EastEnders is a British soap opera, examining the domestic and professional lives of working class people who live in the fictitious London Borough of Walford in the East End of London. The show was created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland, and broadcast its first episode on 19 February 1985. Originally, the typical week comprised two half-hour episodes on BBC One, in a time slot of 7.00pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, until August 1985 when they were moved to 7.30pm. On 11 April 1994, a Monday episode was added, broadcast at 8.00pm, and a further 8.00pm episode was added on 10 August 2001, on Fridays. As of 4 March 2016, there have been 5240 episodes.[1]
The numbering of EastEnders episodes has changed three times. The episode broadcast on 11 April 1994 was given the number 1, following on from the previous episode numbered 952. The 6 August 2001 episode was also given the number 1, following on from the previous episode numbered 1170. On 13 April 2009, the episodes were retroactively renumbered, so the episode on this date had the number 3770, and the previous number, originally 1628, was renumbered to 3769 (and so on). These lists use only the retroactive numbering.
Summary
Year | Standard episodes | Extra episodes[α] | Episode numbers | Originally aired | Average viewers (millions)[β][2] | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First aired | Last aired | ||||||
1985 | 91 | 1–91 | 19 February 1985 | 31 December 1985 | Unknown | ||
1986 | 105 | 2 January 1986 | 30 December 1986 | Unknown | |||
1987 | 107 | 1 January 1987 | 31 December 1987 | Unknown | |||
1988 | 104 | 1 | 5 January 1988 | 29 December 1988 | Unknown | ||
1989 | 104 | 3 January 1989 | 28 December 1989 | Unknown | |||
1990 | 104 | 2 January 1990 | 27 December 1990 | Unknown | |||
1991 | 105 | 1 January 1991 | 31 December 1991 | Unknown | |||
1992 | 106 | 2 January 1992 | 31 December 1992 | Unknown | |||
1993 | 105 | 5 January 1993 | 30 December 1993 | Unknown | |||
1994 | 142 | 4 January 1994 | 29 December 1994 | Unknown | |||
1995 | 157 | 2 January 1995 | 28 December 1995 | Unknown | |||
1996 | 161 | 1 January 1996 | 31 December 1996 | Unknown | |||
1997 | 162 | 2 January 1997 | 30 December 1997 | Unknown | |||
1998 | 164 | 1 January 1998 | 31 December 1998 | 15.91 | |||
1999 | 169 | 4 January 1999 | 31 December 1999 | 15.87 | |||
2000 | 163 | 1 | 3 January 2000 | 31 December 2000 | 15.46[γ] | ||
2001 | 179 | 1 January 2001 | 31 December 2001 | ||||
2002 | 209 | 2 | 1 January 2002 | 31 December 2002 | |||
2003 | 210 | 2 | 1 January 2003 | 31 December 2003 | 12.61[δ] | ||
2004 | 209 | 1 | 1 January 2004 | 31 December 2004 | 11.32 | ||
2005 | 209 | 3 January 2005 | 30 December 2005 | 10.19 | |||
2006 | 207 | 2 January 2006 | 29 December 2006 | 9.16 | |||
2007 | 208 | 1 January 2007 | 31 December 2007 | 8.87 | |||
2008 | 208 | 1 January 2008 | 30 December 2008 | 8.42 | |||
2009 | 209 | 1 January 2009 | 31 December 2009 | 8.43 | |||
2010 | 204 | 7 | 3923–4135[ε] | 1 January 2010 | 31 December 2010 | 9.35 | |
2011 | 211 | 2 | 4136–4347[ζ][η] | 1 January 2011 | 30 December 2011 | 9.02 | |
2012 | 206 | 3 | 4348–4559[θ] | 1 January 2012 | 31 December 2012 | 8.23 | |
2013 | 212 | 2 | 4560–4774[ι] | 1 January 2013 | 31 December 2013 | 7.72 | |
2014 | 206 | 3 | 4775–4987[κ] | 1 January 2014 | 30 December 2014 | 7.20 | |
2015 | 209 | 0 | 4988–5201[λ] | 1 January 2015 | 29 December 2015 | 7.17 | |
2016 | TBA | TBA | 5202– | 1 January 2016 | present | TBA |
- ^ Includes spin-off episodes such as those broadcast via BBC Online, BBC Red Button or BBC iPlayer.
- ^ Official ratings are unavailable before 29 June 1998. They are over a seven-day period up to 2014, and over a 28-day period from 2015 onwards.
- ^ No data is available for the three episodes broadcast in the week ending 3 September 2000.
- ^ No data is available for the episodes broadcast in the week ending 20 July 2003.
- ^ Includes nine hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
- ^ Includes two hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
- ^ Includes 4179A ("Whitney's Story", 2011 Comic Relief mini-episode).
- ^ Includes six hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
- ^ Includes 4605A (2013 Comic Relief mini-episode) and four hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
- ^ Includes seven hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
- ^ Includes five hour-long episodes, each of which are assigned two episode numbers.
References
- ^ "EastEnders episode guide". Radio Times. United Kingdom: Immediate Media. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ^ "Weekly top 30 programmes". BARB. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
External links
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Episodes
Category:Lists of soap opera episodes
Category:Lists of British television series episodes