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EastEnders is 40 years old – but will the soap opera make it to 50?

IN FOCUS: The primetime soap may not have its peak 30-million audience, but its humour, warmth and the certainty that someone on the square is having a worse day than you have helped it to reach an extraordinary milestone, writes Fiona Sturges

The Independent UK

EastEnders at 40: how a ‘public service soap’ became a national institution

Thirteen million people across the UK sat down to watch a brand new soap opera that burst onto their screens on February 19 1985. The first character to speak on EastEnders was Dirty Den, as he came to be known, played by Leslie Grantham. Breaking into a dingy flat with…

The Conversation

‘Happy Christmas, Ange!’ EastEnders’ 40 most memorable moments – from Dirty Den to Dot Cotton

There were landmark gay kisses, characters who returned from the dead and the biggest earrings ever seen on screen. As the soap turns 40, we round-up Walford’s weirdest, wildest and most heartbreaking scenes

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‘Happy Christmas, Ange’ – the best Christmas EastEnders episodes ever

As every festive special from Albert Square lands on iPlayer, here are the 10 ultimate jaw-droppers – from ‘he’s your bruvva’ to the moment that made 30 million people spit out their snowballs

The Guardian - UK

EastEnders Spoilers: Chrissie Watts is BACK!

Airs at 7:30 pm on Monday 9 September 2024 on BBC One.

WhatToWatch

It's the return we have all been waiting for! EastEnders legend to make shock comeback after 19 years

After years of fans begging for their return, EastEnders has finally confirmed this Walford legend is making a comeback.

WhatToWatch

Tracy-Ann Oberman: ‘Shakespeare could not avoid the attitude of hatred towards Jews at the time he was writing’

The actor talks to Sarah Crompton about setting ‘The Merchant of Venice’ at the time of Oswald Mosley’s fascists, and her thoughts on trigger warnings

The Independent UK

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EastEnders' Queen Vic curse: Gruesome murders, tragedy and families torn apart

EastEnders' famous The Queen Vic pub is at the centre of Walford, but it's also been the location of many deaths and soap twists over the years

Daily Mirror

EastEnders' original cast now - sex scandals, changed identity and tragic deaths

As EastEnders' Arthur Fowler actor Bill Treacher dies, The Mirror explores the varied fortunes of the rest of the original cast

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