EastEnders Christmas Party

WHAT ON EARTH is THIS all about?

Are they in character? Is it supposed to be behind the scenes?

It's naff...

And I am starting to get very sick of Shane Ritche... the brass 'Freddie Star-esq way about him got up the noses of TV execs and viewers alike until just a year ago but now he's the favoured EasterEnders star...

As I'm watching... it's getting worse and worse... some bits are like TOTP, some are like a late night talk show set in a pub...

The whole thing is poor.

Just because it's the nation's favourite soap, we're not that easily passed of with so-called 'Entertainment' just because its from the EastEnders set, Miss Lorraine 'BBC ONE' Hegwhatever...

Who said it was the nations favourite soap??

First I've heard of it!

It might not be your fav but it gets the most viewers most weeks = it can be classed as the nation's fav soap. Duh

Is that news to you, too?

it's not *that* bad... people keep wanting to go back to the days of variety on the telly

Hmm it all very festive I suppose but it just seems like the're over doing something they know they have a hit with...

I agree. Christmas entertainment on BBC One has sunk to a new low. A dodgy supposedly "funny" show with a cast of people who cannot really act ....really!!

Some of it is a bit embarrassing, particularly the bits where they burst into song completely unexpectedly (i.e. most of it) but some of it is quite nice in a self-indulgent Christmas way.

However I heard this was all done to appease all the EE stars who wanted to do panto and weren't allowed to, so they're given this and a big payment to shut them up...

1 Word - Cheese! At least Ab Fab is on after!

Well its not a new idea really, if anyone goes back to 1986 there were Eastenders new year specials.

I can't remember much of it but I remember "Den and Angie" hosting the party in the vic.

its just a modern version of that really.