"as Professor of Organic Chemistry at Bonn. In 1985 he moved to Aachen, where he has remained as Full Professor of Organic Chemistry and Director. He is editor-in-chief of Synthesis and is on the advisory boards of many other journals including Letters in Organic Chemistry and SynLett.During his career he has won many awards. These include: Dieter Enders Dieter Enders (born 1946) is an organic chemist who has done work developing asymmetric synthesis, in particular using modified prolines as asymmetric auxiliaries. The most widely applied of his chiral auxiliaries are the complementary SAMP and RAMP auxiliaries, which allow for asymmetric"
"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"
"EastEnders spin-offs ""EastEnders"" is a long-running British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. Since its inception, several spin-offs have been produced, including books, television documentaries, videos, music singles and an album. During the run up to the first episode of ""EastEnders"", interest with the public was already high, something which continued afterwards. ""EastEnders"" proved as successful as was hoped for by the BBC in its first years, so they capitalised on it with a number of products. Many novels relating to ""EastEnders"" have been produced. Between 1985 and 1988, Hugh Miller wrote a series"
"December 1988, the first ""EastEnders"" ""bubble"" was shown, titled ""CivvyStreet"". Since then, ""Return of Nick Cotton"" (2000), ""Ricky & Bianca"" (2002), ""Dot's Story"" (2003), ""Perfectly Frank"" (2003) and ""Pat and Mo"" (2004) have all been broadcast, each episode looking into lives of various characters and revealing part of their backstories or lives since leaving ""EastEnders"". In 1993, the two-part story ""Dimensions in Time"", a charity cross-over with ""Doctor Who"", was shown. In 1998, ""EastEnders Revealed"" was launched on BBC Choice (now BBC Three). The show takes a look behind the scenes of the ""EastEnders"" and investigates particular places, characters or"
"EastEnders in popular culture Since its premiere in 1985, the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"" has had a large impact on popular culture. A charity special crossover between the science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"" and ""EastEnders"", ""Dimensions in Time"", was filmed in 1993 for Children in Need and ran in two parts on 26 November and 27 November 1993. It has been proven as non-canon by various references of ""Doctor Who"" as fiction in ""EastEnders"", and vice versa. ""EastEnders"" has participated in numerous other Children in Need and other fundraisers. Characters have also been spoofed in the successful BBC comedy"
"1986, Australia on 5 January 1987, Norway on 27 April, and Barcelona on 30 June (dubbed into Catalan). On 9 July 1987, it was announced that the show would be aired in the United States on PBS. BBC Worldwide licensed 200 hours of ""EastEnders"" for broadcast in Serbia on RTS (dubbed into Serbian); it began airing the first episode in December 1997. The series was broadcast in the United States until BBC America ceased broadcasts of the serial in 2003, amidst fan protests. In June 2004, the satellite television provider Dish Network picked up ""EastEnders"", broadcasting episodes starting at the"
"jobs .. ""EastEnders"" shabby portrayal of an entire profession has made a tough job even tougher."" Since its premiere in 1985, ""EastEnders"" has had a large impact on British popular culture. It has frequently been referred to in many different media, including songs and television programmes. Many books have been written about ""EastEnders"". Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote 17 novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place. Kate Lock also wrote four novels centred on more recent characters; Steve Owen, Grant Mitchell,"
"Skinner and the 1986 Christmas episode featuring Den Watts presenting Angie Watts with divorce papers. ""EastEnders"" reruns began on UKTV Gold when the channel launched in 1992. The series ran from the first episode and followed its original broadcast order until August 1996 when the channel looped back to the first episode. In October 2008, UKTV Gold ceased showing ""EastEnders"". The last episode shown was from January 2006. Watch launched in October 2008 and resumed ""EastEnders"" reruns from 5 January 2009 to 22 October 2009, finishing with episodes originally broadcast in December 2006. On 1 December 2012, the BBC uploaded"
"the first 54 episodes of ""EastEnders"" to YouTube, and on 23 July 2013 they uploaded a further 14 episodes bringing the total to 68. These have since been taken down. In April 2018 it was announced that Drama would be showing repeats starting 6 August 2018 during weekdays at 12pm and they will also be available on-demand on the UKTV Play catch-up service. ""EastEnders"" is broadcast around the world in many English-speaking countries. New Zealand became the first to broadcast ""EastEnders"" overseas, the first episode being shown on 27 September 1985. This was followed by the Netherlands on 8 December"
"episodes of ""EastEnders"" on digital channel BBC Three before they were broadcast on BBC One. This was to coincide with the relaunch of the channel and helped BBC Three break the one million viewers mark for the first time with 1.03 million who watched to see Mark Fowler's departure. According to the ""EastEnders"" website, there are on average 208 episodes outputted each year. ""EastEnders"" was regularly repeated at 10pm on BBC Choice from the channel's launch in 1998, a practice continued by BBC Three for many years until mid-2012 with the repeat moving to 10:30pm. From 25 December 2010 to"
"When ""EastEnders"" began in 1985, the soap focused primarily around the affairs of three families: the Beales, Fowlers, and Watts. However, much of the show's early success stemmed from the drama surrounding the Watts, especially the antics of Den, who as owners of the Queen Vic pub (the show's most prominent set) were usually in the limelight. This prominence, at a time when ""EastEnders"" was at its most prolific in terms of both the media and audience, meant the Watts became perhaps ""EastEnders"" most eminent family and the characters known even to those who did not watch the show. Such"
"wall calendar for 2007 was released, featuring pictures of the cast dressed as characters from William Shakespeare's plays, in aid of Children in Need. A range of ""EastEnders"" T-shirts were released through Topshop in 2010. In 2014 a wall calendar was commissioned to be sold in aid of Children in Need which shows some of the cast semi nude to link in with a storyline in the show itself. EastEnders spin-offs ""EastEnders"" is a long-running British soap opera that has aired on BBC One since 19 February 1985. Since its inception, several spin-offs have been produced, including books, television documentaries,"
"were airing at the time. Several non-fiction books have been produced, including ""EastEnders: The Inside Story"" in 1987, which was written by the show's creators, Tony Holland and Julia Smith. Several ""EastEnders"" spin-off episodes have been produced, which look at the history of some of the characters using flashbacks. They are also often used as a lead up for a character's return to the show or follow characters who have departed from the show in another setting outside the usual location of Albert Square. The first of these was ""CivvyStreet"", which aired in December 1988. It was set in Albert"
"soap opera, ""EastEnders"" in 1985. Like ""Brookside"", ""EastEnders"" had a more gritty premise than ""Coronation Street"", although unlike ""Brookside"" it tended to steer clear of blue language and politicised stories. While ratings for ""Coronation Street"" remained consistent throughout the decade, ""EastEnders"" regularly obtained higher viewing figures due to its omnibus episodes shown at weekends. The ""Coronation Street"" episode broadcast on 2 January 1985 attracted 21.40 million viewers, making it the most-watched episode in the shows history based on a single showing. Subsequent episodes would achieve higher figures when the original broadcast and omnibus edition figures were combined. With prime time"
"by 45- to 59-year-olds. An average ""EastEnders"" episode attracts a total audience share between 35 and 40 per cent. The same-day repeat showing on BBC Three attracted an average of 500,000 viewers, whilst the Sunday omnibus generally attracted 3 million. ""EastEnders"" is one of the more popular programmes on British television and while the show's ratings have fallen since its initial surge in popularity and the advent of multichannel digital television, the programme continues to be successful for the BBC. ""EastEnders"" two main rivals are ITV soaps ""Coronation Street"" and ""Emmerdale"". The launch show in 1985 attracted 17.35 million viewers."
"BBC bought the Elstree site in 1984 to produce its new soap opera ""EastEnders"" (first aired on 19 February 1985), it did not purchase the equipment within the building. Some sources state that as a consequence, Central's studio technicians were instructed to make the equipment left behind inoperable (there are particular claims about the camera prisms being smashed). Other sources dispute this, claiming the equipment was already so old and worthless there would have been no gain in intentionally disabling it. When the BBC moved in, it repaired equipment that was not beyond repair, sometimes using spare parts from identical"
"nearly 20 years earlier. This shocking tell-all style set the tone for relations between Albert Square and the press for the next 20 years. The show's first episode attracted some 17million viewers, and it continued to attract high viewing figures from then on. By Christmas 1985, the tabloids couldn't get enough of the show. 'Exclusives' about ""EastEnders"" storylines and the actors on the show became a staple of tabloid buyers daily reading. Writer Colin Brake suggested that 1989 was a year of big change for ""EastEnders"", both behind the cameras and in front of them. Original production designer, Keith Harris,"
"25 July 1985 was the first time the show's viewership rose to first position in the weekly top 10 shows for BBC One. The highest rated episode of ""EastEnders"" is the Christmas Day 1986 episode, which attracted a combined 30.15 million viewers who tuned into either the original transmission or the omnibus to see Den Watts hand over divorce papers to his wife Angie. This remains the highest rated episode of a soap in British television history. In 2001, ""EastEnders"" clashed with ""Coronation Street"" for the first time. ""EastEnders"" won the battle with 8.4 million viewers (41% share) whilst ""Coronation"
"spent their Christmas together, entitled ""All I Want for Christmas"". ""EastEnders"" first audio drama, ""EastEnders: The Podcast"", started on 28 November 2018, consisting of four episodes. The first ""EastEnders"" video, released on 22 September 1986, was ""EastEnders – The Queen Vic"", which looked at the major events in the lives of Angie Watts, Den Watts, Jan Hammond and Michelle Fowler, such as the birth of Michelle's baby, Vicki. The next video ""EastEnders – The Den and Angie Years"", released in 1994. It included all of Den and Angie's moments such as their second honeymoon. In 1998, ""EastEnders – The Mitchells"
"of the serial in 1989 following the departure of Smith and Holland from the series and the introduction of a new producer, Mike Gibbon. It has been suggested by Comedy Central that ""the tempestuous relationship between Sue and Ali Osman kept many an EastEnders viewer on the edge of their seat."" The couple were described by the website as a diet coke version of the popular ""EastEnders"" couple, Den and Angie ""running the café rather than the Queen Vic"". In 2011, an ""EastEnders""' storyline aired featuring the character Ronnie Branning's (Samantha Womack) baby dying of a cot death and the"
"the channel during that period. The soap was also heavily politicised. Bobby Grant (Ricky Tomlinson), a militant trade-unionist anti-hero, was the most overtly political character. Storylines were often more sensationalist than on other soaps (throughout the soap's history, there were two armed sieges on the street) and were staged with more violence (particularly, rape) often being featured. In 1985, the BBC's ""EastEnders"" debuted and became a near instant success with viewers and critics alike, with the first episode attracting over 17 million viewers. The Christmas Day 1986 episode was watched by 30.15 million viewers and contained a scene in which"
"radio trailers were also unveiled on 4 February 2015, both of which aired on BBC Radio 1. On 17 February, it was revealed that Danny Dyer, who plays Mick Carter in the soap, would be making pre-recorded safety announcements on the London Underground at Bromley-By-Bow station to celebrate the 30th anniversary. The first episode on 17 February received overnight figures amounting to 9.03 million, the highest overnight ""EastEnders"" figure since 1 January 2013. The following episode dropped to 8.88 million viewers. On 19 February, the show received 10.84 and 10.30 million for the first and second episodes respectively, receiving a"
"first episode was directed by Julia Smith who became the show's producer in 1979. Her script editor on the later series was Tony Holland. Filming took place at St James' Hospital, Balham, London (now demolished). Julia Smith enlisted Tony Holland as ""Angels"" script editor after the show became a twice-weekly soap. Smith and Holland went on to create ""EastEnders"" in the 1980s. Writers on its first series included Jill Hyem and Anne Valery – who both later co-wrote ""Tenko"" – and Adele Rose. The series provided valuable early TV exposure for a variety of young actresses who became better known"
"eight characters from the show, Barbara Windsor left her role of Peggy Mitchell, which left a hole in the show, which Kirkwood decided to fill by bringing back Kat and Alfie, which he said would ""herald the new era of ""EastEnders""."" ""EastEnders"" started broadcasting in high definition on 25 December 2010. Old sets had to be rebuilt, so The Queen Victoria set was burnt down in a storyline (and in reality) to facilitate this. In November 2011, a storyline showed character Billy Mitchell, played by Perry Fenwick, selected to be a torch bearer for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In reality,"
"""Coronation Street"", ""Brookside"" and ""EastEnders"". ""Prisoner"" began airing on Yorkshire Television on 8 October 1984, with the franchise cutting scenes involving hanging (including the attempted hanging of Sandy Edwards and the hanging of Eve Wilder). Yorkshire also heavily edited the episode 326 fight scene with Joan and Bea. Several other regions also cut scenes deemed inappropriate despite its time slot, well past the 9 pm watershed. The TVS region followed in October 1985. In 1987 Central, Thames, Scottish and TSW began the series; most other regions began broadcasting it in 1988, nearly two years after it finished production. Ulster began"
"its 1998 debut on Irish television. Additionally, episodes of ""EastEnders"" are available on-demand through RTÉ Player for seven days after their original screening. HM Forces and their families stationed overseas can watch ""EastEnders"" on BBC One, carried by the British Forces Broadcasting Service, which is also available to civilians in the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Cunha. It was previously shown on BFBS1. In 1991 the BBC sold the programme's format rights to a Dutch production company IDTV, the programme was renamed ""Het Oude Noorden"" (Translation: Old North). The Dutch version was re-written from already existing ""EastEnders"" scripts. The schedule"
"deemed as one of the highlights of ""EastEnders"" first year. The finishing touch was the use of an alternative end title music, a variation of the normal one which replaced the dramatic drum beats with a longer, gentler piano solo introduction. After this storyline the programme started to appear in newspaper cartoons as it moved more and more into the public mainstream. One such cartoon showed the British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, telling her cabinet that the best way to alert the country to the dangers of AIDS was to give the disease to Den. During 1986 the series became"
"These episodes often air in late June or early July and again in late October or early November. The first time this happened was in December 1985 when Pauline (Wendy Richard) and Arthur Fowler (Bill Treacher) travelled to the Southend-on-Sea to find their son Mark, who had run away from home. In 1986, ""EastEnders"" filmed overseas for the first time, in Venice, and this was also the first time it was not filmed on videotape, as a union rule at the time prevented producers taking a video crew abroad and a film crew had to be used instead. In 2011,"
"the sixth most popular TV theme of all time. In a 2008 poll by PRS for Music the ""EastEnders"" theme was found to be the most recognisable piece of music in the UK, beating the national anthem ""God Save the Queen"" as well as the theme tunes for ""Match of the Day"" and ""Coronation Street"". Composer Simon May commented: ""When ""EastEnders"" first appeared in 1985 it was such a great buzz walking down the street or being in a supermarket hearing people whistling or humming the theme. I've been amazingly lucky that thanks to the huge success of the show"
"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"
"quality TV on the cheap is doomed to fail."" The BBC responded by saying they had been working that way for some time and it had not affected the quality of the show. From 4 February 2010, CGI was used in the show for the first time, with the addition of computer-generated trains. ""EastEnders"" celebrated its 25th anniversary on 19 February 2010. Santer came up with several plans to mark the occasion, including the show's first episode to be broadcast live, the second wedding between Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson and the return of Bianca's relatives, mother Carol Jackson, and"
"characters and guest appearances, such as Bonnie Tyler. On 2 November 2009 it was announced that he would become the executive producer of the BBC One soap opera ""EastEnders"", replacing Diederick Santer. He faced criticism from the media before he even assumed his role on ""EastEnders"", with many reporting he planned to 'sex up' the show on arrival. His appointment came on 1 March 2010 as Santer stepped down from the role after the 25th anniversary celebrations. His first episode was broadcast on 4 June 2010 (moved from 7 June due to a schedule change), though he shares the executive"
"1990, she becomes increasingly forgetful, and is eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease after flooding the B&B and setting fire to the house. Frank feels unable to look after her, and sent her to live with his sister Joan, who looks after Mo in Colchester until her death on New Year's Eve 1992. After Frank dies in 2008, his solicitor reads the will in The Vic and presents Janine with Mo's diary from 1990, which is left to her as per Frank's instructions. 1988 was a year of change on-screen in ""EastEnders"". Since the show's inception in 1985 and up until"