
EastEnders
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First episode date | February 19, 1985 |
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Networks | HD |
BBC One | |
No. of episodes | 5,922 (as of 17 May 2019) |
Production location | Elstree Film Studios |
Dec 31, 2013 | |
Ive been following the show since 2002 and have always loved it. The best eras were 2003‑2005, 2008 ‑2010 and . . . | |
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First episode | 1985-02-19 00:00:00 |
Open theme | EastEnders theme tune |
Genres | Soap Opera |
Product locat | BBC Elstree Centre |
Writers | Tony Holland |
Cast | Rose Ayling‑Ellis |
Episodes | EpisodesS34 E206 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 206Dec 31, 2018 S34 E205 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 205Dec 28, 2018 S34 E204 · EastEnders Season 34 Episode 204Dec 27, 2018 View 45+ more |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 734327 |
British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series
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About EastEnders
The working-class residents of Albert Square, a fictional place situated in the East End of London, struggle to face the challenges of everyday life.
Leonard Fenton: EastEnders actor who played Dr Legg dies aged 95

...Actor Leonard Fenton, who played Dr Harold Legg in Eastenders, has died at the age of 95, his family have announced...
My job: What it's like digging graves for a living

... We always say people get an idea when they come to the burial [that] it ll be like the one they saw on Eastenders - everything s sunny and they re all throwing daffodils in...
New Year Honours 2022: Lumley and Redgrave become dames

... Two long-serving soap stars - Eastenders June Brown, aka Dot Cotton, and William Roache, who plays Ken Barlow in Coronation Street - have been appointed OBEs, both for services to drama and charity...
New Year Honours: Whitty, Van-Tam and Blair knighted, Lumley and Redgrave made dames

... June Brown - the 94-year-old actress who played Dot Cotton in Eastenders - is appointed OBE, as is Coronation Street actor Bill Roache, who plays Ken Barlow...
EastEnders 35-year anniversary: My life as a superfan

...The Queen Victoria, and barmaid Kat Slater, spray a customer with a fire extinguisher, this is my first memory of watching Eastenders, at the age of only five...
Students exposed to, over-the-tinder-profile-picture-with sleeping Jewish man

... the actress Tracey-Ann Oberman, who has been in Eastenders and New Tricks, expressed her disgust in a tweet has been liked and re-tweeted hundreds of times...
Has Meghan's accent changed since marrying Prince Harry?

... I don t think British people would accept her if she suddenly started sounding like she was in the cast of Eastenders - or spoke like the Queen...
Eastenders' Ben Mitchell is back - and being played by another new actor

... Max Bowden will play the sixth person, the Eastenders character, such as Soaps get away with putting a new face, familiar name? Ben Mitchell last before fleeing the country appeared in January 2018, but will later be played this year by Max Bowden this is extreme , says the TV critic Emma Bullimore...
Has Meghan's accent changed since marrying Prince Harry?
Do you Adam and Eve it? It might not be full Cockney Rhyming Slang, but Some say The Duchess is sounding more British
A lot has been written about The Duchess of Sussex in recent months, from speculation on her relationships with other members of the Royal Family to endless discussion of how Much she cradles her baby bump.
Now even her accent has become a topic of debate.
When clips of Californian-born Meghan speaking are shared online, the same suggestion often pops up: Has she adopted a British accent?
Some Speech experts say they can hear a change, but others are not convinced.
"There does seem to be something in the idea that Meghan Markle's Speech has changed a bit, at least in Some settings," said phonetics and pronunciation specialist Dr Geoff Lindsey .
"There are occasional vowels which sound a bit more British," he said, while conceding it was tricky to make absolute statements.
One example is her more British pronunciation of the word "all" when she met crowds in Cheshire, compared to her pronunciation of the same word in her and Prince Harry 's engagement, he said. But "the differences are subtle," said Dr Lindsey.
And Dr Lindsey, an honorary linguistics lecturer at University College London, added that her intonation is more British than American when asking the yes/no question: "Did you make that for us?" in a clip from Birkenhead
Marisa Brook, assistant professor in linguistics at the University of Toronto, said The Duchess has "developed a style that sounds very English-aristocratic for interacting with The Public ".
Among the examples she highlighted was The Duchess saying "I do appreciate that" in the same clip from Birkenhead (above) in January 2019.
"The vowel in 'that' is further back in the mouth than you would expect for American English," said Dr Brook, suggesting it could be a consequence of living in southern England.
Dr Brook, who has studied accent changes in high-profile figures, said: "I think a lot of it is deliberate on her part.
"She's developed a style to be used when directly talking with The British public.
"These are the situations where people might be judging her in public instantly, where it really benefits her to sound British and aristocratic. "
"I wouldn't be surprised if The Duchess had had Some coaching," Ms Brook added"If it's conscious, I don't think it makes her manipulative, or a poser or anything," said Dr Brook, who attributes any change to The Duchess 's "unique position".
"She's someone who's very off-beat from those who usually join the Royal Family - it makes a lot of sense. It's not that she is changing who she is.
"It's Like she's changing how she dresses - it's Like an extremely fancy outfit.
"I would call it a reasonable resource for her to draw on, given how unlikely her change in circumstances - and how dramatic. "
'Weird if she spoke Like The Queen 'Phonetics professor Jane Setter , from the University of Reading, agrees there is Some difference in The Duchess 's vowel pronunciation in public since her move to the UK, but "it's not huge".
Professor Setter said the crowds "will make a difference" because of something called accommodation, which is when people adapt their Speech - consciously or unconsciously - to the people they are talking to.
Accommodation "is a social thing, showing a willingness to move closer to a speaker," says Professor Setter"We all do this to Some extent - speak differently with different people," said Professor Setter.
"In a social role Like The One Meghan is now in, where she has to meet lots of people and basically make a good impression on them in a short space of time, the ability to do this is very useful.
"But it would be weird to take this too far. I don't think British people would accept her if she suddenly started sounding Like she was in the cast of Eastenders - or spoke Like The Queen .
"She is who she is and it's important that she is genuine. Speech is part of that. "
Accents can reflect various things about people, said sociolinguist Dr Ella Jeffries, from the University of Essex - not only our background, but also our affiliations and aspirations.
And for someone Like The Duchess , whose success may depend on trying to fit in, accent changes can happen naturally and fast.
"Lots of different factors play a role in who accommodates, how they accommodate and why," said Dr Jeffries.
"Someone who has a strong affiliation with the region they grew up in and is very proud of their heritage for example, might not change the way they speak Much - even if they move to another part of the country, or even abroad.
"However, someone with lots at stake in trying to 'fit in' or sound Like they belong to a new in-group - British royalty, in the case of Meghan - might find accommodation happens quite naturally and quite quickly. "
Some features of Language - Like saying "lift" instead of "Elevator " - tend to alter faster than pronunciation, said Dr JeffriesCould her background in acting play a role in how easily her accent might change?
"Certainly any potential accent coaching she has had will have made her more aware of the differences - and potentially better at mimicking them," said Dr Jeffries.
"But on The Other hand, maybe she therefore has better control of her accent than others and if she decides she wants to, might stay staunchly American sounding. "
But overall, Dr Jeffries said she did not hear Much evidence of The Duchess sounding more British.
And Professor Paul Kerswill, a sociolinguist from the University of York, is even less convinced, saying "there really isn't Much to go on".
"Meghan is pretty consistent in her accent. . whether acting or a lawyer in Suits the same year," he said.
"In The Interview with Harry, the same thing applies: the only point where I felt there was Some Received Pronunciation creeping in was in the word 'roasting', where the vowel is central and not back. "
Interestingly, he added that The Duchess 's clothing could be a reason for any perceived accent change.
"It's been proved that appearance, ethnicity and age all influence what we think we hear, even when there's no difference in what is being played back in the audio," said Professor Kerswill.
Meghan's accent: Examples of American English vs Standard BritishVowels
In American English, "all" is pronounced more Like "ol" whereas Britons pronounce the word "orl". The Duchess uses the more British "orl" when "Yes, we all had a Good Day I think," says Dr Jeffries.
Consonants
In words ending with "t", American speakers typically sound The Final "t" more weakly. Speakers of standard British English explode the "t" - which means pronouncing it strongly, Like at the beginning of a word. The Duchess seems to do this, says Dr Lindsey, when she says "sweet" and
Intonation
In questions which require a yes/no answer, such as "are you okay?", Americans typically just use a rise in intonation, whereas in British English The Pitch falls And Then rises. Dr Lindsey says The Duchess adopts The British style when "Did you make that for us?"
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Source of news: bbc.com