Eastenders HW

Eastenders is becoming stronger and increasingly more aware of the new generation of multi-cultural Britain, which is very much presented through narrative plots and storylines that they feature in their episodes.

The recent 'live' episode of Eastenders, caught the eye of over 15.6 million viewers in Britain alone, proving that soap's are still on the high, raking in viewers constantly and when a live episode of a soap is broadcasted for the first time in Britain, you can be sure it will pull more and more viewers in.

Eastenders is becoming increasinly more attractive to the wide population of viewers on the internet. Not only does it appeal to the different cultures and religions represented in the UK, portraying a wide range of diversity, even in London, there are now new mediums on which it is broadcasted.

Traditionally, Eastenders has always been shows on the television, on Channel BBC1. However, more recently, the public have seen television institutions such as BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4, show their programs online. Websites such as BBC Iplayer and 4od, commit for broadcasting of all the repeats of the recent television showings on those certain channels. The internet is now becoming more accessible for everyone, and BBCIplayer and 4od would especially interest people such as students at University, who may not necessarily have access to a television.

As Britain in itself is becoming more multicultural everyday, Eastenders will have to appeal to thousands of viewers, by using different themes, ideas and key concepts of everyday life, ranging from a Gay relationship in a Muslim family, teenage pregnancy and crime. The producers and script writers of Eastenders, would find their ratings dropping if they did not appeal to everyone's tastes. However, it could be argued that Eastenders mainly accounts for the Working Class population and the Lower/Upper Middle Class.