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Thursday 1 June 2023 Dublin: 15°C

# Eastenders

Last year
2022
# RIP
EastEnders stalwart June Brown, best known as Dot Cotton, dies aged 95
The veteran actress left the soap in 2020.
All time
# last ditch
Theresa May to make appearance on Eastenders in bid to win over Brexit doubters
Leo Varadkar leaked the news last evening, surprising the British press ahead of tonight’s show.
# Eastenders
Danniella Westbrook has been diagnosed with womb cancer
The former Eastenders star plans to undergo a hysterectomy.
# Eastenders
Loads of people on Twitter are talking about last night's powerful anti knife-crime episode of Eastenders
Viewers could not hold back their tears.
# dirty den
Eastenders actor Leslie Grantham - 'Dirty Den' - dies aged 71
He was best known for playing pub landlord Den Watts in the BBC soap.
# walford's drag race
Michelle Visage is dying to play Kat Slater's American cousin in a future episode of Eastenders
Stranger crossovers have happened.
# justice 4 domhnall
Domhnall Gleeson was beaten by Max from Eastenders in a Weird Crush of 2018 poll
A more coveted prize than a golden statuette.
# Spotted
12 of the weirdest celebrity TV cameos
Remember when Boy George was in The A-Team?
# Paul Nicholls
Former Eastenders star Paul Nicholls rescued after falling off Thai waterfall
The actor, who played the Joe Wicks character on BBC’s Eastenders, was rescued after three days at the foot of the Khun Si waterfall.
# too big for your boots
Eastenders quoted Stormzy last night and it was the most 'How do you do, fellow kids?' moment ever
*cringe*
# kat and alfie
People couldn't get over the hipster priest on the new EastEnders spin-off set in Ireland
Also, the Oirish accents.
# The Bill
6 reasons we should bring back The Bill immediately
The theme music. Enough said.
# the drums
A Limerick DJ dropped the Eastenders theme tune on a packed RAG Week dancefloor at 2am
Get out of mah pub.
# dun dun dun
It turns out that babies absolutely LOVE the Eastenders theme song
Who knew?
# sian blake
Partner of Eastenders actress Sian Blake sentenced to life for murdering her and their two sons
Arthur Simpson-Kent buried the bodies in his garden before absconding to Ghana.
# just a little crush
12 of your forgotten 2000s celebrity crushes, and what they look like now
So. Much. Hair gel.
# sian blake
Suspect in murder of Eastenders actor and her two sons to be extradited to UK
The bodies of Sian Blake and her sons were discovered in the garden of their home in London last month.
# sian blake
Suspect in murder of Eastenders actress set to face extradition after being found hiding in Ghana
Sian Blake and her two children were found dead in her home last week.
# sian blake
Partner arrested over death of Eastenders actress - reports
Arthur Simpson-Kent last spoke to detectives on 16 December.
# sian blake
Former Eastenders actor and two sons died from 'head and neck injuries'
Sian Blake’s husband, and father of her two sons, is reported to have fled the UK.
# sian blake
Three bodies found in garden during search for former EastEnders actor and family
The missing persons’ inquiry is now being treated as a murder investigation.
# cushty
Eastenders' funeral home gay sex scene gets the all clear from watchdog
Two characters were half naked in a funeral parlour.
# not on
Eastenders has defended itself after a funeral home gay sex scene
48 people have made official complaints.
# Ah here
Eastenders featured two characters having sex next to a dead body, and viewers aren't happy
No, really.
# you aint my mother
Eastenders' Kat and Alfie to star in spin-off ... set in Ireland
The duo will start a new life this side of the pond.
# that's my jam
Stop what you're doing and watch these babies rock out to the Eastenders theme
Their little faces!
# Stare down
Random man stares down the camera on Eastenders, becomes internet star
Who is he? Where did he come from? Will someone give him a main part?
# lucy beale
Eastenders draws an audience of more than 12 million for big reveal
Over 400,000 tuned into RTÉ’s coverage of the episode.
# DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN
Lucy Beale's killer revealed and Twitter loses it...
The killer was unmasked after a week of live episodes. Spoilers, obviously.
# who killed lucy
US teen named Bobbie Beale gets loads of Eastenders tweets, hasn't a notion what's going on
Not a clue.
# freedot
Dot Cotton's arrest has inspired a new meme, and it's glorious
Dot Cotton is a proper gansta, yo.
# who killed lucy
Here's how Twitter reacted to Eastenders' massive reveal
Tonight, Lucy Beale’s killer was unmasked. Spoilers, obviously.
# bumped
RTÉ has delayed the Taoiseach's interview... because of EastEnders
Priorities.
Eastender's actress fluffs lines on live TV, but recovers with a great tweet
‘What did I just say?’
# how's adam
This Eastenders actress' reaction to fluffing her lines is gold
The live episodes are catching EVERYONE out.
# gerrr outta my pub!
Why is everybody talking about Eastenders this week?
The show is broadcasting a run of live episodes this week.
# eelive
Here's why everyone is talking about Eastenders this morning
One of the actors appeared to fluff his lines last night.
# Drama
Can Red Rock become a staple in Irish households?
We look into what makes a soap worth watching.
# Peggy
Peggy Mitchell made a surprise return to Eastenders and Twitter totally lost it
Get outta my pub!
# RIP
EastEnders actor John Bardon dies aged 75
The actor played Jim Branning in the soap from 1996 to May 2011.