Non-fiction books

• EastEnders: The Inside Story

SMITH, Julia

Julia Smith

Julia Smith was an English television director and producer.- Early career :London-born Smith became involved in television production when she directed the series Suspense in 1962...

 and HOLLAND, Tony

Tony Holland

Anthony John "Tony" Holland was an English television screenwriter best known as a writer and co-creator of the BBC soap opera EastEnders.-Early career:...

(1987, BBC Books, ISBN 0-563-20601-2)

The story of how EastEnders made it to the small screen, by the soap's creators.

• Public Secrets: EastEnders and its Audience

BUCKINGHAM, David (1987, BFI

British Film Institute

The British Film Institute is a charitable organisation established by Royal Charter to:-Cinemas:The BFI runs the BFI Southbank and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London...

, ISBN 0-85170-210-4)

It analyses the organisational pressures faced by the producers when creating the programme. It also examines the processes of how the audience was marked out. The author points out that ratings success can cause high profile controversies. He also notes that EastEnders was brought to the screen without any solid empirical research and was based on ‘professional intuition’.

• EastEnders Special

LYNCH, Tony and BAIN, Morag (1988, Grandreams, ISBN 0-86227-626-8)

• The Colour Black: Black Images in British Television

DANIELS, Therese and GERSON, Jane (eds.) (1989)

An examination of the representation of black people on television.

The section on EastEnders begins with the early impressions of Christine Geraghty (from an article in Marxism Today

Marxism Today

Marxism Today was the theoretical journal of the Communist Party of Great Britain and was disestablished in 1991. It was particularly important during the 1980s under the editorship of Martin Jacques...

, August 1985). She gives qualified approval to the soap but notes that although there were several black characters in EastEnders, the norm was represented by the white working class Fowler and Beale families

The Beale/Fowler family

The Beale/Fowler family is a fictional family in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.For many years before the show began, the Beale family consisted of head of the family, Albert, his wife, Lou Beale, and their three children, Kenny and twins Pauline and Pete...

.

• The EastEnders Handbook

KINGSLEY, Hilary (1991, BBC Books, ISBN 0-563-36292-8)

• The EastEnders Programme Guide

MONROE, Josephine (1994, Virgin

Virgin Group

Virgin Group Limited is a British branded venture capital conglomerate organisation founded by business tycoon Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle. Virgin Group's date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House, who class it as a holding...

 Publishing, ISBN 0-86369-825-5)

Concentrates mainly on characters and events in the soap. The section on ’Life in Albert Square

Albert Square

Albert Square is the fictional location of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. The square's design was based on the real life Fassett Square in Hackney, and was given the name Albert Square after the real...

’ discusses some of the issues raised by some episodes.

• EastEnders: The First 10 Years: A Celebration

BRAKE, Colin (1994, BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Books, ISBN 0-563-37057-2 (hardback); 1995, Penguin

Penguin Books

Penguin Books is a publisher founded in 1935 by Sir Allen Lane and V.K. Krishna Menon. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its high quality, inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for sixpence. Penguin's success demonstrated that large...

, ISBN 0-14-025339-4 (updated paperback))

Official guide to the soap’s first decade.

• EastEnders: Real Soap

SINOTOK, Karen (1999, Generation Publications, ISBN 1-903009-04-9)

• Who’s Who in EastEnders

LOCK, Kate (2000, BBC Books, ISBN 0-563-55178-X)

A guide to characters of the show, past and present.

• EastEnders: 20 years in Albert Square

SMITH, Rupert (2005, BBC Books, ISBN 0-563-52165-1)

Official guide to celebrate the soap’s second decade.

• EastEnders Annual 2009

RANDALL, Tim (2008, BBC Books, ISBN 978-1-846-07555-1)

An annual

Annual publication

An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....

 covering the show's stories in a humorous format.

• Albert Square & Me: The Actors of EastEnders

JAFFEE, Larry (editor) (2009, ISBN 978-1-4401-5987-9) http://www.wgazette.com

Fifty-two exclusive interviews with past and present cast members of EastEnders, including Barbara Windsor, Steve McFadden, June Brown, John Altman, Sid Owen, Patsy Palmer, Pam St. Clement, Perry Fenwick, Natalie Cassidy, James Alexandrou, Derek Martin, Laila Morse, Danniella Westbrook, John Bardon, Wendy Richard, Susan Tully, Todd Carty, Leslie Grantham, Anita Dobson, Gillian Taylforth, Michelle Collins, Martin Kemp, Gretchen Franklin, Nick Berry, Lucy Speed, Martine McCutcheon and Michael Greco.

Cast biographies and autobiographies

• My East End

DOBSON, Anita

Anita Dobson

Anita Dobson is an English television actress and singer. She gained her highest profile while playing Angie Watts in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders...

(1987)

• The Leslie Grantham Story: the Secret Life of "Dirty Den"

RITCHIE, Jean (1989)

• Kathy And Me

TAYLFORTH, Gillian

Gillian Taylforth

Gillian Taylforth is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Kathy Mitchell on the BBC soap opera, EastEnders and as Jackie Pascoe-Webb on ITV's Footballers Wives , but more recently as Sgt. Nikki Wright in ITV's The Bill...

(1995)

• Wendy Richard: My Life Story

RICHARD, Wendy

Wendy Richard

Wendy Richard, MBE was an English actress best known for playing Miss Brahms in Are You Being Served? and Pauline Fowler in EastEnders...

(2000)

• All of Me: My Extraordinary Life

WINDSOR, Barbara

Barbara Windsor

Barbara Ann Windsor, MBE , better known by her stage name Barbara Windsor, is an English actress. Her best known roles are in the Carry On films and as Peggy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders....

(2000)

• Mike Reid - T'rific - The Autobiography

REID, Mike

Mike Reid (entertainer)

Michael Reid was an English comedian, actor, author and occasional television presenter from Hackney in east London, who is best remembered for playing the role of Frank Butcher in EastEnders and hosting the popular children's TV show Runaround...

(2000)

• Who Does She Think She Is?: My Autobiography

McCUTCHEON, Martine

Martine McCutcheon

Martine McCutcheon is an English singer, television personality and Laurence Olivier Award-winning actress. McCutcheon had minor success as one third of the pop group Milan in the early 1990s; however, it was her role as Tiffany Mitchell in BBC's EastEnders that made her a household name in the UK...

, with WRIGHT, Matthew (2001)

• All of Me: Life, Love and Addiction (ISBN 9780340924112)

PALMER, Patsy

Patsy Palmer

Patsy Palmer is an English actress. Palmer made an early television appearance on the children's drama show Grange Hill, but is best known for playing Bianca Jackson in the popular British television soap opera EastEnders. Originally in the cast from 1993–1999, Palmer returned to EastEnders in...

(2007)

Novels

• The EastEnders

MILLER, Hugh (1985, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 0-586-06809-0)

• EastEnders - Book One: Home Fires Burning
  EastEnders - Book One: Home Fires Burning
  EastEnders – Book One: Home Fires Burning is the first novel in the series of books by Hugh Miller, which tell the background story of many original characters from the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
  
  

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-045-8)

Volume one of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. A fictional account of World War II in the life of EastEnders character Lou Beale

Lou Beale

Louise Ada "Lou" Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anna Wing. The character is played by Karen Meagher in the 1988 EastEnders special, Civvy Street, set during the Second World War....

. Set in Albert Square

Albert Square

Albert Square is the fictional location of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. The square's design was based on the real life Fassett Square in Hackney, and was given the name Albert Square after the real...

 it is a story of good times and bad.

• EastEnders - Book Two: Swings and Roundabouts

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-050-4)

Volume two of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. This book continues the human story of the families who live around Albert Square. It is a story not only of mistakes and setbacks, but also of people learning the hard lessons of life and - sometimes - coming out on top. The book focuses mainly on the Beale family, in particular Lou

Lou Beale

Louise Ada "Lou" Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anna Wing. The character is played by Karen Meagher in the 1988 EastEnders special, Civvy Street, set during the Second World War....

, Pete

Pete Beale

Peter "Pete" Beale is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Peter Dean. He made his first appearance in the programme's first episode, on 19 February 1985. The character was created by Tony Holland, one of the creators of EasEnders; he was based on a member of...

 and Pauline

Pauline Fowler

Pauline Fowler is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a long-running serial drama about working class life in the fictional London borough of Walford. She was played by actress Wendy Richard between 1985 and 2006. Pauline was created by scriptwriter Tony Holland and producer...

, as well as a sub-plot involving Dr. Harold Legg

Dr. Harold Legg

Doctor Harold Legg is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders, played by Leonard Fenton. Dr. Legg was Walford's original GP. He was widely trusted within the community, and was always on hand to dish out advice. Dr Legg appeared as a regular character between 1985 and 1989, but...

 and his father Gregory. The book takes place between Albert Beale's death in 1957, and the birth of Mark Fowler

Mark Fowler

Mark Albert Fowler is a fictional character from the popular British BBC soap opera EastEnders. Mark was an original regular character in the series starting February 1985 but became a semi-regular after his original portrayer David Scarboro was written out of the role in April 1985. Scarboro made...

 in 1968.

• EastEnders - Book Three: Good Intentions

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-049-0)

Volume three of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. The story of Debbie Wilkins

Debbie Wilkins

Deborah "Debbie" Wilkins is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Shirley Cheriton.Debbie was Walford's first upwardly mobile character...

 and Andy O'Brien coming together and proving yet again the truth of the old adage that the course of true love never does run smooth.

• EastEnders - Book Four: The Flower of Albert Square

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-052-0)

Volume four of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. This one tells the moving story of Ethel Skinner

Ethel Skinner

Ethel May Skinner is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders, played by the late Gretchen Franklin. Ethel Skinner also features in a 1988 EastEnders special, entitled Civvy Street, set on Albert Square during the Second World War, where the character is played by Alison...

 - always managing to come up smiling against the knocks dealt to her by life.

• EastEnders - Book Five: Blind Spots

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-059-8)

Volume five of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. Married life was one long round of rows and recriminations for Den

Den Watts

Dennis Alan "Den" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by actor Leslie Grantham. He became well known for his tabloid nickname, "Dirty Den"....

 and Angie Watts

Angie Watts

Angela "Angie" Watts is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Anita Dobson from the first episode of the show until 1988 when the actress decided to quit and the character was written out....

. But when Angie walked out, they both realised that they needed each other more than they knew. Somehow they would have to compromise.

• EastEnders - Book Six: Hopes and Horizons

MILLER, Hugh (1986, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-061-X)

Volume six of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters. In a gloomy year in the Square Lofty Holloway

Lofty Holloway

George "Lofty" Holloway is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tom Watt. Lofty is one of the serial's original characters, making his first appearance in the third episode, 26 February 1985....

 seems to be the only one with any hope. He hoped that Persuasive Light - a technique he found in a second hand paperback - would somehow turn him into dynamic success!

• EastEnders - Book Seven: The Baffled Heart

MILLER, Hugh (1987, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-068-7)

Volume seven of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Dot Cotton.

• EastEnders - Book Eight: Growing Wild

MILLER, Hugh (1987, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-069-5)

Volume eight of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Mary Smith.

• EastEnders - Book Nine: A Place in Life

MILLER, Hugh (1987, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-076-8)

Volume nine of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Lofty Holloway

Lofty Holloway

George "Lofty" Holloway is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tom Watt. Lofty is one of the serial's original characters, making his first appearance in the third episode, 26 February 1985....

.

• EastEnders - Book Ten: A Single Man

MILLER, Hugh (1987, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-077-6)

Volume ten of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Colin Russell.

• EastEnders - Book Eleven: Taking Chances
  EastEnders - Book Eleven: Taking Chances
  EastEnders – Book Eleven: Taking Chances is the eleventh novel in the series of books by Hugh Miller, which tells the background story of many characters from the BBC soap opera EastEnders....
  
  

MILLER, Hugh (1987, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 0-586-07228-4)

Volume eleven of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on James Wilmott-Brown

• EastEnders - Book Twelve: Elbow Room

MILLER, Hugh (1988, INNER CIRCLE BOOKS, ISBN 1-85018-081-4)

Volume twelve of the series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Simon Wicks

Simon Wicks

Simon "Wicksy" Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nick Berry between 1985 and 1990. Wicksy was introduced to take on some of the more adult storylines that had been scripted for another character, Mark Fowler; Mark's actor David Scarboro had left...

.

• Teen EastEnders - Solid Ground

MILLER, Hugh (1986, ANDRE DEUTSCH LTD., ISBN 0-233-98123-3)

Volume one of the Teen EastEnders series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Sharon Watts.

• Teen EastEnders - Growing Pains

MILLER, Hugh (1986, ANDRE DEUTSCH LTD., ISBN 0-233-98124-1)

Volume two of the Teen EastEnders series of stories of various EastEnders characters,focusing on Cassie Carpenter.

• Teen EastEnders - Heroes

MILLER, Hugh (1988, LIONS, ISBN 0-00-693235-5)

Volume three of the Teen EastEnders series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Simon Wicks

Simon Wicks

Simon "Wicksy" Wicks is a fictional character from the British BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Nick Berry between 1985 and 1990. Wicksy was introduced to take on some of the more adult storylines that had been scripted for another character, Mark Fowler; Mark's actor David Scarboro had left...

.

• Teen EastEnders - An Eye for Business

MILLER, Hugh (1988, LIONS, ISBN 0-00-693236-3)

Volume four of the Teen EastEnders series of stories of various EastEnders characters, focusing on Barry Clark.

• EastEnders - Blood Ties: The Life and Loves of Grant Mitchell

LOCK, Kate (1998, BBC BOOKS, ISBN 0-563-38483-2)

Kate Lock's first EastEnders novelisation

Novelization

A novelization is a novel that is written based on some other media story form rather than as an original work.Novelizations of films usually add background material not found in the original work to flesh out the story, because novels are generally longer than screenplays...

, exploring Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell (EastEnders)

Grant Anthony Mitchell is a fictional character from the British soap opera EastEnders, played by Ross Kemp. Grant first appeared in 1990, introduced by producer Michael Ferguson to revamp the show. Kemp remained until 1999 when he opted to leave...

's past, from his Falklands war

Falklands War

The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...

 experiences, to his marriage to Sharon Watts, right up to his rocky marriage to Tiffany Raymond in 1998.

• EastEnders - Tiffany's Secret Diary

LOCK, Kate (1998, BBC BOOKS, ISBN 0-563-55104-6)

The secret diary of Tiffany Mitchell

Tiffany Mitchell

Tiffany Dawn Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Martine McCutcheon from 1995 until 1998. The character was created by the writer, Tony Jordan...

, which begins when she discovers that she is pregnant, and covers all events of her life leading up to the dramatic events of Christmas 1998.

• EastEnders - Bianca's Secret Diary

LOCK, Kate (1999, BBC BOOKS, ISBN 0-563-55162-3)

The secret diary of Bianca Butcher, giving an insight into her eventful life, including the love triangle involving her, her mother Carol

Carol Jackson

Carol Ann Jackson is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Lindsey Coulson. The character was introduced in 1993 as part of a new problem family. Coulson decided to quit the role in 1997, but she returned temporarily in 1999 as part of a storyline that marked Carol's...

 and Dan Sullivan.

• EastEnders - Steve Owen: Still Waters

LOCK, Kate (2001, BBC BOOKS, ISBN 0-563-53722-1)

A novelisation, exploring Steve Owen. It gives an insight into his past, his loves, and his businesses, and also tell the reader exactly what happened during his honeymoon with Mel

Melanie Owen

Melanie Jane "Mel" Owen is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Tamzin Outhwaite. She appeared from October 1998 to April 2002 when Outhwaite opted to leave the role...

.

Maps

• Albert Square

MILLER, Hugh and HARRIS, Keith (1987, David & Charles

David & Charles

David & Charles is a publisher. The company was founded - and is still based - in the market town of Newton Abbot, in Devon, UK, on 1 April 1960 by David St John Thomas and Charles Hadfield. It first made its name publishing titles on Britain's canals and railways...

, ISBN 0-7153-9135-6)

A map of Albert Square

Albert Square

Albert Square is the fictional location of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It is ostensibly located in the equally fictional London borough of Walford in London's East End. The square's design was based on the real life Fassett Square in Hackney, and was given the name Albert Square after the real...

, illustrated by Keith Harris