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As one of the most hard hitting storylines EastEnders has ever covered comes to its climax I take a look back at the other more recent hard hitting subjects and compare them with the current child abuse storyline.

The last child abuse...

Unless, of course, you're a resident of Walford. Has 2008 been a vintage year? Or a bit of a dud? It's certainly been one full of melodrama; a live burial, an exploding house, a murder and a (soon to be non) resident paedophile. So, before I get...

And so, Phil Mitchell pulled the lid off his own Pandora's Box and flung the contents everywhere. I anticipated a complete meltdown, but all we had was crisis-lite. It started promisingly, with poor Ben, wild eyed with fear and Phil losing control...

'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned' is a quote that I'm sure Max Branning would agree with. After spending years lying and cheating his way through his marriage, he finally went an affair too far and tipped his wife Tanya over the...

Actually this article is not solely about Ms Boyle, there are strange elements in EastEnders that I feel need airing...

Where do the production team hire their extras? The reason I ask is because a few of them look decidedly odd. Twice...

Like that other famous Eastender, Sir Alan Sugar, Ian Beale is a local boy made good. He may not have an 800k property portfolio, but a cafe, chippy and a 'gaylite' catering business isn't bad going. Ten years ago, I can imagine Ian applying to go...

There are certain characters and storylines in EastEnders which puzzle me. Pointless, directionless and frankly boring. But before I get carried away, let me clarify exactly what I mean:

Vinnie Monks
This is no...

Sean Slater. Was he born under a bad moon? Or has life dealt him one blow too many? His demons float around him like a dark mist as he continues on his heartless tour of duty through Walford. Seemingly as unhinged as the Miller's front gate, is he...

Lucy has been gone for weeks. Ian and Jane have been tearing their hearts out and Peter is devastated, he has lost part of himself. Bobby doesn’t have a clue what is going on. Even Christian has shown sadness over missing Lucy and he hired a...

Hear that rustling and rattling? It's the sound of a particular Walford creature at play. Sifting through their pizza boxes and lager cans, they curl up on their sofas and stare open mouthed at the tv. Outwardly they might look like middle-aged men...