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Opinion: EastEnders was King of the soaps this Christmas and New Year


EastEnders is back on top form after a difficult 2024, with Christmas and New Year proving that it still has the ability to deliver.

Cindy was left for dead (Credit: BBC) Christmas 2024 put EastEnders back on the map after a year of ups and downs for the soap. Pulling out all of the stops, we’ve started off 2025 extremely excited for more, more, more of the drama, suspense, and also love and joy in between, shown in these episodes over the last couples of weeks. The soap has big plans (Credit: BBC) With the 40th just around the corner, arriving in February, we just know that this won’t be the last time we’re left gasping at the end of an episode.

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