Fans have been told to expect an unmissable "week of revelations" next month as the BBC soap reaches its milestone and finally reveals who killed Lucy Beale.
Lucy Beale and her murder suspects.
Kicking off from Tuesday February 17, the big week will consist of five episodes in total. Four of these will run for 30 minutes and one will be an hour-long special.
Billed as the show's Live Week, all of the episodes will contain live elements. Highlights will include the one-off flashback episode exploring Lucy's final moments on Thursday February 19, while the full 30-minute live edition will follow on Friday February 20.
EastEnders will also be accompanied by companion shows on BBC One, with a special EastEnders-themed edition of The Graham Norton Show airing on Monday February 16.
Norton will be joined by a lineup of the show's best-known stars, including June Brown, Pam St Clement, Adam Woodyatt, Letitia Dean, Kellie Bright, John Altman, Jessie Wallace, Shane Richie, Danny Dyer and newest signing Richard Blackwood.
Adam Woodyatt as Ian Beale
The live episode on Friday will be followed by another special called EastEnders: Backstage Live, which will see presenter Zoe Ball get exclusive access to the cast and crew on set following a dramatic night for Walford.
Alongside fellow hosts Ore Oduba and Joe Swash, Ball will be getting instant reactions from the EastEnders team after the evening's events, as well as revealing how the anniversary episodes were put together.
The full schedule follows below:
Monday, February 16
10.45pm: The Graham Norton Show EastEnders Special
Tuesday, February 17
7.30pm: EastEnders (30-minute episode - includes live elements)
Wednesday, February 18
8.00pm: EastEnders (30-minute episode - includes live elements)
Thursday, February 19 - Lucy Beale's killer revealed tonight
7.30pm: EastEnders (Hour-long episode - includes live elements)
9.30pm: EastEnders (30-minute Lucy Beale flashback episode - includes live elements)
Friday, February 20
8.00pm: EastEnders (Full 30-minute live episode)
8.30pm: EastEnders: Backstage Live (with a live switchover to BBC Three at 9pm)
Hetti Bywater as Lucy Beale
BBC One's controller Charlotte Moore commented: "BBC One will mark the 30th anniversary of its flagship series with the most ambitious week of live television drama ever attempted. The truth will out as Lucy Beale's killer is finally exposed to the nation.
"Alongside the unmissable drama, we have a Graham Norton special and Zoe Ball will present a live backstage show with Ore Oduba and Joe Swash to complete proceedings - it's going to be off the scale!"
EastEnders' executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins added: "As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we have set ourselves an enormous challenge - a week of live scenes, a form-breaking flashback, a live episode, story twists that will leave a lump in the throat and a few moments that will elicit genuine gasps from our audience.
"Having the week bookmarked with some of our most iconic characters on Graham's sofa and Zoe's live aftermath show coming direct from Albert Square as the dust is just settling, elevates this into the biggest week ever for EastEnders fans old and new."
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