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Behind the scene Videos[]

Photos[]

Classic Photos[]

Behind The Scenes on EastEnders (2007)[]

25th Anniversary live episode (2010)[]


Ian's Restaurant - The construction (2013)[]

Daniel Coonan's first week on EastEnders! (2013)[]

Bianca & Terry - The Beginning (2013)[]

New Years Eve (2013)[]

Stacey and Jean reunited (2014)[]

Videos[]

Behind The Scenes on EastEnders (2007)[]

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BBC One - Behind The Scenes on EastEnders

25th Anniversary (2010)[]

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EastEnders - Behind The Scenes

Queen Vic Fire (2010)[]

Shooting EastEnders Teenage Kicks (2013)[]

35th Anniversary (2020)[]

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Behind the Scenes EastEnders 35th Anniversary-1

Trivia[]

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1. A lot of Dot Cotton's clothes are bought from charity shops. She wore the same dress each Christmas Day from 1988 to 2019.

2. Peggy Mitchell has currently had the most money spent on her wardrobe; more than any other character to date.

3. Pat Evans owned over 125 pairs of earring and was sent some by fans to wear on-screen.

4. The interior of the Queen Vic is not connected to the exterior but instead located in Studio One.

5. EastEnders is filmed weeks in advance and because of this, fakes leaves are added to trees along with plastic daffodils in the ground to make it look more like spring than winter.

6. Most of the drinks in the Queen Vic are not real: water replaces Vodka, water with burnt sugar is used as Whisky and apple juice watered down looks like white wine, however real beer is used!

7. The railings of Albert Square are made of plastic and are very weak.

8. Large funeral scenes are filmed in North Watford Cemetery, smaller cemetery scenes are filmed on a patch of grass in the studio’s backlot.

9. Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the former Duke of Edinburgh, have visited the EastEnders set but she is not much of a fan compared to Queen Camilla. Prince Phillip admitted to only watching one episode, and asked Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale's actor), "are you an actor or an operator".

10. The interior scenes are filmed in Studio C at Elstree Studios, which was once the filming studio of Top of The Pops.

11. Den, Angie and Sharon Watts were originally called Jack, Pearl and Tracey.

12. Every (non hour-long) episode is exactly 27 minutes and 15 seconds!

13. Kellie Bright, who plays Linda Carter, originally went for the role of Tanya Branning; Derek Martin, who played Charlie Slater, auditioned to be both Den and Frank Butcher; and Lacey Turner impressed producers so much when she auditioned for the role of Demi Miller that they created Stacey Slater especially for her.

14. Ian Beale is the only character to feature in all four Whodunnits: Who Killed Archie Mitchell?, Who Shot Phil?, Who Killed Lucy Beale? and Who Attacked Ian Beale?.

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