The traditional rivalries run deep between Glasgow's industry-blighted East End and the leafy suburban academia of the West End. The typical West Ender viewpoint is that the East End is full of workshy junkies and your average East Enders knows fine that the West End is populated by jumped-up snobs, but a shared sense of humour means that everything is just hunky-dory. 'Aye right', as we say in Glasgow when we mean: 'No way'.These rivalries are ancient, sometimes vicious, and run as deep at the Styx, but nowadays the main weapon is humour. People in the West are reacting to the suggestion that the Commonwealth Games is being shared by the city: 'Shared is it? Aye, the East End is getting it and we're paying for it'. These are the tall tales, the tantrums and the taradiddles told by both sides. Laugh? You'll probably flit to Edinburgh.

This is the real story - including the tenth anniversary and beyond - of Britain's favourite soap, giving the low-down on the who, what, where and when of more than a decade of Eastenders.

EastEnders is the ongoing saga of life in London’s East End. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of this popular series,EastEnderstakes a nostalgic look back over the life of Albert Square, revisiting all the classic moments, the characters we’ve grown to love, the romances and conflicts—all that has made EastEnders a favorite soap on both sides of the Atlantic. The book also takes us behind the scenes to see how the show is created, from the writing of the script to the filming.

Very Special Episodes examines how the quintessential “very special episode” format became a primary way in which the television industry responded to and shaped social change, cultural traumas, and industrial transformations. With essays covering shows ranging from the birth of Desi Arnaz, Jr. on I Love Lucy to contemporary examples such as a delayed episode of Black-ish and the streaming-era phenomenon of the “Very Special Seasons” of UnReal and 13 Reasons Why, this collection seriously and critically uses the “very special episode” to chart the history of American television and its self-identified status as an arbiter of culture.

EastEnders, the hugely popular soap that regularly draws in 17,000,000 viewers and now runs thrice-weekly, is a community drama where people argue, gossip, laugh, fight and feud, have romances, secrets, parties and weddings and babies, but never lose sight of the fact that they are a community and that they'll always stick by one another. The stories are numerous and include tales of murder, runaway lovers, teenage pregnancies, gambling debts and kidnapped children, as well as special Christmas, and other seasonal stories.

Based entirely in the fictional world of Walford, this exciting review takes an up-close and personal look at all the juiciest bits of the most recent season of EastEnders. Packed with exclusive features on such themes as adultery and doomed romances, a special report on the Square's Pyscho Women--among them May, Clare, and Stella--is also included along with a death map of Walford’s dearly departed complete with symbols indicating murder, car crash, or natural causes. Fun quizzes and games--including the "Queen Vic Challenge” plus a riveting personality test to match you up with your ideal EastEnders date--complete this enthralling guide.