Summary
As the Walford residents enjoy Ricky and Bianca's wedding reception, the identity of Archie's killer is revealed. Ian’s troubled reminiscences helps Dot make a difficult decision. Roxy accuses Ronnie of killing their father. Peggy confronts Janine. Meanwhile, Jack and Max encourage Bradley to escape Walford.
Credits
Main cast
- Abi Branning - Lorna Fitzgerald
- Adam Best - David Proud
- Amira Masood - Preeya Kalidas
- Ben Mitchell - Charlie Jones
- Bianca Butcher - Patsy Palmer
- Billie Jackson - Devon Anderson
- Billy Mitchell - Perry Fenwick
- Bradley Branning - Charlie Clements
- Carol Jackson - Lindsey Coulson
- Charlie Slater - Derek Martin
- Chelsea Fox - Tiana Benjamin
- Christian Clarke - John Partridge
- Darren Miller - Charlie G. Hawkins
- Denise Johnson - Diane Parish
- Dot Branning - June Brown
- Arthur 'Fatboy' Chubb - Ricky Norwood
- Heather Trott - Cheryl Fergison
- Ian Beale - Adam Woodyatt
- Jack Branning - Scott Maslen
- Jane Beale - Laurie Brett
- Janine Butcher - Charlie Brooks
- Jay Brown - Jamie Borthwick
- Jean Slater - Gillian Wright
- Jordan Johnson - Michael Joel David Stuart
- Lauren Branning - Madeline Duggan
- Leon Small - Sam Attwater
- Liam Butcher - James Forde
- Lucas Johnson - Don Gilet
- Lucy Beale - Melissa Suffield
- Masood Ahmed - Nitin Ganatra
- Max Branning - Jake Wood
- Minty Peterson - Cliff Parisi
- Pat Evans - Pam St. Clement
- Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
- Peter Beale - Thomas Law
- Phil Mitchell - Steve McFadden
- Ricky Butcher - Sid Owen
- Ronnie Mitchell - Samantha Womack
- Roxy Mitchell - Rita Simons
- Ryan Malloy - Neil McDermott
- Shirley Carter - Linda Henry
- Stacey Branning - Lacey Turner
- Syed Masood - Marc Elliott
- Tamwar Masood - Himesh Patel
- Tiffany Butcher - Maisie Smith
- Whitney Dean - Shona McGarty
- Zainab Masood - Nina Wadia
- Zsa Zsa Carter - Emer Kenny
Recurring cast
- Tracey - Jane Slaughter (uncredited)
- Winston - Ulric Browne (uncredited)
- Jim - Glen Cooper (uncredited)
- Maggs - Margaret Heald (uncredited)
- Helen - unknown actress (uncredited)
Guest cast
Notes
- Death of Bradley Branning.
- Stacey Slater is revealed as Archie Mitchell's killer.
- The credits were shown in alphabetical order.
- To celebrate the programme's twenty-fifth anniversary, this was EastEnders' first ever live episode. It was broadcast at 8pm on BBC One with a repeat version shown on BBC Three at 10.30pm.
- The EastEnders cast and crew had two weeks to rehearse the episode prior to its live transmission. Eight different possible endings were rehearsed, with Diederick Santer reiterating that the actor playing the killer would only be told so on the night of broadcast.
- In case of any serious problems during transmission, a rehearsal for the episode was filmed, including each version of the reveal scene. This was released on Amazon as the live episode.
- Several errors were made during the transmission. Peggy (Barbara Windsor) incorrectly called Janine "June" and Jack (Scott Maslen) stumbled over several of his lines. During the final scene, a camera was visibly jostled, sound became muffled and some zoom shots misfired. Following Bradley's fall, Max (Jake Wood) was observed inserting his fingers into his throat to help him retch. During a scene in which Roxy and Ronnie argued in the Minute Mart, Samantha Womack took a bottle of paint stripper from the shelves, but forgot to stop at the counter to pay for it before exiting.
- The programme's title sequence didn't feature the usual logo instead it had a grey logo with "25" at the right hand-side and blue ribbon stringing along the River Thames.
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