In between numerous people getting clobbered to death with blunt objects, lovely, sweet Bradley Branning fatally toppling from the roof of the Queen Vic, and the multiple devastating fires that have raged through every single building in Walford over the years, it’s not exactly a prime example of a laugh-a-minute television highlight. Taking place in a fictional area of London’s East End, set within a cursed square where evil befalls every single character, week after gruelling week, it’s easy to see why. Think of the beloved British staple that is EastEnders and it’s likely that the first expression to spring to mind will be ‘doom and gloom’.
