EastEnders Revealed

EastEnders Revealed is a factual entertainment programme that looks back at the storylines, characters and stars of EastEnders. It originally ran from December 1998, as part of the new BBC digital channel (BBC Choice) line-up, to March 2012. It returned in 2025. EastEnders Revealed was the only BBC Choice programme to last the entire life of the channel, and was carried over to its replacement BBC Three where it continued until 2012. It has been presented by Gail Porter, Harriet Saxton, Jayne Middlemiss, Edith Bowman, Colin Murray, Melanie Sykes and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

The episodes are 30 or 60 minutes in length and, on occasions, have been broadcast on the BBC's flagship channel, BBC One. This is usually after a major storyline has been taking place in EastEnders, for example when Leslie Grantham (Den Watts) returned to the show in 2003, when Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) left and when Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell) left.

List of Episodes[]

1990s[]

1998[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Pilot	N/A	20 December 1998	Juliet Dwek	Link

1999[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Series 1 Episode 1	Behind the scenes	4 February 1999	Nicola Pointer	Link
Series 1 Episode 2	Behind the scenes	11 February 1999	Lucy Payne	Link
Series 1 Episode 3	Behind the scenes	18 February 1999	Edwina Silver	Link
Series 1 Episode 4	Behind the scenes	25 February 1999	Nicola Pointer	Link
Series 1 Episode 5	Behind the scenes	4 March 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 6	Behind the scenes	11 March 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 7	Behind the scenes	18 March 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 8	Behind the scenes	25 March 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 9	Behind the scenes	1 April 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 10	Behind the scenes	8 April 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 11	Behind the scenes	15 April 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 12	Behind the scenes	22 April 1999		Link
Series 1 Episode 13	Behind the scenes	29 April 1999		Link
Best Of Series 1 Programme 1	Behind the scenes	20 May 1999		Link
Best Of Series 1 Programme 2	Behind the scenes	27 May 1999		Link
Best Of Series 1 Programme 3	Behind the scenes	3 June 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 1	Behind the scenes	10 June 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 2	Behind the scenes	17 June 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 3	Behind the scenes	24 June 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 4	Behind the scenes	1 July 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 5	Behind the scenes	8 July 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 6	Behind the scenes	15 July 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 7	Behind the scenes	22 July 1999		Link
Series 2 Episode 8	Behind the scenes	29 July 1999		Link
Best Of Series 2 Programme 1	Behind the scenes	26 August 1999		Link
Best Of Series 2 Programme 2	Behind the scenes	2 September 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 1	Behind the scenes	7 October 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 2	Love life of Beppe and Sam	14 October 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 3	Behind the scenes	21 October 1999		Link
Grant Mitchell Revealed	Grant Mitchell	25 October 1999	Lucy Payne	Link
Series 3 Episode 4	Behind the scenes	28 October 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 5	Behind the scenes	4 November 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 6	Behind the scenes	11 November 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 7	Behind the scenes	18 November 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 8	Behind the scenes	25 November 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 9	How EastEnders are taking part in Children in Need	2 December 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 10	Behind the scenes	9 December 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 11	Behind the scenes footage and interviews with the stars in a special location report from Amsterdam	16 December 1999		Link
Series 3 Episode 12	Behind the scenes	23 December 1999		Link
Best Of Series 3	Behind the scenes	26 December 1999		Link
Weddings Special		30 December 1999		Link

2000s[]

2000[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Gay Special - Part 1?		2 January 2000		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Gay Special - Part 2?		2 January 2000		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Best Of Series 3?		26 January 2000		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Best Of Series 3 - Part 1 (Condensed version)		27 January 2000		Link
Best Of Series 3 - Part 2 (Condensed version)		29 January 2000?		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Series 4 Episode 1 Matthew Rose Special	Matthew Rose	10 February 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 2	15th Anniversary Special	17 February 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 3		24 February 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 4		2 March 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 5		9 March 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 6		16 March 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 7		23 March 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 8		30 March 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 9		6 April 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 10		13 April 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 11 (Repeated as Ricky Butcher Revealed)	Ricky Butcher	20 April 2000	Jane Gerber	Link
Series 4 Episode 12		27 April 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 13		4 May 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 14		11 May 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 15		18 May 2000		Link
Series 4 Episode 16		26 May 2000?		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Series 4 Episode 17		2 June 2000?		[0000000000000000000 Link]
Series 5 Episode 1		7 September 2000		Link
Series 5 Episode 2		14 September 2000		Link
Series 5 Episode 3		21 September 2000		Link
Series 5 Episode 4		28 September 2000		Link
Series 5 Episode 5		5 October 2000		Link
Series 5 Episode 6		12 October 2000		Link
Frank Butcher Revealed	Frank Butcher	2 November 2000	Lucy Payne	Link

2000[]

In a strange move another series also called EastEnders revealed with a different presenter Gaby Roslin but was separate from Series 5.

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Episode 1	Janine Butcher	18 September 2000		Link
Episode 2		19 September 2000	Janine Butcher	Link
Episode 3		21 September 2000	Clips of some of most dramatic storylines	Link
Episode 4		25 September 2000		Link
Episode 5		26 September 2000		Link
Episode 6		28 September 2000		Link

2001[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Sharon Watts Revealed	Sharon Watts	19 July 2001		Link
Dot to Dot	Dot Cotton	24 August 2001	Lowri Glain	Link
The Queen Vic	The Queen Vic	2 September 2001		Link
Slaters Revealed	Slater family	8 October 2001	Lowri Glain	Link
Truemans Revealed	Trueman family	12 November 2001	Chris Mitchell	Link
Mel Revealed	Melanie Owen	3 December 2001	Lucy Payne	Link

2002[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
The Jacksons Revealed	Jackson family	14 January 2002	Chris Mitchell	Link
Being Peggy Mitchell	Peggy Mitchell	11 February 2002	Simon Greenwood	Link
Trouble Man: A Steve Owen Special	Steve Owen	1 March 2002	Simon Greenwood	Link
The Fowlers	Fowler family	1 April 2002	Lowri Glain Simon Greenwood	Link
Mel Leaving Special	Melanie Owen	12 April 2002		Link
Angie And Me	Angie Watts	22 April 2002	Chris Mitchell	Link
Janine Butcher	Janine Butcher	27 May 2002	Chris Mitchell	Link
Bad Boys	Angel Hudson Paul Trueman Den Watts Steve Owen Nathan Williams Grant Mitchell Phil Mitchell Dan Sullivan Matthew Rose Nick Cotton Trevor Morgan	19 Juy 2002	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Through Kat's Eyes	Kat Slater	9 September 2002	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Jamie Mitchell	Jamie Mitchell	10 October 2002	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
And Sparks Will Fly	Trevor Morgan	4 November 2002	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
A Year in the Life of Sam Mitchell	Sam Mitchell	17 December 2002	Rebecca Sanderson	Link

2003[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Mark Fowler's Story	Mark Fowler	13 February 2003	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Laura Beale Unwrapped	Laura Beale	18 February 2003	Nicola Pointer	Link
Being Barry Evans	Barry Evans	13 March 2003		Link
The Coming of Age of Sonia Jackson	Sonia Jackson	8 May 2003	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Unknown	Ian Beale	8 May 2003		Link
The loves and losses of Robbie and Sonia Jackson	Robbie Jackson Sonia Jackson	5 June 2003		Link
Walford's Brat Pack	Vicki Fowler, Gus Smith, Spencer Moon, Kelly Taylor, Zoe Slater and Martin Fowler	23 June 2003	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
The Dr. Trueman Show	Anthony Trueman	11 July 2003	Emma Piquemal	Link
Dirty Den Returns (Short version)	Den Watts	26 September 2003	Gillian Seaborne	Link
Dirty Den Returns (Long version)	Den Watts	28 September 2003	Gillian Seaborne	Link not be confussed with "The Return of Dirty Den" Link
The Life and Crimes of Martin Fowler	Martin Fowler	14 October 2003	Emma Piquemal	Link
In Bed with Garry Hobbs	Garry Hobbs	18 November 2003	Gillian Seaborne	Link
Xmas Special	Christmas Storylines	24 December 2003	Adam Page	Link
The Full Moon	Alfie Moon	26 December 2003	Rebecca Sanderson	Link

2004[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Lean, Mean, Deadly Janine	Janine Evans	1 January 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
Alfie's Story (Re-edited from The Full Moon for BBC3)	Alfie Moon	2 February 2004	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Blood Feud: The Watts vs. The Mitchells	Watts and Mitchell families	12 February 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
The Real Billy Mitchell	Billy Mitchell	20 February 2004	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
The Rise and Fall of Janine Butcher	Janine Evans	26 February 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
Natalie Evans	Natalie Evans	22 March 2004	Emma Piquemal	Link
Squaring up to the Ferreiras	Ferreira Family	26 March 2004	Sophia Panayiotopoulos	Link
The Growing Pains of Spencer Moon	Spencer Moon	4 May 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
Sonia and Martin - Love Conquers All	Martin Fowler and Sonia Fowler	11 June 2004	Emma Piquemal	Link
Kelly Taylor - Working Girl	Kelly Taylor	1 July 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
The Real Paul Trueman	Paul Trueman	23 July 2004	Emma Piquemal	Link
Sam Mitchell - Happy Ever After?	Sam Mitchell	16 September 2004	Gillian Seaborne	Link
The One and Only Dot Cotton	Dot Branning	30 September 2004	Emma Piquemal	Link
Andy Hunter - Hunter's Prey	Andy Hunter	9 December 2004	Emma Piquemal	Link
Little Mo's Big Story	Little Mo Mitchell	26 December 2004	Rebecca Sanderson	Link

2005[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Ian Beale - The Real Deal?	Ian Beale	3 February 2005	Emma Piquemal	Link
The New Moons	Alfie Moon, Spencer Moon and Nana Moon	17 February 2005	Sara Doyle	Link
The Growing Pains of Zoe Slater	Zoe Slater	17 March 2005	Emma Piquemal	Link
The Curse of the Queen Vic	The Queen Victoria public house	31 March 2005	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
The Make-up of Kat Moon	Kat Moon	27 May 2005	Emma Piquemal	Link
Meet the Millers	Miller family	31 May 2005	Rebecca Sanderson	Link
Growing up in Walford	Walford's youths	14 June 2005		Link
Jim & Dot - When Opposites Attract	Jim Branning and Dot Branning	16 August 2005	Juliet Hobart	Link
Chrissie Watts: Victim or Villain?	Chrissie Watts	22 September 2005	Ryan Elterman Emma Piquemal	Link
The Duchess Returns	Peggy Mitchell	4 October 2005	Rebecca Sanderson	Link

2007[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Goodbye Pauline	Pauline Fowler	1 January 2007	Paul Stead	Link 1 Link 2

2008[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
EastEnders: Whodunnits	Showing infamous whodunnit storylines such as the murder of Reg Cox, following the whodunnit of Max Branning being run over by an unknown assailant.	31 October 2008	Paul Symonds	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders: Comebacks	Celebrating the return of Nick Cotton.	31 December 2008	Richard Mears	Link 1 Link 2

2009[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
The Secret Mitchell	Danielle Jones	3 April 2009	Adam Page	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders: The Return of Sam Mitchell	In conjunction with the return of character Sam Mitchell.	11 September 2009	Adam Page	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders: The Two Faces of Lucas	Looks at the character of Lucas Johnson, as well as other characters who have had a "turning point" in their storyline.	26 November 2009	Richard Mears	Link 1 Link 2
The Sins of Archie Mitchell	Archie Mitchell	26 December 2009	Paul Giddings	Link 1 Link 2

2010[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
EastEnders: Christian and Syed	Following the reveal of Syed Masood's affair with Christian Clarke and the departure of his wife Amira.	26 April 2010	Paul Giddings	Link
EastEnders: The Murders of Lucas Johnson	Looked at the story of Lucas Johnson and other character deaths from EastEnders history.	30 July 2010	Richard Mears	Link
EastEnders: Kat and Alfie's Return	Followed the return of Shane Richie and Jessie Wallace as Alfie and Kat Moon. It looked at their history as well as Kat's family, the Slaters, and also went behind the scenes of the fire at The Queen Victoria.	24 September 2010	Paul Giddings	Link
EastEnders: Farewell Stacey	Documenting the story of Stacey Branning following her departure.	28 December 2010	Ruth Mills	Link

2011[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
Whitney's Story	Whitney Dean	22 March 2011	Nikki Ryan	Link

2012[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
The Murder	Heather Trott and Ben Mitchell	22 March 2012	Diego Rincón	Link

2025[]

Title	Characters featured	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
The Lock-In	Behind the scenes	18 February 2025		Link

Related Documentaries[]

Since 1 December 2006, a new breed of behind-the-scenes programmes have been broadcast on BBC Three, and on BBC Red Button following the closure of BBC Three. These are all documentaries related to current storylines in EastEnders, in a similar format to EastEnders Revealed, though not using the EastEnders Revealed name. The include clips from the series and interviews with the show's cast and crew as well as TV critics such as Sharon Marshall. Documentaries have included:

Title	Short description	Original broadcast date	Director	BBC Index
EastEnders Unveiled: A Weddings Special	Taking a look at the past weddings of Walford.	1 December 2006		Link
EastEnders Sweethearts: The Story of Sonia and Martin	Following the departure of Martin Fowler and Sonia Jackson.	2 February 2007	Juliet Hobart	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders Scandals: The Wicks Family	Coinciding with Kevin Wicks's return to Walford.	9 March 2007	Juliet Hobart	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders Feuds: The Beales vs The Mitchells	Examining the feud between Ian Beale and Phil Mitchell and going behind the scenes of episodes broadcast on 17–21 May 2007.	18 May 2007	Darren New	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders Vixens: The Rise and Fall of Stella	Following the death of Stella Crawford and looking at the various female characters in EastEnders past and present.	20 July 2007	Darren New	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders Affairs: Max and Stacey	Looking at the relationship between characters Stacey Slater, her fiancé Bradley Branning and his father Max Branning.	1 November 2007	Darren New	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders Christmas Fall Outs	Looking back at Christmas episodes and going behind the scenes of 2007's Christmas episodes.	26 December 2007	Mark Dandridge	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders: Ricky and Bianca	Constructed in aid of the return to EastEnders by Ricky Butcher and Bianca Jackson, looking back on the relationship of the two characters.	4 April 2008	Darren New	Link 1 Link 2
EastEnders: The Greatest Cliffhangers	A three-part series on BBC Three, featuring 100 cliffhangers from the first 3918 episodes to find out which character had the most endings. It aired as part of the show's 25th anniversary celebrations. The first part aired on The character turned out to be Phil Mitchell.	26 January, 2 and 16 February 2010	Ruth Mills (Episode 1) Richard Mills (Episode 2) Michelle Graves Richard Mills (Episode 3)	Link
EastEnders Live: The Aftermath	A special show hosted by George Lamb after the show's first live episode on the 25th anniversary.	19 February 2010	Ruth Mills Piers Shorrock	Link
Peggy Mitchell: Queen of the Vic	Looked at ten moments from Peggy Mitchell's time in the show.	10 September 2010	Paul Giddings Paul Symonds	Link
EastEnders: The Greatest Weddings	A two-part documentary counting down the top 50 weddings from EastEnders history. This episode aired following the screen wedding of Ronnie Branning and Jack Branning.	11 and 12 November 2010	Alison Marlow (Episode 1) Sophie Milland (Episode 2)	Link Link 2
EastEnders Greatest Exits	Discussing the ways characters leave the series, ending with the five best. This episode was broadcast following the departure of Ronnie Branning.	7 July 2011	Tom Cohen	Link
EastEnders: The New Moons	Followed the storyline involving Michael Moon and Eddie Moon following Eddie's departure. It also looked at the arrivals of the new members of the Moon family, and the other fathers that have been on the Square.	6 October 2011	Sara Doyle	Link
EastEnders: Farewell Pat	Following Pat Evans departure this programme looks back at Pat's greatest moments and celebrates her 25 years on the Square.	2 January 2012	Rea Menzies	Link
EastEnders: 30 Years of Cliffhangers	An updated three-part series on BBC Three, airing as part of the show's 30th anniversary celebrations.	27 January 2015, 5-12 February 2015	Ruth Mills Adam Wydrzynski (Episode 1 and 2) Michelle Graves Adam Wydrzynski (Episode 3)	Link
EastEnders: Backstage Live	A special show hosted by Zoë Ball, Ore Oduba, and Joe Swash after the full live episode which ended EastEnders Live Week.	20 February 2015	John L Spencer	Link 1 Link 2
Stacey Branning - On the Edge	Followed the development of Stacey's postpartum psychosis storyline. The 13-minute documentary was first broadcast on BBC iPlayer following the episode in which Stacey climbs onto the roof of The Queen Victoria.	11 January 2016		Link
Peggy Mitchell: Last Orders	Broadcast on BBC Red Button following the episode in which Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) dies.	17 May 2016	Matt Taylor	Link
EastEnders: The Real Stories	A six-episode documentary which focuses on the real-life stories of six families who lost children due to knife crime, to coincide with the murder of Shakil Kazemi.	6 July 2018		Link
EastEnders: The Six	A two-part special hosted by Joe Swash to coincide with the Christmas 2023 storyline, The Six.	11 December 2023 and 25 December 2023		Link

EastEnders Revealed

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List of Episodes[]

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