Eastenders

Does anyone know whether this is true?

A little bird emailed me saying that Eastenders now costs on average per year just under £44 million to produce the programme, this is the new budget which averages around £205k an episode for 208 episodes per year which you will find includes 8 extra episodes per year including the two twin episodes on Christmas/New Years day should they fall outside a normal showing day.

Be aware that the cost per episode includes the salary ratio of every cast member and staffer on the show from exec producer through writers to props people as well as stunts,petrol and wardrobe/props cost etc.

June Brown aka as Dot is earning £570,000 per year! (Checked with Wikipedia to verify this).

An old article from the Sun back in 2006 about stars wages:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article42562.ece

If this is all true then anyone can enlighten me more revealing facts behind the scenes?




Edited by Medusa - 10 October 2009 at 23:06

Great news for you Archie haters.

 

How about we use the Spoiler tag like I do to show spoilers. Type [ S P O I L E R S ] without the spaces and close with a / before the S. That way, you don't have to read them.

I read somewhere that there should be more storylines involving the Internet should they appear in UK soaps, in an effort to get offline Brits online.

Reason?

Said that people on lower incomes see the value of buying a computer when they discover the cost-saving measures they can take online.

For a moment I do not believe that at all.

I have put the news in spoilers so you cant view it 

On today episode about Ronnie.....could her quest for a baby, and sleeping around a lot, lead her to be Eastenders next AIDS's victim, and apart of a controversial storyline.

Cos, I was just thinking if she slept around more on a quest for this baby, what could happen?

So she hasn't heard of a sperm bank?

Eastenders has completely ruined Ronnie's character, she use to be one of my favourites but now I can't stand her.

She was once a strong independent women, now she's just a crazy bunny boiler.

I want it 5 days a week never mind 3 , don't give them ideas 

But yeah i think this limit is stupid

An excellent episode last night.

I thought I would hate Heather giving birth but I thought it was a scream!

Poor Patrick, ending up as Heather's birth partner! He looked panic stricken, like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

And Heather repeating George Michael facts and making Patrick join in singing 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'.

Him on the gas and air and her going bright red - I'm not surprised the midwives were laughing! Best soap birth since Honey?

Pat and Peggy had me in stitches in that ice cream van! Ugh ... sherbet??' - classic! I loved it that they were SO drunk they were saying 'I love you' to each other and dancing in the van. 

When Phil came along it was role reversal with him being the angry parent!

They'll probably be high and tearing around for days after all those E numbers in those sweets!

Could have been worse though - they could have ate the sherbet!

Can't say I care one way or another about Darren and Libby's engagement. There was too much other exciting stuff happening!

And did they have to bring back the Victor Meldrew that is Adam. His miserable mug spoiled an excellent episode?

And finally, Heather Trott you had me almost in stitches with that little monologue to baby George near the end.

Almost as good as Del Boy's in Only Fools and Horses years ago - and that's the biggest compliment I can give it. 

Edited by Medusa - 21 October 2009 at 11:20

"OH NO YOU OFFICIALLY AIN'T!"

You just have to love Denise. Simply fabulous.

I liked the way we saw all the dads as Heather was talking about that fateful night, even though most of the description was fantasy rather than the truth!

Linda Henry was also fantastic when Shirley let rip at Heather for not being honest with her. I think this pair are actually my favourite double act on the Square at the moment.

Good episode. Roll on tomorrow folks!

Probably the only Eastenders fan from Scotland apart from my nephew!


Edited by Medusa - 23 October 2009 at 11:09