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[edit] 1 May - 5 June 2007
...that the most lived-in house in EastEnders is 3 Albert Square, which has had fifty occupants?
...that Lucy and Peter Beale have three half siblings; Steven, Cindy and Bobby?
...that Emma Bunton made an appearance in the show as an extra before she was in the Spice Girls?
...that there has been a death every year in EastEnders since its inception in 1985, the most deadly year being 2006 with nine deaths; Dennis Rickman, Nora Swann, Kathy Mitchell, Danny Moon, Margaret Wilson, Cedric Lucas, Johnny Allen, Evie Brown and Pauline Fowler?
[edit] 1 April - 1 May 2007
...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?
[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 Adam Woodyatt is the only surviving original cast member?
...that the first words spoken in the show were "Cor, stinks in 'ere dunnit?", said by Den Watts?
