[325], According to Barbara Jurgen who re-wrote the scripts for a Dutch audience he said "The power of the show is undeniable. "[325] The Dutch version began broadcasting on VARA 13 March 1993 but was cancelled after 20 episodes. This rating is not combined with the omnibus; the lowest rating for an episode with a combined rating was 12.87million. 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[128] There is also a market close to Fassett Square at Ridley Road. This included a warning before the episode and implying the assault, rather than depicting it. [33] By the end of 1992, Greaves left and Lewis became executive and series producer. [271] The episode was then copied onto D3 video. [344], In 2001, EastEnders clashed with Coronation Street for the first time. The series went behind the scenes of the show and spoke to some of the cast members. [163] Another recurring male character type is the smartly dressed businessman, often involved in gang culture and crime and seen as a local authority figure. [281] Sets, costumes, paste pots and paint are all recycled by the design department. And former EastEnders and I'm A Celeb star Cliff Parisi, who played Minty Peterson, admitted that the doom and gloom was sometimes too much to handle. Pauline's family, the Beales, consisted of Pauline's twin brother Pete Beale (Peter Dean), his wife Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) and their teenage son Ian (Adam Woodyatt). They suggested the blame lies with the show's trendy-but-dull storylines, such as cosmetic surgery addiction, cannabis oil treatments and online trolling. The viewing figures for 52 episodes are not combined with the omnibus. Santer officially left EastEnders in March 2010, and was replaced by Bryan Kirkwood. These included the wedding of Michelle Fowler and Lofty Holloway, the revelation of the father of Michelle's baby, a two-hander between Dot Cotton and Ethel Skinner and the 1986 Christmas episode featuring Den Watts presenting Angie Watts with divorce papers. Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns, which starred Emily Blunt in the title role, took the sixth slot as viewers joined in on the family fun on BBC One. [189], EastEnders has a high cast turnover and characters are regularly changed to facilitate storylines or refresh the format. [7], When developing EastEnders, both Smith and Holland looked at influential models like Coronation Street, but they found that it offered a rather outdated and nostalgic view of working-class life. Research suggested that people found the characters true to life, the plots believable and, importantly in the face of criticism of the content, people watched as a family and regarded it as viewing for all the family. [225] In March 2020 during the suspension of filming, the interior sets were used for a new adaptation of Talking Heads. This episode, which showed the funeral of Shakil Kazemi (Shaheen Jafargholi) interspersed with real people talking about their true-life experiences of knife crime. Since then, "Return of Nick Cotton" (2000), "Ricky & Bianca" (2002), "Dot's Story" (2003), "Perfectly Frank" (2003) and "Pat and Mo" (2004) have all been broadcast, each episode looking into lives of various characters and revealing part of their backstories or lives since leaving EastEnders. "[68] The live episode featured the death of Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) at the conclusion of the "Who Killed Archie?" Neighbours first aired in Australia in March 1985 and in the UK in October 1986. Other recurring character types that have appeared throughout the serial are "cheeky-chappies" Pete Beale (Peter Dean), Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves) and Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami), "lost girls" such as Mary Smith (Linda Davidson), Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler), Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton), Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), and Hayley Slater (Katie Jarvis), delinquents such as Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick), Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold), Bobby Beale (Eliot Carrington/Clay Milner Russell) and Keegan Baker (Zack Morris), "villains" such as Nick Cotton (John Altman), Trevor Morgan (Alex Ferns), May Wright (Amanda Drew), Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti), Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb), Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo), Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ) and Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith), "bitches" such as Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins), Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks), Sam Mitchell (Danniella Westbrook/Kim Medcalf),[172] Chrissie Watts (Tracy-Ann Oberman), Lucy Beale (Melissa Suffield/Hetti Bywater), Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald), Babe Smith (Annette Badland) and Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal), "brawlers" or "fighters" such as Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons), Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin/Zaraah Abrahams), Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner), Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon) and Karen Taylor (Lorraine Stanley), and cockney "wide boys" or "wheeler dealers"[10] such as Frank Butcher (Mike Reid), Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels), Darren Miller (Charlie G. Hawkins), Fatboy (Ricky Norwood), Jay Brown (Jamie Borthwick) and Kheerat Panesar (Jaz Deol). Millions of EastEnders viewers have turned their back on the long-running soap, according to the latest reports. [287], On 21 February 2022, it was announced that from 7 March 2022, EastEnders would begin airing from Monday to Thursday at 7:30pm, therefore no longer airing on a Friday. [250] In 2003, filming took place at Loch Fyne Hotel and Leisure Club in Inveraray, The Arkinglass Estate in Cairndow and Grims Dyke Hotel, Harrow Weald, north London, for a week of episodes set in Scotland. Sen explained that the challenges in production and filming of the show has led to the show's reduced output, but also stated that the crew had been "trialing techniques, filming methods and new ways of working" to prepare the show for its return. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Whodunits also feature regularly, including the "Who Shot Phil?" As EastEnders is shown pre-watershed, there were worries that some scenes in this storyline were too graphic for its audience. 26 Dec 1986 24/12/1998 EastEnders Grant and. [293][294], From 20 February to 26 May 1995, as part of the programme's 10th Anniversary celebrations, episodes from 1985 were repeated each weekday morning at 10am, starting from episode one. For its 25th anniversary in February 2010, a live episode was broadcast in which Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) was revealed as Archie Mitchell's (Larry Lamb) killer. It has been criticised for various storylines, including the 2010 baby swap storyline which attracted over 6,000 complaints, as well as complaints of showing too much violence and allegations of national and racial stereotypes. The BBC responded by stating: "EastEnders has been a pre-watershed BBC One staple for over 37 years and has a rich history of dealing with challenging and difficult issues and Ben's story is one of these. The number was similar to the previous year, despite a captive audience, with coronavirus restrictions confining people to their homes. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Based on market research by BBC commissioning in 2003, EastEnders is most watched by 60- to 74-year-olds, closely followed by 45- to 59-year-olds. [96] It was also announced that Oates was looking for an Executive Producer to work under her. [247] According to a Radio Times article for 212 episodes it works out at 141,000 per episode or 3.5p per viewer hour. [337], EastEnders and rival soap opera Coronation Street took part in a crossover episode for Children in Need on 19 November 2010 called "East Street". [122] Sen's final credited episode as executive producer was broadcast on 10 March 2022 and coincided in a week of episodes that saw the arrest of serial killer Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith). [350] On 21 September 2004, Louise Berridge, the then executive producer, quit following criticism of the show. With the change to the ITV network in 1968, when stations such as Associated Rediffusion were dropped and new stations such as Thames Television and London Weekend Television began, the independent stations and other interested parties (acting under the name of JICTAR, the Joint Industry Committee for Television Advertising Research, formed in the early 1960s) passed the contract for collating the data passed to AGB, today AGB Neilson, who still collate the data for the entire UK industry, BBC now included, on BARB's behalf to this day. in 30th anniversary show in February", "Dominic Treadwell-Collins set to depart as Executive Producer", "EastEnders boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins quits after two and half years", "End of an era! Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Street Star Bill Lashes "Steamy" EastEnders". Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. We have a very wide range of content - there's a strong 80s focus with trivia on EastEnders and Grange Hill, but you can also find articles on popular contemporary TV programmes such as Breaking Bad and The Sopranos. But data has shown that Walford's woes outdo those on the Corrie cobbles. ", "EastEnders boss on Bobby reveal: 'It's the start of a bigger story', "EastEnders star Laurie Brett on Bobby: 'I've known since November', "EastEnders star Hetti Bywater on Bobby reveal: 'I was so shocked', "Sun, Sea, Sex, Sand and Conservatism in the Australian Television Soap Opera", "Revealed: The full list of the BBC's 96 highest-paid stars", "BBC spent 700,000 on EastEnders episode", "Total annual cost of the continuing dramas", "Eco-Enders EastEnders earns top sustainability award", "Why is EastEnders changing its time slot on BBC? [210] The lower walls, pavements, etc., were constructed of real brick and tarmac. Trust, who called the storyline an "unhelpful portrayal" and said it had already received calls from members of the public who were "distressed about the EastEnders scene where a social worker snatches a baby from its mother's arms". [252], Other locations have included the court house, a disused office block, Evershed House,[253][254] and St Peter's Church,[255] all in St Albans, an abandoned mental facility in Worthing,[256] and a wedding dress shop in Muswell Hill, north London. Based on market research by BBC commissioning in 2003, EastEnders is most watched by 60- to 74-year-olds, closely followed by 45- to 59-year-olds. The set will provide a modern, upgraded exterior filming resource for EastEnders, and will copy the appearance of the existing buildings; however, it will be 20 per cent bigger, in order to enable greater editorial ambition and improve working conditions for staff. EastEnders suffered its lowest ratings on record last summer when viewing figures were just 2.4million. His mother, Ethel Holland, was one of four sisters raised in Walthamstow. [341][342], An example of EastEnders' popularity is that after episodes, electricity use in the United Kingdom rises significantly as viewers who have waited for the show to end begin boiling water for tea, a phenomenon known as TV pickup. Rishi Sunak oversaw wasteful government spending and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to 26.8 billion, Labour has said. In this first head-to-head battle, EastEnders claimed victory over its rival. [110] Beginning on 22 June 2020, Dooley interviews two cast members together in the show's restaurant set while observing social distancing measures. During her time at the soap Hutchison axed multiple characters, and reportedly ordered the rewriting of numerous scripts. She quotes endlessly from the Bible and it ridicules religion to some extent. It was Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas. EastEnders has always featured a culturally diverse cast which has included black, Asian, Turkish, Polish and Latvian characters. From 25 December 2010 - 29 April 2011 and 31 July 2012 - 13 August 2012 to the show was repeated on BBC HD in a Simulcast with BBC Three. [62] The first television advert showed Dot Branning with a refugee baby, Tomas, whom she took in under the pretence of being her grandson. It was confirmed that after the transmission break, the show would temporarily broadcast four 20-minute episodes per week, until it can return to its normal output. In January 2010, the average audience was higher than that of Coronation Street for the first time in three years. 1990 was EastEnders' sixth year. Viewing Figures Christmas viewing . [276], In 2014, two new studios were built and they were equipped with low-energy lighting which has saved approximately 90,000 kwh per year. The characters of Andy O'Brien and Debbie Wilkins were created to show a modern couple with outwardly mobile pretensions, and Lofty Holloway to show an outsider; someone who did not fit in with other residents. At its height in the 80s it broke records, topping 30million . National Grid personnel watch the show to know when closing credits begin so they can prepare for the surge, asking for additional power from France if necessary. With public interest so high, the media began investigating the private lives of the show's popular stars. Her criticisms were widely reported in the tabloid press as ammunition in its existing hostility towards the BBC. The first episode was watched by 17 million viewers. "[91] O'Connor planned to stay with EastEnders until the end of 2017, but announced his departure on 23 June 2017 with immediate effect,[92] saying he wanted to concentrate on a career in film. [136] The late 2010s saw the newly introduced Taylor family become central to the show's main storylines,[137] and in 2019, the first Sikh family, the Panesar', were introduced. 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