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EastEnders is a popular BBC television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 and continuing to date.
EastEnders storylines examine the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Albert Square, a Victorian square of terraced houses, a pub, a street market and various small businesses, in the East End of London, England.
The series was originally screened as two half-hour episodes a week. Today four episodes are broadcast each week and an omnibus edition screens on Sunday afternoons. It is one of the UK's highest-rated programmes, often appearing near or at the top of the week's BARB ratings. Within eight months of its launch, it reached the number one spot in the ratings, and has almost consistently remained amongst the top-rated programmes in Britain ever since. The average audience share for an episode is currently between 45 and 50%.
The invention of producer Julia Smith and script editor Tony Holland, EastEnders has remained significant in terms of the BBC's success and audience share, and also the history of British television drama, tackling many controversial and taboo issues previously unseen on mainstream television in the UK.
EastEnders has won five BAFTA Awards, and consistently won the Inside Soap Award for 'Best Soap' for ten years running, as well as eight National Television Awards for 'Most Popular Serial Drama' and five awards for 'Best Soap' at the British Soap Awards. It has also been inducted into the Rose d'Or Hall of Fame. More...
Phillip James "Phil" Mitchell is a long-running fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. He is played by Steve McFadden.
Phil first arrived in Albert Square on 20 February 1990, and was soon joined by his brother, Grant and later his sister Sam and mother Peggy.
He was first introduced as the lesser of two thugs, then became a darker character upon his brother's exit. He has mellowed in recent years, especially since the return of his son Ben.
He has at various times owned many businesses in the Square, including the Queen Vic, The Arches, Bridge Street Café, the Snooker Hall and Walford Video. He's been married three times and he has featured in numerous high profile storylines. More...
Diederick Santer is a British television producer. He is currently the Executive Producer of the popular BBC television soap opera EastEnders, with additional responsibility for developing younger skewing drama series and serials.
Santer graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Psychology and the History and Philosophy of Science.
His TV career began in 1996 as a freelance script reader for United Productions before becoming script editor on the first two series of Where the Heart Is, and assistant script editor on Paul Abbott's ITV series Touching Evil.
Santer moved to Granada Television were he script-edited the first two series of A&E and The Last Train before joining BBC Drama Series and Serials in 2000, where he produced the first three series of Debbie Horsfield's hairdressing drama Cutting It. More...
...that Shilpa Shetty was offered the role of Preeti Choraria's sister in EastEnders?
...that Frank Butcher has completed six separate stints on EastEnders?
...that Pete and Pauline Beale, Rose Hickey and Kathy Hills all went to school together?
...that EastEnders became the first soap to include a two minute silence, in their award winning Armistace Day episode?
...that Carol Jackson's four children all had different fathers; David Wicks (Bianca), Gary Bolton (Robbie), Terry Cant (Sonia) and Alan Jackson (Billy)?
...that EastEnders creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland had their names removed from the credits of the episode when Den Watts was shot, in protest that a shot of Den's body was removed from the episode?
- 2007-03-31 Scenes involving Ben Mitchell being attacked by bullies as Stella Crawford watched, have generated sixty complaints from viewers.[1]
- 2007-03-30 From April 2007, EastEnders will be available to view on mobile phones for 3, Vodafone and Orange customers.[2]
- 2007-03-28 Mohammed George, who plays Gus Smith in the soap, has been suspended for two months.[3]
- 2007-03-15 Ross Kemp, who played Grant Mitchell in EastEnders is taking part in Comic Relief Does The Apprentice.[4]
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