EastEnders 25

[Stewie]

I'm shocked no one hasn't already commented. It was fantastic. Stacey was amazing and I wasn't expecting Bradley to be killed.... One of the best in years I think.....

[Stewie]

Departing EastEnders boss Diederick Santer has expressed his delight over the viewing figures for last night's 25th anniversary live episode.

The half-hour live edition of the Walford soap, which featured Stacey's confession of Archie's murder and Bradley's untimely death, averaged 14.91m viewers, peaking at 16.58m in the final five minutes.

Of the show's success, executive producer Santer this afternoon said: "To get this incredible response from the audience is truly remarkable - these numbers go far beyond what we ever hoped for. I am so proud of our cast and crew for their incredible performance last night. This rating is the icing on our silver anniversary cake."

Controller of BBC One Jay Hunt commented: "Last night's extraordinary live episode was a fitting celebration of 25 magnificent years for EastEnders. The audience were clearly gripped by one of the greatest soap whodunnits ever."

Meanwhile, BBC Three's EastEnders Live: The Aftermath show, fronted by George Lamb, logged the highest ever ratings for a multichannel programme, drawing 4.3m (15.9%) in the hour immediately following the live ep.

Controller BBC Three Danny Cohen added: "It is an amazing testament to the EastEnders team and the brave and brilliant drama they provided."

[Al]

Bloody brilliant!!

I was on the edge of my seat for the duration.

LOL at Ronnie not paying for her paint stripper and Jack's fluffed lines.

Overall, a fanastic episode. EastEnders puts Corrie to so much shame at the moment.

Was shocked with the killer though, i genuinely thought it was going to be Peggy being a great way for Babs to leave (prison sentence) and come back later (gets off after a couple of years) as i believe that's the plan.

Bloody brilliant ratings for the BeebThree Aftermath show.

RIP Bradley.
A great character.

[Jordan]

WOW! Was expecting about 8-9m for the Ep, and the BBC3 ratings are just phenomenal Even I watched!

Thought the episode was brilliant as well! Only a few hiccups, Jack fluffing up his words, Stacey closing her coat over her mic and Ronnie shop lifting lol! All barely noticable though.

Really hope they do something interesting with Stacey now though. My thing would be for the Police to leave it be, thinking it was Bradderz, so Stacey can get away with it, but then either she goes crazy and confesses (but that would be too similar to the Sam Mitchell confessing her part in Dirty Dens death story line) or someone else finds her out. I don't think many people on the square who knew Bradley would actually believe he did it, especially not the Mitchells or Janine.

[Drunkster]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Bradders is dead!!!!

And I was more than disappointed that it was Stacey that killed Archie in the end. I thought it was Ryan through jealousy

A FANTASTIC episode last night - at one point I wondered if it was actually live or not - didn't notice Jack fluffing his lines but did notice Stacey covering her mike with her coat.

They must be very proud of themselves.

Wonder how Peggy leaves then if it wasn't her .......

[mizaria]

well, i think it could throw up some things;
1.) did bradley know that stacey killed archie, they made that out as if she could've done, so bradley could've committed suicide to stop stacey from giving up her life

eastenders i am sorry to say, i watched for the first time in aaaaaages, probably since last (2008) christmas...an episode all the way through, but i was watching mainly, t see how the live show worked out...

do you reckon they're gonna try the "live show" gimmick again in the future? think they might....considering it was so successful, i am sure by that single episode they've enticed more viewers to continue watching than most other storylines over the last 5 years...x

[greendemon]

*WAIL*

[Mart!n]

Bradley did not commit suicide he fell. And I bet nobody else noticed his hand moved when he was lying down dead.

Peggy called Janine June instead of Janine, a laugh out loud moment, Jack fluffed his lines. Max stuck two fingers down his throat, and there are some other nitpicks, but nothing major.

But overall it was brilliant executed considering it was a Live episode.

Bradley went out on a high, an excellent actor just hope he doesn't pop up on the Bill next, as most ex-eastenders stars end up on the series.

[greendemon]

Feb 22, 2010 22:04:54 GMT 1 Mart!n said:

And I bet nobody else noticed his hand moved when he was lying down dead.

oddly enough, i noticed that, but none of the other mistakes...