BBC's head of drama, Piers Wenger, explained that since the episode duration had been shortened and the airtime frequently suffered changes, it had led to the audience not knowing when to watch it. [10], Once they had decided on their 23 characters, they returned to London for a meeting with the BBC. 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". [277], A 2011 report from the National Audit Office (NAO) showed that EastEnders had an annual budget of 29.9million. [200], In the early 2000s, EastEnders covered the issue of euthanasia with Ethel Skinner's (Gretchen Franklin) death in a pact with her friend Dot Cotton (June Brown), the unveiling of Kat Slater's (Jessie Wallace) sexual abuse by her uncle Harry (Michael Elphick) as a child (which led to the birth of her daughter Zoe (Michelle Ryan), who had been brought up to believe that Kat was her sister), the domestic abuse of Little Mo Morgan (Kacey Ainsworth) by husband Trevor (Alex Ferns) (which involved marital rape and culminated in Trevor's death after he tried to kill Little Mo in a fire),[199] Sonia Jackson (Natalie Cassidy) giving birth at the age of 15 and then putting her baby up for adoption, and Janine Butcher's (Charlie Brooks) prostitution, agoraphobia and drug addiction. Brake suggested that Ferguson was responsible for bringing in a new sense of vitality and creating a programme that was more in touch with the real world than it had been over the previous year.[34]. Danny Dyer has opened up about his luxurious 140,000 Heart EastEnders actor Kellie Bright shares game-changing theory on Christmas murder heart.co.uk - Alice Dear [286] According to the EastEnders website, there are on average 208 episodes outputted each year. However, ratings for the 10 pm EastEnders repeat on BBC Three reached an all-time high of 1.4 million. EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. [116], On 12 October 2021, it was announced that EastEnders would partake in a special week-long crossover event involving multiple British soaps to promote the topic of climate change ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The same-day repeat showing on BBC Three attracted an average of 500,000 viewers, while the Sunday omnibus generally attracted 3 million. He introduced several characters to the show, including ethnic minority and homosexual characters to make the show 'feel more 21st Century'. On one occasion following a scene in an episode broadcast in October 2002, where Phil brutally beat his godson, Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder), 31 complaints came from viewers. EastEnders' overnight viewing figures have been 'hit hard', says BBC drama boss Piers Wenger (Picture: BBC) BBC drama boss Piers Wenger has . The BBC had originally planned to take advantage of the "summer break" that Emmerdale Farm usually took to capitalise on ratings, but ITV added extra episodes and repeats so that Emmerdale Farm was not taken off the air over the summer. [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). [210] The lower walls, pavements, etc., were constructed of real brick and tarmac. [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). [69] Other events to mark the anniversary were a spin-off DVD, EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford, and an Internet spin-off, EastEnders: E20. Conception and preparations for broadcast. [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". [19] Smith used her personal memories of East End residents she met when researching Victorian squares. [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. [261][262] In 2012, filming took place in Keynsham, Somerset. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. The stars of Coronation Street in particular aligned themselves with Mary Whitehouse, gaining headlines such as "STREETS AHEAD! [329][330] In 1993, the two-part story "Dimensions in Time", a charity cross-over with Doctor Who, was shown. Many books have been written about EastEnders. The original elderly residents included Lou Beale (Anna Wing), Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) and Dot Cotton (June Brown). [386] In September 2008, EastEnders began a grooming and paedophilia storyline involving characters Tony King (Chris Coghill), Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty), Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer), Lauren Branning (Madeline Duggan) and Peter Beale (Thomas Law). The wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in Episode 523 got 20 million viewers when it aired in the UK in November 1988. Thus, central to Albert Square is The Queen Victoria Public House (also known as The Queen Vic or The Vic). In early January 1994, one episode of Home And Away reached over 14 million viewers as did 2 later episodes that month. [119][120] Similar clips featuring the show's own characters (Bailey Baker and Peter Beale) were featured on Doctors and Emmerdale during the week. During her time at EastEnders, Berridge introduced popular characters such as Alfie Moon, Dennis Rickman,[48] Chrissie Watts, Jane Beale, Stacey Slater[49] and the critically panned Indian Ferreira family.[50]. EastEnders star Danny Dyer opens up on 140,000 Maldives holiday heart.co.uk - Naomi Bartram Danny Dyer enjoyed 'the best holiday ever' in the Maldives after he jetted off last year. Conversely there are female characters who handle tragedy less well, depicted as eternal victims and endless sufferers, who include Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth), Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman), Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff), Lisa Fowler (Lucy Benjamin), Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) and Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks). [40] He left EastEnders in 1994 after the BBC controllers demanded an extra episode a week, taking its weekly airtime from 60 to 90 minutes. [33] In addition, several other long-running characters left the show that year including Sue and Ali Osman (Sandy Ratcliff and Nejdet Salih) and their family; Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler); Carmel Jackson (Judith Jacob) and Colin Russell (Michael Cashman). [367] The character of Phil Mitchell (played by Steve McFadden since early 1990) has been criticised on several occasions for glorifying violence and proving a bad role model to children. ", Don't miss out on the biggest soaps gossip! [343], EastEnders is the BBC's most consistent programme in terms of ratings,[139] and as of 2021, episodes typically receive between 4 and 6 million viewers. The new scenes from the new set will first appear from new episodes airing in spring. [236] These were replaced by specially recorded election material, including representatives from each major party, and a scene recorded on the day after the election reflecting the result, which was broadcast the following Tuesday. [399] The scenes were also condemned by the British Association of Social Workers (BASW), calling the BBC "too lazy and arrogant" to correctly portray the child protection process, and saying that the baby was taken "without sufficient grounds to do so". 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. [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. During his reign, EastEnders won the BAFTA for "Best Soap" in consecutive years 1999 and 2000 and many other awards. [203] EastEnders covered child abuse with its storyline involving Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden) 11-year-old son Ben (Charlie Jones) and lawyer girlfriend Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson),[204][205] and child grooming involving the characters Tony King (Chris Coghill) as the perpetrator and Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) as the victim.[206]. This was attributed to a conflicting one-hour special episode of Emmerdale on ITV1; however, ratings for the 10pm EastEnders repeat on BBC Three reached an all-time high of 1.4million; however, there have been times when EastEnders had higher ratings than Emmerdale despite the two going head-to-head. The press were invited to Elstree to meet the cast and see the lot, and stories immediately started circulating about the show, about a rivalry with ITV (who were launching their own market-based soap, Albion Market) and about the private lives of the cast. [107] Two months later, Charlotte Moore, the director of content at the BBC, announced plans for a return to production. Episodes as "Millions of Viewers" (1985 - September 1998), Episodes as "Millions of Viewers" (September 1998 onwards). [33] Producer Mike Gibbon was given the task of running the show and he enlisted the most experienced writers to take over the storylining of the programme, including Charlie Humphreys, Jane Hollowood and Tony McHale. The poor ratings motivated the press into reporting viewers were bored with implausible and ill-thought-out storylines. [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. This process is overseen by BARB (Broadcasters Audience Research Board) who were set up jointly by the BBC and the then ITV group of companies and began operating on 1st August 1981. [99] Although, since Yorke and Oates' reigns, opinions towards the storylines have become more favourable, with storylines such as Ruby Allen's (Louisa Lytton) sexual consent, which featured a special episode which "broke new ground"[100] and knife crime, both of which have created "vital" discussions. ", which peaked during the show's 30th anniversary in 2015 with a week of live episodes. 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. EastEnders has not had a brilliant year. The overnight TV ratings refer only to live television viewing and do not include online or catch-up audiences. [281], Also changes to working online has also saved transportation cost of distribution 2,500 DVDs per year. This year's Rugby League World Cup is officially the most-watched tournament in rugby league history. Yorke was given the task of introducing the soap's fourth weekly episode. Seventh place was taken up by the animation. [115] The release of these boxsets was extended for a further five weeks, due to similar impacts caused by the 2020 Summer Olympics. 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. http://bit.ly/1Kyx8Ja Moira is shocked to see Cain has arrived home from prison. 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). A father-of-three has filed a complaint against YouTube for allegedly gathering data on children's viewing habits . The Wheel: 4.6m EastEders. Her criticisms were widely reported in the tabloid press as ammunition in its existing hostility towards the BBC. "[325] The Dutch version began broadcasting on VARA 13 March 1993 but was cancelled after 20 episodes. 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. [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. [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. Hit British soaps including EastEnders and Coronation Street have seen a significant drop in their viewing figures, it has been claimed. This was the second live broadcast of EastEnders. 23h. She was also critical of language such as "bleeding", "bloody hell", "bastard" and "for Christ's sake"; however, Whitehouse also praised the programme, describing Michelle Fowler's decision not to have an abortion as a "very positive storyline". . The following episode dropped 600k. [275] In 2011, it was reported that actors receive a per-episode fee of between 400 and 1,200, and are guaranteed a certain number of episodes per year, perhaps as few as 30 or as many as 100, therefore annual salaries could range from 12,000 to 200,000 depending on the popularity of a character. After footage is recorded, the material is sent digitally to the post-production team. [104], In February 2020, EastEnders celebrated its 35th anniversary with a stunt on the River Thames leading to the death of Dennis Rickman Jr (Bleu Landau). The soap was beaten in the 7.30pm time slot by Victoria Coren. Millions of EastEnders viewers have turned their back on the long-running soap, according to the latest reports. [64][65] There have also been adverts in magazines and on radio. The soap won the award for Best Continuing Drama at the 2019 British Academy Television Awards; its first high-profile award since 2016; however, in June 2019, EastEnders suffered its lowest ever ratings of 2.4million due to its airing at 7pm because of the BBC's coverage of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Such characters have included Pat Butcher (Pam St Clement), Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon) and Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace). Press coverage of EastEnders, which was already intense, went into overdrive once the show was broadcast. Episodes are roughly two weeks behind the UK. [344] EastEnders two biggest ratings rivals are the ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale. [41] Having set up the transition to the new schedule, the first trio of episodesdubbed The Vic siegemarked Lewis's departure from the programme. 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). [10] They also looked at Brookside but found there was a lack of central meeting points for the characters, making it difficult for the writers to intertwine different storylines, so EastEnders was set in Albert Square. Three episodes of EastEnders have crossed 3m in the overnights this year, two of these didn't face Emmerdale (1/1, 9/1) and the other benefitted from the Dragon's Den and Apprentice's return (5/1). They suggested that the average proportion of visible minority faces on EastEnders was substantially lower than the actual ethnic minority population in East London boroughs, and it, therefore, reflected the East End in the 1960s, not the East End of the 2000s. Later on in the same evening, a special flashback episode averaged 10.3million viewers, and peaked with 11.2million. You have to show shades of that change, but certain things are immutable, I would argue, like The Vic and the market. Sometimes I just want to see Dot Cotton moaning that the price of biscuits has gone up 10p. [314], The series was screened in Australia by ABC TV from 1987 until 1991. 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