An EastEnders legend looked completely unrecognisable as he celebrated the soap opera's 40th anniversary - 15 years after he was killed off the show. The BBC series marked its milestone ...

FIVE characters are definitely going to survive the forthcoming blaze on EastEnders. The BBC is set to air hugely dramatic episodes of the long-running serial drama to celebrate the 40th anniversary.

For 40 years, EastEnders has shown us life in a fictional community in east London - but from the iconic characters to the theme tune, could it all have been very different? In the early research ...