EastEnders
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Set in the East End of London, the show focuses on the tensions between love and family with stories ranging from hard-hitting social issues, to personal, human tragedies. And there's plenty of funny moments too. Classic characters old and new across thousands of episodes have shared a drink in The Queen Vic, shed tears of despair or joy, sat on Arthur's bench in the Square... and at some point or other they probably crossed paths with Ian Beale.
Set in the East End of London, the show focuses on the tensions between love and family with stories ranging from hard-hitting social issues, to personal, human tragedies. And there's plenty of funny moments too. Classic characters old and new across thousands of episodes have shared a drink in The Queen Vic, shed tears of despair or joy, sat on Arthur's bench in the Square... and at some point or other they...
- Network
- BBC iPlayer
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1985
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TV Show details
- Network
- BBC iPlayer
- Writer
- Tony Holland, Julia Smith
- Actors
- Adam Woodyatt, Steve McFadden, Letitia Dean, Gillian Taylforth, Pam St. Clement, Perry Fenwick, Jessie Wallace, Lacey Turner, James Bye, James Alexandrou, Diane Parish, Natalie Cassidy, Scott Maslen, Rudolph Walker, Barbara Windsor, Linda Henry, Shona McGarty, Shane Richie, Jake Wood, Sid Owen, Kellie Bright, Laila Morse, Jamie Borthwick, Harry Reid, Joshua Pascoe, Max Bowden, Charlie Chambers, Patsy Palmer, Gillian Wright, Jacqueline Jossa, Madeline Duggan, Charlie Brooks, Tameka Empson, Danny Dyer, Ross Kemp, Thomas Law, Dayle Hudson, Ben Hardy, Laurie Brett, Jenna Russell, Susan Tully, Emma Barton, Rita Simons, Michelle Collins, Danniella Westbrook, Kim Medcalf, Ricky Groves, Derek Martin, Samantha Womack, Zaraah Abrahams, Tiana Benjamin, Shaun Williamson, Tony Clay, Danielle Harold, Maisie Smith, Luisa Bradshaw-White, Paul Bradley, Clay Milner Russell, Lorraine Stanley, Davood Ghadami, Michelle Ryan, Scarlett Alice Johnson, Alice Haig, Angela Wynter, Cliff Parisi, Jasmine Armfield, Balvinder Sopal, Leslie Grantham, Lucy Benjamin, Clair Norris, Sam Strike, Ted Reilly, Charlie Suff, Pierre Counihan-Moullier, Kacey Ainsworth, Harriet Thorpe, James Farrar, Ellie Dadd, Michael French, Lillia Turner, Ricky Norwood, Louisa Lytton, Matt Di Angelo, Shiv Jalota, Roger Griffiths, Ross Boatman, Heather Peace, Aaron Sidwell, Zack Morris, Alfie Deegan, Maddy Hill, Bobby Brazier, Elaine Lordan, Danny Walters, Aaron Thiara, Tanya Franks, Lin Blakley, Joe Swash, Colin Salmon, Ricky Champ, Francesca Henry, Belinda Owusu, Danny Hatchard, Gary Beadle, Sonny Kendall, Bill Treacher, Frankie Day, Juhaim Rasul Choudhury, Nicholas Bailey, Toby-Alexander Smith, Sophie Khan Levy, Isabelle Burrows-Brown, Delroy Atkinson, Leonard Fenton, Anita Dobson, Aaliyah James, Robert Kazinsky, Andrew Lynford, Christopher Parker, Richard Blackwood, Jaden Ladega, Tom Watt, Gemma Bissix, Milly Zero, Brian Conley, Molly Rainford, Linda Davidson, Elijah Holloway, Freddie Phillips, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Kitty Castledine, Jaz Singh Deol, Kellie Shirley, Navin Chowdhry, Nitin Ganatra, Annette Badland, Grace, Don Gilet, Michael Cashman, Laura Doddington, Matthew Morrison, Jonny Freeman, Paul Nicholls, Joel Beckett, Roger Sloman, Neil McDermott, Gurlaine Kaur Garcha, Sakira Vel, Elliot Briffett, Ameet Chana, David Witts, Jasmyn Banks, Larry Lamb, Kara-Leah Fernandes, Jamie Foreman, Dayo Koleasho, Karl Howman, Jake McNally, Billy Murray, Priya Davdra, Lewis Bridgeman, Roland Manookian, Nicola Duffett, Ashvin Luximon, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Jessica Plummer, Wendy Richard, Mimi Keene, Stevie Basaula, Micah Balfour, Gary Hailes, Cody Briffett, Karen Henthorn, Alex Walkinshaw, Lisa Hammond, Alex Ferns, Ellen Thomas, Michael Jose Pomares Calixte, Katie Jarvis, Indeyarna Donaldson-Holness, Jonny Labey, Harry Farr, June Brown, Glynis Barber, Lorna Fitzgerald, Timothy West, Suzette Llewellyn, Rukku Nahar, Stephen Aaron-Sipple, Bonnie Langford, Ashley Byam, Barbara Smith, Max Murray, Rocco Brenner, Alison Newman, Tilly Keeper, Mahalia Malcolm, Gwen Taylor, Leanne Lakey, Carli Norris, Aftab Sachak, Riley Carter Millington, Polly Perkins, Bunmi Mojekwu, Ronni Ancona, Shaheen Jafargholi, Nick Wilton, Linda Marlowe, Elizabeth Green, Tabitha Byron, Emer Kenny, Joshua Vaughan, Arayah Harris-Buckles, Declan Bennett, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Jane Slaughter, David Gillespie, Ian Burfield, William Ellis, Maylo Miller, Isabelle Smith, Lindsey Coulson, Liam Bergin, Sam Attwater, Adam Croasdell, Kelsey Calladine-Smith, Amar Adatia, Howard Saddler, Jahsaiah Williams, Ruhtxjiaïh Bellènéa, Aayan Ibikunle Shoderu, Kristian Kiehling, Himesh Patel, Rebecca Scroggs, Charlie Wernham, Lynda Baron, Ann Mitchell, Christopher Fairbank, Hersha Verity, Zahra Ahmadi, Rakhee Thakrar, Michael Elphick, Khali Best, Hetti Bywater, Melissa Suffield, Alan Ford, Matthew James-Bailey, Lola Campbell, Aidan O'Callaghan, Jamie Lomas, Terry Alderton, Jan Graveson, Patsy Kensit, Jazzy Phoenix, Jon Lee, Patricia Potter, Anna Barkan, Alex McSweeney, Jamie Bamber, Lois Hawkins, Sheila Ruskin, Simone Lahbib, Anna Constable, Felix Uff, Marian McLoughlin, Arthur Gentleman, Elizabeth Counsell, Aaria Sharma, John Altman, Martha Cope, Tom Ratcliffe, Dawn Steele, Anil Goutam, Pauline McLynn, Chase Dean-Williams, Busayo Ige, Kirsty J Curtis, John Partridge, Christopher Colquhoun, Kierston Wareing, Gary Lucy, Daniel Delaney, Teddy Jay, Jaime Winstone, George Russo, Phaldut Sharma, Cheryl Fergison, Matilda Ziegler, Kathryn Apanowicz, Laila Murphy, Jonathan Nyati, Krysstina Frempong, Daniel Coonan, Isobelle Molloy, Kate Magowan, Rachel Bright, Charles Venn, Clare Perkins, Cornell S. John, Jo Joyner, Nina Wadia, Steve John Shepherd, Tony Discipline, Marc Elliott, Matt Lapinskas, Nicola Stapleton, Ricky Grover, Charlie G. Hawkins, David Essex, John Bardon, Stefan Booth, Zöe Lucker, Cavan Clerkin, Charlie Clements, Josie Lawrence, Preeya Kalidas, Rolan Bell, Carmel Cryan, Elliott Jordan, Kara Tointon, Lauren Crace, Nina Toussaint-White, Bobby Davro, Christopher Coghill, Maggie O'Neill, Mohammed George, Dave Hill, Ray Brooks, Shana Swash, David Spinx, Hilda Braid, Jake Maskall, Jemma Walker, Jill Halfpenny, Joseph Kpobie, Michael Higgs, Nabil Elouahabi, Nigel Harman, Pooja Shah, Raji James, Ray Panthaki, Brooke Kinsella, Dean Gaffney, Hannah Waterman, Lucy Speed, Robyn Moore, Bindya Solanki, Jane How, John Bowler, Tara Lynne O'Neill, Todd Carty, Tony Caunter, Krystle Williams, Martin Kemp, Michael Greco, Sylvester Williams, Tamzin Outhwaite, Clare Wilkie, Craig Fairbrass, Frankie Fitzgerald, Susan George, Carly Hillman, Elizabeth Kelly, Gretchen Franklin, Jimi Mistry, Joe Absolom, Leila Birch, Leslie Schofield, Louise Jameson, Marc Bannerman, Russell Floyd, Troy Titus-Adams, Barbara Keogh, Carol Harrison, Daniela Denby-Ashe, Deborah Sheridan-Taylor, Des Coleman, Mark Homer, Melanie Clark-Pullen, Richard Driscoll, Richard Elis, Sean Gleeson, Caroline Paterson, Deepak Verma, Jamila Massey, Janet Dibley, Martine McCutcheon, Pamela Salem, Paul Moriarty, Shobu Kapoor, Victoria Gould, Brian Croucher, Devon Anderson, Gagendeep Rai, Harry Landis, Howard Antony, Jacqueline Leonard, Mona Hammond, Sophie Lawrence, Debbie Arnold, Mark Monero, Michael Tudor Barnes, Dilys Laye, Ian Reddington, Nicole Arumugam, Tommy Eytle, Jacquetta May, Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence, Leroy Golding, Michelle Gayle, Michelle Joseph, Sean Maguire, Steven Woodcock, Edna Doré, Garey Bridges, Susanna Dawson, William Boyde, Helen Pearson, Paddy Joyce, John Hallam, Louise Plowright, Mark Thrippleton, Nick Berry, Nisha Kapur, Pat Coombs, Rani Singh, Ronny Jhutti, Steven Hartley, Haluk Bilginer, Ishia Bennison, Nej Adamson, Sandy Ratcliff, Anna Wing, Donald Tandy, Oscar James, Sally Sagoe, Shirley Cheriton, Shreela Ghosh, Delanie Forbes, Ross Davidson, Peter Dean, Nadia Sawalha, Roberta Taylor, Race Davies, Jack Ryder, Gavin Richards, Mike Reid, Gerry Cowper, Kate Williams, Simone James, Paul J. Medford, George Greenland, Charlie Heptinstall, Dean Roberts, Henry Garrett, Rose Reynolds, Lucia De Wan, Elodie De Rohan Willner, Sam Miles
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1985
People & Metadata
- Genre
- Drama
- Stunt performer
- Christopher Cordell, Rashid Phoenix, Will Willoughby, Sarah Lochlan, Jason Hunjan, Hasit Savani, Charles Jarman, Rob Jarman, Belinda McGinley, Derek Lea, Edward Upcott, Ray De-Haan, Martin Pemberton, Guy List, Laura Vörtler, Faisal Mohammed, Ian Kay, David Guinan-Browne, Mens-Sana Tamakloe, Gary Hoptrough, Lucy Allen, Ansko Pitkänen, Guiomar Alonso, Kim McGarrity, Marc Cass, David Garrick, Paul Joseph, Kelly Dent, Joshua Ravenscroft, Jason Beeston, Juliette Cheveley, Yasmin Taite, Lee Sheward, Christina Low, David Bennie, Kenny Knight, Seon Rogers, Robert Hladik, Amanda Foster, Aidan Brindle, Selina Jessey, Stefan Mihalache, Rob Bowen, Gabrielle Anne Desy, George Harris, Bruce Cain, Fabio Santos, Ray Barry, Anna Stephenson, David Cronnelly, Daniel Rawlins, Grace Franzl, Anthony Knight, Aaron Gassor, Bobbie Dent, Joanne O'Dell
- Associate producer
- Nick Jones, Christopher Ballantine, Simon Bird
- Creator
- Tony Holland, Julia Smith
- Executive producer
- Dominic Treadwell-Collins, Sean O'Connor, Chris Clemshaw, Ben Wadey
- Stunt double
- Rob Jarman, Belinda McGinley, Rob Pavey, Stewart James, Annabel Canaven, Ray De-Haan, Martin Pemberton, Tim Davies, Lloyd Bass, Gary Hoptrough, Chelsea Mather, Ansko Pitkänen, Jason Curle, Kim McGarrity, Tina Maskell, David Garrick, Jake Shallcross, Kelly Dent, Joshua Ravenscroft, Christoph Cordell, Christian Waite, Katy Bullock, Tilly Powell, Ellie Keighley, Lucy Allan, Joel Conlan, Thomas Billings, Matt Sherren, James Pavey, Sofian Francis, Seon Rogers, Ben Sambrook, Robert Hladik, George Smith, Brian Robinson
- Stunt coordinator
- Tom Lucy, Paul Heasman, Ray De-Haan, Nrinder Dhudwar, Abbi Collins, Kim McGarrity, Marc Cass, Kelly Dent, Andy Godbold, Lee Sheward, Tony Finnegan, Tom Ralphs, Tobias Francis, Sarah Franzl, Henry Holland, Seon Rogers
- Producer
- Sharon Batten
- Intimacy coordinator
- Joshua Okpala, Sophie Cooch, Hannah Rose Goalstone, Jessie Fell, Lorraine Rowlands
- Fight coordinator
- Kate Waters
More about this title
- Runtime (minutes)
- 30
- Language
- English
- Status
- Running
- Type
- Scripted
Episodes in this series
1. Thur 2 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 2, 1986
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2. Tue 7 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 7, 1986
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3. Thur 9 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 9, 1986
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4. Tue 14 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 14, 1986
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5. Thur 16 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 16, 1986
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6. Tue 21 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 21, 1986
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7. Thur 23 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 23, 1986
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8. Tue 28 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 28, 1986
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9. Thur 30 Jan, 1986
Aired Jan 30, 1986
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10. Tue 4 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 4, 1986
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11. Thur 6 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 6, 1986
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12. Tue 11 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 11, 1986
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13. Thur 13 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 13, 1986
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14. Tue 18 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 18, 1986
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15. Thur 20 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 20, 1986
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16. Tue 25 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 25, 1986
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17. Thur 27 Feb, 1986
Aired Feb 27, 1986
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18. Tue 4 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 4, 1986
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19. Thur 6 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 6, 1986
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20. Tue 11 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 11, 1986
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21. Thur 13 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 13, 1986
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22. Tue 18 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 18, 1986
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23. Thur 20 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 20, 1986
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24. Tue 25 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 25, 1986
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25. Thur 27 Mar, 1986
Aired Mar 27, 1986
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26. Tue 1 Apr, 1986
Aired Apr 1, 1986
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27. Thur 3 Apr, 1986
Aired Apr 3, 1986
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28. Tue 8 Apr, 1986
Aired Apr 8, 1986
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29. Thur 10 Apr, 1986
Aired Apr 10, 1986
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30. Tue 15 Apr, 1986
Aired Apr 15, 1986
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