I now watch it begrudgingly as Mrs Tweeky still likes to watch it. Ive been put off ever since they killed of Dirty Den, in my eyes you dont kill of your legends they are always better left placed to return.
I have issues now with the sensational story lines and story lines that are just written to be bloody depressing. Take for example the whole Danielle story. That did nothing for me at all its designed to simply upset people. Eastends was never the happiest soap but balance has gone way to far now about just depressing the life out of everyone.
Eastends still deals with current gritty topical issues but does not do it as well as it used to IMHO. The balance to depressing story lines and sensationalism is now to over done and makes it a program that does not in any way enhance my day.
30 minutes of complete bollox!!!!
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I lost interest when Arthur had his breakdown. Since then the storylines have been nothing but misery, fear, broken hopes and murder. Plotlines that make no sense, characters than randomly change from scary local hard-man to cuddly pseudo scary comic relief. A murder rate that outstrips the worst inner-city hellhole. Characters leave as one actor and come back as a completely different person.
The only way out for the actors is to move to X-jungle-celebrity-dog-walking-on-ice-with-the-stars.
Which is the same for all the soaps. Eastenders is no worse or better than the rest.
Does anyone really give a stuff???????????????
How many people on this site at least live their lives in a state of constant argument and antagonism shouting at eachother most of the time? Most soaps seem to be like this in the mercifully few minutes of trailers that we have to endure!
If today's children are watching this crap they will grow up thinking that it is normal to have all these arguments and often violence within the home 'because they saw it on EE or whatever'. We are glad we did not allow our daughter to watch soaps during her more formative years. Too many people are hooked on agression and mild violence!
Off my soapbox now.
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Stopped watching Eastenders regulary,years ago...too much doom and gloom,unbelievible story lines,awful acting and definately an unrealistic view of the east end of london.I can understand why it is so popular however but not because of how gritty and realistic it is, its because its so awful it makes for funny and entertaining viewing.
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I have said this before, but soaps like eastenders and corrie simply show what happens to people who eat cafe food and drink unbranded alcoholic beverages. The effects on liver functions arouse heightened forms of behaviour and mood swings; from unrealistic highs to depressing lows. The majority of the actors don't look dramatic they simply look very unwell, most of the time.
When my girlfriend fell down the stairs I thought Eastenders had finished!!! :giggle:
My one Eastenders joke...
What got the entire cast of Eastenders thrown out of the Queen Vic pub?
It was happy hour.
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And on the topic of the Archers you say that you like enders cos its multi cultural but the Archers to me has the less sterotypical and Adam are the only gay couple who seem in any way realistic i have ever seen on a soap.
Coronation Street must be every bit as deprived, and even more working class and insular, but at least there's some proper northern wit to it. 
I can't think of a single character in Eastenders I wouldn't be happy to see run over by a bus / taxi / murdered out back the Vic / crushed by a plane falling in flames from the sky / insert original storyline here . . . .