Everyone’s favourite London-based soap, EastEnders, is now over thirty years old and we’ve decided to draw up a list of 25 things you never knew about the series in order to celebrate its longevity…
EastEnders has given British audiences some classic TV moments over the years.
We’ve gone from Dirty Den handing Angie divorce papers on Christmas Day to the ‘Who Shot Phil Mitchell?’ phenomenon.
In the era of online streaming, the London drama still pulls in around 6 million viewers an episode.
The recent addition of cast members such as Danny Dyer has boosted the show’s popularity even more.
In the list below, we give you a sneak peek behind the scenes of the BBC’s flagship soap. Scroll down to find out which actress gets all their clothes from the charity shop, and which central character was only supposed to be on the series for a measly 12 episodes…
25. Emma Bunton auditioned for EastEnders before becoming a Spice Girl
Did you know that Emma Bunton – aka Baby Spice – auditioned for a part on EastEnders?
East End Spice
Before she made it big as a pop star, Bunton read for the part of Bianca Jackson.
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Fans of the show will already know how that audition turned out – the role, of course, ended up going to Patsy Palmer.
