[356][357][358], The ratings increased in 2010, thanks to the "Who Killed Archie?" This was also the lowest ever audience share, with just 19.6 per cent. This page explores the viewing history and figures of Emmerdale from 1972 to present day. [105][106], It was announced on 18 March 2020 that production had been suspended on EastEnders and other BBC Studios continuing dramas in light of new government guidelines following the COVID-19 pandemic, and that broadcast of the show would be reduced to two 30-minute episodes per week, broadcast on Mondays and Tuesdays, respectively. The police claimed that such scenes were "damaging" to their reputation and added that the character DC Deanne Cunningham (Zo Henry) was "irritatingly inaccurate". Santer officially left EastEnders in March 2010, and was replaced by Bryan Kirkwood. Aside from this, soap opera staples of youthful romance, jealousy, domestic rivalry, gossip and extramarital affairs are regularly featured, with high-profile storylines occurring several times a year. This rating is not combined with the omnibus; the lowest rating for an episode with a combined rating was 12.02million. The wedding of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell in Episode 523 got 20 million viewers when it aired in the UK in November 1988. The first episode was watched by 2.2 million but by early 1973 other regions . storyline. After a successful revamp of the soap, Ferguson decided to leave EastEnders in July 1991. She made reference to representation of family life and emphasis on psychological and emotional violence within the show. The series primarily centres on the residents of Albert Square, a Victorian square of terraced houses, and its . [119][120] Similar clips featuring the show's own characters (Bailey Baker and Peter Beale) were featured on Doctors and Emmerdale during the week. [71] In April and May 2010, Kirkwood axed eight characters from the show,[72][73] Barbara Windsor left her role of Peggy Mitchell, which left a hole in the show, which Kirkwood decided to fill by bringing back Kat and Alfie, which he said would "herald the new era of EastEnders. Take viewing figures for 14-20 March. A behind the scenes video of EastEnders, hosted by Matt Di Angelo, who played Deano Wicks on the show, was put on the site the same day,[59] and was followed by another on 6 March 2007. 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. The writers would be paid 75 per cent of that fee for any repeats of the episode. [18] These family members were the basis for Lou Beale, Pete Beale and Pauline Fowler. [288], The omnibus edition, a compilation of the week's episodes in a continuous sequence, originally aired on BBC One on Sunday afternoons,[289] until 1 April 2012 when it was changed to a late Friday night or early Saturday morning slot, commencing 6 April 2012, though the exact time differed. On 9 July 1987, it was announced that the show would be aired in the United States on PBS. [42] Barbara Emile then became the Executive Producer of EastEnders,[43][44] remaining with EastEnders until early 1995. Get Xtra", "BBC Three 1 December 2006 BBC Genome", "Web drama comes of age with EastEnders spin-off", "Walford returns to web with second series of EastEnders: E20", "EastEnders joins forces with Michael Wood and Wallace & Gromit to inspire a life full of learning for BBC audiences", "Soaps 'Enders, Corrie "CIN" crossover confirmed Digital Spy", "First look at Eastenders Irish spin-off Redwater but have producers learned from previous "Oirish" mistakes? [250] The episode shown on 9 April 2007 featured scenes filmed at St Giles Church and The Blacksmiths Arms public house in Wormshill, the Ringlestone Inn, two miles away and Court Lodge Farm in Stansted, Kent. RIVALS LASH SEEDY EASTENDERS" and "CLEAN UP SOAP! [69] Other events to mark the anniversary were a spin-off DVD, EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford, and an Internet spin-off, EastEnders: E20. [281], Since 1985, EastEnders has remained at the centre of BBC One's primetime schedule. [247], If scenes during a normal week are to be filmed on location, this is done during the normal recording week. The show also dealt with prostitution, mixed-race relationships, shoplifting, sexism, divorce, domestic violence and mugging. Conversely there are female characters who handle tragedy less well, depicted as eternal victims and endless sufferers, who include Ronnie Mitchell (Samantha Womack), Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth), Laura Beale (Hannah Waterman), Sue Osman (Sandy Ratcliff), Lisa Fowler (Lucy Benjamin), Mel Owen (Tamzin Outhwaite) and Rainie Cross (Tanya Franks). [364] Ratings expert Stephen Price also noted that the drop is partly due to the rise of streaming services.[364]. [149], A gender balance in the show is maintained via the inclusion of various "macho" male personalities such as Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden),[150] Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp)[151] and Dan Sullivan (Craig Fairbrass),[152] , "bad boys" such as Den Watts (Leslie Grantham),[153] Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky),[154] Michael Moon (Steve John Shepherd),[155] Derek Branning (Jamie Foreman)[156] and Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood),[157] and "heartthrobs" such as Simon Wicks (Nick Berry),[158] Joe Wicks (Paul Nicholls),[159] Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder),[160] Dennis Rickman (Nigel Harman),[161] Joey Branning (David Witts)[162] and Kush Kazemi (Davood Ghadami). John Yorke returned as a temporary executive consultant. [398], In October 2012, a storyline involving Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold), forced to hand over her baby Lexi Pearce, was criticised by the charity The Who Cares? [40] He left EastEnders in 1994 after the BBC controllers demanded an extra episode a week, taking its weekly airtime from 60 to 90 minutes. [226] In January 2022 the new 86.7m exterior set of EastEnders was officially unveiled by the BBC replacing the original set built in 1984. [312] Episodes air two months behind the UK schedule. The show was presented by Angellica Bell and was available to digital viewers at 8:30pm on Monday nights. [51][52] A severe press backlash followed after Den's actor, Leslie Grantham, was outed in an internet sex scandal, which coincided with a swift decline in viewer ratings. 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. 1986 - EastEnders There was a new boy in town looking for the top spot in the home of the soap operas, and Eastenders was showing Coronation Street it could do everything bigger and better, including the . [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. The UK communications regulator Ofcom later found that the episodes depicting the storyline were in breach of the 2005 Broadcasting Code. It was the third year in a row that the BBC1 soap has been the most-watched Christmas Day television programme.. [281] A carbon literacy course was run with Heads of Departments of EastEnders attending and as a result, representatives from each department agreed to meet quarterly to share new sustainability ideas. Just 1.7 million switched on to watch the episode - a far cry from the whopping 30.1 million viewers that sat down in front of the box for the 1986 Christmas episode which saw Dirty Den hand divorce papers to Angie. [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. 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 . [9] They came to the conclusion that Coronation Street had grown old with its audience, and that EastEnders would have to attract a younger, more socially extensive audience, ensuring that it had the longevity to retain it for many years thereafter. Viewing figures for related broadcasts Besides the regular episodes of Coronation Street, the following programmes also made the weekly charts. [19], The Watts and Mitchell families have been central to many notable EastEnders storylines, the show having been dominated by the Watts in the 1980s, with the 1990s focusing on the Mitchells and Butchers. The show also features a large number of gay, lesbian and bisexual characters (see list of soap operas with LGBT characters), including Colin Russell (Michael Cashman), Barry Clark (Gary Hailes),[184] Simon Raymond (Andrew Lynford), Tony Hills (Mark Homer),[185] Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy), Naomi Julien (Petra Letang),[186] Tina Carter (Luisa Bradshaw-White), Tosh Mackintosh (Rebecca Scroggs),[187] Christian Clarke (John Partridge), Syed Masood (Marc Elliott), Ben Mitchell (Harry Reid/Max Bowden), Paul Coker (Jonny Labey),[188] Iqra Ahmed (Priya Davdra), Ash Panesar (Gurlaine Kaur Garcha), Bernadette Taylor (Clair Norris), Callum Highway (Tony Clay) and Eve Unwin (Heather Peace). [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. 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", "EastEnders Dot Cotton filming in Thorpe Bay", "EastEnders stunt actor smashes head while filming Ryan Malloy horror fall", "Live ep for "EastEnders" 25th anniversary", "EastEnders: The Olympic flame comes to Walford! 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). [218], In 2014, then executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins said that he wanted Albert Square to look like a real-life east London neighbourhood so that the soap would "better reflect the more fashionable areas of east London beloved of young professionals" giving a flavour of the "creeping gentrification" of east London. Holland drew on the names of his own family for the characters. "Exclusives" about EastEnders storylines and the actors on the show became a staple of tabloid buyers' daily reading. 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