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Does anyone else like this show. Don't be embarrassed to admit it. This is the internet you can share secrets. I would never tell anyone in irl life I like this trashy soap opera. I watch it on PBS and they show two episodes a week and they're like 10 years behind so I am currently in the 2006 lore. Billy and Honey just had a baby, Owen is going to jail for hitting Denise, Minty is getting cucked by SJ, Bradley made Stacey get an abortion and Ruby is hitting on Stacey's brother. Phil is trying to reunite with his son Ben, Ian is doing a hilarious series of mixups with whatshername pretending to be Jane I downloaded some of the earlier shows so I've seen the first ~200 episodes but then I couldn't find anymore. If I could find a source I would watch all 5000 episodes There's some new episodes on youtube so I watched a couple of the latest episodes and I don't know all the characters but Ian and Denise and Squiggle and Stacey are all here I wish I lived a nice life on Albert Square in the 80s and got to spend time with my friends in a pub at evenings. Sounds better than my boring American life. This show is how I learned everything I know about life in England. Discuss whatever you want about this show
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I cant tell the difference between any of the soaps here in Britain. Is Eastenders the one with the angry bald man.
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Nov 17, 2016 22:26
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holy sh*t Dot is still on the show how is she not dead yet she looks the same as she did in 1985 too
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Nov 17, 2016 23:12
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I'm sure 2016 will be the best Christmas Walford has ever had.
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Nov 17, 2016 23:34
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Fun Fact: the actress who plays Mo is Gary Oldman's sister
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Nov 17, 2016 23:41
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When I saw the first post of this thread, I thought it said that it was the internet and we can share accents.
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Nov 18, 2016 00:26
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2006 is probably one of the best years to get into the show. It was a period of huge change after the 2000-2005 era. Those years saw the arrival of the Slater family and most of their departures. A new family in The Queen Victoria pub called the Moons came and went. The reemergence of a new era of Watts took the show by storm and the end of 2005 saw the culmination of the long running Who Killed Den? storyline that resulted in several main characters leaving the show. There was also plenty of East end gangsters during 2000-2005 which weren't always popular with a lot of the viewers. So with many characters gone, a certain era of the show now over, the producers needed a new direction and lots of new characters to inject some life into the show. They decided to go back to the shows roots and focus on family drama. Three main families were brought in during 2006. The Fox family: Single mother Denise and her two daughters by different fathers. Denise has had a hard life. She's suffered and overcome things such as drug addiction and domestic abuse. It has made her hard and defensive. Her main focus is her two daughters. Feisty eldest daughter Chelsea is all about looking good and finding a man who can treat her like the Queen she thinks she is. Deep down she longs to find someone to love her though. Teenager Libby, affectionately known as Squiggle, is Chelsea's dorky younger sister and the brains of the family. Denise expects big things from Squiggle and hopes she fulfills her ambition of going to university.  Denise Fox  Chelsea Fox  Libby 'Squiggle' Fox The Wicks family. The Wicks are relatives of Pat Evans. They're relatives of her late husband Brian Wicks. Dad Kevin Wicks is the wise and caring father of Carly and Deano. Always with a joke or a pearl of Cockney wisdom. He's forced to put his midlife crisis plans on hold to sort his children out. Tomboy mechanic Carly has seen her marriage end. Deano is the cheeky charmer type who relies on his street smarts to get by in the world. His personality is often a cover for his deep insecurities though.  Carly Wicks, Kevin Wicks, Pat Evans and Deano Wicks. The Branning family: Probably the most important family to join the show in 2006. EastEnders was in need of a new starring family. Using the shows existing Branning family tree, they expanded it by introducing Max Branning, his wife and two daughters. Also joining the show was Max's son from his first marriage, Bradley. Max arrives with his family to reconcile with his son who is living in Albert Square with his estranged violent and racist father Jim.  Max  Tanya  Lauren  Abi  Bradley Also joining in 2006 were a couple of characters people may recognise. Doctor Oliver Cousins:  Doctor Cousins wasn't around for long but he made a big impression on a few women of Walford. Especially Mo Slater who he nearly ended up running away with. Like most doctors on the show in recent times, he didn't last long and soon left the square. I think he might have ended up in Los Angeles. Not sure. Sean Slater:  After many of the hugely popular Slater family had left by the end of 2005, the show decided to boost the numbers by introducing Stacey Slater's brother. Sean Slater is a force of nature. Highly sexed, psychotic, violent and fearless. His brooding presence and ability to move around the shadows was almost supernatural. Aubrey Valentine:  When Denise Fox arrived she revealed she never knew who her father was. All she knew was that he was in a band. In true soap opera coincidence, it turned out local resident Patrick Trueman was in the same band her mother mentioned. It seemed Denise's mother slept with every single band member and had no idea who was the father. In came bandmate Aubrey Valentine to put his name forward. He wasn't Denise's father either but pretends he was after admitting he was jealous of Patrick. I hope Aubrey left and found a surrogate family to take him in.
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Dec 1, 2016 11:57
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Fun fact for Americans: this guy was the Geico Gekko until he asked for too much money a year or so ago.
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Dec 1, 2016 15:06
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Hello Americans or any other nationality who are thinking why they should watch this show. The answer is Phil Mitchell. It's hard to compare Phil Mitchell with an American equivalent. He's someone who never loses a fight. He can beat up anybody and he usually does. He's also smart. Very smart. He owns many businesses. Don't let his appearance fool you. He's also very popular with women. He sleeps with beautiful women for fun. This video kind of explains him https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANa7nn44kgg
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Dec 3, 2016 01:32
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I am jealous that you get to watch old Eastenders. It's currently very bad. One of the main storylines involves the bin collections being cut and some bloke pretending to be a CEO but really he works in a call centre. You have so much to look forward to in the next few years. The live episodes, Phil Mitchell on crack, Ian Beale's homeless hat, a couple of big murder storylines and lots of really grim xmas episodes which are the best thing about Eastenders.
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SEX BURRITO posted:I am jealous that you get to watch old Eastenders. It's currently very bad. One of the main storylines involves the bin collections being cut and some bloke pretending to be a CEO but really he works in a call centre. Crackhead Phil Mitchell is the absolute zenith of the show. They will never manage anything approaching the majesty of that entire storyline. ShortLeroy posted:Hello Americans or any other nationality who are thinking why they should watch this show. Phil is the star of the show. He makes every storyline more entertaining just by dint of it involving Phil. I'd love to see a proper rundown of all the mad poo poo he's been involved in over the years. Gyro Zeppeli fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Dec 4, 2016 |
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Dec 4, 2016 18:40
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I didn't like Phil at first but he's growing on me. in 2006 Phil is sober and boring. I must have missed him being a cool badass. Now in 2016 he's dying from liver damage so he must have started drinking again. And he's married to Sharon now? I'm a manly man so I normally don't care for romance but I did really like the story with Doctor Oliver and Little Mo. They would have been a cute couple in the episodes I've seen from the 80s I like Den Watts because he is the most alpha
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Dec 14, 2016 17:23
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holy poo poo I just figured out Bex is Rebecca who is Martin and Sonia's daughter she is just a cute little toddler in 2006 i cant believe in the current year she is getting defiled by foreigners  Martin is with Stacey now? And a different actor
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Dec 27, 2016 06:47
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ShortLeroy posted:Aubrey Valentine: Geoffrey? GEOFFREY!!
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Dec 27, 2016 07:42
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Don't touch Dot's pussy; don't know where it's been https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTxOsE1IKNo&t=3176s good advice
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Dec 27, 2016 07:44
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It's always interesting trying to explain to non-British exactly how ingrained in popular culture soaps are over there. The talk around Eastenders/Coronation Street is like Days of Our Lives meets Game of Thrones.
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Senor Tron posted:It's always interesting trying to explain to non-British exactly how ingrained in popular culture soaps are over there. I'm not English, but I went to uni in Leeds, have lots of English friends from all over, and not once in my life have I talked about eastenders or any other soap. oliwan fucked around with this message at 10:17 on Dec 27, 2016 |
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Dec 27, 2016 10:13
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you slag
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oliwan posted:I'm not English, but I went to uni in Leeds, have lots of English friends from all over, and not once in my life have I talked about eastenders or any other soap. Yes, but unless you also never looked at a newspaper or TV while here, you'd be aware of them.
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Gaz-L posted:Yes, but unless you also never looked at a newspaper or TV while here, you'd be aware of them. Like, big Eastenders storylines have made the front pages of national newspapers. It's a huge deal.
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I am glad that Phil got his liver transplant for Christmas and is probably going to live now. 
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Dec 28, 2016 00:15
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SEX BURRITO posted:I am glad that Phil got his liver transplant for Christmas and is probably going to live now. You know with the degree to which they are telegraphing the Roxy and Ronnie stuff I'm wondering if they're gonna swerve hard on the expected outcome.
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Dec 28, 2016 04:52
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some big poo poo going down on New Year's I haven't been watching long enough to know or care about who Ronnie and Roxy are
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I used to watch it twice a week religiously on pbs when it was the era of Ian's wife out to kill him, then lost track of the show until many years later when i caught it on PBS again by chance and it sucked. I ended up finding all the episodes from the beginning and binged. Until found the show to be nothing but muslim and hindu bullshit and they all own nightclubs or some poo poo. Was a great show when everyone was poor. If you can find it and binge watch it Id recommend it at least from the beginning til Arthur dies. 'ello ma! Oh and the only reason I ever gave Eastenders a looksee is because i happened to tune past when Ms Brahmns from Are you being served was on screen. I had a huge crush on sexy knickers. WonderfulWino fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Jan 9, 2017 11:08
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Pauline was cool and hot in the 80s how come she became such a cruel b*tch  I like Are You Being Served too. they air that on PBS here too
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Jan 9, 2017 17:58
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I remember when Mrs Masood was in that abusive relationship and the guy died in a house fire. That was fun.
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Jan 9, 2017 18:08
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My best friend is going out with the son of the bloke who played Charlie Slater, ama
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Jan 9, 2017 19:50
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is she hot
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Ein cooler Typ posted:is she hot Yeah
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HopperUK posted:My best friend is going out with the son of the bloke who played Charlie Slater, ama I have met Charlie Slater and he is lovely. I also got an autograph from Beppe but I lost it. My friend lived near the Eastenders studios and used to see actors from the show quite a lot. Apparently Phil Mitchell cycles to work.
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Jan 10, 2017 00:35
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A bus driver had a heart attack or something and crashed the bus into the marketplace maybe some people are dead epic
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The only thing I like about this show is Charlie Brooker's relentless commitment to covering its development over the years.
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BBC airing a special about June Brown's career for her 90th birthday next month wow, she used to be good looking
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1iMJNYHe1I I'm suprised nobody posted the Duff Duff. The man called M fucked around with this message at 09:17 on Jan 30, 2017 |
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Jan 30, 2017 09:15
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I only know about Eastenders through the Ricky Gervais show Extras; "Barry from Eastenders" is a recurring character. tell me about Barry
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Jan 30, 2017 11:53
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Martin got run over by a bus a couple days ago and now he's back on his stall just fine, just has a few bruises
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I like that in contrast to eastenders being grim af the bbc has this radio soap called the archers which is the most boring poo poo ever. Look at this poo poo: quote:Josh suggests they might need a new baler at Brookfield. When David agrees, Josh tells him about his plans for a new online business, selling used farm machinery. His website would be the shop window for tackle, starting with their old baler. David's sceptical when he hears Rex will be assisting with the pictures; he doesn't want Rex to think this is his answer to a career in farming. Josh thinks his dad's being too hard on Rex. And there could be real money in this business once it gets off the ground. what kind of cunts are called pip and rex? Whorelord fucked around with this message at 13:06 on Jan 31, 2017 |
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MiddleOne posted:The only thing I like about this show is Charlie Brooker's relentless commitment to covering its development over the years. Harry Hill TV Burp used to love to cover EE too. Good times. Martman posted:I only know about Eastenders through the Ricky Gervais show Extras; "Barry from Eastenders" is a recurring character. He was a useless turd of a welcome mat. Married Janine Butcher then she pushed him down a hill for his used car empire he just inherited from his dead dad who was married to Jenines stepmother Pat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHjfdeVvJP0 I got to find these episodes again. I laughed and laughed when that snooty dude with the rival pub raped Kathy. WonderfulWino fucked around with this message at 00:02 on Feb 1, 2017 |
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Whorelord posted:I like that in contrast to eastenders being grim af the bbc has this radio soap called the archers which is the most boring poo poo ever. The Archers just had a big domestic violence storyline where a battered wife stabbed her husband. But generally it's lame.
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