Ross Kemp insists EastEnders can survive so long as it tackles difficult issues in an entertaining way without preaching to viewers.
The soap was watched by more than 20 million people an episode when the 58-year-old played hardman Grant Mitchell in the 90s. That fell to fewer than two million at times last year.
But Ross does not believe the BBC show, or its ITV rival Corrie are in danger of being cancelled just yet.
