EastEnders
1985-present | Soap Opera | UK | Created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland
Overview
Albert Square, Walford: the Cockney soap with a Christmas death tradition. The 1986 Den and Angie divorce episode drew over 30 million viewers, a UK record that still stands. The Mitchell, Beale, and Slater clans ground on for decades, grit over gloss. The doof doof drum ends every cliffhanger. Thirty plus years on, still the BBC flagship and a tabloid constant.
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