To celebrate the soap's 40th anniversary, the BBC will air a special hour-long episode on Wednesday, February, 20, which will then be following by a full live episode on Thursday February 21.

To celebrate the milestone, Radio Times has released seven different covers featuring the iconic women who star in the BBC soap.

With the anniversary on the horizon, the soap has now released a 30-second teaser for the week's scenes, a major component of ...

It shares its names with quite possibly the most famous boozer on TV and now, The Queen Victoria in Gosforth is inviting its regulars to get a bit of stardom as part of EastEnders' 40th birthday ...

It shares its names with quite possibly the most famous boozer on TV and now, The Queen Victoria in Gosforth is inviting its regulars to get a bit of stardom as part of EastEnders' 40th birthday ...

That's good news, everybody!" The joke got a few laughs in the audience, but Slater and Grande appeared less than amused when the camera panned to them in the crowd. Michelle Yeoh/Instagram On the ...

Straight back, head high, like a queen." Phelps, who has written over 90 episodes of EastEnders during her career, has now opened up to Stacey Slater star Lacey Turner about writing that important ...

More details have been released concerning EastEnders’ 40th anniversary ... BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron) Will Stacey Slater finally tell Martin how she feels? (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes ...

BBC soap EastEnders will be celebrating its 40th anniversary ... Grantchester star Kacey Ainsworth played Maureen 'Little Mo' Slater between 2000 and 2006, and when asked if she feels proud ...

Goodness knows Ariana Grande is Ethan Slater’s biggest fan ... to be in such brilliant company,” she continued, “and sharing this with tiny ari who sat and studied Judy Garland singing ...