Tag: EastEnders

BAFTA has honored EastEnders with this year’s BAFTA Television Craft Special Award in recognition of the show’s long-term commitment to nurturing new talent.

A special episode of EastEnders is slated to broadcast live from BBC Elstree Centre in February in honor of the soap opera’s 40th anniversary.

Chris Clenshaw is stepping down as executive producer of EastEnders, with Ben Wadey, commissioning executive from Channel 4, taking over the role.

BBC Studios Drama Productions has launched Writers’ Studio: EastEnders, an open script call for those looking to develop their writing career in continuing drama.

Kate Oates, producer of Coronation Street and Emmerdale, is to join BBC Studios as senior executive producer, overseeing the continuing dramas EastEnders, Holby City and Casualty.

LONDON: Irish actors Fionnula Flanagan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ian McElhinney, Angeline Ball, Peter Campion and Stanley Townsend are joining Jessie Wallace and Shane Richie for the brand-new six-part drama series Redwater, a spin-off of EastEnders.