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Tony Jordan
Tony Jordan (born 21 July 1957) is a British television writer. For many years, he was lead writer and series consultant for BBC One soap opera ''EastEnders''. He has written over 250 episodes for the programme since 1989, including the 2008 Single-hander (EastEnders), single-hander "Pretty Baby....". He created the series ''Hustle (TV series), Hustle'', ''HolbyBlue'', ''City Central (TV series), City Central'', ''Moving Wallpaper'', ''Echo Beach (TV series), Echo Beach'', ''The Nativity (TV series), The Nativity'', ''The Passing Bells'' and ''Dickensian (TV series), Dickensian'', and co-created ''Life on Mars (British TV series), Life on Mars'' and ''By Any Means (2013 TV series), By Any Means''. Career Beginning his career as a market trader, Jordan began writing at the age of thirty-two. He joined ''EastEnders'' after sending a spec script to the BBC about market traders, with a covering letter saying he had been born and raised in the East End of London. The BBC turned down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southport
Southport is a seaside resort, seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. It lies on the West Lancashire Coastal Plain, West Lancashire coastal plain and the east coast of the Irish Sea, approximately north of Liverpool and southwest of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. At the United Kingdom Census 2021, 2021 census, Southport had a population of 94,421, making it the List of North West England cities and metropolitan areas by population, eleventh most populous settlement in North West England and the third most populous settlement in the Liverpool City Region. The town was founded in 1792 by William Sutton (Southport), William Sutton, an innkeeper from Churchtown, Merseyside, Churchtown, who built a bathing house at what is now the south end of Lord Street, Southport, Lord Street.''North Meols and Southport – a History'', Chapter 9, Peter Aughton (1988) The area was previously known as South Hawes, and was sparsely populated and dominated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Wales
BBC Cymru Wales is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcasting, public broadcaster in Wales. It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, BBC Cymru Wales is based in Cardiff and directly employs some 1,200 people to produce a range of programmes for television, radio and online services in both English and Welsh language, Welsh. BBC Cymru Wales operates two TV channels (BBC One Wales, BBC Two Wales) and three radio stations (BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Cymru 2). The total budget for BBC Cymru Wales (including S4C's £76 million) is £151 million, £31 million of which is for BBC-produced television productions. Services Television BBC Cymru Wales operates two television services, BBC One Wales and BBC Two Wales, which can opt out of the main network feed of BBC One and BBC Two in England to broadcast national programming. These two channe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Victoria
''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the programme follows the stories of local residents and their families as they go about their daily lives. Within eight months of the show's original launch, it had reached the number one spot in BARB's television ratings, and has consistently remained among the top-rated series in Britain. Four ''EastEnders'' episodes are listed in the all-time top 10 most-watched programmes in the UK, including the number one spot, when over 30 million watched the 1986 Christmas Day episode. ''EastEnders'' has been important in the history of British television drama, tackling many subjects that are considered to be controversial or taboo in British culture, and portraying a social life previously unseen on UK mainstream television. Since co-creator Holland was from a large f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Cotton
Dorothy "Dot" Cotton (also Branning) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', portrayed by June Brown. In a special episode entitled ''EastEnders: Dot's Story'' (2003) a young Dot was played by Tallulah Pitt-Brown in flashbacks. A tragicomic character, Dot was known for her devout Christianity, Christian faith, gossiping, chain smoking, hypochondria, and motherly attitude to those in need. Dot first appeared in ''EastEnders'' in July 1985 as the mother of notorious criminal and original character Nick Cotton (John Altman (actor), John Altman). The character worked as a launderette assistant for most of that time, along with original character Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard), and was close friends with original characters Ethel Skinner (Gretchen Franklin) and Lou Beale (Anna Wing). Dot moved away with her son and his family in 1993. In reality, Brown left the show in 1993, unhappy with the development of her character and unhappy with the producer's decis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfie Moon
Alfie Moon is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Shane Richie. He made his first appearance on 21 November 2002, and left on 25 December 2005. He returned on 21 September 2010, following the return of his on-screen wife, Kat Slater, Kat Moon (Jessie Wallace), two episodes previously, and they continued to feature until 22 May 2015. Alfie appeared in a guest stint between 26 December 2015 and 25 January 2016, before starring in the six-part drama spin-off series ''Kat & Alfie: Redwater'' in 2017. Richie returned for two short stints in 2018, concluding with his exit on 22 January 2019. Richie then made a virtual cameo appearance on 12 July 2022, followed by a permanent return from 12 September 2022. Some of the character's more prominent storylines have included: his turbulent relationship with Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace); an affair with Kat's sister Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth); the dementia and death of his grandmother Nana Moon (Hil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Hunter (EastEnders)
Andy Hunter is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Michael Higgs. He first appeared in the episode broadcast in the United Kingdom on 3 July 2003 and, following the murder of his gangland boss Jack Dalton (Hywel Bennett), became the show's main antagonist up until the character was axed and killed off in the series' 20th Anniversary episode, shown on 18 February 2005. The character's story arc began with Andy taking over Dalton's position as the leader of his criminal organization, The Firm, and becoming the newly established crime kingpin of Walford in the borough's local community named Albert Square. Soon afterwards, Andy went on to develop a mutual friendship with Dalton's protege-turned-killer Dennis Rickman ( Nigel Harman); establish a relationship with local wayward Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), which led to the pair having a wedding that ended with Kat jilting Andy in favor of his love rival Alfie Moon (Shane Richie); repetitively cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Slater
Zoe Slater is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Michelle Ryan. She made her first appearance on 18 September 2000. Zoe arrives in Walford along with her father, Charlie Slater (Derek Martin), sisters Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), Lynne Hobbs (Elaine Lordan), Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth), and grandmother Mo Harris (Laila Morse). In January 2005, it was announced that Ryan would be leaving the soap, with Zoe's departure airing on 24 June 2005. Despite turning down several offers to return over the previous 20 years, in May 2025, it was reported that Ryan would reprise the role of Zoe later in the year. The character made an unannounced return in the episode broadcast on 16 June 2025. Following their arrival, it later emerges that Zoe is in fact Kat's daughter, and a product of incest after Kat was raped by her uncle Harry Slater (Michael Elphick) in 1983, and Zoe was legally adopted by Kat's parents, Charlie and Viv. This was nominat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Moon
Kat Slater (also Moon and Mitchell) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Jessie Wallace. She was also played by Kate Peck in a flashback in 2001 and Sumar-Elise Sandford in a flashback in 2018. Kat is the second eldest Slater family (EastEnders), Slater family sister and first appeared on 18 September 2000. Kat's usual dress is very short skirts and leopard-print tops, with much make-up and heavy fake tan. Her initial stint saw her involved in many storylines, most significantly in a plot twist that sees her supposedly sister Zoe Slater (Michelle Ryan), revealed to be her daughter after she was raped by her uncle Harry Slater (EastEnders), Harry Slater (Michael Elphick) as a child. Kat and Zoe's relationship is tested several times, and a feud forms when they compete against each other for the affection of Anthony Trueman (Nicholas Bailey). Another key aspect to the character's storylines is her marriage to Alfie Moon (Shane Richie), prior t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharongate
"Sharongate" is the term used for a storyline in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', which reached its climax on 24 October 1994, attracting 25.3 million viewers. The plot was written by ''EastEnders'' scriptwriter Tony Jordan. In the storyline, Sharon Mitchell (Letitia Dean) confessed on tape that she had had sex with her brother-in-law, Phil (Steve McFadden). The truth comes out in the middle of The Queen Victoria pub. Sharon's husband Grant (Ross Kemp) attacked Phil and he was lucky to survive. A similar storyline, dubbed “Sheanu”, started in 2018 when Sharon, now married to Phil, began an affair with Keanu Taylor ( Danny Walters). Sharon later becomes pregnant and, following a DNA test, discovers Keanu is the father. The climax of the story aired on 25 December 2019 when Phil discovers the truth, attracting 7.21 million viewers. Her and Phil then divorce. However, in 2023, Sharon, now engaged to Keanu, discovers that her son, Albie Watts (Arthur Gentleman), is in fact Ph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethel Skinner
Ethel Skinner is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'', played by Gretchen Franklin. Ethel also features in a 1988 ''EastEnders'' special episode, entitled "CivvyStreet", set on Albert Square during World War II, in which she is played by Alison Bettles. Ethel is an ''EastEnders'' original character and in the early years she can always be found wandering the neighbourhood with her adored pug Willy. She and Dot Cotton (June Brown) are lifelong friends, and although they wind each other up, they are completely dependent on each other. Ethel trusts Dot so much that she even asks her to help her die in 2000 after she is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Creation and development Ethel Skinner was the second out of the original twenty-three characters invented by the creators of ''EastEnders'', Tony Holland and Julia Smith (the first to be created was Lou Beale). Ethel was based on an elderly woman that Smith had encountered in a pub in Hackney. She had bright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
