EastEnders
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First episode date | February 19, 1985 |
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Networks | HD |
BBC One | |
No. of episodes | 5,922 (as of 17 May 2019) |
Production location | Elstree Film Studios |
Dec 31, 2013 | |
Ive been following the show since 2002 and have always loved it. The best eras were 2003‑2005, 2008 ‑2010 and . . . | |
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First episode | 1985-02-19 00:00:00 |
Open theme | EastEnders theme tune |
Genres | Soap Opera |
Product locat | BBC Elstree Centre |
Writers | Tony Holland |
Cast | Rose Ayling‑Ellis |
Episodes | EpisodesS34 E206 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 206Dec 31, 2018 S34 E205 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 205Dec 28, 2018 S34 E204 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 204Dec 27, 2018 View 45+ more |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 734327 |
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series
The British Soap Award for Villain of the Year
The British Soap Award for Best Exit
National Television Award for Most Popular Newcomer
The British Soap Award for Best Young Actor
National Television Award for Outstanding Serial Drama Performance
The British Soap Award for Best On-Screen Partnership
The British Soap Award for Sexiest Female
The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance
The British Soap Award for Best Newcomer
National Television Award for Most Popular Serial Drama
The British Soap Award for Sexiest Male
The British Soap Award for Scene of the Year
The British Soap Award for Best Storyline
The British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Performance
The British Soap Award for Best Actress
The British Soap Award for Best Actor
National Television Award for Most Popular Actress
The British Soap Award for Best British Soap
The British Soap Award for Outstanding Achievement
British Academy Television Award for Best Soap and Continuing Drama
National Television Award for Most Popular Actor
The British Soap Award for Best Single Episode
The British Soap Award for Best Female Dramatic Performance
Inside Soap Award for Sexiest Female
The British Soap Award for Special Achievement
Inside Soap Award for Best Actor
Inside Soap Award for Best family
Inside Soap Awards for Best Soap
About EastEnders
The working-class residents of Albert Square, a fictional place situated in the East End of London, struggle to face the challenges of everyday life.
Leonard Fenton: EastEnders actor who played Dr Legg dies aged 95
...Actor Leonard Fenton, who played Dr Harold Legg in Eastenders, has died at the age of 95, his family have announced...
My job: What it's like digging graves for a living
... We always say people get an idea when they come to the burial [that] it ll be like the one they saw on Eastenders - everything s sunny and they re all throwing daffodils in...
New Year Honours 2022: Lumley and Redgrave become dames
... Two long-serving soap stars - Eastenders June Brown, aka Dot Cotton, and William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street - have been appointed OBEs, both for services to drama and charity...
New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames
... June Brown - the 94-year-old actress who played Dot Cotton in Eastenders - is appointed OBE, as is Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow...
EastEnders 35-year anniversary: My life as a superfan
...The Queen Victoria, and barmaid Kat Slater, spray a customer with a fire extinguisher, this is my first memory of watching Eastenders, at the age of only five...
Students exposed to, over-the-tinder-profile-picture-with sleeping Jewish man
... the actress Tracey-Ann Oberman, who has been in Eastenders and New Tricks, expressed her disgust in a tweet has been liked and re-tweeted hundreds of times...
Has Meghan's accent changed since marrying Prince Harry?
... I don t think British people would accept her if she suddenly started sounding like she was in the cast of Eastenders - or spoke like the Queen...
Eastenders' Ben Mitchell is back - and being played by another new actor
... Max Bowden will play the sixth person, the Eastenders character, such as Soaps get away with putting a new face, familiar name? Ben Mitchell last before fleeing the country appeared in January 2018, but will later be played this year by Max Bowden this is extreme , says the TV critic Emma Bullimore...
Eastenders' Ben Mitchell is back - and being played by another new actor
Charlie Jones , Joshua Pascoe , Max Bowden and Harry Reid (l-r) have all had The Role (The Other two were babies)
Every now and again, you might notice a new mole or maybe even an extra wrinkle popping up on your brow.
But it's unlikely you've ever looked in The Mirror and seen a completely different person staring back at you.
If you're Ben Mitchell from Walford though, that's becoming an all too familiar feeling.
Max Bowden will be The Sixth person to play the Eastenders character, so how do soaps get away with putting a new face to familiar names?
Ben Mitchell last appeared in January 2018 before fleeing the country, But will return later this year played by Max Bowden"It's quite extreme," says TV critic Emma Bullimore.
"You have to take soaps with a pinch of salt. They usually have about 20 people who live in the same house and all know each other way too Well . . But we don't usually get to The Sixth face of a character. "
Ben Mitchell first appeared in 1996, played by Matthew Silver. Are you telling us you don't remember Matthew his unforgettable turn as 'infant Ben', before Morgan Whittle took charge for the toddler era?
"Sometimes a Child Actor grows up and isn't a particularly good actor, doesn't look how they want them to look or might have other commitments," Emma adds.
"On paper it is ridiculous But somehow it's become an accepted convention of soaps. "
'Ben isn't anyone's favourite' The Eastenders team would have a tougher time replacing Phil Mitchell , played by Steve Mcfadden since 1990, or Shane Richie 's Alife MoonThis of course isn't the First Time Eastenders - or any Soap - has re-invented a character.
"If you're buying into the idea that Eastenders is made up of a community then obviously people do come and go, that's the nature of it," Emma says.
"But if you were trying to recast Phil Mitchell , a legend of that Soap , people wouldn't accept it.
"I don't think Ben Mitchell is anyone's favourite. I think people will roll with it quite quickly. "
Eastenders ' senior executive producer Kate Oates has explained there were never plans to write him out of The Show .
"A character like Ben, with his rich history, 'complicated' family and complex psychology, is pure gold," she says.
"We will be exploring aspects of Ben's character that have been allowed to develop during his time away. "
Emma agrees, suggesting it's "harder to establish a Brand New character than bring someone back".
"Ben means something to all the characters he interacted with before so can slot back in without loads of awkward introduction scenes. "
'Sometimes it goes wrong'Max Bowen has said The Role is "beyond exciting", But The Announcement 's been met with a mixed response.
Some fans suggested he "doesn't even look like" the fictional 20 something, while others compared the character to Dr Who - asking if he's "some kind of Time Lord ".
But some think Ben "should be given a Chance ".
Jenna Russell took over as Michelle Fowler in 2016, 11 years after Susan Tully played herEmma Bullimore thinks other Soap reincarnations, like Coronation Street 's Nick Tilsley swapping from Adam Rickett to Ben Price , worked Well But some "haven't quite worked".
She says Jenna Russell Taking Over from Susan Tully as Eastenders ' Michelle Fowler "was just too weird".
"That just didn't really work from the off because Susan Tully was so iconic and she came back as a completely different person.
"Sometimes it does go wrong. "
The Critic is holding out hope for Max Bowen's time on Albert Square, But she's not entirely convinced.
"His Ben Mitchell will have a stint But I wouldn't say this will definitely be The Last one.
"I can totally see there being Another One . "
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