"that he was excited to have the characters return for one episode where they play ""small but incredibly important roles"". Davidson expressed her delight at reprising the role and said she was ""so thrilled, and very proud"" to return to the soap. She commented, """"EastEnders"" was my first proper family. It gave me stability and a fantastic foundation from which to build an incredible life."" Mary Smith (EastEnders) Mary Smith is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", played by Linda Davidson, from 5 March 1985 to 26 May 1988. Punk Mary is Walford's original wild child. She"
"Walford Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". It is the primary setting for the soap. ""EastEnders"" is filmed at Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, towards the north-west of London. Much of the location work is filmed in nearby Watford. It has been suggested that Watford was chosen for much of the exterior scenes due to its close proximity and the town's name being so similar to Walford. Thus, any stray road signs or advertising boards which are accidentally filmed in the back of shots will appear to read Walford. Locations used in Watford include"
"to the series for the ""Who Killed Lucy Beale?"" storyline in 2014. Other Walford streets mentioned at various times include Clifton Hill Road, New Street, Fairford Lane. Sewardstone Road, Clarisdown Street, Wellington Road, Crescent Park Road, Somer Street and Montpelier Road. Walford Walford is a fictional borough of east London in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". It is the primary setting for the soap. ""EastEnders"" is filmed at Borehamwood in Hertfordshire, towards the north-west of London. Much of the location work is filmed in nearby Watford. It has been suggested that Watford was chosen for much of the exterior scenes"
"available less than 1000 were sold. West Ham United is frequently mentioned among the locals at The Queen Victoria tavern in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"", created by Tony Holland and Julia Smith. The show is set in the London Borough of Walford, which is a mix of East End cities Walthamstow and Stratford. The soap opera focuses on characters moving in and out of the borough, as well as coining the matter of family values. ""EastEnders"" has maintained an avid following, least of all with the charismatic Fowler family. The 2005 film ""Green Street Hooligans"" (an allusion to the"
"in series 2; and Ava Bourne (Sophie Colquhoun), Donnie Lester (Samuell Benta) and Faith Olubunmi (Modupe Adeyeye) in series 3. The show's title comes from Walford's fictional London postcode district, E20. The four characters from series 1 also appear in ""EastEnders"", as well as Faith from series 3. ""EastEnders: E20"" originally aired as part of the main show's 25th anniversary celebrations. It was devised in a bid to develop and nurture new talent, including writers, actors, composers and remixers, and target a younger audience, as well as to attempt to drive more people onto the Internet. The series was the"
"history society was formed in 1965 and is concerned with researching and recording the history of the area. Keynsham was chosen as the outdoor location for a dramatic story-line in the BBC One TV serial EastEnders in September 2012 with filming taking place in a cordoned-off section of the High Street. In Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen, Catherine and her friends ride to ″within view of the town of Keynsham″. The town is served by Keynsham railway station on the London-Bristol and Bristol-Southampton trunk routes. It opened in 1840 and was renamed Keynsham and Somerdale in 1925. The chocolate factory"
"Lane to St Chad's Lane and northward"". In the 1920s, Sir Guy Dawber designed the gardens, annexe building and cottage of the property. Eastgate House, Rochester Eastgate House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan townhouse in Rochester, Kent, England. It is notable for its association with author Charles Dickens, featuring as Westgate in ""The Pickwick Papers"" and as the Nun's House in ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"". Now a Dickens Museum, the grounds of Eastgate House contain the Swiss chalet in which Dickens penned several of his novels. It was built in the 1590s for Sir Peter Buck, Mayor of"
"the BBC Elstree Centre, where the TV soap opera ""EastEnders"" is made; these are both located in Borehamwood. The local newspaper is the ""Borehamwood and Elstree Times"". Together with Borehamwood, the village is twinned with Offenburg in Germany, Fontenay-aux-Roses in France, and Huainan in China. Elstree & Borehamwood railway station is on the Thameslink line between London St Pancras and Bedford. It was built by the Midland Railway in 1868, and is located just north of the Elstree Tunnels. The area of Borehamwood to the west of the railway line, formally Deacon's Hill, is colloquially called ""Elstree"" even though it"
"of Borehamwood was home to one of the major British film studio complexes, including the MGM-British Studios. Many well-known films were made here including the first three ""Star Wars"" movies (IV, V, & VI). The studios generally used the name of Elstree. American director Stanley Kubrick not only used to shoot in those studios but also lived in the area until his death. ""Big Brother UK"" and ""Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"" have been filmed there. ""EastEnders"" is filmed at Elstree. Hertfordshire has seen development at Leavesden Film Studios developed on the Leavesden Aerodrome site; the ""Harry Potter"" series"
"and demanded to be able to create something about what they ""knew""—in the words of Smith—""London - today!"" Together they came up with the idea of a serial set in the East End of London in a Victorian Square. When casting for the show, Smith had the guideline 'Only genuine Eastenders need apply'; it was this that gave her the idea for the name of the show, which would be called ""EastEnders"" after other names were rejected. Originally the show was to be called ""Eastenders"", but Jonathan Powell, then Head of Drama at the BBC who had commissioned the show,"
"Karl Howman Karl Howman (born 13 December 1953) is an English actor and voice-over artist. He is known for his role in the BBC television soap opera ""EastEnders"" as Buster Briggs which he played from 2014 to 2016 and also for the comedy sitcom ""Brush Strokes"" (1986 to 1991) Born in Woolwich, London, England, he is best known to television viewers for his work as Jacko in Esmonde and Larbey's late-1980s BBC TV sitcom ""Brush Strokes"" and as the title character in the series ""Mulberry"" (also by Esmonde and Larbey). However, Howman first worked with the two comedy scriptwriters on"
"a regular role in ""EastEnders"", lived in Whittlesey and attended Sir Harry Smith Community College. The Supportive Skills department at the school is named The David Proud Suite in his honour. Whittlesey Whittlesey is a market town east of Peterborough in the Fenland district of Cambridgeshire, England. Including the neighbouring villages of Coates, Eastrea, Pondersbridge and Turves, it had a population of 16,058 at the 2011 Census. Whittlesey is between Peterborough, to the west, and March, to the east, and is bordered to the north by the River Nene and to the south by Whittlesey Dyke. Historically it was connected"
"was created, instead of using E8. Julia Smith came up with the name ""Eastenders"" after she and Holland had spent months telephoning theatrical agents and asking ""Do you have any real East Enders on your books?"" However, Smith thought """"Eastenders"""" ""looked ugly written down"" and was ""hard to say"", so decided to capitalise the second 'e'. After they decided on the filming location of BBC Elstree Centre in Hertfordshire, Smith and Holland set about creating the 23 characters needed, in just 14 days. They took a holiday in Playa de los Pocillos, Lanzarote, and started to create the characters. Holland"
"Bordesley, West Midlands Bordesley is an area of Birmingham, England, to the south east of the city centre, in the southern part of the City's Nechells ward. It is the real life setting of the BBC series ""Peaky Blinders"", and home to Birmingham City F.C.'s ground, St Andrew's. It should not be confused with nearby Bordesley Green. In Old English ""Bord's leah"" means 'Bord's clearing'. ""Bord"" may indicate 'boards' or 'planks', a place in the forest clearing where timber products could be obtained, but it is also a male personal name. Here, perhaps as early as the 7th century, Bord"
"and they concluded that the BBC ""could not provide value for money on the project"". The BBC said the new set would allow for HD filming and better reflect the modern East End of London. The majority of ""EastEnders"" episodes are filmed at the BBC Elstree Centre in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire. When the number of episodes was increased to four per week, more studio space was needed, so ""Top of the Pops"" was moved from its studio at Elstree to BBC Television Centre in April 2001. Episodes are produced in ""quartets"" of four episodes, each of which starts filming on a"
"of ""EastEnders"" broadcast in the United Kingdom over the Easter 2007 holiday season. Additional scenes were filmed at Wormshill and Ringlestone as ostensibly the same village location, notwithstanding they are some 20 miles (30 kilometres) from Stansted. On December 29, 2007, villagers alerted the police to a man in the village brandishing a gun. Reports say, however, that it was perhaps the man himself who alerted the police Upon arrival, the police opened fire and eventually shot and killed him . The case has been handed over to the IPCC for consideration In early 2007, British Airways mistakenly used inflight"
"Eastgate House, Rochester Eastgate House is a Grade I listed Elizabethan townhouse in Rochester, Kent, England. It is notable for its association with author Charles Dickens, featuring as Westgate in ""The Pickwick Papers"" and as the Nun's House in ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"". Now a Dickens Museum, the grounds of Eastgate House contain the Swiss chalet in which Dickens penned several of his novels. It was built in the 1590s for Sir Peter Buck, Mayor of Medway and Clerk of the Cheque at Chatham Dockyard. The house then became home to five generations of his family. In 1687, the"
"of East Enders harvesting hops which are available from Tower Hamlets Community Housing. In 2009 the Shadwell hops were harvested by the local residents and Brodies Brewery in Leyton used them to create a new beer called ""Old Hopper's Brew"". The beer sold out within a month. Shadwell Shadwell is a district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in inner East London, and on the north bank of the Thames between Whitechapel, Stepney, Wapping and Ratcliff. It is located east of Charing Cross and forms part of the East End of London. In the 13th century, the area was"
"Neasden in 1963 and celebrations in 2004 to mark the centenary of the Uxbridge branch. Metro-land (notably west Hertfordshire) formed the backdrop for the 1960s ABC TV series ""The Avengers"", whose popular imagery was deployed with a twist of fantasy. The archetypal Metro-land subjects (such as the railway station and the quiet suburb) became the settings for fiendish plots and treachery in this series and others, such as ""The Saint"", ""The Baron"" and ""Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)"", all of which made regular use of locations within easy reach of film studios at Borehamwood and Pinewood. Some abhorred Metro-land for its"
"of nominal Roman rule. Nanstallon United Youth Football Club was formed in 1988 in aid of the local children in the village. The ex-Liverpool and England left back Alan Kennedy attended an early training session in 1989 whilst on holiday in Cornwall. In 2005 the club's changing facilities burnt down and the story was featured on BBC Radio Cornwall. Steve McFadden, an actor in Eastenders (Phil Mitchell), organised a charity match between Eastenders cast members and the BBC Radio Cornwall presenters. The Eastenders team won 1–0 at Bodmin Town's football ground. The celebrity match raised £7000 for Nanstallon United. Nanstallon"
"set in the Kent hop picking season of 1939. The series starred Shane Taylor (""Band of Brothers""), Steve Nallon (""Spitting Image"") and Candis Nergaard (""Call the Midwife""). The murder mystery series was directed by award-winning director Samuel Supple and produced by Violafilms. Shaun Williamson Shaun Williamson (born 29 November 1965) is an English actor, singer, media personality, and occasional presenter, best known for his role as Barry Evans in ""EastEnders"" and as a satirical version of himself in the BBC/HBO sitcom ""Extras"". A former student of the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, he is widely known for his portrayal"
"Schofield), ""Lovejoy"" and ""Only Fools and Horses"" (John Bardon), ""Bergerac"", ""Inspector Morse"" and ""Minder"" (Perry Fenwick), ""The Sweeney"" and ""Eldorado"" (Derek Martin), ""Are You Being Served?"" and ""Dad's Army"" (Wendy Richard), ""Parklife"" and ""Quadrophenia"" (Phil Daniels) and ""A Touch of Frost"" (Kyte). The comic book ""League of Extraordinary Gentlemen"" vol 1 #6 included characters named Mitchell and Watts (described as a ""dirty denizen of the East End"") in the Artful Dodger's gang in the late 19th century. EastEnders in popular culture Since its premiere in 1985, the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" has had a large impact on popular culture. A"
"a former assistant secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and president of the Royal Statistical Society (1920–1922) died at his home in the village on 7 April 1929. In January 2007, the church and its surroundings were used as locations in the filming of an episode of ""EastEnders"", broadcast in the United Kingdom over the Easter 2007 holiday season. The production crew added mock gravestones and a temporary Victorian-style street lamp to the churchyard. Also featured were other locations in and near the village, including exterior shots of the ""Blacksmiths Arms"" combined with interior views of the"
"East End, where no one could be trusted and everyone was out for themselves. With opportunities limited, it is crime that pays the bills and violence on the streets is how someone makes their mark. They make a living out of armed robberies with the help of eye candy Davina (Anna Nightingale) to seduce and lure drunken, unsuspecting rich City men in clubs, go back with them to their expensive flats, then Tyson and his crew move in, beat them up and steal everything. When naive, middle class, country-girl from the Home counties Tia (Ashley Madekwe) comes to stay in"
"borough between the East End and Old Gotham."" Selina is taken in by Mama Fortuna, the elderly leader of a gang of young thieves, and is taught how to steal. Fortuna treats her students like slaves, keeping their earnings for herself. Selina eventually runs away, accompanied by her friend Sylvia. However, the two have difficulty surviving on their own, and in desperation try to support themselves by working as prostitutes. The two drift apart afterward, with Sylvia coming to resent Selina for not inquiring about what had happened to her at the hands of her abusive first client. In the"
"of the National Gallery of Canada since 1939. In the fifth ""Temeraire"" novel ""Victory of Eagles"", Shoeburyness is the setting of a fictitious climactic battle in which Wellesley and Nelson drive Napoleon out of England in early 1808. Shoeburyness is home to ""the commuter"", protagonist in the eponymous song and music video by Ceephax Acid Crew. Shoeburyness is mentioned in the ""Porridge"" episode ""The Harder They Fall"" (S2 E6), at approximately 6'10"". Shoeburyness Shoeburyness (; also called Shoebury) is a town in southeast Essex, England, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. It is within the borough of Southend-on-Sea, situated"
"to produce a new experience for their channel, a bi-weekly soap-opera that would rival the long-established ITV favourites, ""Coronation Street"", ""Crossroads"" and ""Emmerdale Farm"". The BBC wanted this new serial to reflect ""London, today!"" and together, Smith and Holland came up with the idea of a programme set in a Victorian Square within the East End of London, focusing on its close working-class families and eccentric Cockney inhabitants. Thus, ""EastEnders"" was born. Holland and Smith wanted a primary focus of ""EastEnders"" to be a large extended family, representative of the type most typically found in the East End of London."
"detour from London to the ""EastEnders"" set in BBC Elstree, Borehamwood. Billy Mitchell was also involved in one of Newman’s most controversial storylines, in which his granddaughter Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold) has her baby taken away by social worker Trish Barnes. Real-life social workers protested this ""unhelpful portrayal"", with the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) calling the BBC ""too lazy and arrogant"" to correctly portray the child protection process, and saying that the baby was taken ""without sufficient grounds to do so"". Bridget Robb, acting chief of the BASW, said the storyline provoked ""real anger among a profession well"
"East End Literature East End Literature comprises novels, short stories, plays, poetry and non-fictional writings set in the East End of London. Crime, poverty, vice, sexual transgression, drugs, class-conflict and multi-cultural encounters and fantasies involving Jews, Chinamen (and women) and Indian immigrants are major themes. Among the first and most prominent authors to depict the East End in fiction was Charles Dickens (1812–70). His godfather had a sail making business in Limehouse, and he based the ""Six Jolly Fellowship Porters"" in ""Our Mutual Friend"" (1864–65) on a public house still standing there. The Red Bull, a now demolished inn situated"
"Hotton railway station in Yorkshire Television soap opera Emmerdale. Occasional scenes from Fat Friends were shot in Burley. Melanie Brown (aka Scary Spice) from the girl band - the Spice Girls was born in Harehills in 1975 and grew up in Burley. <br> Burley, Leeds Burley is an inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, north-west of Leeds city centre, between the A65 Kirkstall Road at the south and Headingley at the north, in the Kirkstall ward. The name is first attested in 1195 as ""Burteg"" and, around 1200, as ""Burcheleia"" which is more representative of other medieval attestations."
"informs him that she has tested negative. She is supportive and promises to stay with him no matter what. Dickens Hill Dickens Hill is a fictional prison in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". The prison is part of a storyline that first aired between 1988 and 1989. The storyline centres on the popular character Den Watts and was filmed on location at Dartmoor Prison in Devon. The episodes were shot in a block of intensive filming, over five weeks, but they were worked into regular episodes of ""EastEnders"" later in the year, from September 1988 to February 1989. This was"
"to the New Covent Garden Soup Company. Highlees County Primary School is located in the area; secondary pupils attend nearby Jack Hunt School in Netherton. The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Jude. Westwood, Peterborough Westwood is a residential area of the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire in the United Kingdom. For electoral purposes it forms part of Ravensthorpe ward. Manufacturers of industrial machinery, Baker Perkins, relocated here from London in 1903. HMP Peterborough, the first purpose-built prison to house both men and women, opened on the site of the former engineering works in 2005. The construction of the estate"
"Liam Butcher (James Forde) in the run up to their mother Bianca Jackson's (Patsy Palmer) wedding to their father Ricky Butcher (Sid Owen). Cast interviews and archive footage also feature. A DVD, ""The Best of EastEnders"", was released in November 2018, featuring some of the show's most iconic moments from the last 34 years. The ""EastEnders"" theme tune was released on record in 1986 featuring the orchestra of the themes creator, Simon May. The tune was later turned into a song, titled ""Anyone Can Fall in Love"". The lyrics were created by Don Black, and it was recorded in 1986"