The EastEnders characters sing a song for Children in Need.
Zainab is determined to find out who Leon slept with at Bianca's hen party. Ronnie runs into DCI Marsden as the locals start to gossip about an arrest that is thought is about to be made and Adam asks Libby to help find out if Minty is cheating on Manda.
EastEnders began in 1985 as a rival for ITV's Coronation Street . It focuses on the lives of the inhabitants of Albert Square in the rough EastEnd of London. For the past 26 years, EastEnders has entertained audiences with dramatic storylines focusing on real life situations. Characters have… More come and gone, each having an impact on the happenings in Albert Square.
EastEnders began in 1985 as a rival for ITV's Coronation Street . It focuses on the lives of the inhabitants of Albert Square in the rough EastEnd of London. For the past 26 years, EastEnders has entertained audiences with dramatic storylines focusing on real life situations. Characters have… More come and gone, each having an impact on the happenings in Albert Square.
EastEnders began in 1985 as a rival for ITV's Coronation Street . It focuses on the lives of the inhabitants of Albert Square in the rough EastEnd of London. For the past 26 years, EastEnders has entertained audiences with dramatic storylines focusing on real life situations. Characters have… More come and gone, each having an impact on the happenings in Albert Square.
EastEnders began in 1985 as a rival for ITV's Coronation Street . It focuses on the lives of the inhabitants of Albert Square in the rough EastEnd of London. For the past 26 years, EastEnders has entertained audiences with dramatic storylines focusing on real life situations. Characters have… More come and gone, each having an impact on the happenings in Albert Square.
A guilty pleasure that sometimes justifies itself. hide show
I have to admit this is one of my guilty pleasures. I think I got into it because my mum would watch it, and although I have stopped watching it at times, recently I have really got back into it again. My favourite storyline at the moment involves Syed and Christian, but I have to admit I'm getting a bit sick of the mitchells and the revolving door of the vic. Definately not always great (for instance Darren being George's father, which I don't even want to think about), but then occasionally it comes up with absolute stunners, like the episode where stacey was sectioned, which actually had me in tears. It celebrates 25 years in 2010, and it'll no doubt be going for many more years.
A character based romp of varying quality, but worth sticking with if you're willing to give it your time. hide show
Ok, so it's not exactly of a consistent quality and I am not trying to defend the show against some of it's poorer reviews. A lot of the time it can be very silly, badly acted and mundane and you might wonder why on earth you are bothering to watch it. But when a decent storyline rolls around (and if you're lucky there can be 5 or more in a year) it is truly gripping, the villains are almost always very well cast. There are a great range, from the panto-esque nick cotton to the downright menacing Stella (impeccably acted by Sophie Thompson, yes that's right Emma Thompson's sister!)to gorgeous mentalists that tug at your heartstrings like Sean Slater. The characters are mostly very well done as long as you take them at face value. The poorer actors do actually serve a purpose, their characters are meant to be one trick ponies, one sided caricatures to provide a lighter subplot to the heavier storylines.
In order to get the most out of eastenders, you really do have to invest in these characters. If you can't do that I wouldn't bother with it at all, but it really is worth it if you're willing to give it a shot.
Eastenders has, for many years, followed a pattern. When it's good... its unmissible. When it's bad... goddam it its bad. So bad you find yourself switching off for ages and coming back to the show many months later.
Thus the cycle continues. Of the early years I know little of; the first episode I ever saw was when Sascia met an end via ashtray. These days, the show is teetering on the brink between the "good" and "terrible" stage. Storylines are tried, tested, and done so many times before you quickly loose interest. More and more old faces are brought back as a way of boosting ratings, sometimes not to welcome. And it seems that no charactors are ever developed, with the people experiancing the same damn problems they were 5 years ago.
An example of this is Phil's alcoholism... which shows up every few years when he is out of storylines. This is common in EE; continous circles that never seem to lead anywhere. It does however have redeeming features. The acting certinaly better than Corrie, and the show is definately more entertaining. It's very depressing... but hey you can't have anything. With EE many years lie ahead... continously going back to it to find its in a "good stage" again.
Eastenders is a show us Brits have become accustomed to for a good 25 years now. In it's prime Eastenders was indeed the show of the now. The plots were fresh and the characters were actually exciting, unfortunately 25 years on it appears to have lost it's charm. The plot has become so bland that it would probably be of more interest to count the hairs on your head. The characters are boring and have no dimension. These problems have been a part of the show for a very long time and it's like listening to a broken record. Instead of introducing the modern day character they rely on the old ones, whom have definitely passed their sell by dates. Plots are dragged on for so long it is beyond painful. One of the major problems is they tend to introduce a new character and then within a month of being part of the show they kill them off. This has become a trend of late not leaving any room for character development.
The story is constantly recurring and it seems as if the writers really don't have a clue what they are doing anymore. It has become so outdated that it feels like it is set in the 90's.
It is worrying that the show is not changing for the better and it makes you wonder how long it will last in this state. It's a real shame because I really enjoyed old Albert Square growing up and now the majority of the time I do my best to avoid it.
this is the only soap opera that i watch because it is the most like life, but to be fair it is nothing rli like life in londeon, sure there are people dying all the time but i dont believe that os much rli goes on like drugs, rape burgalry murder and other stuff rli happens in a square taht has very little population, saying this a lot of the stroies are rli gd and interesting like danielle being the lost daughjter of ronnie but i knew summin was up with it, all in all not a bad half hour programme 4 times aweek but sometimes u relaly need your fix for it if something interseting is happenioing in it vut usuyally you are dissapointed with the outcome.
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