UKTV

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UKTV is broadcaster that owns a variety of channels, throughout the broadcaster history it has broadcast EastEnders on a numerous channels as shown below.

Gold

EastEnders reruns began on UKTV Gold when the channel launched in 1992. The series ran from the first episode and followed its original broadcast order until August 1996 when the channel looped back to the first episode. In October 2008, UKTV Gold ceased showing EastEnders. The last episode shown was from January 2006. Watch launched in October 2008 and resumed EastEnders reruns from 5 January 2009 to 22 October 2009, finishing with episodes originally broadcast in December 2006.

Watch (later known as: W)

• Watch launched in October 2008 and resumed EastEnders reruns from 5 January 2009 to 22 October 2009, finishing with episodes originally broadcast in December 2006.

• Episode 5228 (12 February 2016) was the first repeat to be shown on the Watch's rebranded channel "W" at 10pm the same day after BBC Three because an online only channel. The channel also broadcast a weekend omnibus both the normal and weekend omnibus repates ceased in April 2018.

Drama (2018-Present)

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Since 6 August 2018, Drama has been broadcasting EastEnder beginning with Episode 1. However not all episodes could be repeated or shown how they were originally.

Episode 97 (21 January 1986) was to be broadcast on Drama 12 October 2018 but was unavailable and Drama skipped to the next episode. It's believed that the wrong 1" tape for Episode 56 was copied to D3 and Digi and the 1" tape was subsequently junked. A low quality VHS recording survives of both the original broadcast and UK Gold repeat.

Episode 178 (30 October 1986) seems to have been the Omnibus credits. It's unknown if the original tape is missing and this episode has been cut from the omnibus.

Episode 497 (9 November 1989) was to be broadcast on Drama 12 October 2018 but was unavailable and Drama skipped to the next episode. It's believed that the 1 inch Tape was damaged and a digibeta tape was not made during format migration of other episodes. However a 1 inch Tape and VHS copy survive at the BFI, it is not known if this is the original tape.

The below episodes could not be broadcast as unfortunately the rights could obtained by Drama.

• Episode 530 (6 March 1990) (planed to transmit - 15 August 2019)
• Episode 554 (29 May 1990) (planed to transmit - 2 September 2019)
• Episode 555 (31 May 1990) (planed to transmit - 3 September 2019)
• Episode 573 (2 August 1990) (planed to transmit - 13 September 2019)
• Episode 594 (16 October 1990) (planed to transmit - 27 September 2019)
• Episode 595 (18 October 1990) (planed to transmit - 27 September 2019)