EastEnders has released further details of a forthcoming documentary exploring misogyny amid another worrying wrongdoing from Joel Marshall (Max Murray).

The special programme will drop on BBC iPlayer on Thursday morning alongside that day’s instalment of the soap, before being given a linear airing on BBC Three that evening.

Cast from the show will explore issues raised by Joel’s behaviour, meeting individuals whose lives were changed as a result of toxic masculinity and ‘The Manosphere’.

They will also meet those who are looking to change the narrative.

Fronted by Max, alongside his co-stars Diane Parish and Ellie Dadd – who play Denise Fox and Amy Mitchell – the trio will speak to experts in the field to get a better understanding of the story they will all be part of this week.

Those who are spoken to include Professor Harriet Over of York University, individuals with lived-experience, poet Sam Browne who produced a viral poem about misogyny and the charity Beyond Equality.

EastEnders worked with Beyond Equality and a number of other organisations including The Lucy Faithful Foundation and End Violence Against Women to ensure accuracy on Joel’s story.

BBC Three’s Head of Content Nasfim Haque said: ‘We’re pleased to offer viewers an in-depth insight into Joel’s storyline as we investigate the real-life issue of misogyny, it’s impact, and what can be done to help those affected.’

What has Joel done in EastEnders?

The vile teen has been at the centre of several scandals since he arrived earlier in the year.

He’s been prevented from returning to his home in Australia after upskirting a pupil in his class, with dad Ross (Alex Walkinshaw) paying her family $50,000 in exchange for their silence.

Within weeks of joining Walford High he’d filmed himself having sex with Avani Nandra-Hart (Aaliyah James) and impregnated her, and introduced Tommy to pornography.

He then showed his pal a disgusting social media influencer who degrades women.

Joel thought this was an appropriate way to talk about the opposite sex, branding his own mum a ‘slapper’ in a conversation about their estrangement.

He also sexually assaulted a passenger on the London Underground in an utterly vile move, with Vicki paying off the victim.

More recently he’s shared Stacey Slater’s (Lacey Turner) SecretCam content online, and attempted to slap Avani for having an abortion.

Vicki knew she had to put a stop to it, but in retaliation, he asserted that if she pushed him further, she’d find out that a ‘proper slapping would do [her] the world of good.’

Horrific scenes as Joel attacks Vicki

Unfortunately, in upcoming scenes, he’s only going to get worse.

With Vicki and Ross at breaking point over Joel’s vicious behaviour, they become completely lost as to what more they can do for him.

After an incident at school, orchestrated by Joel and Tommy, has wide reaching ramifications for the community as a whole, with a focus on how and why it came to happen, Vicki and Ross and Kat and Alfie each attempt to talk to their sons.

Things escalate at No.43, as while Ross and Vicki try, yet again, to get Joel to see sense, he finally turns violent and physically strikes Vicki.

Will she be ok?