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. In what was a record-breaking year for the streaming service, the FIFA World Cup - which aired at the. [63] The second and third featured Stacey Slater and Dawn Swann, respectively. [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. EastEnders has lost an array of its stars over the past year with the BBC soap's viewing figures dropping below both Emmerdale and Coronation Street. Moments of drama are often timed to peak with optimum viewing figuresand Christmas is a notoriously volatile time on Albert Square. [133] E20 was entirely fictional when it was created, as London East postal districts stopped at E18 at the time. [46][47] In 1998 Matthew Robinson was appointed as the Executive Producer of EastEnders. Kyle Slater (Riley Carter Millington), a transgender character, was introduced in 2015. Co-creator Tony Holland was from a large East End family, and such families have typified EastEnders. [95] On 8 August 2018, it was announced that Kate Oates, who has previously been a producer on the ITV soap operas Emmerdale and Coronation Street, would become Senior Executive Producer of EastEnders, as well of Holby City and Casualty. [25] The visual images were taken from an aircraft flying over the East End of London at 1000 feet. 1990 was EastEnders' sixth year. She regarded EastEnders as a fundamental assault on the family and morality itself. [329][330] In 1993, the two-part story "Dimensions in Time", a charity cross-over with Doctor Who, was shown. [373][374][375], In 1997, several episodes were shot and set in Ireland, resulting in criticisms for portraying the Irish in a negatively stereotypical way. Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns, which starred Emily Blunt in the title role, took the sixth slot as viewers joined in on the family fun on BBC One. [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. On July 31 the BBC soap attracted just 1.7 million viewers, minuscule in comparison to the show's. 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. [139] During the 30th anniversary week in which there were live elements and the climax of the Who Killed Lucy Beale? EastEnders received its second lowest ratings on 17th May 2007, when 4.0 million viewers tuned in. [225] In March 2020 during the suspension of filming, the interior sets were used for a new adaptation of Talking Heads. [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. His mother, Ethel Holland, was one of four sisters raised in Walthamstow. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. In 2012, 24.5 people watched "Olympics. Some interior shots are filmed in the actual buildings. Viewing figures. When Danny joined, EastEnders was pulling in up to eight million viewers an episode, but in the past year those figures have dropped to 2.5 million. Official ratings are over a seven-day period up to 2014 and from 2022 onwards, and over a 28-day period from 2015 to 2021. EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Despite the slightly lower figure, it still made it to 12th place on Channel 5's weekly chart. [207] It was initially built in 1984 with a specification that it should last for at least 15 years at a cost of 750,000. [109] A behind-the-scenes show, EastEnders: Secrets From The Square, will air in the show's place during the transmission break and is hosted by television personality Stacey Dooley. Around 3,400 complaints were received, with viewers branding the storyline "insensitive", "irresponsible" and "desperate". [23], Through the next few months, the set was growing rapidly at Elstree, and a composer and designer had been commissioned to create the title sequence. The postcode for the area, E8, was one of the working titles for the series. We hope that this story will help raise the public's awareness of cot death, which claims 300 babies' lives each year. Scuba Certification; Private Scuba Lessons; Scuba Refresher for Certified Divers; Try Scuba Diving; Enriched Air Diver (Nitrox) in 30th anniversary show in February", "Dominic Treadwell-Collins set to depart as Executive Producer", "EastEnders boss Dominic Treadwell-Collins quits after two and half years", "End of an era! [138][147] These characters are often seen as being loud and interfering but most importantly, responsible for the well-being of the family. Danny Dyer has been a mainstay on EastEnder in recent years, Emmerdale spoilers for next week: April's terror over bully and child kidnap horror, A lack of iconic characters is said to be harming EastEnders' viewing figures, Corrie spoilers: Daisy's tragic past unveiled after medical crisis for Daniel's baby Bertie. Stephen Patterson Wednesday 13 Oct 2021 10:56 am. [7], The show's creators were both Londoners, but when they researched Victorian squares, they found massive changes in areas they thought they knew well; however, delving further into the East End of London, they found exactly what they had been searching for: a real East End spiritan inward-looking quality, a distrust of strangers and authority figures, a sense of territory and community that the creators summed up as "Hurt one of us and you hurt us all". [363] Later that year, EastEnders suffered its lowest rating ever, with 1.7 million viewers watching live. [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). Since its premiere in 1985, EastEnders has had a large impact on British popular culture. Question 9: How many viewers watched the Friday 4th June 2010 episode of the popular BBC1 soap series EastEnders? [350] On 21 September 2004, Louise Berridge, the then executive producer, quit following criticism of the show. [213] Then in 1986, Harris added an extension to the set, building the fourth side of Albert Square, and in 1987, Turpin Road began to be featured more, which included buildings such as The Dagmar.[214]. In the same period, Emmerdale's viewing figures are said to have witnessed a 22 per cent decline. [18], EastEnders has an emphasis on strong family matriarchs, with examples including Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) and Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor), helping to attract a female audience. 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. [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. The Circle. The storyline attracted over 200 complaints. It's a far cry from the 30million who tuned in to. In 2007, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Emmerdale averaged 8.7 million viewers between them, but by 2017 this had dropped to 6.9 million. 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. In 2001, EastEnders clashed with Coronation Street for the first time. The first episode was watched by 2.2 million but by early 1973 other regions . It is shown on BBC UKTV from Mondays to Thursdays at 8pm. [42] Barbara Emile then became the Executive Producer of EastEnders,[43][44] remaining with EastEnders until early 1995. Only five years ago it was pulling in up to 12million viewers almost five times as many. Repeated intentional offences of this rule could lead to a ban, Many thanks the EastEnders Wiki admin team. [300][301] In 2015, the BBC Three repeat moved back to 10pm. [123] From the week commencing on 7 March 2022, the show has been broadcast every weekday from Monday to Thursday in a 7:30 pm slot, making it the first time in the show's history that the programme will air permanently on Wednesdays. February 27, 2023 alexandra bonefas scott No Comments . [209] The main buildings on the square consisted originally of hollow shells, constructed from marine plywood facades mounted onto steel frames. [227], The majority of EastEnders episodes are filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. 23h. However, the 16-20 million viewers was actually a combination of the afternoon showing and . [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. [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 million in April 1993. The soap also tackled the issue of mental illness and carers of people who have mental conditions, illustrated with mother and daughter Jean (Gillian Wright) and Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner); Jean has bipolar disorder, and teenage daughter Stacey was her carer (this storyline won a Mental Health Media Award in September 2006[201]). It should be entertaining but it should also be informativethat's part of our unique BBC compact with the audience. http://bit.ly/1Kyx8Ja Moira is shocked to see Cain has arrived home from prison. Original production designer, Keith Harris, left the show, and Holland and Smith both decided that the time had come to move on too; their final contribution coinciding with the exit of one of EastEnders' most successful characters, Den Watts (Leslie Grantham). [101] As of 2019, the soap is one of the most watched series on BBC iPlayer and averages around 5 million viewers per episode. story arc in 2001 that attracted over 19 million viewers and was one of the biggest successes in British soap television; the "Who Killed Archie?" Viewing figures peaked at 16.6 million, which was the highest viewed episode in seven years. [139] The live-episode averaged 15.6million viewers, peaking at 16.6million in the final five minutes of broadcast. [16] They took a holiday in Playa de los Pocillos, Lanzarote, and started to create the characters. [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. 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 . Other permanent staff included the producer's office, script department and designer, meaning between 30 and 35 people would be working full-time on EastEnders, rising to 60 to 70 on filming days. Monthly TV Viewing Report: November 2021 In November, adults watched an average of 2 hours 5 minutes of commercial linear TV each day. New Zealand became the first to broadcast EastEnders overseas, the first episode being shown on 27 September 1985. Many books have been written about EastEnders. [332] As part of the BBC's digital push, EastEnders Xtra was introduced in 2005. The increased competition from ITV meant that EastEnders viewing figures were down . Conception and preparations for broadcast. It was Strictly Come Dancing's Christmas. 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. Finding out about her. Peggy Mitchell death: Eastenders suicide was watched by 41% of UK TV viewing audience. Rishi Sunak oversaw wasteful government spending and departmental losses that cost the taxpayer up to 26.8 billion, Labour has said. [196] In 2011, the head of BBC drama, John Yorke, said that the real East End had changed significantly since EastEnders started, and the show no longer truly reflected real life, but that it had an "emotional truthfulness" and was partly "true to the original vision" and partly "adapt[ing] to a changing world", adding that "If it was a show where every house cost a fortune and everyone drove a Lexus, it wouldn't be EastEnders. [364] Ratings expert Stephen Price also noted that the drop is partly due to the rise of streaming services.[364]. An episode of EastEnders Revealed that was commissioned for BBC Three attracted 611,000 viewers. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. [15][129] Other parts of the Square and set interiors are based on other locations. She quotes endlessly from the Bible and it ridicules religion to some extent. In February 2016, the repeat moved to W, the rebranded Watch, after BBC Three became an online-only channel. 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. [266] On 23 July 2012, a segment of that evening's episode was screened live as Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) carried the Olympic flame around Walford in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics. The poor ratings motivated the press into reporting viewers were bored with implausible and ill-thought-out storylines. Maya with The Circle co-presenter Alice Levine. The original elderly residents included Lou Beale (Anna Wing), Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) and Dot Cotton (June Brown). 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. Here's the full breakdown of what helped the Beeb achieve its best-ever year. "[389] The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) praised the storyline, and its director Joyce Epstein explained, "We are very grateful to EastEnders for their accurate depiction of the devastating effect that the sudden death of an infant can have on a family. Simon May wrote the theme music[24] and Alan Jeapes created the visuals. [110], Plans for the show's return to transmission were announced on 12 June 2020. Over the years Emmerdale Farm/Emmerdale has attracted high audience figures. Total linear TV set viewing (including BBC) was 2 hours, 39 minutes a day. Santer also reintroduced past and popular characters to the programme. [66], From 4 February 2010, CGI was used in the show for the first time, with the addition of computer-generated trains.[67]. 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". ", which peaked during the show's 30th anniversary in 2015 with a week of live episodes. Trust, who called the storyline an "unhelpful portrayal" and said it had already received calls from members of the public who were "distressed about the EastEnders scene where a social worker snatches a baby from its mother's arms". EastEnders adapts. [285], In early 2003, viewers could watch episodes of EastEnders on digital channel BBC Three before they were broadcast on BBC One. [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 writers would be paid 75 per cent of that fee for any repeats of the episode. [84] Treadwell-Collins announced his departure from EastEnders on 18 February 2016. The Osmans, Jefferys and Carpenters represented the more modern diverse ethnic community of the East End. [33] The first time this happened was in December 1985 when Pauline (Wendy Richard) and Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher) travelled to the Southend-on-Sea to find their son Mark, who had run away from home. With public interest so high, the media began investigating the private lives of the show's popular stars. Kathleen Hutchison was swiftly appointed as the Executive Producer of EastEnders, and was tasked with quickly turning the fortunes of the soap. "[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. [220], In May 2016 the rebuild was delayed until 2020 and forecast to cost in excess of 15million,[221] although the main part of the set is scheduled to be able to start filming in May 2019. storyline. [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. The shows lost its sense of humour. This rating is not combined with the omnibus; the lowest rating for an episode with a combined rating was 12.87million. Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) returned in August 2012 for her third stint on the show. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! 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In January 1993, it topped 15 million with 15.1 million for Monday 11th January 1993. The following day the show received its lowest ever ratings at that time (6.2 million) when ITV scheduled an hour-long episode of Emmerdale against it. The show also dealt with prostitution, mixed-race relationships, shoplifting, sexism, divorce, domestic violence and mugging. They suggested the blame lies with the show's trendy-but-dull storylines, such as cosmetic surgery addiction, cannabis oil treatments and online trolling. This meant that EastEnders would clash with Emmerdale, but the producers stated that due to the importance of online streaming figures, they were not concerned about the soaps clashing on the live television guides. [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". [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. Within days, a scandalous headline appeared "EASTENDERS STAR IS A KILLER". 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. 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. [124] On 2 June 2022, EastEnders aired an episode celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Christmas Day Overnight Ratings [335] A second 10-part series started in September 2010, with twice-weekly episodes available online and an omnibus on BBC Three. [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). [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. After footage is recorded, the material is sent digitally to the post-production team. They report that EastEnders used to have 6.6million regular viewers in 2017, but by 2020 it had 5 million. [361] In 2013, the average audience share for an episode was around 30 per cent. storyline, 10.84million viewers tuned in for the 30th anniversary episode itself in an hour long special on 19 February 2015 (peaking with 11.9million). [282][283], EastEnders output then increased to three times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11 April 1994 until 2 August 2001. Explore. Press coverage of EastEnders, which was already intense, went into overdrive once the show was broadcast. EastEnders won the battle with 8.4million viewers (41% share) whilst Coronation Street lagged behind with 7.3million viewers (34% share). 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 BBC1 soap is in crisis after drawing the lowest ever viewing figures in its history, scraping in with just 1.7 million viewers on July 31. [362], Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the soap, EastEnders suffered a ratings drop after 2020. [319] In Canada, EastEnders was shown on BBC Canada until 2010,[320] at which point it was picked up by VisionTV. After more than 30 years a new Albert Square is being constructed on a former car park elsewhere on the Elstree site. [307] In December 2019, Christmas episodes were added to Britbox UK. [107] A spokesperson confirmed that the decision was made to reduce transmission so that EastEnders could remain on-screen for longer. The viewing figures for 16 episodes are not combined with the omnibus. The number was similar to the previous year, despite a captive audience, with coronavirus restrictions confining people to their homes. The police claimed that such scenes were "damaging" to their reputation and added that the character DC Deanne Cunningham (Zo Henry) was "irritatingly inaccurate". [13] Smith and Holland had eleven months in which to write, cast and shoot the whole thing; however, in February 1984, they did not even have a title or a place to film. Pauline and Pete's domineering mother Lou Beale (Anna Wing) lived with Pauline and her family. After a successful revamp of the soap, Ferguson decided to leave EastEnders in July 1991. "[197], In the 1980s, EastEnders featured "gritty" storylines involving drugs and crime, representing the issues faced by working-class Britain under Thatcherism. [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. ", "EastEnders Boss Lorraine Newman Quits As Soap's Ratings Plummet", "Twitter / dominictc: Had an amazing three years", "EastEnders' new producer shares gossip and teasers- full text", "EastEnders boss: I refuse to tick boxes on race or sexuality", "At last: EastEnders will reveal Who Killed Lucy? [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. EastEnders' viewing figures continue to dwindle and Kara believes other shows might have the . The viewing figures for 95 episodes are unknown. The show's creators opted for E20 instead of E19 as it was thought to sound better.[129]. 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