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[edit] 2 March - 1 April 2007
...that Ashraf Karim was originally introduced as Saeed Jeffery's brother, then later as his cousin?
...that Lou Beale had seven children, though only four of them were shown in the show's main continuity, and two more shown in a spin-off episode?
...that Peggy Mitchell, Pat Evans, Johnny Allen, Mo Harris, Pauline Fowler and Pete Beale all lived in Walford around the same time in the sixties?
...that Mo Harris has two children apart from her daughter Viv, called Billy and Jean?
...that the possible candidates to be Simon Wicks's father were Pete Beale, Kenny Beale, Den Watts, Frank Butcher and Brian Wicks?
[edit] 4 February - 2 March 2007
...that Linda Henry has played two parts in the show; Shirley Carter, since 2006, and Lorraine Salter, in 1992?
...that Jack Edwards was originally to be played by David Essex?
...that a scrapped storyline saw Dennis Rickman sleep with Peggy Mitchell?
...that Liam Butcher has more family members than any other character in the show?
...that Andrew Johnson (Saeed Jeffery) was the first original cast member to leave the show?
[edit] 5 November 2006 - 4 February 2007
...that three of the show's original cast, David Scarboro, Gretchen Franklin and Ross Davidson, have died since the show's premiere?
...that the EastEnders theme tune won an award for the 'Best TV Theme Tune' in 1986?
...that Robbie Williams made a cameo appearance in The Queen Vic in September 1995?
...that the show was first broadcast on 19 February 1985?
...that there have been seventeen two-hander episodes produced since the show's commencement?
[edit] 29 September - 5 November 2006
...that each episode is 27 minutes and fifteen seconds long?
...that a vocal version of the theme tune called "Anyone Can Fall in Love" reached number 4 in the charts in Summer 1986 and was sung by Anita Dobson who played Angie Watts?
...that EastEnders has won the Inside Soap Award for "Best Soap" for ten years running?
...that neither of the EastEnders creators, Julia Smith and Tony Holland watched the first episode of the show?
...that on 11 November 2005, EastEnders became the first British drama to feature a two minute silence?
[edit] 22 September - 29 September 2006
...that Tiffany Mitchell and Dennis Rickman died in the same place exactly seven years apart?
...that Big Brother's Nikki Grahame once had a background role in the show?
...that EastEnders creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland created twenty-three original characters for the show's premiere in 1985?
...that Wendy Richard and Adam Woodyatt are the only surviving original cast members?
...that the first words spoken in the show were "Cor, stinks in 'ere dunnit?", said by Den Watts?
