10 things you didn’t know about EastEnders
Most of Dot Cotton’s clothes come from charity shops and she always wears the same dress every Christmas Day. It is the oldest item in the wardrobe department and it is almost as old as the soap.
Peggy Mitchell has the most expensive wardrobe to date and Barbara Windsor still has a big say in what her character wears each day. Peggy’s huge hat collection is also one of the most treasured items on set.
Pat Evans owns over 125 pairs of earrings and the wardrobe department love it when fans send them in for her to wear on screen.
When you open the doors to The Vic, all you will find is the corner of a bar and a few ice buckets. The real interior of The Vic can be found in Studio One, alongside some of the Square’s most famous sitting rooms.
To account for filming scenes so far in advance, fake leaves are added to trees and plastic daffodils are stuck in the ground of Albert Square to make it look more spring like during winter months.
The drinks in The Vic aren’t as real as they look. Water is used to look like vodka, water with burnt sugar is used for whisky and watered down apple juice makes a convincing white wine.
The railings surrounding Albert Square might look real, but they are actually made of plastic. In fact, they are so weak they won't even hold the weight of a grown man.
Big funeral scenes are filmed in North Watford Cemetery, but for small cemetery scenes it has been known for a headstone to be stuck on an unused patch of grass in the studio’s backlot.
Although the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have visited the EastEnders set, they have admitted they rarely watch the show. Camilla however, is an avid fan.
Studio C at Elstree Studios, which is used for filming interior scenes, was once the home to Top Of The Pops. Every inch of the studio is in use and the spaces between sets are usually used for storage and rest areas for actors.
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