Advent Calendar #13: Fantastic facts!
With nearly 28 years of history to consider, it's essential for the EastEnders story team to have all the facts and figures about the show's charactersÌý at their fingetips to ensure the series' continuity is as accurate as possible.Ìý
We've delved deep in the the EastEnders character 'bible' to bring you 20 top facts about the residents of Walford:
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- Abi dislikes mint chocolate, maths and zombie films
- Bianca once had a fight dressed as a lobster
- Billy spent a night in police cells for being caught naked on his stag do
- Bobby doesn't like singing - as he can't sing
- Dot's favourite film is Casablanca
- Heather is claustrophobic
- Ian has a cheeky devil tattoo above his bottom
- Jack's favourite colour is purple
- Janine has a birthmark on her upper right arm
- Jean can't swim
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- Lauren dislikes most sports, baked beans, Harry Potter, curry and mushrooms
- Liam's favourite football team is Leeds United
- Mandy's favourite film is Bambi
- Masood's favourite foods are chooza palak, pakora and hard boiled eggs in moghlai sauce
- Max likes listening to Led Zeppelin and eating lemon sherbets
- Phil dislikes music, musicals, dance, theatre, snakes and hospitals
- Shirley's shoes size is 6 (wide)
- Syed has a degree in economics and diploma in massage
- Tamwar is allergic to cats
- Whitney has a foot phobia
Okay, we have to confess that we've made up one of these facts! Can you guess which one?
Come back tomorrow for more Advent Calendar fun!
Comment number 1.
At 13th Dec 2011, Candy Lawson wrote:thats a shame Lauren doesnt like Harry Potter :)
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Comment number 2.
At 13th Dec 2011, Clare wrote:Probobly the Lauren one about not liking Harry Potter because I think she would.
I remember some of these facts from the episodes :)
The Janine one was pretty unforgetable ;)
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Comment number 3.
At 13th Dec 2011, Alice Dobie wrote:What will happen to Whitney my favourite character!
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Comment number 4.
At 13th Dec 2011, RNewton wrote:Whitney to be involved in a foot fetish storyline, to heroically overcome her phobia.
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Comment number 5.
At 13th Dec 2011, baz wrote:I think it Ian beale having a tattoo at the top of his bottom
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At 13th Dec 2011, Ishtiab Khan wrote:@ baz the Ian one is true as he got one for his birthday or something when people found out he got embarassed. I think it was when Jane did a pole dance for his b-day
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At 13th Dec 2011, Ishtiab Khan wrote:I think the Mandy one is not true because her image is not on the top 20 facts, instead there are two images of Bianca, unless thats a mistake
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Comment number 8.
At 14th Dec 2011, katmoon wrote:i think ians tatto
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At 14th Dec 2011, Hazeldene15 wrote:I think its the one about Liam. Why would he support Leeds?
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Comment number 10.
At 14th Dec 2011, jamie scott wrote:Why would bobby hate singing! hes only 4ish isnt he. any kid would love a sing a long surely
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At 14th Dec 2011, Clare wrote:@katmoon That one is true, I remember it in one of the episodes. He showed it off in the Vic after everyone placed bets on what they thought it was :)
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At 14th Dec 2011, Pilky wrote:@quellhead no cos he entered tht singing contest (forced by Ian of course) and couldnt sing and another boy had to do it while Bobby mimed.
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Comment number 13.
At 15th Dec 2011, Tomm wrote:"With nearly 28 years of history to consider" - Hold on, it's not even 27 years yet! Sorry it's nothing to do with which one's made-up. Don't correct me if i'm wrong.
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At 17th Dec 2011, x_EastendersFan4Life_x wrote:Haha, most of them I didn't have a clue about! @Clare, yeah I think Ian's devil tattoo one has been in on of the episodes, so yeah :D
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At 19th Dec 2011, eastenderscrazycrazy wrote:i think it might be whitney and her having a foot phobia
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