From Lofty to Mary the Punk, the forgotten EastEnders tell their stories
Forty years ago, the BBC launched its flagship soap opera and a large ensemble of actors suddenly found fame. But what ...
Carry On film star Julian Holloway dies, aged 80
Carry On film star Julian Holloway has died after a brief illness, his agent has said. The Oxfordshire born actor played ...
EastEnders stars we've loved and lost - from Dame Barbara Windsor to Mike Reid
Soap legends have come and gone in EastEnders since the show's 1985 debut. And while some have returned with explosive ...
BBC EastEnders' original cast 40 years on - sex scandals and Hollywood movies to tragic deaths
As EastEnders turns 40 this week - with a special live episode being aired on Thursday - we look at where are some of the ...
EastEnders star hits out at ‘disappointing’ exit ahead of 40th anniversary
An EastEnders star has hit out at their “disappointing” exit from the soap ahead of its 40th anniversary. The BBC series is ...
Inside Renee Zellweger’s rollercoaster career from Oscar highs to 6-year acting low
By 1996, when she was 27, Renee starred in Jerry Maguire alongside Tom Cruise, marking her first major role. Just five years ...
BBC EastEnders' original cast 40 years on - Hollywood roles to tragic deaths
Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) was a brash teenager in the show's debut episode, living at The Queen Vic with her fiery parents ...
EastEnders' original cast 40 years on - from quitting showbiz to tragic deaths
It has been 40 years since EastEnders first hit television screens on February 19, 1985, and viewers fell in love with Walford for the first time. Over the years, there have been countless characters ...
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From Bridget Jones to Babygirl: How Hollywood flipped the script on age-gap relationships
There's a refreshing wave of romcoms dismantling stereotypes by pairing older women with younger men – and it’s long overdue ...
Terry Gilliam on 40 years of Brazil: ‘De Niro was nervous – he fluffed his scene every time’
The director of the dystopian masterpiece on predicting the future, Tom Stoppard’s genius and his soul-destroying fight to get it released ...
EastEnders' femme fatales smoulder in striking new shoot for show's 40th anniversary as they hit out at 'snobby' film stars who look down on soaps
Ahead of EastEnders ' hotly-anticipated 40th anniversary episode, the soap's femme fatales posed for a smouldering new shoot ...
Michelle Collins insists soaps give opportunities to actresses 'of a certain age' while Jessie Wallace hits back at TV 'snobbery' as the women of Walford celebrate EastEnders ...
To celebrate the milestone, Radio Times has released seven different covers featuring the iconic women who star in the BBC soap.