Tune in to the EastEnders live episode on Friday 19 February on ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ One at 8.00pm and celebrate 25 years of EastEnders.
- An average episode of EastEnders has four camera operators, the live episode will have 36 camera operators
- There are 13 make-up artists, 12 dresses and 16 props people for the live episode
- 7,500 metres of cable from two outside broadcast trucks will link all the technical equipment together
- 51 members of cast will be taking part in the live episode
- Three golf buggies will be whizzing cast from one set to another. The shortest length of time an actor has to get from one set to another is 2 minutes 11 seconds
- There has been one read through, two full dress rehearsals, three full days of rehearsals and a technical rehearsal in the lead up to the big day
- There are 10 suspects but none of the cast know "whodunnit", the actor/actress will find out they are the killer 30 minutes before the episode goes live
- Executive Producer Diederick Santer came up with the "whodunnit" idea a year ago; it has taken nine months of planning to get the episode live on air
- There will be more than 400 shots in the live episode
- Switch over to ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Three after the live show to watch cast interviews, behind-the-scenes footage plus the moment the actor/actress is told they're the killer
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