EastEnders was originally broadcast twice weekly at 7:00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 19 February 1985; however, in September 1985 the two episodes were moved to 7:30pm as Michael Grade did not want the soap running in direct competition with Emmerdale Farm, and this remained the same until 7 April 1994. [191] Speaking extras, including Tracey the barmaid (Jane Slaughter) (who has been in the show since the first episode in 1985), have made appearances throughout the show's duration, without being the focus of any major storylines. Get a daily email direct to your inbox with our newsletter. http://bit.ly/1Kyx8Ja Moira is shocked to see Cain has arrived home from prison. In 2006, EastEnders became largely dominated by the Mitchell, Masood and Branning families, though the early 2010s also saw a renewed focus on the Moon and Slater family, and, from 2013 onwards, the Carters. [309] This was followed by the Netherlands on 8 December 1986, Australia on 5 January 1987, Norway on 27 April, and Barcelona on 30 June (dubbed into Catalan). The table below summaries the chart rankings for EastEnders for each year since 1985. This was done by a number of means, including chipping the pavements, using chemicals to crack the top layer of the paint work, using varnish to create damp patches underneath the railway bridge, and making garden walls in such a way they appeared to sag. [36] As the new production team cleared the way for new characters and a new direction, all of the characters introduced under Gibbon were axed from the show at the start of the year. This remains the highest rated episode of a soap in British television history. ", "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? [57] This episode later went on to win British Soap Award for "Best Single Episode". [131], Walford has the postal district of E20. [281] The albert+ logo was first shown at the end of the EastEnders titles for episode 5281 on 9 May 2016. [110] Jon Sen, the show's executive producer, expressed his excitement at the new series, dubbing it "a unique opportunity to see from the cast themselves just what it is like to be part of EastEnders". This led to the introduction of some characters who were deliberately conceived as comic or light-hearted. [265], EastEnders has featured seven live broadcasts. [139] The matriarchal role is one that has been seen in various reincarnations since the programme's inception, often depicted as the centre of the family unit. EastEnders is the BBC's most consistent programme in terms of ratings. Main Page; Discuss; All Pages; Community; Interactive Maps; Recent Blog Posts; Navigation. Conception and preparations for broadcast. It should be entertaining but it should also be informativethat's part of our unique BBC compact with the audience. [189], EastEnders has a high cast turnover and characters are regularly changed to facilitate storylines or refresh the format. The Scripts are full of hard, sharp drama, plus great one-liners which will translate well to Holland. [336] A third series of 15 episodes started in September 2011. 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. The show was presented by Angellica Bell and was available to digital viewers at 8:30pm on Monday nights. Episodes airing on Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 (which featured an hour long episode and a second episode) all featured at least one live insert. [128] There is also a market close to Fassett Square at Ridley Road. [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. The Strictly special, which was won by pop star Anne-Marie, was watched by an average of 5.8 million viewers, according to overnight figures from the BBC. Maya with The Circle co-presenter Alice Levine. [89] Additionally, Oliver Kent was brought in as the Head of Continuing Drama Series for BBC Scripted Studios, meaning that Kent would oversee EastEnders along with O'Connor. Exterior scenes are filmed on a specially constructed film lot, and interior scenes take place in six studios. "The expansion of minority representation signals a move away from the traditional soap opera format, providing more opportunities for audience identification with the characters and hence a wider appeal". [15], After they decided on the filming location of BBC Elstree Centre in south Hertfordshire, Smith and Holland set about creating the 23 characters needed, in just 14 days. After more than 30 years a new Albert Square is being constructed on a former car park elsewhere on the Elstree site. [28] Anticipation and rumour grew in equal measure until the first transmission at 7p.m. on 19 February 1985. [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. However, a spokesperson told MailOnline that the show's figures had been impacted by its decision to drop a week's worth of episodes directly onto the iPlayer while the Euros and Olympics were in full swing. EastEnders Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. All you need to know about Danny Dyer and Kellie Bright in real life", "EastEnders viewers beg for Martin and Stacey to reconcile as she returns to screens", "EastEnders: 7 reasons the Taylor family went from hated to loved", "EastEnders' Panesar family look unrecognisable in an epic behind-the-scenes snap", "EastEnders spoilers: Beloved resident returns as former star drops huge hint? [135] In 2016, the Fowlers were revived and merged with the Slaters, with Martin Fowler (James Bye) marrying Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). [18] The first central family was the combination of the Fowler family, consisting of Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), her husband Arthur (Bill Treacher), and teenage children Mark (David Scarboro/Todd Carty) and Michelle (Susan Tully). [97] Jon Sen was announced on 10 December 2018 to be taking on the role of executive producer. In this first head-to-head battle, EastEnders claimed victory over its rival. [20] Ethel Skinner was based on an old woman she met in a pub, with ill-fitting false teeth, and a "face to rival a neon sign", holding a Yorkshire Terrier in one hand and a pint of Guinness in the other. Jack, Pearl and Tracey Watts were created to bring "flash, trash, and melodrama" to the Square (they were later renamed Den, Angie and Sharon). The most recent BARB figures reported that. [292] The last omnibus on the BBC was shown on 24 April 2015. 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. [125] Clenshaw's first major decision as executive producer was the axing of five series regulars: Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson), Stuart Highway (Ricky Champ), Jada Lennox (Kelsey Calladine-Smith), Dana Monroe (Barbara Smith) and Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold). It was Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas. THE BBC enjoyed some record-breaking viewing figures with its on-demand service, BBC iPlayer, last year. [62] The first television advert showed Dot Branning with a refugee baby, Tomas, whom she took in under the pretence of being her grandson. Rishi Sunak oversaw wasteful government spending and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to 26.8 billion, Labour has said. [368], In 2003, cast member Shaun Williamson, who was in the final months of his role of Barry Evans, said that the programme had become much grittier over the past 10 to 15 years, and found it "frightening" that parents let their young children watch. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [316] In New Zealand, it was shown by TVNZ on TVNZ 1 for several years, and then on Prime each weekday afternoon. Stacey went on to struggle with the disorder herself. Peggy Mitchell death: Eastenders suicide was watched by 41% of UK TV viewing audience. [349] The highest rated episode of EastEnders is the Christmas Day 1986 episode, which attracted a combined 30.15million viewers who tuned into either the original transmission or the omnibus to see Den Watts hand over divorce papers to his wife Angie. [247] According to a Radio Times article for 212 episodes it works out at 141,000 per episode or 3.5p per viewer hour. 1990 was EastEnders' sixth year. Episodes from prior years are still shown on various PBS stations in the US. Such figures are vital to commercial organisations such as the BBC in that high audience figures remain an important political argument for the justification and continuation of the licence fee system although they are just as crucial to ITV as they are the basis on which they charge other companies for advertisement slots. The overnight TV ratings refer only to live television viewing and do not include online or catch-up audiences. The decision was criticised by Martin McGrath of Equity, who said: "Trying to produce quality TV on the cheap is doomed to fail." 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. Recently on EastEnders viewers have seen Tiffany Butcher (Maisie Smith) become addicted to face fillers, spending all her and husband Keegan Baker's (Zack Morris) money. Over the years they have been joined by the likes of Mo Butcher (Edna Dor), Jules Tavernier (Tommy Eytle), Marge Green (Pat Coombs), Nellie Ellis (Elizabeth Kelly), Jim Branning (John Bardon), Charlie Slater (Derek Martin), Mo Harris (Laila Morse), Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell), Les Coker (Roger Sloman), Rose Cotton (Polly Perkins), Pam Coker (Lin Blakley), Stan Carter (Timothy West), Babe Smith (Annette Badland), Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas), Sylvie Carter (Linda Marlowe), Ted Murray (Christopher Timothy), Joyce Murray (Maggie Steed), Arshad Ahmed (Madhav Sharma), Mariam Ahmed (Indira Joshi) and Vi Highway (Gwen Taylor). These episodes often air in late June or early July and again in late October or early November. ", Don't miss out on the biggest soaps gossip! Over the years Emmerdale Farm/Emmerdale has attracted high audience figures. EastEnders episodes; EastEnders characters; EastEnders actors; . Danny went on to say his character had. ", "ITV Manhunt: Ex-EastEnders heartthrob who played Joey Branning is starring alongside Martin Clunes in The Night Stalker", "Davood Ghadami joins "EastEnders" as new heartthrob", "BBC EastEnders' fans switch off from gangster storyline after villain Jonah Tyler returns to Albert square", "Who was Lofty Holloway? This article or section is incomplete! [317], EastEnders is shown on BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime) in Europe and in Africa, where it is approximately six episodes behind the UK. EastEnders bosses want to go back to five 30 minute episodes a week after a ratings slump, according to reports. [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. [13] Smith and Holland had eleven months in which to write, cast and shoot the whole thing; however, in February 1984, they did not even have a title or a place to film. The videotape editor used the director's notes so they knew which scenes the director wanted to appear in a particular episode. [86] Treadwell-Collins left on 6 May[87] and O'Connor's first credited episode was broadcast on 11 July[88] Although O'Connor's first credited episode aired in July, his own creative work was not seen onscreen until late September. Thus, central to Albert Square is The Queen Victoria Public House (also known as The Queen Vic or The Vic). Channel 5's #DinosaurWithStephenFry held on to a fair amount of its audience, pulling in 0.89M for episode 2; this marks a drop of 28%. 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. BBC EastEnders has endured dwindling ratings in recent months. storyline. [81] He axed multiple characters from the show[82] and introduced the extended Carter family. [90] O'Connor's approach to the show was to have a firmer focus on realism, which he said was being "true to EastEnders' DNA and [finding] a way of capturing what it would be like if Julia Smith and Tony Holland were making the show now." [340] In the spin-off, the Moons visit Ireland where they "search for answers to some very big questions". It has proved highly popular, and Appreciation Indexes reflected this, rising from 5560 at the launch to 8595 later on, a figure which was nearly 10 points higher than the average for a British soap opera. Possibly the least successful were the Indian Ferreira family, who were not well received by critics or viewers and were dismissed as unrealistic by the Asian community in the UK. It was written by a team of young writers and was shown three times a week on the EastEnders website from 8 January 2010. Berridge was responsible for some ratings success stories, such as Alfie and Kat Slater's relationship, Janine Butcher getting her comeuppance, Trevor Morgan and Jamie Mitchell's death storylines and the return of one of the greatest soap icons, Den Watts, who had been presumed dead for 14 years. Viewers rushed to tune in as Matt Hancock made the final. Before this, the BBC conducted its audience research while the separate ITV companies sub-contracted out the task to other organisations, in the main TAM (Total Audience Measurement) and AC Neilson. Jonathan Hordle/Shutterstock. storyline, which saw Bradley's wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) reveal that she was the murderer. During the winter period, filming can take place up to twelve weeks in advance, due to less daylight for outdoor filming sessions. [98], In late 2016, popularity and viewership of EastEnders began to decline, with viewers criticising the storylines during the O'Connor reign, such as the killing of the Mitchell sisters and a storyline centred around the local bin collection. [63] The second and third featured Stacey Slater and Dawn Swann, respectively. After it aired, many took to Twitter to express how unimpressed they were with the Christmas episode. 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This was to coincide with the relaunch of the channel and helped BBC Three break the one million viewers mark for the first time with 1.03million who watched to see Mark Fowler's departure. Complaints against a scene in which Little Mo's face was pushed in gravy on Christmas Day were upheld by the Broadcasting Standards Council; however, a helpline after this episode attracted over 2000 calls. [156] Following criticism aimed at the show's over-emphasis on "gangsters" in 2005, such characters have been significantly reduced. [124] On 2 June 2022, EastEnders aired an episode celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. [19] Smith used her personal memories of East End residents she met when researching Victorian squares. [328], On 26 December 1988, the first EastEnders "bubble" was shown, titled "CivvyStreet". They contravened the rules regarding protection of children by appropriate scheduling, appropriate depiction of violence before the 9p.m. watershed and appropriate depiction of potentially offensive content. . 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). [264] In October 2013, scenes were filmed on a road near London Southend Airport in Essex. After a year of UK airing, Neighbours was rivalling Coronation Street and EastEnders. [176] Other examples include Paul Priestly (Mark Thrippleton) and Trevor Short (Phil McDermott),[177] In 1989 especially, characters were brought in who were deliberately conceived as comic or light-hearted. ", "EastEnders 30th anniversary: The most memorable moments of the hit BBC soap", "TV ratings January 29: EastEnders edges past Emmerdale", "EastEnders: 'Who Killed Lucy?' The poor ratings motivated the press into reporting viewers were bored with implausible and ill-thought-out storylines. [212] The square was built in two phases with only three sides being built, plus Bridge Street, to begin with in 1984, in time to be used for the show's first episode. The viewing figures for 16 episodes are not combined with the omnibus. [376], In 2008, the show was criticised for stereotyping their Asian and Black characters, by having a black single mother, Denise Fox (Diane Parish), and an Asian shopkeeper, Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia). [130], Walford East is a fictional London Underground station for Walford, and a tube map that was first seen on air in 1996 showed Walford East between Bow Road and West Ham, in the actual location of Bromley-by-Bow on the District and Hammersmith & City lines. [34] Although the programme still covered many issues in 1989, such as domestic violence, drugs, rape and racism, Brake reflected that the new emphasis on a more balanced mix between "light and heavy storylines" gave the illusion that the show had lost a "certain edge". [133] E20 was entirely fictional when it was created, as London East postal districts stopped at E18 at the time. The soap also tackled the issue of mental illness and carers of people who have mental conditions, illustrated with mother and daughter Jean (Gillian Wright) and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner); Jean has bipolar disorder, and teenage daughter Stacey was her carer (this storyline won a Mental Health Media Award in September 2006[201]). 1) From Episode 39 (2 July 1985) onwards, ratings include the Sunday omnibus edition. [276] According to the NAO, BBC executives approved 500,000 of additional funding for the 25th anniversary live episode (19 February 2010). ", "EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar", "EastEnders: Phil Mitchell's 14 most explosive feuds ranked! [6] The outline that Reid presented was vague: two episodes a week, 52 weeks a year. [166] Another recurring male character seen in EastEnders is the "loser" or "soft touch", males often comically under the thumb of their female counterparts, which have included Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher),[148] Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen),[168] Garry Hobbs (Ricky Groves),[169] Lofty Holloway (Tom Watt)[170] and Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick).[171]. 25 Dec 1986 EastEnders Christmas 1986 Part 2 EastEnders Second of a two-part classic episode that broke the record for British soap viewing. Press coverage of EastEnders, which was already intense, went into overdrive once the show was broadcast. [181] This was part of producer Diederick Santer's plan to "diversify", to make EastEnders "feel more 21st century". In 1987, EastEnders covered the general election. Write by: The show also features a large number of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters (see list of soap operas with LGBT characters), including Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Barry Clark (Gary Hailes),[184] Simon Raymond (Andrew Lynford), Tony Hills (Mark Homer),[185] Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), Naomi Julien (Petra Letang),[186] Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), Tosh Mackintosh (Rebecca Scroggs),[187] Christian Clarke (John Partridge), Syed Masood (Marc Elliott), Ben Mitchell (Harry Reid/Max Bowden), Paul Coker (Jonny Labey),[188] Iqra Ahmed (Priya Davdra), Ash Panesar (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha), Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris), Callum Highway (Tony Clay) and Eve Unwin (Heather Peace). It should be noted that before the establishment of BARB, not only did BBC and ITV collect audience data separately but they collected and collated it using different methods. High audience figures and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to twelve in! 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