On 17 November 1987, EastEnders aired a kiss between characters Colin Russell (played by Lord Michael Cashman) and his ...

Albert Square isn’t known for its shrinking violets. As the groundbreaking soap turns 40, superfan Johnathon Hughes selects ...

It has been 40 years since EastEnders first hit television screens on February 19, 1985, and viewers fell in love with ...

Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) was a brash teenager in the show's debut episode, living at The Queen Vic with her fiery parents ...

Forty years ago, the BBC launched its flagship soap opera and a large ensemble of actors suddenly found fame. But what ...

EastEnders actress Michelle Collins apologised to the producer at the time after her lie almost caused an accident during ...

Back in 1985 the first episode of EastEnders aired and rejuvenated the soap opera world and now it's about to celebrate 40 ...

Just some of the phrases I have seen attributed to EastEnders king Steve McFadden, aka legendary TV character Phil Mitchell. It’s impossible to even question it. In fact, he’s not just one of ...

We've also been in touch with the EastEnders archivist who has had a dig in the archive and provided the scripts for the ...

In fact, he’s not just one of EastEnders’ finest actors – he’s one of the best ... with statistics around male suicide incredibly high. In a slow burn storyline, commencing before most ...

EastEnders has been home to some of the most iconic characters in soap history and some of the BBC soap's most famous faces ...

As the BBC soap celebrates its 40th anniversary and prepares to unveil the outcome of its latest 'whodunnit' in who attacked ...