Editing EastEnders (section)

=== Filming ===
The majority of ''EastEnders'' episodes are filmed at the [[BBC Elstree Centre]] in [[Borehamwood]], Hertfordshire.<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" /> In January 1987, ''EastEnders'' had three production teams each comprising a director, production manager, production assistant and assistant floor manager. Other permanent staff included the producer's office, script department and designer, meaning between 30 and 35 people would be working full-time on ''EastEnders'', rising to 60 to 70 on filming days.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/8fBC30|title=Can they pull the plug on Dirty Den?|last=Greaves|first=William|date=6 January 1987|work=[[The Times]]|page=8|access-date=1 January 2019 |via=The Times Digital Archive}}</ref> When the number of episodes was increased to four per week, more studio space was needed, so ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' was moved from its studio at Elstree to [[BBC Television Centre]] in April 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Revamped "Top of the Pops" returns to old home after a decade in exile |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/revamped-top-of-the-pops-returns-to-old-home-after-a-decade-in-exile-9217880.html |work=The Independent |date=16 October 2001 |access-date=28 February 2008 |location=London |first=Louise |last=Jury}}</ref> Episodes are produced in "quartets" of four episodes, each of which starts filming on a Tuesday and takes nine days to record.<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" /> Each day, between 25 and 30 scenes are recorded.<ref name="Camera Supervisor">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/crew/interviews/interview_content/interview_camera_supervisor.shtml|title=Camera Supervisor|website=EastEnders|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028084813/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/crew/interviews/interview_content/interview_camera_supervisor.shtml |archive-date=28 October 2006}}</ref> During the filming week, actors can film for as many as eight to 12 episodes. Exterior scenes are filmed on a specially constructed film lot, and interior scenes take place in six studios.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Elstree Centre |url=http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/studio%20history.htm#bbc%20elstree |website=TV Studio History |access-date=25 January 2019 |archive-date=17 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717051915/http://www.tvstudiohistory.co.uk/studio%20history.htm#bbc%20elstree |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Educational Resource Part Two">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/howcani/howcani_content/howcani_0010.shtml|title=Educational Resource (Part Two)|website=EastEnders|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206193347/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/howcani/howcani_content/howcani_0010.shtml |archive-date=6 February 2007}}</ref> The episodes are usually filmed about six<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" /> to eight weeks in advance of broadcast. During the winter period, filming can take place up to 12 weeks in advance, due to less daylight for outdoor filming sessions.<ref name="20years p147">{{Harvnb|Smith|2005|p=147}}</ref> This time difference has been known to cause problems when filming outdoor scenes. On 8 February 2007, heavy snow fell on the set and filming had to be cancelled as the scenes due to be filmed on the day were to be transmitted in April.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/news/news_content/news_20070108.shtml|title=Winter Wonderland|website=EastEnders|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070210160540/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/news/news_content/news_20070108.shtml |archive-date=10 February 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/let-it-snow---airports-and-schools-closed-450946|title=Let it snow&nbsp;– airports and schools closed|date=9 February 2007|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> ''EastEnders'' is normally recorded using four cameras.<ref name="Camera Supervisor" /> When a quartet is completed, it is edited by the director, videotape editor and script supervisor.<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" /> The producer then reviews the edits and decides if anything needs to be re-edited, which the director will do. A week later, sound is added to the episodes and they are technically reviewed, and are ready for transmission if they are deemed of acceptable quality.<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" />

Although episodes are predominantly recorded weeks before they are broadcast, occasionally, ''EastEnders'' includes current events. In 1987, ''EastEnders'' covered the [[1987 United Kingdom general election|general election]].<ref name="First10Years p54">{{Harvnb|Brake|1995|p=54}}</ref> Using a plan devised by co-creators Smith and Holland, five minutes of material was cut from four of the pre-recorded episodes preceding the election.<ref name="First10Years p54" /> These were replaced by specially recorded election material, including representatives from each major party, and a scene recorded on the day after the election reflecting the result, which was broadcast the following Tuesday.<ref name="First10Years p54" /> The result of the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]] was referenced on 7 May 2010 episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a216777/eastenders-to-reference-election-result/|title=EXCLUSIVE: "EastEnders" to reference election result|last=Green|first=Kris|date=5 May 2010|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=6 May 2010}}</ref> During the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]], actors filmed short scenes following the tournament's events that were edited into the programme in the following episode.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5076722.stm|title=World Cup fever hits Walford|last=Robb|first=Stephen|date=14 June 2006|work=BBC News|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> Last-minute scenes have also been recorded to reference the 50th anniversary of the end of the [[Second World War]] in 1995, the two-minute silence on Remembrance Day 2005 (2005 also being the year for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War and the 200th anniversary of the [[Battle of Trafalgar]]), [[Barack Obama]]'s election victory in 2008,<ref name="Last-minute scenes">{{cite news|title=EastEnders film last-minute scene to mark Michael Jackson's death for Friday's episode|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5651820/EastEnders-film-last-minute-scene-to-mark-Michael-Jacksons-death-for-Fridays-episode.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5651820/EastEnders-film-last-minute-scene-to-mark-Michael-Jacksons-death-for-Fridays-episode.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=22 December 2016|date=26 June 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> the [[death of Michael Jackson]] in 2009,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a162236/eastenders-films-michael-jackson-reference/|title='EastEnders' films Michael Jackson reference|first=Kris|last=Green|work=[[Digital Spy]]|date=26 June 2009|access-date=26 June 2009}}</ref> the [[Spending Review#2010 Comprehensive Spending Review|2010 Comprehensive Spending Review]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a283418/eastenders-to-reference-spending-review/|title=Exclusive: "EastEnders" to reference spending review|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=21 October 2010|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=21 October 2010}}</ref> [[Andy Murray]] winning the [[2013 Wimbledon Championships&nbsp;– Men's Singles|men's singles]] at the [[2013 Wimbledon Championships]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/37597-eastenders-to-reference-andy-murray-wimbledon-victory/|title=EastEnders to reference Andy Murray Wimbledon victory|last=Patterson|first=Callum|date=9 July 2013|work=ATV Today UK|publisher=ATV Network|access-date=9 July 2013|archive-date=21 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721221921/http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/37597-eastenders-to-reference-andy-murray-wimbledon-victory/|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton]], the birth of [[Prince George of Wales]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23417708|title=EastEnders reflects Royal birth|date=23 July 2013|work=BBC News|access-date=24 July 2013}}</ref> Scotland voting no against independence in 2014, and the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the [[First World War]].

''EastEnders'' is often filmed on location, away from the studios in Borehamwood. Sometimes an entire quartet is filmed on location, which has a practical function and are the result of ''EastEnders'' making a "double bank", when an extra week's worth of episodes are recorded at the same time as the regular schedule, enabling the production of the programme to stop for a two-week break at Christmas. These episodes often air in late June or early July and again in late October or early November.<ref name="first10years">{{Harvnb|Brake|1995|p=<!-- page numbers needed for each of the 21 references to this book, cite each one separately with this template -->}}</ref> The first time this happened was in December 1985 when [[Pauline Fowler|Pauline]] ([[Wendy Richard]]) and [[Arthur Fowler]] ([[Bill Treacher]]) travelled to the [[Southend-on-Sea]] to find their son [[Mark Fowler|Mark]], who had run away from home.<ref name="First10Years p36">{{Harvnb|Brake|1995|p=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite episode |title=Episode dated 31 December 1985|series= EastEnders|network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC1]]|airdate=31 December 1985}}</ref> In 1986, ''EastEnders'' filmed overseas for the first time, in [[Venice]], and this was also the first time it was not shot on videotape, as a union rule at the time prevented producers taking a video crew abroad and a film crew had to be used instead.<ref name="First10Years p46">{{Harvnb|Brake|1995|p=46}}</ref> In 2011, it was reported that eight per cent of the series is filmed on location.<ref name="Cost of producing continuing drama" />

If scenes during a normal week are to be filmed on location, this is done during the normal recording week.<ref name="Educational Resource Part Two" /> Off-set locations that have been used for filming include [[Clacton]] (1989), [[Devon]] (September 1990), [[Hertfordshire]] (used for scenes set in [[Gretna Green]] in July 1991), [[Portsmouth]] (November 1991),<ref name="first10years" /> [[Milan]] (1997), [[EastEnders episodes in Ireland|Ireland]] (1997),<ref name="Italy">{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-61053150|title=Italy's Square deal; last night's view|last=Purnell|first=Tony|date=11 November 1997|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-date=1 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200901170301/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-61053150/italy-s-square-deal-last-night-s-view|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Amsterdam]] (December 1999),<ref name="amsterdam1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/695141.stm|title=Watchdog attacks EastEnders|date=29 March 2000|work=BBC News|access-date=4 January 2013}}</ref> [[Brighton]] (2001) and [[Portugal]] (2003).<ref name="A Life Abroad">{{cite web|url=http://uktv.co.uk/gold/item/aid/527844|title=EastEnders: A Life Abroad|publisher=[[UKTV]]|access-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927214009/http://uktv.co.uk/gold/item/aid/527844 |archive-date=27 September 2007}}</ref> In 2003, filming took place at Loch Fyne Hotel and Leisure Club in [[Inveraray]], The Arkinglass Estate in [[Cairndow]] and Grims Dyke Hotel, [[Harrow Weald]], north London, for a week of episodes set in Scotland.<ref name="A Life Abroad" /> The episode shown on 9 April 2007 featured scenes filmed at [[St Giles Church, Wormshill|St Giles Church]] and The Blacksmiths Arms public house in [[Wormshill]], the [[Ringlestone Inn]], two miles away and Court Lodge Farm in [[Stansted, Kent|Stansted]], Kent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2007/04/eastenders-easter-special-2007/|title=Eastenders Easter Special (2007)|publisher=Kent Film Office|access-date=11 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421080302/https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2007/04/eastenders-easter-special-2007/|archive-date=21 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Port of Dover]], [[Kent]]. .<ref>{{cite web |author=Kent Film Office |url=https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2018/01/eastenders-2018/ |title=Kent Film Office Eastenders Article |access-date=23 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224052934/https://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/2018/01/eastenders-2018/ |archive-date=24 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Other locations have included the court house, a disused office block, Evershed House,<ref>{{cite episode|title= EastEnders Vixens: The Rise and Fall of Stella|series= EastEnders|episode-link= List of EastEnders television spin-offs#EastEnders Vixens: The Rise and Fall of Stella| network= [[BBC]]| station= [[BBC Three]]| airdate= 20 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Eastenders in court |url=http://www.hertsad.co.uk/content/herts/news/story.aspx?brand=HADOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshadnew&itemid=WEED23%20Aug%202007%2012%3A08%3A39%3A560 |work=The Herts Advertiser |date=23 August 2007 |access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928144255/http://www.hertsad.co.uk/content/herts/news/story.aspx?brand=HADOnline&category=News&tBrand=herts24&tCategory=newshadnew&itemid=WEED23%20Aug%202007%2012%3A08%3A39%3A560 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Church of St Peter, St Albans|St Peter's Church]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/4778756.Streaker_storms_Eastenders_film_set_in_St_Albans/?ref=mr|title=Streaker storms EastEnders film set in St Albans|work=St Albans and Harpenden Review|first=Alexandra|last=Barham|date=4 December 2009|access-date=5 December 2009}}</ref> all in [[St Albans]], an abandoned mental facility in [[Worthing]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Have a Butchers at this|url=http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/features/article2876711.ece|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]]|publisher=[[Independent News & Media]]|date=19 August 2007|first=Ben|last=Falk|access-date=4 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824133532/http://www.sundaylife.co.uk/features/article2876711.ece |archive-date = 24 August 2007}}</ref> and a wedding dress shop in [[Muswell Hill]], north London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a223502/pics-ronnie-shops-for-a-wedding-dress-in-enders/|title=Pics: Ronnie shops for a wedding dress in 'Enders?|last=Green|first=Kris|date=7 June 2010|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=7 June 2010|location=London}}</ref> A week of episodes in 2011 saw filming take place on a beach in [[Thorpe Bay]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9069494.EastEnders_Dot_Cotton_filming_in_Thorpe_Bay/|title=EastEnders Dot Cotton filming in Thorpe Bay|last=McCarthy|first=Ryan|date=7 June 2011|work=Echo|access-date=7 June 2011|location=Basildon}}</ref> and a pier in Southend-on-Sea—during which a stuntman was injured when a gust of wind threw him off balance and he fell onto rocks—<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/eastenders-stunt-actor-smashes-head-133522|title=EastEnders stunt actor smashes head while filming Ryan Malloy horror fall|last=Boyle|first=Simon|date=8 June 2011|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|access-date=8 June 2011|location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a323763/eastenders-stuntman-injured-in-pier-fall/|title='EastEnders' stuntman injured in pier fall|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=8 June 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=8 June 2011|location=London}}</ref> with other scenes filmed on the Essex coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/9288427.essex-eastenders-filmed-in-clacton/|title=Essex: EastEnders filmed in Clacton|date=5 October 2011|work=Braintree and Witham Times|publisher=Newsquest Media Group Ltd.|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/9286710.eastenders-on-sea/|title=EastEnders on sea|last=Lambert|first=Dave|date=4 October 2011|work=Daily Gazette|publisher=Newsquest Media Group Ltd.|access-date=31 January 2021}}</ref> In 2012, filming took place in [[Keynsham]], Somerset.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|title='EastEnders' car crash details revealed|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a405239/eastenders-car-crash-details-revealed/|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=11 September 2012|date=11 September 2012}}</ref> In January 2013, on-location filming at [[Grahame Park]] in [[Colindale]], north London, was interrupted by at least seven youths who threw a firework at the set and threatened members of the crew.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a454140/eastenders-shoot-interrupted-by-gang-threatening-to-cut-up-crew/|title='EastEnders' shoot interrupted by gang threatening to "cut up" crew|last=Daniels|first=Colin|date=27 January 2013|work=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=4 February 2013}}</ref> In October 2013, scenes were filmed on a road near [[London Southend Airport]] in Essex.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/read.aspx?id=12608 |title=EastEnders meets Southend |date=10 October 2013 |work=The Enquirer |access-date=10 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173611/http://www.theenquirer.co.uk/read.aspx?id=12608 |archive-date=14 October 2013 }}</ref>

''EastEnders'' has featured seven live broadcasts. For its 25th anniversary in February 2010, a [[EastEnders Live|live episode]] was broadcast in which [[Stacey Slater]] ([[Lacey Turner]]) was revealed as [[Archie Mitchell]]'s ([[Larry Lamb]]) killer. Turner was told only 30&nbsp;minutes before the live episode and to maintain suspense, she whispers this revelation to former lover and current father-in-law, Max Branning, in the very final moments of the live show. Many other cast members only found out at the same time as the public, when the episode was broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a177337/live-ep-for-eastenders-25th-anniversary/|title=Live ep for "EastEnders" 25th anniversary|work=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Kris|last=Green|date=15 September 2009|access-date=15 September 2009}}</ref> On 23 July 2012, a segment of [[Episode 4466|that evening's episode]] was screened live as [[Billy Mitchell (EastEnders)|Billy Mitchell]] ([[Perry Fenwick]]) carried the [[Olympic flame]] around Walford in preparation for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Nickie |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/2011/11/the-olympic-flame-comes-to-wal.shtml |title=EastEnders: The Olympic flame comes to Walford! |publisher=BBC |access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref> In February 2015, for the soap's 30th anniversary, [[EastEnders Live Week|five episodes in a week]] featured live inserts throughout them. Episodes airing on Tuesday 17, Wednesday 18 and Thursday 19 (which featured an hour long episode and a second episode) all featured at least one live insert. The show revealed that the killer of [[Lucy Beale]] ([[Hetti Bywater]]) was her younger brother, [[Bobby Beale (EastEnders)|Bobby]] (Eliot Carrington), during the second episode on Thursday, after a [[Who Killed Lucy Beale?|10-month mystery regarding who killed her]]. In a flashback episode which revisited the night of the murder, Bobby was revealed to have killed his sister. The aftermath episode, which aired on Friday 20, was completely live and explained in detail Lucy's death. Carrington was told he was Lucy's killer on Monday 16,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a630200/eastenders-boss-on-bobby-reveal-its-the-start-of-a-bigger-story/|title=EastEnders boss on Bobby reveal: 'It's the start of a bigger story'|website=Digital Spy|date=19 February 2015|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> while [[Laurie Brett]] (who plays Bobby's adoptive mother, [[Jane Beale|Jane]]) was informed in November, due to the character playing a major role in the cover-up of Lucy's murder.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a630489/eastenders-star-laurie-brett-on-bobby-ive-known-since-november/|title=EastEnders star Laurie Brett on Bobby: 'I've known since November'|website=Digital Spy|date=20 February 2015|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> Bywater only discovered Bobby was responsible for Lucy's death on the morning of Thursday, 19 February, several hours before they filmed the scenes revealing Bobby as Lucy's killer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/eastenders/news/a630208/eastenders-star-hetti-bywater-on-bobby-reveal-i-was-so-shocked/|title=EastEnders star Hetti Bywater on Bobby reveal: 'I was so shocked'|website=Digital Spy|date=20 February 2015|access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref>