Eastender's live week, was also titled the 'Week of Revelations' (WoR) with various outcomes to plot lines being revealed, and some newer, future story lines hinted at.
The main reasons for the week of live shows, was to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the very popular British Soap Opera, and to reveal the killer of Lucy Beale.
It was billed as a week of live shows, yet for anyone that was interested in looking it up on the internet, the episodes were not completely live. Each show had 'live inserts', so some of it was pre-recorded as usual and others bits were live. Personally, while watching it, I don't think I could tell which bits were the live or pre-recorded sections, so the producers and editors etc must have done a pretty good job of stitching it all together.
There was also a number of different program's shown before and after the live shows, speaking to the cast etc. The weeks schedule of shows looked a little bit like this:
The main reasons for the week of live shows, was to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the very popular British Soap Opera, and to reveal the killer of Lucy Beale.
It was billed as a week of live shows, yet for anyone that was interested in looking it up on the internet, the episodes were not completely live. Each show had 'live inserts', so some of it was pre-recorded as usual and others bits were live. Personally, while watching it, I don't think I could tell which bits were the live or pre-recorded sections, so the producers and editors etc must have done a pretty good job of stitching it all together.
There was also a number of different program's shown before and after the live shows, speaking to the cast etc. The weeks schedule of shows looked a little bit like this:
There were only two mistakes spotted during the live segments of the shows.
One was Jo Joyner, who plays Tanya. Whilst taking to Jane at the Beale house, she called Ian Beale by his real life name Adam.
The second was from Jake Wood, the actor who plays Max. He apparently mumbled the end of a line so badly that viewers were left reeling as to whether he had said 'you' or 'who' while speaking to his daughter Abi about the murder of Lucy. I believe this was on purpose, with the intention of throwing the viewers off the scent as Abi was one of the main suspects.
One was Jo Joyner, who plays Tanya. Whilst taking to Jane at the Beale house, she called Ian Beale by his real life name Adam.
The second was from Jake Wood, the actor who plays Max. He apparently mumbled the end of a line so badly that viewers were left reeling as to whether he had said 'you' or 'who' while speaking to his daughter Abi about the murder of Lucy. I believe this was on purpose, with the intention of throwing the viewers off the scent as Abi was one of the main suspects.
One of the story lines from the WoR's was the Nick and Dot Cotton story. Having a turbulent relationship for as long as anyone can remember, was it any surprise that everything was going to come to a head at some point. Nobody knew which way it was going to go, and what was going to happen to who. For those who watched it, you now know. I, for one, was extremely happy with the outcome to this story that has been ongoing since I was small.
Himesh Patel, better known as Tamwar Masood, spent the live shows tweeting directly from set. Himesh's aim was to tweet as though from the eyes, mouth, phone of Tamwar. This went on for the entire week of live shows. Anyone watching may have noticed that Tamwar was permanently on his phone, and if you didn't know about this (like me, I had no clue) then it may be a nice surprise. If you want to see Tamwar's tweets, go to Twitter and search for #TamwarTweets (there is also a lot of other information and tweets available on Twitter using the #EELive search).
On another note, a fire broke out on set just hours after the first live show, in Dr Legg's old surgery. The fire was caused by a stray firework and emergency services were called immediately to the scene. No one was hurt and there was no major damage that occurred.
On another note, a fire broke out on set just hours after the first live show, in Dr Legg's old surgery. The fire was caused by a stray firework and emergency services were called immediately to the scene. No one was hurt and there was no major damage that occurred.
Whodunnit??
The big question on everybodies lips that night was "Whodunnit?" Who was Lucy Beale's murderer... Eastender's production team and bosses had managed to keep the storyline afloat for around ten months, and left it fairly open as to who was actually guilty. They even went as far as keeping it a secret from the cast. The guilty character only found out thirty minutes before going on air that they were the one.
As you can see from the picture, throughout the plot line they had given us a possible thirteen suspects, all with reason and validation to be the guilty party. Bookkeepers across the country were taking bets on who it was. Abi was favourite at 4/1, with Ben close behind at 5/1. Next up were Ian, Denise and Phil with 12/1, 14/1 and 16/1 retrospectively.
After Thursday nights sixty minute show, they showed a flashback episode later that evening which showed the whole story run through what happened on the night of Lucy's murder. This flashback episode also saw the return of Hetti Bywater to reprise her role as Lucy for the one off special episode.
If you didn't watch the final episodes of this story line, but want to know who killed Lucy, then highlight the next line of text:
BOBBY BEALE
The result was a shocker to most parties involved, although a lot of people had suspected that there was going to be a final twist to the story.
As you can see from the picture, throughout the plot line they had given us a possible thirteen suspects, all with reason and validation to be the guilty party. Bookkeepers across the country were taking bets on who it was. Abi was favourite at 4/1, with Ben close behind at 5/1. Next up were Ian, Denise and Phil with 12/1, 14/1 and 16/1 retrospectively.
After Thursday nights sixty minute show, they showed a flashback episode later that evening which showed the whole story run through what happened on the night of Lucy's murder. This flashback episode also saw the return of Hetti Bywater to reprise her role as Lucy for the one off special episode.
If you didn't watch the final episodes of this story line, but want to know who killed Lucy, then highlight the next line of text:
BOBBY BEALE
The result was a shocker to most parties involved, although a lot of people had suspected that there was going to be a final twist to the story.
My Verdict
All in all, this was probably the best bit of television that I have ever seen from a soap opera. The story lines were engaging and interesting. They kept the viewers guessing right up until the end. The fact that the cast didn't know if they were guilty made it even better, I felt that enabled them to give a more realistic reaction. I really enjoyed watching this along with my friends from Film Club, between a group of four or five of us we managed to work up a total of 105 comments on one post.