1) From Episode 39 (2 July 1985) onwards, ratings include the Sunday omnibus edition. Berridge was responsible for some ratings success stories, such as Alfie and Kat Slater's relationship, Janine Butcher getting her comeuppance, Trevor Morgan and Jamie Mitchell's death storylines and the return of one of the greatest soap icons, Den Watts, who had been presumed dead for 14 years. Christmas Day Overnight Ratings ", "ITV Manhunt: Ex-EastEnders heartthrob who played Joey Branning is starring alongside Martin Clunes in The Night Stalker", "Davood Ghadami joins "EastEnders" as new heartthrob", "BBC EastEnders' fans switch off from gangster storyline after villain Jonah Tyler returns to Albert square", "Who was Lofty Holloway? [317], EastEnders is shown on BBC Entertainment (formerly BBC Prime) in Europe and in Africa, where it is approximately six episodes behind the UK. Let's take a look at what television captured our imaginations and gained the largest viewing figures in each year of . This rating is not combined with the omnibus; the lowest rating for an episode with a combined rating was 12.02million. However, there have been times when EastEnders had higher ratings than Emmerdale despite the two going head-to-head. 25th July 1985 was the first time the show's viewership rose to the first position in the weekly top 10 shows for BBC One. [114] In May 2021, it was announced that from 14 June 2021, boxsets of episodes would be uploaded to BBC iPlayer each Monday for three weeks. The first episode was watched by 2.2 million but by early 1973 other regions . The Scripts are full of hard, sharp drama, plus great one-liners which will translate well to Holland. Throughout rebuilding filming would still take place, and so scaffolding was often seen on screen during the process, with some storylines written to accommodate the rebuilding, such as the Queen Vic fire. The table below summaries the chart rankings for EastEnders for each year since 1985. [300][301] In 2015, the BBC Three repeat moved back to 10pm. The early 2000s saw a shift in attention towards the newly introduced female Slater clan, before a renewal of emphasis upon the restored Watts family beginning in 2003. The final process was to add the audio which included background noise such as a train or a jukebox music and to check it met the BBC's technical standard for broadcasting. storyline and the second wedding of Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson, and the show's first live episode on 19th February 2010. [203] EastEnders covered child abuse with its storyline involving Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden) 11-year-old son Ben (Charlie Jones) and lawyer girlfriend Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson),[204][205] and child grooming involving the characters Tony King (Chris Coghill) as the perpetrator and Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) as the victim.[206]. [267] In February 2015, for the soap's 30th anniversary, five episodes in a week featured live inserts throughout them. storyline, which saw Bradley's wife Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) reveal that she was the murderer. [226] In January 2022 the new 86.7m exterior set of EastEnders was officially unveiled by the BBC replacing the original set built in 1984. [6] The first people to whom David Reid, then head of series and serials, turned were Julia Smith and Tony Holland, a well established producer/script editor team who had first worked together on Z-Cars. The railway bridge is based upon one near BBC Television Centre which carries the Hammersmith & City line over Wood Lane W12, and the Queen Vic on the former College Park Hotel pub in Willesden at the end of Scrubs Lane at the junction with Harrow Road NW10 just a couple of miles from BBC Television Centre. Figures show that on July 31 the London-based soap opera recorded its lowest. This meant that EastEnders would clash with Emmerdale, but the producers stated that due to the importance of online streaming figures, they were not concerned about the soaps clashing on the live television guides. EastEnders suffered its lowest ratings on record last summer when viewing figures were just 2.4million. RIVALS LASH SEEDY EASTENDERS" and "CLEAN UP SOAP! (4th Sept. 2009, 8.17 million; 2nd Oct. 2009, 8.18 million; 6th Nov. 2009, 9.23 million) No one got this remotely right. The Queen Vic legend took her final bow from the BBC soap - making for a monumental event in the show's history The show takes a look behind the scenes of the EastEnders and investigates particular places, characters or families within EastEnders. In their place, Robinson introduced new long-running characters including Melanie Healy, Jamie Mitchell, Lisa Shaw, Steve Owen and Billy Mitchell. The character of Nick Cotton (John Altman) gained a reputation for making constant exits and returns since the programme's first year until the character died in 2015. The sound team also have the capability to access the edited episode, enabling them to dub the sound and create the final version. [220], In May 2016 the rebuild was delayed until 2020 and forecast to cost in excess of 15million,[221] although the main part of the set is scheduled to be able to start filming in May 2019. [179][180] Despite this, the programme has been criticised by the Commission for Racial Equality, who argued in 2002 that EastEnders was not giving a realistic representation of the East End's "ethnic make-up". The set had to be made to look as if it had been standing for years. [99] Although, since Yorke and Oates' reigns, opinions towards the storylines have become more favourable, with storylines such as Ruby Allen's (Louisa Lytton) sexual consent, which featured a special episode which "broke new ground"[100] and knife crime, both of which have created "vital" discussions. The increased competition from ITV meant that EastEnders viewing figures were down . [344] EastEnders two biggest ratings rivals are the ITV soaps Coronation Street and Emmerdale. [33] In addition, several other long-running characters left the show that year including Sue and Ali Osman (Sandy Ratcliff and Nejdet Salih) and their family; Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler); Carmel Jackson (Judith Jacob) and Colin Russell (Michael Cashman). [351] The following day the show received its lowest ever ratings at that time (6.2million) when ITV scheduled an hour-long episode of Emmerdale against it. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. He classed 1989's changes as a brave experiment, and suggested that while some found this period of EastEnders entertaining, many other viewers felt that the comedy stretched the programme's credibility. A new era began in 1990 with the introduction of Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) and Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp)the Mitchell brotherssuccessful characters who would go on to dominate the soap thereafter. [384], Some storylines have provoked high levels of viewer complaints. Within days, a scandalous headline appeared "EASTENDERS STAR IS A KILLER". Things Have Changed", "211 complaints to BBC over gay EastEnders storyline, but do the public care? The live-episode averaged 15.6 million viewers, peaking at 16.6 million in the final five minutes of the broadcast. The storyline, 10.84 million viewers tuned in for the 30th-anniversary episode itself in an hour-long special on 19 February 2015 (peaking with 11.9 million). Such characters have included Pat Butcher (Pam St Clement), Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon) and Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace). In February 2016, the repeat moved to W, the rebranded Watch, after BBC Three became an online-only channel. Despite the slightly lower figure, it still made it to 12th place on Channel 5's weekly chart. We are always mindful of the timeslot in which EastEnders is shown and we took great care to signpost this storyline prior to transmission, through on-air continuity and publicity as well as providing a BBC Action Line at the end of the episode which offers advice and support to those affected by the issue". ", "EastEnders casts Balvinder Sopal as Suki Panesar", "EastEnders: Phil Mitchell's 14 most explosive feuds ranked! Ted Barrington, the Irish Ambassador to the UK at the time, described the portrayal of Ireland as an "unrepresentative caricature", stating he was worried by the negative stereotypes and the images of drunkenness, backwardness and isolation. [397], In 2010, EastEnders came under criticism from the police for the way that they were portrayed during the "Who Killed Archie?" . On 21 September 2004, Berridge quit as executive producer of EastEnders following continued criticism of the show. EastEnders received its second lowest ratings on 17th May 2007, when 4.0 million viewers tuned in. It is shown on BBC UKTV from Mondays to Thursdays at 8pm. The BBC1 soap is in crisis after drawing the lowest ever viewing figures in its history, scraping in with just 1.7 million viewers on July 31. The 'tart with a heart' is another recurring character. She was also critical of language such as "bleeding", "bloody hell", "bastard" and "for Christ's sake"; however, Whitehouse also praised the programme, describing Michelle Fowler's decision not to have an abortion as a "very positive storyline". This shocking tell-all style set the tone for relations between Albert Square and the press for the next 20 years. EastEnders was pulling in up to eight million viewers an episode, but in the past year those figures . The viewing figures for 95 episodes are unknown. John Yorke became the Executive Producer of EastEnders in 2000. "[335] E20 features a group of sixth-form characters and targets the "Hollyoaks demographic". [237] During the 2006 FIFA World Cup, actors filmed short scenes following the tournament's events that were edited into the programme in the following episode. [41] Lewis felt that producing an hour of "reasonable quality drama" a week was the maximum that any broadcasting system could generate without loss of integrity. Corrie's audience figures have dropped by 19 per cent in the past four years while EastEnders has fallen almost double this by around 37 per cent. [281] The paper usage was reduced by 50 per cent across script distribution and other weekly documents and 20 per cent across all other paper usage. Carrington was told he was Lucy's killer on Monday 16,[268] while Laurie Brett (who plays Bobby's adoptive mother, Jane) was informed in November, due to the character playing a huge role in the cover-up of Lucy's murder. "[396], In 2022, EastEnders aired their first male rape scene which saw Lewis Butler (Aidan O'Callaghan) rape Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden). Prior to the board's formation, figures were conducted by different means, such as the BBC financing its own audience research, while the ITV companies sub-contracted theirs. When they compared the characters they had created, Smith and Holland realised they had created a cross-section of East End residents. 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On July 31 the BBC soap attracted just 1.7 million viewers, minuscule in comparison to the show's. During the 30th anniversary week in which there were vital elements and the climax of the Who Killed Lucy Beale? [304], On 1 December 2012, the BBC uploaded the first 54 episodes of EastEnders to YouTube, and on 23 July 2013 they uploaded a further 14 episodes bringing the total to 68. Disney sequel Mary Poppins Returns, which starred Emily Blunt in the title role, took the sixth slot as viewers joined in on the family fun on BBC One. [191] Speaking extras, including Tracey the barmaid (Jane Slaughter) (who has been in the show since the first episode in 1985), have made appearances throughout the show's duration, without being the focus of any major storylines. Summaries the chart rankings for EastEnders for each year since 1985 show 's first live episode 19th... The rebranded Watch, after BBC Three repeat moved to W, the repeat back... 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