As it’s Valentine’s Day, I got thinking about some of my favourite soap couples. It’s quite hard to choose and I’m sure I’m missing some iconic pairings off my little…
Category: EastEnders
These soaps all mention the British soap opera EastEnders.
Soap at its best: Mick and The Samaritans
Every now and then, an episode of a soap comes along and it knocks you for six. You can’t quite believe how well something has been done and it sticks…
The Wall v’s EastEnders: a BBC Children in Need special
Danny Dyer will present a special EastEnders crossover especially for BBC Children in Need as two of Walford’s finest take on The Wall. Fellow cast members Tony Clay and Roger…
Soap storylines: exploring domestic violence
Occasionally EastEnders and Coronation Street both cover similar storylines at the same time. In 2020, this happened, as two important and powerful domestic violence storylines played out concurrently. Coronation Street…
The importance of the pub: pint, pie, action!
Britain’s three biggest soaps are all set in different parts of the country, but each one has its own boozer. So why is this so important when it comes to…
12 soap opera facts that you might not know
Here are some soapy facts that you may not be aware of. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a soap opera is “a series of television or radio programmes about the…
EastEnders: The Square’s new mural
Have you spotted the new mural in EastEnders? British-born Ghanaian artist Dreph has created a special piece for the show’s fictional landscape to reflect modern-day Britain. What is it? The…
Why killing legacy characters rarely works
The soaps are there to entertain and to explore important social issues and sometimes that means that a character has to die. However, I don’t think that killing legacy characters…
7 things you never see soap characters doing
The soaps are meant to reflect real life, which is why we watch the characters deal with various life issues. But there are certain things we never see them doing….
The reasons why I love the soaps at Christmas
I love the soaps at Christmastime and I like to sit down and watch them in peace. In fact, I’ve been known to take myself off for an hour, so…