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How EastEnders was created, from the theme tune to Angie and Den

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The first episode of EastEnders was broadcast on 19 February 1985 , with 17 million people watching.

It was the second most-watched episode on the BBC that week behind The Two Ronnies .

It remains the only scripted programme to have been watched by more than 30 million people in the UK .

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73

Informative language

67

Neutral language

83

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

40

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not offensive

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not hateful

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Time-value

medium-lived

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1

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