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EastEnders' Emma Barton and Jamie Borthwick among stars tackling London marathon as they film special episode


Among the runners at this year's London Marathon are many famous faces, including EastEnders stars Emma Barton and Jamie Borthwick, Chris Evans and Ruth Wilson

Among the runners at this year's London Marathon are many famous faces, including EastEnders stars Emma Barton and Jamie Borthwick, Chris Evans and Ruth Wilson The celebrities tackling the London Marathon this year include Chris Evans, Ruth Wilson, Romesh Ranganathan, Joel Dommett, and Aimee Fuller. The pair's characters - Jay Brown and Honey Mitchell - are running the race after Lola Pearce-Brown (Danielle Harold) signed them up before she passed away from a brain tumour last year in a heartbreaking storyline

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