Scott Maslen has admitted that he felt "horrible" for a while after his slip-up on EastEnders Live.

Maslen, 39, fluffed his lines on the 25th anniversary episode, despite being the only actor to have previously starred in a live edition of a serial during his time on The Bill.

Speaking at the Edinburgh TV Festival, he said: "It was a space and time moment. I was about to say 'Can we go again?' as we normally do... but then it came back. It was horrible, it lasted for a month, waking up and saying 'I know the line'."

Diederick Santer, the show's former executive producer, also revealed that Rita Simons (Roxy Mitchell) jumped ahead in the script on the night.