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1998 was also the first time EastEnders went to 1 hour (2 episodes) on Christmas Day!
Todays first episode was Christmas Day 1997, in the days when they rarely added extra episodes at Christmas, they simply moved the Wednesday episode to Thursday (Christmas Day) and kept it at half an hour.
I think this was the last time they aired just half an hour on Christmas Day - sure it was always 1 hour from 1998 onwards.
I think this was the last time they aired just half an hour on Christmas Day - sure it was always 1 hour from 1998 onwards.
1998 was also the first time EastEnders went to 1 hour (2 episodes) on Christmas Day!