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EastEnders' femme fatales smoulder in striking new shoot for show's 40th anniversary as they hit out at 'snobby' film stars who look down on soaps

Ahead of EastEnders ' hotly-anticipated 40th anniversary episode, the soap's femme fatales posed for a smouldering new shoot with Radio Times magazine .

Posing up a storm in black and white snaps, Letitia Dean, Gillian Taylforth, Michelle Collins, Jessie Wallace, Diane Parish, Kellie Bright, and Balvinder Sopal looked sensational for their individual cover shots. L-R Martin Fowler (James Bye);Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner);Ruby Allen (Louisa Lytton);Grant Mitchell (Ross Kemp);Phil Mitchell (Steve Mcfadden);Nigel (Paul Bradley);Linda Carter (Kellie Bright);Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean);Elaine Knight (Harriett Thorpe);George Knight (Colin Salmon);Cindy Beale (Michelle Collins);Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt);Peter Beale (Thomas Law);Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth);Junior (Micah Balfour);Gina Knight (Francesca Henry);Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa);Anna Knight (Molly Rainford);Denise Fox (Diane Parish);Jack Branning (Scott Maslen);Ravi Gulari (Aaron Thiara);Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick);Honey Mitchell (Emma Barton);Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer);Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy);Reiss Colwell (Jonny Freeman) The sensational storyline, designed to entice audiences back to the BBC's flagship show after a steady decline, sees an explosion rip through the fictional pub, whose landladies have included Peggy Mitchell – played by the late Dame Barbara Windsor – and Anita Dobson's Angie Watts.

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