One distraught fan added: “I would have preferred a mass cull to losing Martin… They could have killed off 15 characters and ... of people watching the live EastEnders episode on the big ...

EastEnders will make history on Thursday night as the soap will be broadcast live from Albert Square - and viewers will be given the power to decide how one storyline plays out.

Which explains why EastEnders bosses have never shied away from replacing iconic characters with new stars ... Hardy – now a star of films such as X-Men and Bohemian Rhapsody.

The actress, 75, played the Queen Vic's first landlady from the show's very first episode in 1985 before bowing out three-years later.

HER heartbreaking death left the nation in tears, but it also tied up one of Emmerdale’s biggest mysteries when viewers ...

However, it's never easy when we have to say goodbye to some of our favourite EastEnders characters — and 2024 was a year full ... Martin Fowler — who was the first baby to be born in the show — died ...

In an interactive twist for its 40th anniversary, fans were asked to choose whether Denise Fox (Diane Parish) would reunite ...