"Faith. The same year, the series was nominated in the Best Soap category at the Virgin Media TV Awards. EastEnders: E20 EastEnders: E20 (sometimes just E20) is a British Internet soap opera, which began airing on 8 January 2010. A spin-off from the established BBC soap ""EastEnders"", it is set in ""EastEnders"" regular setting of Albert Square, a Victorian square in the fictional borough of Walford, in the East End of London. Each series follows a group of teenage characters: Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny), Leon Small (Sam Attwater), Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) and Mercy Olubunmi (Bunmi Mojekwu) in series 1;"
"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"
"EastEnders EastEnders is a British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985. Set in Albert Square in the East End of London in the fictional Borough of Walford, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Initially there were two 30-minute episodes per week but since 2001 episodes have been broadcast every weekday apart from Wednesdays. Within eight months of the show's launch, it reached the number-one spot in BARB's TV ratings and has consistently remained among the top-rated"
"producer. The central focus of ""EastEnders"" is the fictional Victorian square Albert Square in the fictional London Borough of Walford. In the show's narrative, Albert Square is a 19th-century street, named after Prince Albert (1819–1861), the husband of Queen Victoria (1819–1901, reigned 1837–1901). Thus, central to Albert Square is The Queen Victoria Public House (also known as The Queen Vic or The Vic). The show's producers based the square's design on Fassett Square in Dalston. There is also a market close to Fassett Square at Ridley Road. The postcode for the area, E8, was one of the working titles for"
"The postal district in ""EastEnders"" was entirely fictional up to that point, as London East postal districts stopped at E18 at that time. The show's creators opted for E20 instead of E19 as it was thought to sound better. In September 2011, the postcode for Albert Square was revealed in an episode as E20 6PQ. ""EastEnders"" is built around the idea of relationships and strong families, with each character having a place in the community. This theme encompasses the whole Square, making the entire community a family of sorts, prey to upsets and conflict, but pulling together in times of"
"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"
"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,"
"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"
"BN postcode area The BN postcode area, also known as the Brighton postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around the city of Brighton and Hove, the East Sussex districts of Lewes, Eastbourne and Wealden, and the West Sussex districts of Adur, Arun, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing. The main sorting office is at the Gatwick Mail Centre in Crawley. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! BN1 ! BN2 ! BN3 ! BN5 ! BN6 ! BN7 ! BN8 ! BN9 ! BN10 ! BN11 ! BN12 ! BN13 ! BN14 ! BN15 ! BN16 ! BN17"
"and Stratford City the postcode E20, which had previously only appeared in the television soap opera ""EastEnders"" for the fictional suburb of Walford. On 2 August 2011, it was announced the five neighbourhoods of housing and amenities (anti-clockwise from north-east) are: These names have relevant history in the area. All four of the East London boroughs covering the park as such have a neighbourhood except for Waltham Forest. The park was designed by the EDAW Consortium (including EDAW, Allies and Morrison and Buro Happold), working with Arup and WS Atkins. Detailed landscape architecture was by LDA Design in conjunction with"
"but the BBC stayed firm, and Smith and Holland had to concede that, with the massive task of getting the Elstree Studios operational, January was the most realistic date. However, this was later to be changed to February. The project had a number of working titles—""Square Dance"", ""Round the Square"", ""Round the Houses"", ""London Pride"" and ""East 8"". It was the latter that stuck (E8 is the postcode for Hackney) in the early months of creative process. However, the show was renamed after many casting agents mistakenly thought the show was to be called ""Estate"", and the fictional postcode E20"
"PE postcode area The PE postcode area, also known as the Peterborough postcode area, is a group of postcode districts covering a large area in eastern England, including Peterborough, Huntingdon and St. Neots in Cambridgeshire, King's Lynn in Norfolk and Boston and Stamford in Lincolnshire. The postcode area also covers parts of east Northamptonshire and very small parts of Bedfordshire and Rutland. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! PE1 ! PE2 ! PE3 ! PE4 ! PE5 ! PE6 ! PE7 ! PE8 ! PE9 ! PE10 ! PE11 ! PE12 ! PE13 ! PE14 ! PE15 !"
"directly elected mayor and is held by Rokhsana Fiaz since 4 May 2018. In 2018, previous incumbent Sir Robin Wales was de-selected by the Newham Labour Party to be their candidate in the mayoral election, losing to Custom House councillor Rokhsana Fiaz by 861 votes to Wales who had 503. The modern borough has an electoral ward named 'Stratford and New Town'. The Royal Mail has given the postcode E20 to the Olympic Park and Stratford City developments; this was only used by the BBC TV soap ""EastEnders"" for the fictional suburb of Walford. The name ""Walford"" is a portmanteau"
"they are eventually able to do. The Queen Victoria The Queen Victoria (more often referred to as The Queen Vic or The Vic) is the Victorian public house in the BBC soap opera, ""EastEnders"". It has the fictional address of 46 Albert Square, Walford, London E20. In the series' backstory, Albert Square was built around 1860 during the reign of Queen Victoria. Originally the pub was to be called The Balmoral but after the death of Prince Albert it was renamed as a tribute to the mourning Queen. In reality, Albert Square is based on the real Fassett Square in"
"CO postcode area The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of nine post towns. These postcode districts cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Bures, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Sudbury). The main sorting office is in Colchester. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! CO1 ! CO2 ! CO3 ! CO4 ! CO5 ! CO6 ! CO7 ! CO8 ! CO9 ! CO10 ! CO11 ! CO12 ! CO13 ! CO14 ! CO15 !"
"PE16 ! PE19 ! PE20 ! PE21 ! PE22 ! PE23 ! PE24 ! PE25 ! PE26 ! PE27 ! PE28 ! PE29 ! PE30 ! PE31 ! PE32 ! PE33 ! PE34 ! PE35 ! PE36 ! PE37 ! PE38 ! PE99 PE postcode area The PE postcode area, also known as the Peterborough postcode area, is a group of postcode districts covering a large area in eastern England, including Peterborough, Huntingdon and St. Neots in Cambridgeshire, King's Lynn in Norfolk and Boston and Stamford in Lincolnshire. The postcode area also covers parts of east Northamptonshire and very small"
"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"
"! BN18 ! BN20 ! BN21 ! BN22 ! BN23 ! BN24 ! BN25 ! BN26 ! BN27 ! BN41 ! BN42 ! BN43 ! BN44 ! BN45 ! BN50 ! BN51 ! BN52 ! BN88 ! BN91 ! BN95 ! BN99 ! BN99 BN postcode area The BN postcode area, also known as the Brighton postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around the city of Brighton and Hove, the East Sussex districts of Lewes, Eastbourne and Wealden, and the West Sussex districts of Adur, Arun, Horsham, Mid Sussex and Worthing. The main sorting office is at the"
"private ceremony in Ibiza in September 2017. Despite her Catholic upbringing, Turner is currently irreligious. Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she received over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She is also known for her work on ""Bedlam"" and ""Switch"" (both 2012), as well as ""Our Girl"" (2013–2014). Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and Les. She was raised as a Catholic with"
"most interior and exterior church scenes of various churches, the snooker club, the County Court and Magistrates' Courts courtrooms, and the cemetery (where most of the deceased characters are interred). The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where one of the series' creators, Tony Holland, lived and a blend of Walthamstow, where Holland was born, and Stratford. The suffix 'ford' is also found throughout East London, for example, Ilford and Chingford]. Walford's London postcode district is E20 (real East London postcode districts only went up to E18 until 2011, when E20 was introduced to serve the London 2012"
"the Sewage Treatment Works is in Dordon. The Distribution Network Operator for electricity is Central Networks better known as E.ON UK. Unlike most villages in the area it uses a Coventry (CV) postcode rather than a Birmingham (B) postcode. There is a small sub-post office located inside the Co-op. The Postal Town is Atherstone. The nearest library is located in Dordon. Wood End uses the Tamworth 01827 area code. The nearest police and fire stations are in Atherstone. Wood End is part of Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service. According to the 2001 census"
"In 1996, Foxtel's Arena began screening ""Coronation Street"" in one-hour instalments on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:30. It was later moved to Foxtel's BBC UKTV where it currently airs at 7:20 pm EST each weeknight. At present episodes are approximately one week behind the UK airings. From 2009 until September 2014, free-to-air digital secondary channel 7Two had broadcast old episodes of ""Coronation Street"" on weekdays at 10:00 am. ""EastEnders"" is a British soap opera that first aired in Australia by ABC TV from 1987 until 1991. The show now airs on BBC UKTV from Mondays to Thursdays at 7:50 pm"
"shop has since closed. In the episode of ""EastEnders"" broadcast on 23 November 2012, Ava Hartman, daughter of Cora Cross, refers to her difficulties of being a black woman growing up in Surbiton in the late 1960s and 1970s adopted by white parents. Surbiton is a post town in the KT postcode area, consisting of the KT5 and KT6 postcode districts. KT5 includes Berrylands, Tolworth and part of Surbiton; and KT6 includes Tolworth, Long Ditton and part of Surbiton. Surbiton Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood of south-west London within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK) It is situated"
"Lacey Turner Lacey Amelia Turner (born 28 March 1988) is a British actress, best known for her portrayal of Stacey Slater in the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" (2004–2010, 2014–present), for which she received over thirty awards, including four National Television Awards and ten British Soap Awards. She is also known for her work on ""Bedlam"" and ""Switch"" (both 2012), as well as ""Our Girl"" (2013–2014). Turner was born in Edgware, Barnet, Greater London to parents Bev and Les. She was raised as a Catholic with her two younger sisters, Daisy Turner (born 1990) and Lily Harvey (born 2001, known for"
"CO16 CO postcode area The CO postcode area, also known as the Colchester postcode area, is a group of sixteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of nine post towns. These postcode districts cover northeast Essex (including Colchester, Bures, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton-on-Sea, Halstead, Harwich, Manningtree and Walton-on-the-Naze) and a small part of south Suffolk (including Sudbury). The main sorting office is in Colchester. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! CO1 ! CO2 ! CO3 ! CO4 ! CO5 ! CO6 ! CO7 ! CO8 ! CO9 ! CO10 ! CO11 ! CO12 ! CO13 ! CO14 ! CO15"
"Soapstar Superchef Soapstar Superchef was a cooking show on the ITV Network, where soap stars from ""Coronation Street"", ""EastEnders"", ""Emmerdale"", ""Hollyoaks"" (and """") and ""Neighbours"" competed to be crowned ""kings"" or ""queens"" of the kitchen. Their culinary efforts were judged by an expert panel of three judges. Each judge gave a mark out of ten, and the teams were able to gain extra points by answering questions about a short clip from their rivals' soap. Each team cooked twice and their points from both episodes were added together and the two teams with the highest totals competed head-to-head to win"
"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"
"the London West End's Chicago. Internet rumours claim he was born in Dunbar, Scotland, but Greco says that he grew up in London. In 1999 and 2000 Greco won the British Soap Award for the Sexiest Male for his role on Eastenders. In July 2004 Greco was voted the sexiest male soap star ever by readers of the ""Radio Times"" and he was ranked number 66 in the 100 Greatest ""EastEnders"" (1985) Characters of All Time for his performance as Beppe di Marco (2010). Greco now lives in Los Angeles and has recently appeared alongside Kevin Costner in the three-part"
"NG postcode area The NG postcode area, also known as the Nottingham postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Nottingham that covers Nottinghamshire (except for the Bassetlaw district and the far southwest of Rushcliffe borough), south east Derbyshire, south west Lincolnshire and part of north east Leicestershire. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! NG1 ! NG2 ! NG3 ! NG4 ! NG5 ! NG6 ! NG7 ! NG8 ! NG9 ! NG10 ! NG11 ! NG12 ! NG13 ! NG14 ! NG15 ! NG16 ! NG17 ! NG18 ! NG19 ! NG20 ! NG21 ! NG22"
"EN postcode area The EN postcode area, also known as the Enfield postcode area, is a group of eleven postcode districts in England which are subdivisions of seven post towns. These postcode districts cover parts of northern Greater London, southern Hertfordshire and western Essex. Mail for this area is sorted at the Home Counties North Mail Centre in Hemel Hempstead, and is delivered from offices in Enfield (Southbury Road EN1), Barnet (Longmore Avenue EN5), Potters Bar (Darkes Lane EN6), Waltham Cross (Eleanor Cross Road EN8) and Hoddesdon (Conduit Lane EN11). The area served includes the northern parts of the London"
"The postcode district was selected as if it were part of the actual E postcode area which covers much of east London although the next unused postcode district in the area was, and still is (), E19. The ""E"" stands for ""Eastern"". In 1917 the postal districts in London were assigned alphabetically according to the name of the main sorting office for each district. If Walford had been assigned in this scheme it would have been given E17, which is the postcode district for Walthamstow. In March 2011, Royal Mail allocated the E20 postal district to the 2012 Olympic Park."
"HP postcode area The HP postcode area, also known as the Hemel Hempstead postcode area, is a group of twenty-four postcode districts in England which are subdivisions of eleven post towns. These postcode districts cover north-west Hertfordshire and much of Buckinghamshire. The main sorting office is in Hemel Hempstead (Maylands Avenue HP2) and the area served includes most of the Dacorum district of Hertfordshire and most of the Chiltern, Wycombe and Aylesbury Vale districts of Buckinghamshire, as well as a small part of the South Bucks district. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! HP1 ! HP2 ! HP3"
"""Dancing on Ice"", and is the location for the ""Big Brother"" house. Hertsmere is also the location for BBC Elstree, the site of ""EastEnders"", and formerly the home to ""Top of the Pops"", before its move to BBC TV Centre. The area was also home to other TV and film studios, including MGM, until this was demolished for residential development, and is now an area called Studio Way. In the 2011 census, Hertsmere polled as the second most Jewish local authority in England, with Jews composing of one in seven residents. The borough council currently consists of 39 elected councillors,"