EastEnders in 2020

2020 was *EastEnders'* thirty-sixth year. Production was halted throughout most of the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Production

Jon Sen and Kate Oates continued as Executive Producer and Senior Executive Producer. In March 2020, *EastEnders* was one of several soaps effected by the pandemic in 2020; *EastEnders* shut down their studios on 18th March 2020 after lockdown was announced by then prime minister Boris Johnson, and announced they would only be screening two episodes a week to keep the soap on television for as long as possible. However, despite the best efforts of the crew at BBC, *EastEnders* ran out of episodes. *EastEnders*' last episode was 16 June 2020, and the episode marked the first time in the shows thirty five year history that the soap went on a hiatus.

*EastEnders* returned on 7 September 2020 after an eleven week absence with episodes now being twenty minutes instead of thirty minutes, actors and crew members also had to socially distance, so they show had to use cleaver techniques and camera trickeries to make character look like they're next to each other doing regular everyday things.

Lockdown and COVID-19 has also been incorporated into the *EastEnders* universe. with many characters having storylines centered around lockdown.

## Weddings

* Stuart Highway and Rainie Branning - 29 September 2020
* Ian Beale and Sharon Watts - 10 December 2020

## Births

* Albie Watts (son of Sharon Mitchell and Keanu Taylor) - 21 February 2020

## Storylines

* Jean Slater's cancer
* Linda Carter alcoholism
* Mick Carter and Linda Carter divorce (not happening anymore)
* Martin Fowler and Stacey Fowler divorce
* Phil Mitchell and Sharon Mitchell divorce
* Sharon Mitchell's baby is born
* Dennis Rickman Jr's death
* Ben Mitchell's deafness
* Callum Highway's kidnapping
* Sharon Mitchell's depression
* Whitney Dean's arrest
* Whitney Dean's kidnapping
* Stacey Fowler's return
* Jean Slater's bipolar
* Chantelle Atkins' abuse and death
* Martin Fowler and Ruby Allen's marriage
* Rainie Highway's phantom pregnancy and infertility
* Stacey Fowler's attack
* Honey Mitchell's sexual assault
* Tiffany Butcher-Baker's surrogacy and backing out
* Lucas Johnson's return
* Chelsea Fox's return
* Linda Carter and Max Branning's affair
* Jay Brown and Honey Mitchell's relationship
* Martin Fowler and Stacey Slater's kiss and possible reunion
* Tina Carter's exit

## Promotional photos

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## Who lives where

**Albert Square**

* The Queen Victoria - Sharon Beale, Ian Beale, Albie Watts
* 1 Albert Square - Gray Atkins, Mia Atkins, Mackenzie Atkins, Shirley Carter
* 3A Albert Square - Empty
* 3B Albert Square - Empty
* 5A Albert Square - Kheerat Panesar, Vinny Panesar, Jags Panesar, Suki Panesar
* 5B Albert Square - Keegan Butcher-Baker*,* Tiffany Butcher-Baker
* 5C Albert Square - Unknown occupants
* 5D Albert Square - Unknown occupants
* 5E Albert Square - Unknown occupants
* 18 Albert Square - Jay Brown, Billy Mitchell, Will Mitchell, Janet Mitchell, Honey Mitchell
* 20 Albert Square - Patrick Trueman, Sheree Trueman, Isaac Baptiste, Denise Fox, Raymond Dawkins
* 23A Albert Square - Empty
* 23B Albert Square - Karen Taylor, Bernadette Taylor, Riley Taylor, Chatham Taylor, Mitch Baker, Bailey Baker
* 25 Albert Square - Sonia Jackson, Whitney Dean, Dotty Cotton
* 27 Albert Square - Jack Branning, Max Branning, Amy Mitchell, Ricky Mitchell, Abi Branning (sometimes)
* 29A Albert Square - Empty
* 29B Albert Square - Mick Carter*,* Linda Carter*,* Ollie Carter
* 31 Albert Square - Jean Slater, Mo Harris, Kat Slater, Kush Kazemi, Arthur Fowler, Tommy Moon, Bert Moon, Ernie Moon, Stacey Slater, Lily Fowler, Hope Fowler
* 41 Albert Square - Iqra Ahmed, Ash Kaur, Tina Carter
* 43 Albert Square - Ruby Allen, Martin Fowler
* 45 Albert Square - Kathy Beale, Bobby Beale, Peter Beale
* 47 Albert Square - Empty

**Turpin Road**

* 10A Turpin Road - Empty
* 11A Turpin Road - Empty
* 13A Turpin Road - Empty
* 15A Turpin Road - Empty
* 51A Turpin Road - Unknown occupants
* 53A Turpin Road - Stuart Highway, Rainie Highway, Abi Branning (sometimes)
* 57 Turpin Road - Empty

**Victoria Road**

* 55 Victoria Road - Phil Mitchell, Ben Mitchell*,* Callum Highway*,* Lola Pearce*,* Lexi Pearce