@@chrisdawson6156 yes i would agree you had great actors like Arthur fowler Pauline den watts. angie Dickson fowler. Leslie nick cotton June brown aka dot cotton pat butcher Ethel skinner who was dots bet friend. they didn't have impersonate voice accents like some of the stars do on the present EastEnders.
Emmerdale's first episode (or Emmerdale Farm as it was known for the first 17 years) opens with a funeral. EastEnders first episode opens with someone unconscious, who's taken to hospital and then later dies. At least Coronation Street got off to a good start without anyone dead or dying in the first episode lol
It's kinda crazy watching uk soaps start with dark openings like in the US the only soap I could think that started dark was Loving (1983-1995) which opened up with a murder and then the final season ending with characters getting murder amd most of them leaving the town due to them being scared they'd be the next victim.
I love watching these early Shows. I live in Canada and it's great to see how it all began. The "Doctor" was a "Street" Doctor who chose to help a Blue Collar Community instead of working at a Hot Shot Hospital. He'd be perfect on St. Elsewhere in The US.
I'm recently watching 2015 anniversary episode, similar to this and I'm back here to see the difference comparing between 1985 and 2015. 30 years apart.
David Timothy Scarboro, First Mark Flower, EastEnders February 85/87 Christmas Day, Passed Away Only 20, Tabloids Chased Him & Lied About David, We Will Never Know What Happened To Him As He Found In Beachy Head, Or Will We Ever Know What Kind Of Career He Would Had, RIP, 🙏🙏, It Was Great Show When It Came Out, All Different & Funny Characters, Today's Crop Of Actors In It & Show it's Self Is 💩💩💩, 🤣🤣
@@Ltforlife22 No Michael Jackson was 26 who was born on August 29th 1958, and Madonna was 27 who was born on August 16th 1958. Also August 16th was the day that The Jackson Five debuted as The Opening Act for The supremes as the act she discovered.
The most useless Character Ali with his diabolical acting, Pauline making an appointment with the clinic for a TEST 😂😂😂 and Arthur swigging Whiskey from a Dead man’s bottle…. What was there not to love about this show 😂😂😂😂😂
![Stacey v. Jean Slater [Jean’s 1st Appearance].. EastEnders, 2004](/img/n.gif)
Reg Cox, the Eastenders character who was in it for the shortest length of time.
The first ever episode aired on February 1985, and I wasn’t born until the October.😊
I love these classics !
I was 1 nearly 2 when this first aired but it was by far better then compared to now do you agree
@@chrisdawson6156 yes i would agree you had great actors like Arthur fowler Pauline den watts. angie Dickson fowler. Leslie nick cotton June brown aka dot cotton pat butcher Ethel skinner who was dots bet friend. they didn't have impersonate voice accents like some of the stars do on the present EastEnders.
Lucky you. Still in your 30s. Enjoy them. I was born in 1980. It doesn't get better.
Emmerdale's first episode (or Emmerdale Farm as it was known for the first 17 years) opens with a funeral. EastEnders first episode opens with someone unconscious, who's taken to hospital and then later dies. At least Coronation Street got off to a good start without anyone dead or dying in the first episode lol
It's kinda crazy watching uk soaps start with dark openings like in the US the only soap I could think that started dark was Loving (1983-1995) which opened up with a murder and then the final season ending with characters getting murder amd most of them leaving the town due to them being scared they'd be the next victim.
Neither did Brookside
There is one person who has had no breaks in Eastenders and that’s Tracey
True story
The longest serving main character is Ian Beale
@@winniepeg2020Sharon & Kathy. Maybe Cindy?
Almost all these actors are gone now. Leslie, Wendy, Leonard, Bill, Gretchen.
The actor that was mark fowler is dead in real life aswell so we have 1 that is dead 1 is still alive
@@markhiggins612
Yh he committed suicide in 1988.
And June brown
@@maikeliRAIWALUI She wasn't in the first episode.
@@maikeliRAIWALUII just saw her in an old ep. of Dr Who
The good old days 😔
37 years ago today
Yes,I used to watch Eastenders in 1985,
with my newborn baby boy.
That baby is now 37.😂
@@donnaparker3417 Aww how sweet
nice to see where it all began, also i highly recommend watching at 2x speed for a laugh (it was accidentally on 2x speed for me)
I love watching these early Shows. I live in Canada and it's great to see how it all began. The "Doctor" was a "Street" Doctor who chose to help a Blue Collar Community instead of working at a Hot Shot Hospital. He'd be perfect on St. Elsewhere in The US.
I watched the first episode. My dad wasnt keen on it
0.5x is better once they start speaking!
I always Love the beggning OF eastenders THIS WAS ON BBC
Love the show -
❤
"Oh careful, Arthur"
I'm recently watching 2015 anniversary episode, similar to this and I'm back here to see the difference comparing between 1985 and 2015. 30 years apart.
I l9ve how they remade it for the 30 year anniversary
Rip Leonard Fenton.
And now rip June Brown AKA dot cotton
And now Bill Treacher - Arthur Fowler. Hasn't been a good year at all! RIP to all of those legends.
EastEnders in the good old days, it's crap now and really depressing!
"Gawd,it stinks in 'ere,dunnit?"
There's no holding back with Den.
It was fantastic
David Timothy Scarboro, First Mark Flower, EastEnders February 85/87 Christmas Day, Passed Away Only 20, Tabloids Chased Him & Lied About David, We Will Never Know What Happened To Him As He Found In Beachy Head, Or Will We Ever Know What Kind Of Career He Would Had, RIP, 🙏🙏, It Was Great Show When It Came Out, All Different & Funny Characters, Today's Crop Of Actors In It & Show it's Self Is 💩💩💩, 🤣🤣
I Found THIS Show ON BBC
RIP JUNE BROWN 🙏
She wasn’t in this episode, she came into it later
Eastenders was never any good after Reg Cox died.
It debuted on Smokey Robinson's 45th Birthday 🎂
Oh yeah! Do you remember it?
Michael Jackson & Madonna were 22 at the time
@@Ltforlife22 No Michael Jackson was 26 who was born on August 29th 1958, and Madonna was 27 who was born on August 16th 1958. Also August 16th was the day that The Jackson Five debuted as The Opening Act for The supremes as the act she discovered.
39 Year Ago Today
I remember when it was first shown, it was a big deal
wow❤
eastenders fan born 1988
ahh was 16 and just half way through my YTS course
Was YTS like GCSE?
YTS ! 😂 I remember those!
@@anonymous-od1gv No. Youth Training Scheme. You got extra sosh if you did it.
The Doctor lied and said he wasn’t dead
where can I watch eastenders from the beginning
I am going though some stuff... Id love to watch EastEnders from the beginning 😂 .... Also... Map looks well weird missing the dome
Cause it wasn't built then
Holy shit i remember this episode. It was like the first episode i ever watched and idek how, i was only born in 2009 💀
Oi! I was getting into that, haha!
E gs 85 ❤W P A D
Isnt that karen taylors flat
The most useless Character Ali with his diabolical acting, Pauline making an appointment with the clinic for a TEST 😂😂😂 and Arthur swigging Whiskey from a Dead man’s bottle…. What was there not to love about this show 😂😂😂😂😂
Pauline was old-fashioned in that way,going to her GP Dr Legg,who she trusted implicitly,rather than do the test herself at home