone against everything she’d fought for; for her children. “So as sad as it was to hear that Zoe was going to be killed off, I was like, ‘I completely understand that. “And I’d always felt that I would be going back for a year because I really do like the variety I have with my career and playing different parts.” Comment now