http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastender...s/webcams-test

Is Eastenders gearing up for filming the festive period already? There is what looks like a christmas tree outside of the salon. If they film roughly 8 weeks in advance that would bee mid November and that is normally when christmas stuff normally starts.

Any thoughts?

Considering the shops are getting their Xmas stuff out, I wouldn't be surprised !!!

Yep most probably. it's normally around mid September every year, I only remember because its a week after my birthday I first saw it about 3 years ago and every year since it's been around September time


Edit:
And of course this doesn't mean they are filming christmas day or even December scenes they might be filming november as Christmas decorations are traditionally up for around a month and half before Christmas these days.

They don't just film 8 weeks in advance. They could be filming scenes to air in December right now and then film scenes in Novemeber to air in the same episode, know what I mean? They don't film in order. When Danniella Westbrook left in January 2010 she said he actually shot her exit scenes in October 2009 - like 4 months in advance. While other scenes for that same episode would have been shot just weeks in advance.

Thats crazy if they are filming Christmas scenes already

That don't look like a Xmas Tree.

They may just be filming mid november, i don't mean they're filming christmas day etc now just that they're filming stuff that will include christmas decorations etc.

Towards this time of the year (well a little later) they film a little more in advance to allow the cast and crew 2 weeks off at xmas

Didn't they just film Halloween?

It's just a normal tree!