Eastenders [News, Spoilers and Discussion - from Feb 2015]

JP Liz V1

Stereomaniac wrote: »

Is this the 2nd or 3rd Shabnam that there's been? I remember the one that left around 2007 being pretty cute, but this girl is beautiful as well, from the small few pieces I've seen.

Current one is 2nd

I reason digital spy EE rejected a male rape storyline shame I would of like to see EE tackle it

JP Liz V1

Soap storylines that were scrapped before hitting our screens

But the producers can't always have it so easy. Whether it's due to similarities with real-life events, objections from actors or even sudden changes of heart, we've seen a number of planned storylines sensationally hit the buffers over the years.

Nick Cotton has an affair with Lofty Holloway (EastEnders)


Walford's original villain Nick Cotton was all set for a very surprising storyline in the 1980s when producers decided that he should have a fling with Lofty Holloway. John Altman, who played Nick, wasn't too impressed with the idea and found himself swiftly axed from the soap for raising his objections with EastEnders' formidable co-creator Julia Smith.

In 2012, Altman's on-screen mother June Brown (Dot) recalled the backstage row by telling The Guardian: "In the early days, we actors had no input. Julia was quite a taskmaster. When Nick was supposed to start a gay relationship with Lofty, John Altman told her he didn't feel it was in character. When he left the room, Julia said: 'Write him out!' They did."

Peggy Mitchell kills Archie (EastEnders)

'Who Killed Archie?' was the question that had the whole country talking after his mysterious demise at Christmas 2009, as EastEnders built up to the big reveal in its first ever live episode. 16 million viewers saw Stacey Branning unmasked as the guilty party on the night, but the early plan for the memorable whodunit was actually for Walford legend Peggy Mitchell to be revealed as her husband's killer.

"We settled on Peggy, but then we found out that Barbara Windsor had decided to leave," scriptwriter Simon Ashdown later admitted. "Like most of these ideas it just appeared as a notion. We settled on Stacey. It gave us loads of story afterwards."

Grant Mitchell rapes Tiffany (EastEnders)

It was Ross Kemp versus the EastEnders producers in 1997 when they sensationally fell out over plans for a dark Christmas storyline involving his legendary character Grant Mitchell. Grant's marriage to fan favourite Tiffany had been turbulent to say the least, but writers wanted to take their relationship to an all-time low with Grant raping his wife on Christmas Day.

Tabloid reports suggested that Kemp was "absolutely livid" over the storyline idea and planned to quit unless it was scrapped. Knowing that the popular actor was too important to lose, the writers didn't proceed with the plot and a pacified Kemp stayed on as Grant until late 1999.


Freddie Peacock's kidnap (Coronation Street) and Summer Swann's abduction (EastEnders)

Summer 2007 was set to be a dark time for Coronation Street and EastEnders, as the two soaps both planned to run high-profile child abduction storylines. A major summer plot on Corrie would have seen Claire and Ashley Peacock's son Freddie kidnapped from his bed by Casey Carswell, while EastEnders planned to have Dawn Swann and Rob Minter's daughter Summer snatched by unhinged May Wright.

While several scenes for each of the stories had already been filmed, both plots were scrapped by the Weatherfield and Walford bosses following the tragic real-life disappearance of Madeleine McCann in Portugal that summer. Significant rewrites allowed Casey and May to cause other havoc on the cobbles and the Square without upsetting viewers in light of real-life events.


Lucas murders a prostitute (EastEnders)

Murderous man of the cloth Lucas Johnson was never afraid to get blood on his hands in EastEnders, but one of his killing scenes never saw the light of day. A sinister episode in June 2010 would have seen Lucas visit a local red light district and pick up a call girl named Jade, before driving her off to a remote location and strangling her.

Just one week before transmission, it was decided to drop the death from the episode in the wake of media attention surrounding real-life murders of prostitutes in Bradford. Instead, Lucas spared Jade by praying with her and baptising her. Despite the changes in this episode, Lucas did later murder another prostitute called Gemma off-screen as part of his plan to fake the death of his wife Denise.

The Ferreira family commit murder (EastEnders)



The unpopular Ferreira family went down in history as EastEnders failures, but could that have been different if the original plan for the clan had gone ahead? When the Ferreiras were introduced in 2003, producers were planning a blockbuster storyline which would have seen family patriarch Dan murdered by his children and buried in a shallow grave following sustained bullying and abuse.

Unfortunately, the ratings-winning plan went awry when actor Dalip Tahil - who played Dan - was suddenly dropped from the show due to issues with his work permit. The grisly death plot was replaced by the Ferreiras' infamous kidney transplant saga, which didn't prove quite as compelling for fans.

Explaining the fiasco, scriptwriter Tony Jordan later told The Mirror: "Dalip got bloody deported. He was actually on the studio floor and they marched him off. Broken legs, nervous breakdowns - we can deal with that. But when actors are physically taken away by the government and deported, there's not much you can do."

Foggy Jew

I have absolutely zero memories of the Ferreiras. Maybe I actually had a life in 2003......��

JP Liz V1

Foggy Jew wrote: »

I have absolutely zero memories of the Ferreiras. Maybe I actually had a life in 2003......��

They were not memorable

JP Liz V1

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

They were not memorable

Kidney-gate the cousin turned out to be there brother & sister

Foggy Jew

Is it just me, or was anyone else reminded of the Graham Norton episode of Father Ted (the one in the caravan) in this evening's EE?

JP Liz V1

Was Aunt Babe and Queenie Trott selling babies, arranging illegal adoptions etc., from their caravan in Ramsgate?

FelineOverLord

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was Aunt Babe and Queenie Trott selling babies, arranging illegal adoptions etc., from their caravan in Ramsgate?

It looks like it.

Lisha

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Was Aunt Babe and Queenie Trott selling babies, arranging illegal adoptions etc., from their caravan in Ramsgate?

Also is Aunt Babe a frustrated closet lesbian?

dee_mc

Lisha wrote: »

Also is Aunt Babe a frustrated closet lesbian?

No sure she's been in love with Stan all her life!

breffni bogballer

Certainly didnt see that coming,its gud when a story isint leaked

Lisha

dee_mc wrote: »

No sure she's been in love with Stan all her life!

I know but it's just a feeling I keep getting. And the photos were a bit adoring too.

JP Liz V1

EastEnders is lining up an action-packed return for Lauren Branning later this month, as she arrives back in Albert Square for Max's trial.

Lauren will return to Walford with the intention of clearing Max's name in Lucy's murder investigation, but will be stopped in her tracks when her waters break.


Back in February, viewers saw a pregnant Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) leave for a new life in New Zealand with her boyfriend Peter, but she left with the knowledge that young Bobby Beale was guilty of killing her friend Lucy.

With Abi preparing to give evidence against her dad in court, Lauren will desperately try to convince her sister that their dad isn't guilty.

Lauren's return will undoubtedly wreak havoc for Jane, who is finally starting to make peace with the situation by preparing to give Max a false alibi.


Although Lauren tells Jane that she needs to come clean in order to get Max off the hook, everything looks set to change when Lauren goes into labour.

While fans will have to tune in to see whether Lauren's return can change the outcome of Max's trial, the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has promised that there will be plenty of twists and turns throughout the autumn.

EastEnders will air Lauren's return on Monday, September 14 on BBC One.

FelineOverLord

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

EastEnders is lining up an action-packed return for Lauren Branning later this month, as she arrives back in Albert Square for Max's trial.

Lauren will return to Walford with the intention of clearing Max's name in Lucy's murder investigation, but will be stopped in her tracks when her waters break.


Back in February, viewers saw a pregnant Lauren (Jacqueline Jossa) leave for a new life in New Zealand with her boyfriend Peter, but she left with the knowledge that young Bobby Beale was guilty of killing her friend Lucy.

With Abi preparing to give evidence against her dad in court, Lauren will desperately try to convince her sister that their dad isn't guilty.

Lauren's return will undoubtedly wreak havoc for Jane, who is finally starting to make peace with the situation by preparing to give Max a false alibi.


Although Lauren tells Jane that she needs to come clean in order to get Max off the hook, everything looks set to change when Lauren goes into labour.

While fans will have to tune in to see whether Lauren's return can change the outcome of Max's trial, the show's executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins has promised that there will be plenty of twists and turns throughout the autumn.

EastEnders will air Lauren's return on Monday, September 14 on BBC One.

But would an airline allow a woman to fly on such a long flight that far into her pregnancy? I know nothing about that sort of thing?:D

fin12

FelineOverLord wrote: »

But would an airline allow a woman to fly on such a long flight that far into her pregnancy? I know nothing about that sort of thing?:D

That storyline is ridiculous, she should have been back ages ago, the minute her dad was arrested.

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Galwayguy35

This Lee/Whitney non story is taking up way too much airtime.

Robsweezie

It's just weird thinking of buster as micks father.

Dean is still a problem, how long before he comes between mick and shirley again?

So they just forgave Aunt Babe?

SouthernBelle

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So they just forgave Aunt Babe?

I can't stand her!!

whatismyname

Deleted User wrote: »

So they just forgave Aunt Babe?

ffffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy

dogcat

JP Liz V1

^ Kathy the walking dead

casio4

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

^ Kathy the walking dead

she looks cat, get it (kat)
i'll get my coat

whatismyname

whatismyname wrote: »

ffffaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyy

:D:D:D

EastEnders confirms that Denny Rickman has been recast

FelineOverLord

Deleted User wrote: »

EastEnders confirms that Denny Rickman has been recast

Good, hopefully they'll make the character more likeable. That sounds horrible because he's a child, but he's not a likeable character. Similarly Whitney and Lee are irritating and the viewer really doesn't care what happens with them.

Galwayguy35

I see Ron Jeremy is back, been a while since he was in for a pint.

JP Liz V1

So a year on from Linda's rape and still no comeuppance for Dean :mad: