Danny Dyer has shared his next TV role after quitting EastEnders.
The 44-year-old announced he was quitting the BBC soap in January, after playing Mick Carter for nine years.
Danny has now confirmed he is leaving Walford to do more work with his daughter, Dani.
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The new set of the BBC One flagship soap will be seen on screen for the first time on Monday as the programme airs in its "new simplified schedule".
Danny appeared on the BBC Radio 2 breakfast show with Zoe Ball from the new EastEnders set to mark the schedule change.
He said: "Yes, we are doing it soon.
"I want to work with my Dani a lot more. I think one of the reasons I have decided to leave the show is because I do want to explore working with my little Dani, do you know what I mean.
"I love her so much and I think we have such a natural chemistry, such an interesting relationship. I think it needs to be explored more, so we are excited about that.
"They've just been pitched my leaving storyline, which I can't tell you, which is going to be epic. It's huge."
Actress Kellie Bright, who plays his on-screen wife Linda Carter, said: "I don't know how I am going to get through it, actually. Obviously, I am very sad that Danny's going but it is going to be very, very exciting."
Toby Alexander-Smith, who plays Gray Atkins - dubbed one of the soap's worst villains - said he got quite emotional talking about the character, who is set to get his comeuppance this week.
Speaking to Zoe Ball from the new set, the actor said: "I think the audience have been waiting for this for a long time, and I think, as an a actor, I have as well, so to see it all coming together and to see Gray finally get his comeuppance, I think it is really exciting.
"We filmed some stuff the other day and I actually got quite emotional just talking out loud about this whole journey as Gray because it's been such a rollercoaster to see it sort of climax and to see it all come together - it did actually affect me more than I thought it would."
The EastEnders set was originally due to be finished by 2018 at an estimated cost of £59.7 million, but the bill ended up being £86.7 million.
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