EastEnders Martin Fowler star lands major new role 9 months after TV death

James Bye left the soap earlier this year (Picture: BBC)Former EastEnders star James Bye has joined the cast of a hugely popular show.The actor’s final scenes as Martin Fowler aired in February, during a week of episodes that celebrated the show’s 40th anniversary.Martin became trapped in the Queen Vic rubble after Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) crashed his car into the side of the building. As he waited for the emergency services to remove the beam from his legs, he spoke to Stacey