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EastEnders 20 Years | This weeks episodes
This is the week that EastEnders turns twenty years old - it started twenty years ago on Tuesday February 19, 1985. During this week Foreigner was number one with 'I want to know what love is'.
The EastEnders story began back in 1983 on the 14th March. Julia Smith & Tony Holland met with 'David Reid' who was the Head of Serials at the BBC - he wanted the the Beeb to produce its first weekly popular serial. The ideas that had already been sketched were set in a mobile home park and another in a shopping arcade. Jonathan Powell who took over from David Reid, later suggested that they should do a soap about 'London today'. On 1st Feb 1984, Julia & Tony gave him their blueprint. An ongoing serial about the life of a community in the East End of London. While the building of the square went underway at Elstree, Julia & Tony set about creating & casting 23 characters. The show needed a name, it had been given the working title East 8 but Julia realised that the perfect name lay in the phrase she'd used whilst casting - 'Only genuine East Enders need apply'. 17 million viewers tuned into the first episode. 'Stinks in 'ere!' were the first words spoken in EastEnders by Den Watts. This thread is for discussion of all of this weeks episodes of EastEnders, since its a special occasion & also has big storylines running through it for the first time in a while! But this thread is also anything which relates to its past 20 years. ____Episode Summaries_____________________ Monday 14 February 8:00pm - 8:30pm Chrissie's plans are threatened when Sam and Zoe discover the truth. Will Andy take Johnny up on his business proposition? Jim has some romantic plans for Dot. Tuesday 15 February 7:30pm - 8:00pm Sam and Chrissie's plans for revenge crash head on. Andy plays a dangerous game with the Moons. Thursday 17 February 7:30pm - 8:00pm Chrissie and Sam fight to get Zoe onside and Den goes to great lengths to lay an old ghost to rest. Friday 18 February 8:00pm - 9:00pm *Hour Speical* Chrissie, Sam and Zoe play their trump card with shocking results from Den. Will Andy succeed in pulling off the deal of a lifetime? ________________________________________ FERRERIA WATCH: Low Risk ________________________________________ I will be posting more information on the history of EastEnders from various books etc - if anybody else has any interesting articles/ pictures anything then this thread is the place. Oh yeah how could I forget - Happy Birthday EastEnders - long may you live. |
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At the Risk of getting the predictable response 'It won't be here next year let alone in 20 years time', I wonder what will be going on in 2025 for the 40th Anniversary of Eastenders!
I should Imagine they will be killing of Den Watts (76) for the third time who has recently risen from his grave in the Queen Vic Celler. |
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(Taken from the Twenty Years in Albert Square Book.)
Twenty Years of Death, 1985 - Reg Cox 1985 - Hassan Osman 1986 - Andy O'Brien 1988 - Lou Beale *Not stated in 20 Years book* 1988 - Tom Clements 1989 - Benny Bloom 1989 - Donna Ludlow 1991 - Eddie Royle 1992 - Stephanie Watson 1993 - Pete Beale 1994 - Joe Wllace 1995 - Debbie Bates 1996 - Arthur Fowler 1998 - Tiffany Mitchell 1998 - Cindy Beale 1999 - Saskia Duncan 2000 - Ethel Skinner 2001 - Ashley Cotton 2002 - Steve Owen 2002 - Harry Slater 2002 - Angie Watts 2002 - Trevor & Tom 2002 - Jamie Mitchell 2003 - Roy Evans 2003 - Jack Dalton 2004 - Barry Evans 2004 - Mark Fowler 2004 - Laura Beale 2004 - Paul Trueman - Jack the war hero, not included Seriously though, I thought there was more than this!
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Lou Beale?
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Hmmm, exactly...
why is it not listed?!
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Edit: Whoops. I'm blind.
![]() Edit 2: Oops. No I'm not. *gives up and goes to watch EE* |
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- Sorry I missed that
it is listed , but Lou Beale isn't there!
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All I wnat to know is WTF were the producers thinking in 1998 when they killed off Tiffany Mitchell AND Cindy Beale. Its hard to believe that this was the choice of the producers and nothing to do with the actresses. Both Martine Mc Cutcheon and Michelle Collins were willing to stay on the show and later criticised the shows bosses for the axings. Mc Cutcheon said she heard about Tiffany being killed off on the radio and Collins maintained producers were afraid of having strong female characters.
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Steve Owen is there....but Lou Beale is not
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenixx
Edit: Whoops. I'm blind.
![]() EastEnders is on! xD |
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soon we will be adding two new members such as
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WOW! What a great start to today's episode. Fantastic opening.
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Oh my god Chrissie & Sam were brilliant....
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i love chrissie.she makes eastenders worth watching these days.lol.
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One of the most realistic Cat fights in years!
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Sonias puppies were there to see tonight!
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Huch - Are you going to add Lou Beale to the list or what? - Can someone inform him what year she passed away?
What year did Dot and Jim get married – 2002?? |
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Lou passed away in 1988.
By the way...yesterday I saw the episode where Tom died... |
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yeah i think so.ooooooooohhhhhhhh zoe annoys me so much.i wish chrissie burys her alive with den's body.lol.that would be a classic.lying next to dens corpse for ever with no escape.
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Huch - Are you going to add Lou Beale to the list or what? - Can someone inform him what year she passed away?
What year did Dot and Jim get married – 2002?? Yeah, Im sure Dot & Jim married in 2002. This episode seems to have relaxed a bit. |
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Why didn't we see Zoe tell everyone at home she had a miscarriage? Surely they would have been a bit suspicious if she walked in and just announced it without telling them when it was actually happening or without telling them she had been at a hospital?
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andy is a right *******.but i do like him.
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PP, I agree - I think it would have been fitting and common sense to have included that after all the harping on they've done about it over the weeks..
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huch'net
PP, I agree - I think it would have been fitting and common sense to have included that after all the harping on they've done about it over the weeks..
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Oooooh its getting exciting.........:eek!:
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Seriously though, I thought there was more than this!
why is it not listed?!

it is listed , but Lou Beale isn't there!