Stephan Paczai

Stephan Paczai was the second designer to work on EastEnders and was responsible for the production design of 20 episodes between May and August 1985.

One of his earliest credits in the design department was in the comedy series Comedy Playhouse in 1967. Afterwards, he designed all 11 episodes of Now for Nixon before earning a credit on Z Cars in 1971. Before EastEnders, he designed a few episodes of Grange Hill and Sorry!.

One of Stephan's most prolific contributions to a television show is to Last of the Summer Wine in which he has been responsible for the design in over 100 episodes between 1986 and 2008. Other credits include First of the Summer Wine, You Must Be the Husband and Colditz.