EastEnders confirms groundbreaking and shocking child farming story for George Knight

George on the phone in the lounge of the pub in EastEnders — **George gets a major shock (Picture: BBC)**

When 2024 starts, George Knight (Colin Salmon) in EastEnders will learn a great deal about his history once his adoptive parents arrive.

George will learn shortly after Gloria and Eddie (Elizabeth Counsell and Christopher Fairbank) arrive in Walford that he was adopted through a method called “farming,” in which young people were offered for adoption in exchange for financial support.

George will discover something about his origins as a result of this life-altering discovery, which makes him doubt the identity his adoptive parents have instilled in him.

Viewers will discover Gloria and Eddie are still keeping secrets from their kid as they adjust to life in Albert Square.

As his strained ties with his family are revealed when they disagree with him, Eddie’s racist beliefs will also become apparent.

EastEnders has collaborated with specialists and a number of individuals who have personal expertise farming in order to guarantee that the plot is treated as delicately and truthfully as feasible.

**George’s adoptive parents Gloria and Eddie make their way to Walford (Picture: BBC)**

**George’s life turns upside down (Picture: BBC)**

“EastEnders has a rich history of telling challenging yet truthful stories which reflect past and present events,” Executive Producer Chris Clenshaw remarked of the plot.

As George Knight learns the real reason he was adopted, his narrative will compel him to reconsider the identity his parents gave him when he was a youngster.

In order to guarantee that the plot is treated as delicately and truthfully as feasible, it was essential that we collaborated with specialists and individuals who had firsthand agricultural knowledge.

It was earlier this year when George moved to Walford. He is the father of Anna (Molly Rainford) and Gina (Francesca Henry), and he is Elaine Peacock’s (Harriet Thorpe) partner.

It was revealed that Anna and Gina’s mother Rose was actually Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), who had been living underground following her incarceration more than 20 years prior, while the Knight family acclimated to their new life as the Queen Vic’s proprietors.