Anna Knight is devastated when she tries to contact long-lost brother Junior, but fails in EastEnders

ANNA Knight is set for a crushing disappointment in the EastEnders scenes airing this week.

After the death of adoptive grandmother Gloria (Elizabeth Counsell), Anna leaves a message for older half-brother Junior in upcoming scenes.

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Former Emmerdale actor Micah Balfour has joined the BBC soap as Junior Knight, the son of George Knight (Colin Salmon) from his first wedding.

Although his family arrived last year, Junior is coming along for the first time.

In scenes airing this week, Anna (Molly Rainford) leaves a message for Junior after the death of their adoptive grandmother Gloria (Elizabeth Counsell).

George had discovered Gloria and adoptive father Eddie (Christopher Fairbank). lying to him all his life.

Their deception included covering up Eddie's role in the death of George's biological father, Henry Kofi Asare.

Meanwhile, George discovered that his parents were not Jamaicans, as he had been led to believe, but were in fact West African migrants who had given him up.

Despite everything that had happened, George began to forgive Gloria when she collapsed and subsequently died of a sudden heart attack.

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In scenes airing this week, George is devastated to learn that Eddie has been holding Gloria's funeral without telling him.

Anna and Gina decide to hold a memorial service for Gloria at The Vic instead, with Anna inviting Junior to join them.

Unfortunately, the girls feel shortchanged because Junior doesn't show up that day.

In fact, he's not even the first long-lost family member to return to Anna and Gina's lives during their stay in EastEnders.

The sisters also reconnected with their mother, who left the family after a heated argument in 2014.

Believing their mother to be Rose Knight, she was actually turned out to be Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), who was previously believed to have died in 1998.

Cindy left the family after accidentally compromising her witness protection.