User:AnemoneProjectors/EastEnders 35th anniversary

The BBC soap opera EastEnders celebrated its 35th anniversary on 19 February 2020.

It was reported on 14 January that during the anniversary week (17–23 February), one character would be killed off during a boat party on the River Thames. The episodes from that week are set over a 24-hour period with each episode showing the day's events from a different perspective.

The week also includes the birth of Sharon Mitchell's (Letitia Dean) baby, fathered by Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters), and the return of Ian Beale's (Adam Woodyatt) son, Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson).

Executive producer Jon Sen said of the week of episodes: "For the 35th anniversary we wanted to entertain the EastEnders audience on the iconic river which has heralded the start of the show for 35 years. This unmissable week of episodes is destined to be exciting, gripping and heart-breaking – it will be a week that will go down in EastEnders history."

The week of episodes includes a change to the show's usual opening and closing titles, which reflect the "darker, more eerie" feel to the episodes, which are all set at night. The same titles were used in 2015's 30th anniversary flashback episode (see EastEnders Live Week).

The first official mention of the anniversary was by Jake Wood, the actor who plays Max Branning, who said in November 2019: "I know what the plans are for the 35th – they're going to be some of the most exciting scenes we've ever done."


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 * https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/new-eastenders-pictures-reveal-mick-carter-dies-in-35th-anniversary/
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 * https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/danny-dyer-speaks-out-on-eastenders-future-amidst-rumours-mick-carter-will-die/
 * https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/keanu-taylor-returns-to-eastenders-as-danny-walters-spotted-filming/
 * https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1229973/eastenders-spoilers-keanu-taylor-return-confirmed-boat-party-pictures-BBC-video
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 * https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a30976650/eastenders-35th-anniversary-easter-eggs/ (unreliable? source is twitter but he is an EastEnders archivist at the BBC, however, it looks like guess work rather than confirmed)
 * https://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/a31015337/eastenders-neighbours-35th-anniversary-easter-egg-response/