EastEnders producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has revealed where he gets some of his storyline ideas from - strangers on tubes and buses!
The BBC soap's boss appeared on The One Show with actress Lacey Turner last night (February 15), and admitted to eavesdropping on conversations while getting public transport in order to get inspiration for plots.
"When I am on the tube or a bus, I have my headphones in but I never turn on any music because I listen to people around me for stories," he explained.
"My friends have stopped telling stories and they don't tell me about their personal lives anymore."
Turner, who plays Walford's Stacey Branning, joked: "No-one is going to sit next to you anymore."
Discussing the show's forward planning, Treadwell-Collins admitted that he has a vague plan in place for this year's Christmas episodes already, despite it only being February.
"Tomorrow we are going to start planning August and we vaguely know next Christmas," he said. "If you don't know where you are going to go then the show ambles a bit.
"You want to know exactly where you are going so you can build and build up to the big moments in the year."
Treadwell-Collins also opened up about Peggy Mitchell's upcoming exit from the soap.