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15 Interesting Facts About ‘EastEnders’

4. The show holds a UK television soap record

The Christmas Day 1986 episode of the show still holds the record for the most watched soap in UK television history, with 30.15 million people tuning in to view it. The soap’s Christmas episodes are legendary, as anything can happen during the festive season, including deaths, breakups and arrests.

Christmas on EastEnders
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5. The buildings had to be pickaxed to make them look older

The actual buildings used in the exterior of the set were built in 1984, so they took pickaxes to them to chip away at the facade so they wouldn’t look so pristine.

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6. They film 25 to 30 scenes each day

To put out as many episodes as they do, they have to get through a lot of daily footage. Sometimes that means shooting as many as 25 to 30 scenes each day.

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