Though EastEnders creators Julia Smith and Tony Holland would eventually settle on the fictional Walford with its E20 postcode, at this point the show had a working title of East 8 - and it was to be ...

For decades, the public has been captivated by British soap operas that use dramatic portrayals of everyday events.

There was undoubtedly a time in your life when you considered EastEnders appointment viewing. For some, it was the Den and Angie-days; for others, it was the Golden Epoch of Janine and Barry ...

SHARON Watts is back to her furious best in today’s EastEnders as she flies at Nicola Mitchell in a vicious brawl. The ...

A popular EastEnders character has become the latest star to leave the show as a new era begins. It's been a period of change ...

In honour of EastEnders' milestone, here's a look back on a major storyline from each of the 40 years it has been on air. Dirty Den got 16-year-old Michelle Fowler pregnantCredit: BBC EastEnders ...

EastEnders fans are convinced that Sharon Watts is set to be in for a huge family reunion as they think her enemy Nicola ...

Sharon Watts has been part of EastEnders for four decades and fans of the BBC one soap are convinced she's set to make a ...

Another key ingredient of the early years of EastEnders also happened at the last minute: the pairing of the actors behind Angie and her bad-boy husband Den Watts, played by Leslie Grantham.