Although something rather unpleasant does happen to Sugar the dog, now I think about it. There's plenty of warmth and hope in the months ahead in EastEnders, and not too many tragedies. To Elizabeth - I do hope you don't abandon us. Zara, gorde21, emma, Angie Linford, Mark, Ash, mac, julie and others - thank you! I'm delighted you enjoyed the episode. Another big risk! But I think this one will pay off too. But they've gone along with it, trusting our assurances that it would all make sense in the end. It's made it very tricky, as we've asked them to follow and work on our storylines without every being truly able to explain to them what's going on. None of the writers, directors or actors working on the episodes that have been filmed up to now (about two months' worth) have known the truth. So I can assure viewers that the story doesn't become conveniently forgotten about, but rather stays active. We won't be filming new scenes on Monday (although we are doing some sound editing), but we will be dropping some quickly shot material in before too long. With Stacey and Max, it's all helped by the fact that Stacey mysteriously disappears quite soon too. It's this kind of split intention (where we've given an actor an intention to play which could mean one thing or another) which we have used heavily during this period with a number of characters. Upset at their loss and at encouraging Bradley to run, or upset at their loss and the fact that Stacey's actions may have led to it - these two sets of feelings and emotions more or less look the same. Here's where it gets tricky! With the greatest respect to those two brilliant actors, their sadness and guilt plays both ways. Monday's episode (22 February) picks up with Stacey and Max both distraught at the loss of Bradley, and to some extent blaming themselves for what's happened.īut the audience now know something more than the actors did when playing those scenes - that Stacey is the killer and Max knows it. Well done! Here's my more detailed explanation, although I have a feeling that Peter probably puts it better:īy the end of Friday only two characters are in on the secret - Stacey and her confidante Max - and it seems that Bradley is assumed to be the true killer of Archie. So how did we film all the episodes after the 'reveal' without them knowing? Peter - you've pretty much worked it out. We've always managed this story on a need-to-know basis. I never told Charlie (Bradley) - he, along with the rest of the cast, learnt it as the episode progressed. If you're reading via RSS, you'll need to visit the blog to access this content. In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. I also told Jake Wood (Max), not that he was the killer, but that he would be supporting Lacey in the final scene in which she would be revealed as the killer. We'd talked before about how it could be her, and she knew what she needed to do. She was shocked, and momentarily disorientated, but went with it immediately. The moment I told Lacey Turner (Stacey) that she was the killer, with less than an hour to go before the performance, was very exciting. I've been reading the comments on my blog and I can reassure Bridget, sweet alternative, Jon and others, that the cast and crew really didn't know until the night. The biggest burden for me has been keeping the secret. Going live was a massive risk, but seeing it pay off so successfully, getting us our highest ratings in seven years, has made all the stresses worthwhile. I said in my earlier blog that all the best EastEnders moments of the last 25 years involved some kind of creative risk. I'm very proud of everyone involved.įorty eight hours after EastEnders Live, I'm trying to put things in perspective. It was everything I could possibly have hoped for - a truly memorable event to mark 25 great years of EastEnders. Well, I'll settle for that! A near faultless performance from cast and crew alike, and a brilliant actress delivering the killer cliffhanger to 16.6m stunned viewers.
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