EastEnders

A closer look at the story

EastEnders is a long-running British drama about the day-to-day lives of working-class people living on Albert Square, in the Walford area of London's East End. Albert Square is a neighbourhood of traditional Victorian terraced houses arranged around a central park. The families, neighbours and shopkeepers who live there are constantly caught up in one another's lives. The series looks at the joys, losses, romances, rows and daily struggles of ordinary people in a realistic way. Every house, every shop and every chance encounter on the square can be the starting point for a new story. Characters such as Ian Beale, Dot Cotton, Sharon, Pat Butcher and Phil Mitchell have become some of the show's most recognisable faces over the years. Created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland and broadcast on BBC One since 1985, this soap has featured actors including Adam Woodyatt, June Brown, Letitia Dean, Pam St. Clement and Steve McFadden.