The highly anticipated return of Ross Kemp as Grant Mitchell in October 2005 proved to be a sudden major ratings success, with the first two episodes consolidating to ratings of 13.21 to 13.34 million viewers. [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. 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]. [340], Until its closure, BBC Store released 553 EastEnders episodes from various years, including the special episode "CivvyStreet", available to buy as digital downloads. It shouldn't just be a distraction from your own life, it should be an exploration of the life shared by the audience and the characters. EastEnders suffered its lowest ratings on record last summer when viewing figures were just 2.4million. [295] Four specially selected episodes from 1985, 1986 and 1987 were also repeated on BBC1 on Friday evenings at 8pm under the banner "The Unforgettable EastEnders". The show was presented by Angellica Bell and was available to digital viewers at 8:30pm on Monday nights. They suggested the blame lies with the show's trendy-but-dull storylines, such as cosmetic surgery addiction, cannabis oil treatments and online trolling. [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". [211] The final touches were added in summer 1984, these included a telephone box, telegraph pole that was provided by British Telecom, lampposts that were provided by Hertsmere Borough Council and a number of vehicles parked on the square. [229] When the number of episodes was increased to four per week, more studio space was needed, so Top of the Pops was moved from its studio at Elstree to BBC Television Centre in April 2001. Sometimes I just want to see Dot Cotton moaning that the price of biscuits has gone up 10p. [290][291] It reverted to a weekend daytime slot as from January 2013 on BBC Two. [313] Since 7 March 2017, EastEnders has been available in the United States on demand, 24 hours after it has aired in the United Kingdom via BritBox, a joint venture between BBC and ITV. The police claimed that such scenes were "damaging" to their reputation and added that the character DC Deanne Cunningham (Zo Henry) was "irritatingly inaccurate". [121], In November 2021, it was announced that Sen would step down from his role as executive producer, and would be succeeded by former story producer, Chris Clenshaw. [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. [127] The show's producers based the square's design on Fassett Square in Dalston. [351] The following day the show received its lowest ever ratings at that time (6.2million) when ITV scheduled an hour-long episode of Emmerdale against it. [37] Ferguson introduced other characters and was responsible for storylines including HIV, Alzheimer's disease and murder. "[197], In the 1980s, EastEnders featured "gritty" storylines involving drugs and crime, representing the issues faced by working-class Britain under Thatcherism. Total linear TV set viewing (including BBC) was 2 hours, 39 minutes a day. From 2001 to 2022, it was broadcast at 7:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday, and 8pm on Monday and Friday. 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 is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Above all, we wanted realism". Sen also confirmed that the episodes will still air on BBC One throughout the week. . [318] It was also shown on BBC Prime in Asia, but when the channel was replaced by BBC Entertainment, it ceased broadcasting the series. The mess of scheduling around the World Cup certainly didn't help, however, I would expect by this time of year the figures to be between 5.5-6.5million. [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. [8], There was anxiety at first that the viewing public would not accept a new soap set in the south of England, though research commissioned by lead figures in the BBC revealed that southerners would accept a northern soap, northerners would accept a southern soap and those from the Midlands, as Julia Smith herself pointed out, did not mind where it was set as long as it was somewhere else. [33] By the end of 1992, Greaves left and Lewis became executive and series producer. On 21 September 2004, Berridge quit as executive producer of EastEnders following continued criticism of the show. [236] The result of the 2010 general election was referenced on 7 May 2010 episode. In one segment of the . Episodes are shown roughly one week after their UK broadcast. [264] In October 2013, scenes were filmed on a road near London Southend Airport in Essex. 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". [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. [76] Old sets had to be rebuilt, so The Queen Victoria set was burnt down in a storyline (and in reality) to facilitate this. [224] The BBC said the new set would be more suitable for HD filming and better reflect the modern East End of London. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. An average EastEnders episode attracts a total audience share between 35 and 40 per cent. ", "The Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television", "BBC EastEnders: EastEnders Omnibus has moved", "EastEnders repeat where will it be shown when BBC3 goes off air? [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 aftermath episode, which aired on Friday 20, was completely live and explained in detail Lucy's death. The editors then assemble all the scenes recorded for the director to view and note any changes that are needed. [353][354] In 2006, EastEnders regularly attracted between 8 and 12 million viewers in official ratings. 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. storyline and the second wedding of Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson, and the show's first live episode on 19th February 2010. The Beale and Fowler family represented the old families of the East End, who had always been there. 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. [251] and the Port of Dover, Kent. Carrington was told he was Lucy's killer on Monday 16,[268] while Laurie Brett (who plays Bobby's adoptive mother, Jane) was informed in November, due to the character playing a huge role in the cover-up of Lucy's murder. [6] The outline that Reid presented was vague: two episodes a week, 52 weeks a year. 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. These episodes often air in late June or early July and again in late October or early November. The most recent BARB figures reported that. 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. [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 BBC received complaints from viewers who were unhappy with the content in the episode. [66], From 4 February 2010, CGI was used in the show for the first time, with the addition of computer-generated trains.[67]. Get Xtra", "BBC Three 1 December 2006 BBC Genome", "Web drama comes of age with EastEnders spin-off", "Walford returns to web with second series of EastEnders: E20", "EastEnders joins forces with Michael Wood and Wallace & Gromit to inspire a life full of learning for BBC audiences", "Soaps 'Enders, Corrie "CIN" crossover confirmed Digital Spy", "First look at Eastenders Irish spin-off Redwater but have producers learned from previous "Oirish" mistakes? [15] The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where Tony Holland lived and a blend of Walthamstow and Stratfordthe areas of Greater London where the creators were born. He added: "It should feel more like London. [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 most-watched TV show was the penultimate episode of The Apprentice on BBC One, which had 6.7 million viewers, 2.1 million of whom watched not live, but on . The first episode was watched by 17 million viewers. Corrie meanwhile had an average of 7.6 million viewers that year but by last year. Jean Slater homeless in TRAGIC cancer plot twist? Moments of drama are often timed to peak with optimum viewing figuresand Christmas is a notoriously volatile time on Albert Square. [302][293] W stopped showing EastEnders in April 2018. [270], Each episode should run for 27 minutes and 15 seconds; however, if any episode runs over or under then it is the job of post-production to cut or add scenes where appropriate. [179][180] Despite this, the programme has been criticised by the Commission for Racial Equality, who argued in 2002 that EastEnders was not giving a realistic representation of the East End's "ethnic make-up". Rishi Sunak oversaw wasteful government spending and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to 26.8 billion, Labour has said. [117][118] During the week, beginning from 1 November, a social media clip featuring Maria Connor from Coronation Street was featured on the programme while Cindy Cunningham from Hollyoaks was also referenced. In this first head-to-head battle, EastEnders claimed victory over its rival. Peggy Mitchell death: Eastenders suicide was watched by 41% of UK TV viewing audience. [296][297][298][299], EastEnders was regularly repeated at 10pm on BBC Choice from the channel's launch in 1998, a practice continued by BBC Three for many years until mid-2012 with the repeat moving to 10:30pm. [35], By the end of 1989 EastEnders had acquired a new executive producer, Michael Ferguson, who had previously been a successful producer on ITV's The Bill. 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. EastEnders has had varying success with ethnic minority characters. 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. [282][283], EastEnders output then increased to three times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 April 1994 until 2 August 2001. Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) returned 14 years after he was believed to have died, a feat repeated by Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth) in 2015. [394] On 17 November 2014 it was announced that Ofcom will investigate over the storyline. This remains the highest rated episode of a soap in British television history. EastEnders has not hit 6 million in. 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. [223] The NAO's forecast cost is more than the annual combined budget for BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. [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. [312] Episodes air two months behind the UK schedule. A sari shop was opened and various characters of different ethnicities were introduced throughout 2006 and 2007, including the Fox family, the Ahmeds, and various background artists. [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. She made reference to representation of family life and emphasis on psychological and emotional violence within the show. The BBC responded by saying they had been working that way for some time and it had not affected the quality of the show. The ratings are not combined with the omnibus before 29 June 1998, but are combined thereafter. [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. [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. [124] On 2 June 2022, EastEnders aired an episode celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. ", "EastEnders Dot Cotton filming in Thorpe Bay", "EastEnders stunt actor smashes head while filming Ryan Malloy horror fall", "Live ep for "EastEnders" 25th anniversary", "EastEnders: The Olympic flame comes to Walford! When Danny joined the BBC One show in 2013, EastEnders was regularly getting up to eight million viewers a night, but in the past year those figures have dwindled to 2.5 million an episode.. His . 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. [276] In 2017, it was revealed that Danny Dyer (Mick Carter) and Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale) were the highest-paid actors in EastEnders, earning between 200,000 and 249,999, followed by Laurie Brett (Jane Beale), Letitia Dean (Sharon Watts), Tameka Empson (Kim Fox), Linda Henry (Shirley Carter), Scott Maslen (Jack Branning), Diane Parish (Denise Fox), Gillian Taylforth (Kathy Beale) and Lacey Turner (Stacey Slater), earning between 150,000 and 199,999. [333] A new breed of behind-the-scenes programmes have been broadcast on BBC Three since 1 December 2006. The wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in Episode 523 got 20 million viewers when it aired in the UK in November 1988. Santer also reintroduced past and popular characters to the programme. [182], EastEnders has been praised for its portrayal of characters with disabilities, including Adam Best (David Proud) (spina bifida), Noah Chambers (Micah Thomas) and Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling-Ellis) (deaf), Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) and her daughter Stacey (Lacey Turner) (bipolar disorder), Janet Mitchell (Grace) (Down syndrome), Jim Branning (John Bardon) (stroke)[183] and Dinah Wilson (Anjela Lauren Smith) (multiple sclerosis). 25th July 1985 was the first time the show's viewership rose to the first position in the weekly top 10 shows for BBC One. Stacey went on to struggle with the disorder herself. [111] Filming recommenced on 29 June,[112] with episodes airing from 7 September 2020. After it aired, many took to Twitter to express how unimpressed they were with the Christmas episode. [317], EastEnders is shown on BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime) in Europe and in Africa, where it is approximately six episodes behind the UK. 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