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EastEnders fans have been swooning over the show’s latest character who is playing the part of Peter Beale.
The actor in question is Dayle Hudson, the seventh person to play the character.
Peter popped back up on the hit ITV show in a bid to support his hospitalised brother Bobby and he has definitely sent pulses racing.
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The blonde star is 6ft 3inches and if fan comments are anything to go by, he’s a heartthrob too!
EastEnders lovers shared their thoughts on Twitter following Dayle’s debut, with one writing: “Peter beale is fit xx.” [sic]
Another added: “New Peter Beale is actually pretty hot, hope he stays in for a while.#EastEnders.”
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And a third gushed: “New Peter is hot,” followed by a love heart face.
Speaking about his new role, Dayle told The Sun Online: “I am really grateful and excited to have the opportunity to work on such an institution of British television, alongside some incredible actors.
“Peter has been away for some time so I can’t wait to find out what he’s been up to and I’m very excited to see what the future holds for him.”
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Prior to Peter the role was played by James Martin who joined in 2004, and before him it was Joseph Shade, who was on the iconic set from 1998 to 2004.
Luckily for fans of the actor has Instagram and often shares snaps of himself on the social platform.
Dayle has 8,000 followers and his last post saw him posing by the sea in a video with a girl smiling in the background.
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Peter captioned the clip: “Absolute QT, she’s not bad either….”
While we don’t know Dayle’s age, the EastEnders newbie graduated from the Italia Conti school of Acting in 2017.
So far, Dayle has taken part in several theatre productions, but made his small screen debut in EastEnders.
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