EastEnders
EastEnders is a British TV soap opera in the United Kingdom. It has been running since 19th February 1985,[1] and has had over 7000 episodes. The programme is a rival of Coronation Street and Emmerdale on ITV. It is shown on BBC One.
The programme is in a pretend area of East London, called Walford. It is filmed in Elstree,[2] a village in Borehamwood. Like Coronation Street, most action is around a local pub. The pub in EastEnders is called The Queen Vic.
It quickly became very popular when it launched and had its highest rated episode on 25th December 1986 (Christmas Day) when Den Watts served his wife Angie divorce papers behind the Queen Vic which was watched by 30 million viewers, making it one of the most watched shows in the UK of all time.
There are many storylines, including drug abuse, rape, racism, domestic violence, murder, kidnapping, prostitution, theft, senile dementia, arson, and runaway children.
Arguments between members of one family, or between different families, are often in the storylines.
It has won ten BAFTA awards.[3]
Characters
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "EastEnders first episode 19 February 1985". BBC. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ↑ Charlotte Forde. "Our services - Studios - Brand new studios at Elstree". BBCStudiosAndPostProduction.com. BBC Studios and Post Production. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- ↑ "BAFTA Awards Search". BAFTA. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
Other websites
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- EastEnders at BBC Programmes
- EastEnders at BBC Studios
- EastEnders at BBC Studioworks
- EastEnders at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- EastEnders on IMDb
- EastEnders' channel on YouTube
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