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Eastenders
 UK
/ BBC1 / x30m-e / 1985-continuing
Creators:
Julia Smith, Tony Holland / Theme Music: Simon
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 Eastenders
is a UK soap set in the East End borough of
Walford (Postcode E20). Focal figures in the
shows early years were the Fowler family led by
the indomitable Pauline and the her put upon
husband Arthur (who would later have a nervous
breakdown in spectacular fashion) and their kids
Mark and Michelle. Pub landlord Den (Dirty Den
as he became known) and his brassy wife Angie
quickly became the focus of most of the media
attention lavished on the show in its early
days. Den and Angie's daughter Sharon was best
friends with Michelle Fowler who happened to get
herself pregnant by Sharon's father.
Other important characters from the shows early
years included Dot Cotton and her evil son Nick,
Pauline's Mum Lou and the elderly Ethel Skinner,
local GP Dr Legg, Pauline's brother Pete Beale
and his family (wife Kathy and son Ian). Asian
shopkeepers Saeed and Naima Jeffrey and Turkish
cafe owner Ali Osman provided the ethnicity.
During the early 'Den and Angie' years the show
was incredibly popular beating all comers. Since
Den's departure (being 'hit' by gangsters) there
has always been a 'hard man' type character in
the show with the brutish Grant Mitchell ruling
the roost at the Vic for many years, Steve Owen
is the latest (he has literally got away with
murder during his time on the show).
Eastenders has never been shy of tackling the
big issues, Aids, murder, teenage pregnancy,
cancer and even euthanasia have all had an
airing on the show. The show is most probably
the most depressing of the UK soaps (although
Brookside runs it a close second).
During its most popular spell several of the
stars even had hit singles (Anita Dobson with a
vocal version of the theme tune and Nick Berry
getting to number one with Every Loser Wins).
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Cast
IMPORTANT
CAST MEMBERS INCLUDE:-
BILL TREACHER as
Arthur Fowler / LESLIE GRANTHAM as Den Watts /
ANITA DOBSON as Angie Watts / WENDY RICHARD as
Pauline Fowler / SUSAN TULLY as Michelle Fowler
/ DAVID SCARBOROUGH as Mark Fowler(1) / TODD
CARTY as Mark Fowler(2) / GILLIAN
TAYLFORTH as Kathy Beale / ADAM WOODYATT as Ian
Beale / LETITA DEAN as Sharon Watts / JUNE BROWN
as Dot Cotton / JOHN ALTMAN as Nick Cotton /
GRETCHEN FRANKLIN as Ethel Skinner / PAM ST
CLEMENT as Pat Wicks/Evans / TOM WATT as Lofty /
LINDA DAVIDSON as Mary Smith / MIKE REID as
Frank Butcher / SOPHIE LAWRENCE as Diane Butcher
/ SID OWEN as Ricky Butcher / DANIELLA WESTBROOK
as Sam Mitchell / ROSS KEMP as Grant Mitchell /
STEVE McFADDEN as Phil Mitchell / MARTINE
McCUTCHEON as Tiffany / LINDSAY COULSON as Carol
Jackson / DEAN GAFFNEY as Robbie Jackson /
MICHAEL FRENCH as David Wicks / NICK BERRY as
Simon Wicks / PATSY PALMER as Bianca Butcher /
MICHAEL GRECO as Beppe Di Marco / MARC BANNERMAN
as Gianni Di Marco / CARLY HILLMAN as Nicky Di
Marco / LOUISE JAMESON as Rosa Di Marco / LEILA
BIRCH as Teresa Di Marco / SHAUN WILLIAMSON as
Barry Evans / JAMES ALEXANDROU as Martin Fowler
/ TAMZIN OUTHWAITE as Melanie Healy / DANIELA
DENBY-ASHE as Sarah Hills / NATALIE CASSIDY as
Sonia Jackson / MARTIN KEMP as Steve Owen /
NADIA SAWALHA as Annie Palmer / LUCY SPEED as
Natalie Price / JOE ABSOLOM as Matthew Rose /
CRAIG FAIRBRASS as Dan Sullivan / DEREK MARTIN
as Charlie Slater / LAILA MORSE as Mo Harris /
ELAINE LORDAN as Lynne Slater / JESSIE WALLACE
as Kat Slater / KACEY AINSWORTH as Maureen
Slater / MICHELLE RYAN as Zoe Slater |
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