User blog:Blogman12/Derek Branning's daughter casted

Derek Branning is to recieve a shock when his daughter, Alice Branning, arrives in Walford.

Jasmyn Banks has been cast in the role of Alice, who turns up on Albert Square desperately searching for answers from the father she has never met.

Executive producer Lorraine Newman added:

Jasmyn's a great actress and we are delighted to have her join the cast as Alice Branning

Alice will help us glimpse a softer side to Derek and, being part of the Branning clan, there's a huge amount of history for the pair to draw upon which gives us great potential for the future.

Alice's first scenes will air next month (May).