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EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives.
EastEnders was created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland as a soap opera to rival Coronation Street and draw big audiences to BBC One. Set in the fictional Borough of Walford, E20, it dramatised...
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EastEnders: Created by Tony Holland, Julia Smith, Tony Jordan. With Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, June Brown. The everyday lives of working-class inhabitants of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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On Tuesday, February 19, 1985 a gritty new twice-weekly soap called EastEnders began airing on BBC One. Little did creators Tony Holland and Julia Smith realise that they'd developed a show...
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In the world before Walford, back in the early Eighties, BBC drama was looking tired and moribund. The BBC was also losing badly in the ratings and needed a popular soap to rival Coronation Street. Producer Julia Smith and script editor Tony Holland were approached and ordered to create a popular bi-weekly drama serial that would gain the same kind...
The series' first episode was broadcast at 7:00 pm on a Tuesday with the following episode on Thursday which was a regular routine. Until the series changed their time slot to 7:30 pm in September 1985 which became a regular time-slot for nine years. In 1991, the series changed to stereo. Since then the show's output has increased from two episodes...
Sep 28, 2021 · EastEnders started on Tuesday 19th February 1985 on BBC1. It is set in Albert Square in the fictional east London borough of Walford, based on the real-life areas of Hackney and Dalston, and follows the day-to-day lives of the residents.
Patrick tries to comfort Yolande, and Tommy comes to Alfie’s rescue. Next on. Friday 19:30. BBC One except Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD.
