EastEnders is 40 years old – but will the soap opera make it to 50?

The primetime soap may not have its peak 30-million audience, but its humour, warmth and the certainty that someone on the square is having a worse day than you have helped it to reach an extraordinary milestone, writes Fiona Sturges

Feb 19, 2025 - 08:28
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EastEnders is 40 years old – but will the soap opera make it to 50?

The primetime soap may not have its peak 30-million audience, but its humour, warmth and the certainty that someone on the square is having a worse day than you have helped it to reach an extraordinary milestone, writes Fiona Sturges