Kyle Slater (Riley Carter Millington), a transgender character, was introduced in 2015. [305] These have since been taken down. A year later BBC chairman Christopher Bland admitted that as result of the Irish-set EastEnders episodes, the station failed in its pledge to represent all groups accurately and avoid reinforcing prejudice. Pauline and Pete's domineering mother Lou Beale (Anna Wing) lived with Pauline and her family. [344] EastEnders two biggest ratings rivals are the ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale. [37] Ferguson introduced other characters and was responsible for storylines including HIV, Alzheimer's disease and murder. storyline, which saw Bradley's wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) reveal that she was the murderer. Show creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland also wrote a book about the show in 1987, entitled EastEnders: The Inside Story (ISBN978-0-563-20601-9), telling the story of how the show made it to screen. 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%. [211], The walls were intentionally built crooked to give them an aged appearance. [247] According to a Radio Times article for 212 episodes it works out at 141,000 per episode or 3.5p per viewer hour. [352] Under new producers, EastEnders and Emmerdale continued to clash at times, and Emmerdale tended to come out on top, giving EastEnders lower than average ratings. [230] Episodes are produced in "quartets" of four episodes, each of which starts filming on a Tuesday and takes nine days to record. EastEnders is often filmed on location, away from the studios in Borehamwood. [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). The finger of blame was also pointed towards the show's lack of distinctive icons like those of yesteryear, such as Peggy Mitchell and Dot Branning, while Corrie has stuck by its veteran stars like Bill Roache who plays Ken Barlow. 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. 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. An episode of EastEnders Revealed that was commissioned for BBC Three attracted 611,000 viewers. "[12], The target launch date was originally January 1985. Hollingworth shared the award with the next Executive Producer, Jane Harris. This was also the lowest ever audience share, with just 19.6 per cent. Rishi Sunak oversaw wasteful government spending and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to 26.8 billion, Labour has said. Oates began her role in October, and continued to work with Yorke until the end of the year to "ensure a smooth handover". . [385], In March 2008, scenes showing Tanya Branning (Jo Joyner) and boyfriend, Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky), burying Tanya's husband Max (Jake Wood) alive, attracted many complaints. She also felt that EastEnders had been cleaned up as a result of her protests, though she later commented that EastEnders had returned to its old ways. [272], Since 2010, EastEnders no longer uses tapes in the recording or editing process. EastEnders fans will know that Danny Dyer left his role as Mick Carter on Christmas Day last year (Sunday December 25, 2022). Turner was told only 30minutes before the live episode and to maintain suspense, she whispers this revelation to former lover and current father-in-law, Max Branning, in the very final moments of the live show. The Beale and Fowler family represented the old families of the East End, who had always been there. Smith was uneasy about the late start as EastEnders no longer had the winter months to build up a loyal following before the summer ratings lull. [344], In 2001, EastEnders clashed with Coronation Street for the first time. [333] A new breed of behind-the-scenes programmes have been broadcast on BBC Three since 1 December 2006. According to The Sun, the figures are more worrying for producers as rivals such as Coronation Street and Emmerdale are regularly attracting over four million viewers. [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. It was Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas. Holland also created Pauline's unemployed husband Arthur Fowler, their children Mark and Michelle, Pete's wife Kathy and their son Ian. Dr. Indarjit Singh, editor of the Sikh Messenger and patron of the World Congress of Faiths, said: "EastEnders' Dot Cotton is an example. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. [361] In 2013, the average audience share for an episode was around 30 per cent. [226] In January 2022 the new 86.7m exterior set of EastEnders was officially unveiled by the BBC replacing the original set built in 1984. Millions of EastEnders viewers have turned their back on the long-running soap, according to the latest reports. New figures show that EastEnders viewers have dropped dramatically with issues said to be its trendy-but-dull storylines and lack of iconic characters. 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 had its best ever year of viewing on Player in 2022, the BBC has confirmed. The table below summaries the chart rankings for EastEnders for each year since 1985. [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. [331], In 1998, EastEnders Revealed was launched on BBC Choice (now BBC Three). The poor ratings motivated the press into reporting viewers were bored with implausible and ill-thought-out storylines. 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. In the main, middle-class characters exist as villains, such as James Wilmott-Brown (William Boyde), May Wright (Amanda Drew), Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson), Yusef Khan (Ace Bhatti) and Gray Atkins (Toby-Alexander Smith) or are used to promote positive liberal influences, such as Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Rachel Kominski (Jacquetta May)[148] and Derek Harkinson (Ian Lavender). 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. EastEnders has had varying success with ethnic minority characters. Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote 17 novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place. The wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in Episode 523 got 20 million viewers when it aired in the UK in November 1988. She regarded EastEnders as a fundamental assault on the family and morality itself. [284] This caused some controversy as the first Friday episode clashed with Coronation Street, which was moved to 8pm to make way for an hour-long episode of rural soap Emmerdale. Everything you need to know about EastEnders returnee", "Danniella Westbrook wants to return to EastEnders but fears the show just uses her for publicity", "Young viewers switch from BBC to the internet", "I stopped watching Albert Square.. Now I like Emmerdale", "Johann Hari: Why "Coronation Street" fills me with pride", "Coronation Street and EastEnders battle it out for coveted CRE Race in the Media Award", "30 Years Today, First Gay Character Appeared In "EastEnders". Despite the slightly lower figure, it still made it to 12th place on Channel 5's weekly chart. [29] Following the launch, both group discussions and telephone surveys were conducted to test audience reaction to early episodes. [17] Holland created the Beale and Fowler family, drawing on his own background. [261][262] In 2012, filming took place in Keynsham, Somerset. This rating is combined with the omnibus; the highest rating for an episode without a combined rating was 19.69million. [335] A second 10-part series started in September 2010, with twice-weekly episodes available online and an omnibus on BBC Three. Besides the regular episodes of EastEnders, the following programmes also made the weekly charts. The viewing figures for 95 episodes are unknown. Later on in the same evening, a special flashback episode averaged 10.3million viewers, and peaked with 11.2million. [114] In May 2021, it was announced that from 14 June 2021, boxsets of episodes would be uploaded to BBC iPlayer each Monday for three weeks. This rating is not combined with the omnibus; the lowest rating for an episode with a combined rating was 13.89million. Both Smith and Holland were unhappy about the January 1985 launch date, favouring November or even September 1984 when seasonal audiences would be higher, but the BBC stayed firm, and Smith and Holland had to concede that, with the massive task of getting the Elstree Studios operational, January was the most realistic date; however, this was later to be changed to February. [325], According to Barbara Jurgen who re-wrote the scripts for a Dutch audience he said "The power of the show is undeniable. A week later, sound is added to the episodes and they are technically reviewed, and are ready for transmission if they are deemed of acceptable quality.[228]. 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. [380], In 1992, writer David Yallop successfully sued the BBC for 68,000 after it was revealed he had been hired by producer Mike Gibbon in 1989 to pen several controversial storylines in an effort to "slim down" the cast; however, after Gibbon left the programme, executive producers chose not to use Yallop's storylines, which put the BBC in breach of the contract Yallop had signed with them. This remains the highest rated episode of a soap in British television history. Figures show that on July 31 the London-based soap opera recorded its lowest. [34] Brake suggested that humour was an important element in EastEnders' storylines during 1989, with a greater amount of slapstick and light comedy than before. Millions of EastEnders viewers have turned their back on the long-running soap, according to the latest reports. And people laugh. Under new producers, EastEnders and Emmerdale continued to clash at times, and Emmerdale tended to come out on top, giving EastEnders lower than average ratings. The viewing figures for 10 episodes are unknown. [33] By the end of 1992, Greaves left and Lewis became executive and series producer. [273], According to the book How to Study Television, in 1995 EastEnders cost the BBC 40,000 per episode on average. [110] Kate Phillips, the controller of BBC Entertainment, explained that EastEnders: Secrets From The Square would be the "perfect opportunity to celebrate the show" in the absence of the show. His mother, Ethel Holland, was one of four sisters raised in Walthamstow. [115] The release of these boxsets was extended for a further five weeks, due to similar impacts caused by the 2020 Summer Olympics. [28] Both Holland and Smith could not watch; they both instead returned to the place where it all began, Albertine's Wine Bar on Wood Lane. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. ", "EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar", "EastEnders: Phil Mitchell's 14 most explosive feuds ranked! Here's the full breakdown of what helped the Beeb achieve its best-ever year. [85], Sean O'Connor, former EastEnders series story producer and then-editor on radio soap opera The Archers, was announced to be taking over the role. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Street Star Bill Lashes "Steamy" EastEnders". [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. [282][283], EastEnders output then increased to three times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 April 1994 until 2 August 2001. "[93] Yorke initially returned for three months but his contract was later extended. EastEnders has been known to feature a "comedy double-act", originally demonstrated with the characters of Dot and Ethel, whose friendship was one of the serial's most enduring. This year's Rugby League World Cup is officially the most-watched tournament in rugby league history. Her criticisms were widely reported in the tabloid press as ammunition in its existing hostility towards the BBC. [355] EastEnders received its second lowest ratings on 17 May 2007, when 4.0million viewers tuned in. EastEnders suffered its lowest ratings on record last summer when viewing figures were just 2.4million. The viewing figures for 25 episodes are unknown. Up to the end of 2001, but excluding 1996 and 1997, the rating was also combined with that of the omnibus (though for 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1998, some ratings are not combined, as noted). [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. [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". The early 2000s saw a shift in attention towards the newly introduced female Slater clan, before a renewal of emphasis upon the restored Watts family beginning in 2003. 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[228] In January 1987, EastEnders had three production teams each comprising a director, production manager, production assistant and assistant floor manager. [319] In Canada, EastEnders was shown on BBC Canada until 2010,[320] at which point it was picked up by VisionTV. "[335] E20 features a group of sixth-form characters and targets the "Hollyoaks demographic". The increased competition from ITV meant that EastEnders viewing figures were down . [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". In 1993, George Street was added, and soon after Walford East Underground station was built, to create further locations when EastEnders went from two to three episodes per week. He was a racist thug, who often tried to lead other young characters astray. The show revealed that the killer of Lucy Beale (Hetti Bywater) was her younger brother, Bobby (Eliot Carrington), during the second episode on Thursday, after a ten-month mystery regarding who killed her. Debbie, Andy and Mary represented more modern-day individuals. This was followed in January 1989, less than a year after legislation came into effect in the UK prohibiting the "promotion of homosexuality" by local authorities, by the first on-the-mouth gay kiss in a British soap when Colin kissed a new character, Guido Smith (Nicholas Donovan), an episode that was watched by 17 million people. It is shown on BBC UKTV from Mondays to Thursdays at 8pm. The top 50 programmes on TV based on the size of their total viewing audience over the week (including live, VOSDAL, time-shifted and total audience viewing figures). In 2012, 24.5 people watched "Olympics. [251] and the Port of Dover, Kent. It is estimated that the show's new set is costing 86million of licence fee cash. [64][65] There have also been adverts in magazines and on radio. The writers would be paid 75 per cent of that fee for any repeats of the episode. [316] In New Zealand, it was shown by TVNZ on TVNZ 1 for several years, and then on Prime each weekday afternoon. [41] Lewis felt that producing an hour of "reasonable quality drama" a week was the maximum that any broadcasting system could generate without loss of integrity. [14] It was the latter that stuck (E8 is the postcode for Hackney) in the early months of creative process; however, the show was renamed after many casting agents mistakenly thought the show was to be called Estate, and the fictional postcode E20 was created, instead of using E8. "[370] In July 2010, complaints were received following the storyline of Christian minister Lucas Johnson (Don Gilet) committing a number of murders that he believed was his duty to God, claiming that the storyline was offensive to Christians. About Us; Staff; Camps; Scuba. The Dutch version was re-written from already existing EastEnders scripts. However, EastEnders has also been commended for representing real-life issues and spreading awareness on social topics. In January 2021 veteran EastEnder Adam Woodyatt took an extended break to tour in the play Looking Good Dead, in which he starred alongside former on-screen wife Laurie Brett. Ant and Dec were back presenting their adored show as it returned to ITV on Saturday (February 25) with a brand new series where David Tennant was the guest presenter. ", "EastEnders LGBT domestic abuse plot praised following Tina, Tosh clash", "EastEnders gay kiss: Ben Mitchell actor Harry Reid upset by homophobia", "EastEnders casts transgender actor in transgender role on UK television", "EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt says that Ian Beale may not return", "NSPCC research reveals childcare professional's concerns over rise in emotional abuse", "Who was EastEnders' Tony King? 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[107] A spokesperson confirmed that the decision was made to reduce transmission so that EastEnders could remain on-screen for longer. [119][120] Similar clips featuring the show's own characters (Bailey Baker and Peter Beale) were featured on Doctors and Emmerdale during the week. 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. Many other cast members only found out at the same time as the public, when the episode was broadcast. Four EastEnders episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. Viewing figures. [227], The majority of EastEnders episodes are filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. John Yorke, the former BBC's head of drama production, put this down to Tony Holland's "gay sensibility, which showed a love for strong women". 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. She confirmed that EastEnders would return to filming during June 2020 and that there would be a transmission break between episodes filmed before and after production paused. It has frequently been referred to in many different media, including songs and television programmes. [208] The EastEnders lot was designed by Keith Harris, who was a senior designer within the production team together with supervising art directors Peter Findley and Gina Parr. ", which peaked during the show's 30th anniversary in 2015 with a week of live episodes. [25] The visual images were taken from an aircraft flying over the East End of London at 1000 feet. [140] The original matriarch was Lou Beale (Anna Wing), though later examples include Mo Harris (Laila Morse),[141] Pat Butcher (Pam St Clement),[142] Zainab Masood (Nina Wadia),[143] Cora Cross (Ann Mitchell),[144] Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth),[145] Jean Slater (Gillian Wright),[146] and Suki Panesar (Balvinder Sopal). [281] A carbon literacy course was run with Heads of Departments of EastEnders attending and as a result, representatives from each department agreed to meet quarterly to share new sustainability ideas. The first episode of the week features exclusive interviews with the show's cast, while the second episode will be a repeat of "iconic" episodes of the show. ", "Is EastEnders the lifeblood of the BBC? ", Ethel Skinner's death, Jim Branning and Dot Cotton's marriage, Trevor Morgan's domestic abuse of his wife Little Mo Morgan, and Kat Slater's revelation to her daughter Zoe Slater that she was her mother. As what Mal Young described as "two of EastEnders' most successful years", Yorke was responsible for highly rated storylines such as "Who Shot Phil? [124] On 2 June 2022, EastEnders aired an episode celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. [135] In 2016, the Fowlers were revived and merged with the Slaters, with Martin Fowler (James Bye) marrying Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner). 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. Viewers criticised the decision, feeling that some of the characters had potential to add to the soap. Around 3,400 complaints were received, with viewers branding the storyline "insensitive", "irresponsible" and "desperate". [334], In October 2009, a 12-part Internet spin-off series entitled EastEnders: E20 was announced. The viewing figures for 138 episodes are not combined with the omnibus. [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. Often, their promiscuity masks a hidden vulnerability and a desire to be loved. Kirkwood's first signing was the reintroduction of characters Alfie Moon (Shane Richie) and Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace),[70] and his first new character was Vanessa Gold, played by Ze Lucker. [138][147] These characters are often seen as being loud and interfering but most importantly, responsible for the well-being of the family. It's been frozen in aspic for too long. In 2021, "UEFA Euro 2020: England vs Denmark" recorded the largest TV viewing audience of the year, with 18.4 million individuals watching the program. [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. In what was a record-breaking year for the streaming service, the FIFA World Cup - which aired at the. [41] Having set up the transition to the new schedule, the first trio of episodesdubbed The Vic siegemarked Lewis's departure from the programme. [257] A week of episodes in 2011 saw filming take place on a beach in Thorpe Bay[258] and a pier in Southend-on-Seaduring which a stuntman was injured when a gust of wind threw him off balance and he fell onto rocks[259][260] with other scenes filmed on the Essex coast. 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