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- EastEnders – First Christmas The two episodes broadcast on Christmas 1986 still remain this program’s — and indeed the entirety of UK serials — highest-rated.
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Mar 17, 2022 · Here we take a look the top 10 episode of all time according to their IMDB ratings. The episode loved dearly by fans aired back in 1994. It saw Grant Mitchell accidentally overhearing Sharon confess to an affair with Phil on tape.
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May 12, 2023 · It's a sign of the quality of the programme that looking back through EastEnders history for the most dramatic episode is a near impossible task, with murders, break-ups, affairs and reappearances down the years that have all left audiences floored.
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- EastEnders 's History in The Charts
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Today all UK audience figures are based on readings from meters fixed to a sample set of televisions across the country and the information they collate being published to show a television chart ranking. This process is overseen by BARB (Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board) who were set up jointly by the BBC and the then ITV group of companies a...
EastEnders is the BBC's most consistent programme in terms of ratings. It has proved highly popular, and Appreciation Indexes reflected this, rising from 55–60 at the launch to 85–95 later on, a figure which was nearly 10 points higher than the average for a British soap opera. Research suggested that people found the characters true to life, the p...
The table below summaries the chart rankings for EastEndersfor each year since 1985. Note: 1) From Episode 39 (2 July 1985) onwards, ratings include the Sunday omnibus edition. Episodes 1 - 38 are single showings only. 2) Only two ratings are unavailable - ratings for episodes 29 and 30.
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- Den tells Angie he wants a divorce. When: Christmas Day, 1986. Regularly voted number one on ‘Best Christmas Telly, Ever’ lists and still – with a whopping 30.1 million viewers – the most watched episode of EastEnders, ever, this showdown between the Vic’s incumbent King and Queen remains the show’s most iconic moment.
- Max and Stacey’s affair is revealed. When: Christmas Day, 2007. It’s often forgotten that the complicated, torrid, pseudo-incestuous relationship between Walford’s most ginger and Stacey began moments after sex-mad Max first arrived on the Square in 2006 – the teenager was first to meet Max, then hunched over his broken-down motor.
- Frank Butcher and the bow tie. When: 2 October 2000. Should mankind ever make it into distant space, and should we ever connect with extra-terrestrial life, it’s likely even ET will be aware of the none-more-iconic scene in which beloved ‘wheeler dealer pilchard’ Frank Butcher woos lifelong love Pat, behind current beau Peggy Mitchell’s back, by popping around to her house, stark naked, clad only in a spinning bow tie.
- Grant discovers Phil and Sharon’s affair. When: 24 October 1994. October 1994 saw the professional debut of tennis prodigy Venus Williams. The release of nu-metal pioneers Korn’s self-titled debut album.
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.
Nov 26, 2019 · EastEnders – First Christmas. The two episodes broadcast on Christmas 1986 still remain this program’s — and indeed the entirety of UK serials — highest-rated. Den, having rumbled Angie’s lie, presented his wife with a petition for divorce, and Arthur Fowler suffered a nervous breakdown and trashed his home.
This page details the top 100 appearances by character in the programme's history, up to Episode 6980 (17th September 2024). Note: '#' in the "Year of departure" column indicates that the character is still current.
