EE facts

[Bad Wolf]

found this on the press office- thought you might like

EastEnders began on 19 February 1985.

It is shown on BBC ONE on Mondays and Fridays at 8.00pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm. Each episode is repeated on the same day on BBC THREE at 10.00pm. The omnibus is on BBC ONE on Sunday afternoons.

There were initially two episodes of the soap each week. On 11 April 1994 EastEnders went to three times a week and on 6 August 2001, a fourth weekly episode started.

Births



Ali and Sue=Ali Jnr
Arthur and Pauline=Martin
Barry and Natalie=Jack
Connor and Ruth=?
Den and Michelle=Vicky
Diane + ?=Jacques
Grant and Michelle=Mark Jnr
Grant and Tiffany=Courtney
Ian and Cindy=Peter and Lucy
Ian and Laura=Bobby
Martin and Sonia=Chloe
Nick Cotton and Zoe=Ashley
Phil and Kathy=Ben
Phil and Lisa=Lou
Ricky and Bianca=Liam
Wicksy and Cindy=Stephen

Deaths

Tom Banks
(Colm O'Maonlai)31.10.02House fire
Debbie Bates (Nicola Duffett)22.06.95 Car accident
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins)05.11.98 Childbirth
Lou Beale (Anna Wing)21.07.88Natural causes
Pete Beale (Peter Dean)09.12.93Car accident/murder
Mo Butcher (Edna Dore)29.11.90Natural causes
Tom Clements (Donald Tandy)21.04.89Heart attack
Ashley Cotton (Frankie Fitzgerald)14.06.01Killed in bike crash
Charlie Cotton (Christopher Hancock)10.07.91Lorry accident
Reg Cox (Johnny Clayton)19.02.85Murder
Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor)14.02.99Killed in a fight with Steve Owen
Roy Evans (Tony Caunter)17.03.03Heart attack
Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher)21.05.96Heart attack
Gill Fowler (Susannah Dawson)25.06.92Aids
Mark Fowler (Todd Carty)13.04.04 (date family were told) Aids
Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler)13.04.89Overdose
Rose Markham (Petra Markham)unknownCar accident/murder
Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder)25.12.02Car crash
Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon)31.12.98Car accident
Trevor Morgan(Alex Ferns)31.10.02House fire
Andy O'Brien(Ross Davidson)14.08.86Car accident
Hassan Osman20.06.85Cot death
Barbara Owen (Sheila Hancock)24.07.01Heart attack
Steve Owen(Martin Kemp)01.03.02Car crash
Eddie Royle (Michael Melia)10.09.91Murder
Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin)22.08.00Euthanasia pact with Dot
Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner Carter)06.09.01Natural death/ blow to head
Joe Wallace (Jason Rush)unknownAids
Angie Watts(Anita Dobson)08.04.02Off screen
Den Watts (Leslie Grantham)23.02.89Shot by canal. Assumed dead but returned in 2003
Jane Williams (Ann Mitchell)11.01.02unknown

Weddings

Alan and Carol30.04.96
Alfie and Kat25.12.03
Barry and Janine31.12.03
Barry and Natalie03.12.99
Billy and Little Mo25.12.02
Frank and Pat22.06.89
Frank and Peggy01.04.99
Garry and Lynne07.12.01
Grant and Sharon26.12.91
Grant and Tiffany02.08.97
Ian and Cindy12.10.89
Ian and Laura10.05.01
Ian and Mel31.12.99
Jim and Dot14.02.02
Lofty and Michelle25.11.86
Mark and Gill23.06.92
Mark and Lisa29.03.02
Mark and Ruth20.04.95
Matthew and Carmel26.01.89
Nigel and Debbie12.07.94
Nikos and April29.04.96
Phil and Kate05.09.03
Phil and Kathy27.02.95
Phil and Nadia08.07.93
Ricky and Bianca17.04.97
Ricky and Sam04.07.91
Roy and Pat 21.11.96
Steve and Mel01.03.01
Terry and Irene12.05.98 (Louise interrupts)
28.11.99 (registry office)

[Abi]

Isn;t it intersting how few births there are compared to deaths!?

[Bad Wolf]

its a bit out dated- i suppose alesha could be counted and dens (2nd )death???

[Abi]

yeah

I wonder how many of them marriages ended in murder or divorce!

[Bad Wolf]

there are loads of car accident's too

jack dalton is not on either- that was murder too

[Abi]

Jack Dalton?

Oh yeah i remember. That was about a year or so ago, so its quite a bit old

and loads of people left in a taxi!

[Bad Wolf]

Facts and figures about the show

EastEnders was first shown on 19 February 1985

For the first eight years it was shown twice weekly but from 11 April 1994 it went to three episodes per week. On 6 August 2001, a fourth episode was added to the weekly schedule.


The standard yearly output is 208 episodes


Then, of course, theres omnibus edition on Sundays. There are often additional episodes filmed throughout the year, increasing the figure to between 210 and 215 episodes.


Who watches EastEnders?


The current average audience for EastEnders is around 14 million viewers per weekday programme, which is equal to roughly a 60% share of TV viewing.

Recent research shows that 22% of the EastEnders audience is under 24

34% are in the 25-45 age group. Over-65s make up just 18% of the audience.

One-third of the EastEnders viewers are men

Women form the majority at 55%, while 12% of the audience are children. 41% of viewers are classed as belonging to the ABC1 social groups.

[Abi]

Whats the ABC1 Socal groups?

[Bad Wolf]

no idea- i think it refers to class/social groupings

[Abi]

I guess so

Do you reckon the average audience is still 14 million?

[Bad Wolf]

no!!! i think that was back in the day (wayyy back)

[Abi]

yeah, I'd guess about 10-11 million now, although its decreasing all the time. they've had so many really low episodes that that has brought the average right down

[Bad Wolf]

it has been tripe recently

[Abi]

Its gone way down, they really need to do something, Emmerdale has been getting better so they're in danger of being trampled on in the ratings yet again

[Bad Wolf]

i dont think the return of the mitchells is going to make that much difference

[Abi]

It might go up for a few weeks, but in the long run one family isn't going to make a difference. The whole soap needs to be re-thought and re-vamped

[Bad Wolf]

totally agree

[Abi]

The whole "its summer, soaps always do bad in summer" really annoys me! All soaps suffer in the summer, just none as much as Eastenders. When will people realise...?

[Bad Wolf]

i'm pleased nigel harman is back- much more watchable!!

[Abi]

at least its bareable now cause of him!

but the stories are a load o rubbish most the time

[Bad Wolf]

they are, i cant wait til chrissie leaves- i must be the only one on here who cant bear here, she is becoming a pantomime witch

[Abi]

Chrissie is ok, but needs to have a few happy stories once in a while. Her life is way too depressing to be realistic. Every one smiles once in a while!

[parkerman]

its a bit out dated- i suppose alesha could be counted and dens (2nd )death???

And Freddie's birth

[callummc]

no rach your not the only one,i've never liked her,she just reminds me of a cheep imitation angie

[Bad Wolf]

thank god!!! she is terrible, although i'm liking dennis snipe at her rubbish mate

[Dr. Tangliss]

Yeah, me too, she is such a witch!

[Chris_2k11]

Laura, Barry, David, and Paul's death isn't on that list either!

[Abi]

Nor is Andy

[Abi]

and didn't Lynne and Garry have a baby together which died?

[hayzie]

out of all the weddings that happened in the square, jim and dot are the only couple that have stayed together! i think :hmm:

[Abi]

hmmm, yeah i guess they are

[Kim]

and didn't Lynne and Garry have a baby together which died?
Yes they did, It was last year, in june i think. They were going to call her Vivienne but she died after Lynne's placental abruption due to the fair disaster. Lynne had to have an emergency hysterectomy after this, and so left Garry, and Walford.

[Abi]

So technically Vivienne should be under birth and death shouldn't she?

[Treacle]

The stairs in the tube station lead into the male toilets where Kat and Zoe had their chat...

[Treacle]

And some of those facts are wrong. No it doesn't get 14 million anymore, that was way back in 2001, no soap gets 14 million anymore due to more people having more channels to watch.

[Kim]

So technically Vivienne should be under birth and death shouldn't she?
Yes she should.

[Kim]

found this on the press office- thought you might like

EastEnders began on 19 February 1985.

It is shown on BBC ONE on Mondays and Fridays at 8.00pm and on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm. Each episode is repeated on the same day on BBC THREE at 10.00pm. The omnibus is on BBC ONE on Sunday afternoons.

There were initially two episodes of the soap each week. On 11 April 1994 EastEnders went to three times a week and on 6 August 2001, a fourth weekly episode started.

Births



Ali and Sue=Ali Jnr
Arthur and Pauline=Martin
Barry and Natalie=Jack
Connor and Ruth=?
Den and Michelle=Vicky
Diane + ?=Jacques
Grant and Michelle=Mark Jnr
Grant and Tiffany=Courtney
Ian and Cindy=Peter and Lucy
Ian and Laura=Bobby
Martin and Sonia=Chloe
Nick Cotton and Zoe=Ashley
Phil and Kathy=Ben
Phil and Lisa=Lou
Ricky and Bianca=Liam
Wicksy and Cindy=Stephen

Deaths

Tom Banks
(Colm O'Maonlai)31.10.02House fire
Debbie Bates (Nicola Duffett)22.06.95 Car accident
Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins)05.11.98 Childbirth
Lou Beale (Anna Wing)21.07.88Natural causes
Pete Beale (Peter Dean)09.12.93Car accident/murder
Mo Butcher (Edna Dore)29.11.90Natural causes
Tom Clements (Donald Tandy)21.04.89Heart attack
Ashley Cotton (Frankie Fitzgerald)14.06.01Killed in bike crash
Charlie Cotton (Christopher Hancock)10.07.91Lorry accident
Reg Cox (Johnny Clayton)19.02.85Murder
Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor)14.02.99Killed in a fight with Steve Owen
Roy Evans (Tony Caunter)17.03.03Heart attack
Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher)21.05.96Heart attack
Gill Fowler (Susannah Dawson)25.06.92Aids
Mark Fowler (Todd Carty)13.04.04 (date family were told) Aids
Donna Ludlow (Matilda Ziegler)13.04.89Overdose
Rose Markham (Petra Markham)unknownCar accident/murder
Jamie Mitchell (Jack Ryder)25.12.02Car crash
Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon)31.12.98Car accident
Trevor Morgan(Alex Ferns)31.10.02House fire
Andy O'Brien(Ross Davidson)14.08.86Car accident
Hassan Osman20.06.85Cot death
Barbara Owen (Sheila Hancock)24.07.01Heart attack
Steve Owen(Martin Kemp)01.03.02Car crash
Eddie Royle (Michael Melia)10.09.91Murder
Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin)22.08.00Euthanasia pact with Dot
Audrey Trueman (Corinne Skinner Carter)06.09.01Natural death/ blow to head
Joe Wallace (Jason Rush)unknownAids
Angie Watts(Anita Dobson)08.04.02Off screen
Den Watts (Leslie Grantham)23.02.89Shot by canal. Assumed dead but returned in 2003
Jane Williams (Ann Mitchell)11.01.02unknown

Weddings

Alan and Carol30.04.96
Alfie and Kat25.12.03
Barry and Janine31.12.03
Barry and Natalie03.12.99
Billy and Little Mo25.12.02
Frank and Pat22.06.89
Frank and Peggy01.04.99
Garry and Lynne07.12.01
Grant and Sharon26.12.91
Grant and Tiffany02.08.97
Ian and Cindy12.10.89
Ian and Laura10.05.01
Ian and Mel31.12.99
Jim and Dot14.02.02
Lofty and Michelle25.11.86
Mark and Gill23.06.92
Mark and Lisa29.03.02
Mark and Ruth20.04.95
Matthew and Carmel26.01.89
Nigel and Debbie12.07.94
Nikos and April29.04.96
Phil and Kate05.09.03
Phil and Kathy27.02.95
Phil and Nadia08.07.93
Ricky and Bianca17.04.97
Ricky and Sam04.07.91
Roy and Pat 21.11.96
Steve and Mel01.03.01
Terry and Irene12.05.98 (Louise interrupts)
28.11.99 (registry office)

Jane Williams died of cancer