Last Updated: 20th January 2026
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Continue reading →: 2027: The QuestionsNew Year’s Day gave us a flashforward episode so packed with chaos, clues and cryptic stares that even Sharon Watts would’ve needed a stiff drink to process it. Before we catch up to that fateful night in 2027, there are some very big questions Walford needs to answer — and…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2022Politics became a game of musical chairs as the Tories played at Prime Minister of the Week. The cost of living crisis rose sharply and, just after celebrating the longest reign of any monarch in British history in her Platinum Jubilee, Queen Elizabeth II passed away. On television, millions watched…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2021Boris Johnson locked us in. Biden became President. The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip, passed away. Friends reunited, Disney + launched and Taylor Swift was Fearless. In Walford we would see an original depart with no immediately signs of a return and several old faces would return, including the ultimate…
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Continue reading →: Walford Gazette #36That was one heck of a week, huh? I got exactly what I wanted: emotion, pathos and references galore! And to top it all off, we got the brief return of a very-much alive Jake Moon, as Joel Beckett made a surprise cameo to aid Chrissie’s final scenes as she…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2020The world ground to a halt in 2020. The world was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought streaming services, zoom meetings and TikTok dance videos to the forefront of entertainment as we all locked ourselves in and prayed for daylight!
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2019Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire, Trump was impeached and everyone, even the news presenters, got sick of hearing about Brexit. Lewis Capaldi’s Someone You Loved was everywhere, the final season of Game of Thrones disappointed many while in cinemas, the Avengers assembled for their Endgame, bringing 11 years of intertwined…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2018Russian chemicals in Salisbury! Royal Weddings! Prince Louis makes 3! On television, Big Brother ended and Jodie Whittaker took the helm of the TARDIS. We lost Professor Stephen Hawking, Aretha Franklin and Stan Lee and at the movies, Gaga shone in A Star is Born and the Avengers entered their…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2017Donald Trump polarised the world. Meghan married her prince in a fairy-tale ceremony. Hugh Hefner, Sir Roger Moore and Sir John Hurt passed away. On television, This is Us tugged at heartstrings and Ed Sheeran conquered the music charts. In the world of Walford, Max Branning had one thing on…
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Continue reading →: Walford Gazette #0I used to have a list of returnees, I’m not going to lie. There are certain characters that are my faves, and when they return, which, thankfully most of them have, I make it appointment viewing! I mean up at 6am and waiting with baited breath, sometimes unable to wait…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2016In the real world, we lost some legends: Alan Rickman. Carrie Fisher. Muhammad Ali. Prince. David Bowie. It was rather bleak in pop culture terms, but it give us some good: Deadpool arrived and conquered the superhero genre, Beyonce made Lemonade and teenagers and gamers wandered around, not paying attention,…
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Continue reading →: The Year Was… 2015Justin Bieber said ‘Sorry’, Inside Out give emotions a voice, Princess Charlotte arrived, Caitlyn Jenner appeared in Vogue and Star Wars was back on the big screen with a new generation of heroes. In the Square, EastEnders turned 30 and pulled out all the stops for it’s anniversary celebrations. Live…
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