EastEnders to go HD on Christmas Day!
Whilst you're feasting on roasties, gorging on chocolate log and pulling a cracker or two (oo-er) - you'll get an extra treat to indulge on Christmas Day - EastEnders broadcasting in high definition (HD)!
Not only will you be able to see every little detail of Albert Square in it's true form, but you'll also have the delight of being able to see beads of sweat sliding down Christian's pecs. Roll on HD.
The Queen Vic has even had a lovely refresh so it's all HD ready...
Bryan Kirkwood, Executive Producer EastEnders says: "Christmas Day in Walford is traditionally turkey, tinsel and turmoil for the residents of Albert Square. This year will be even more spectacular with viewers having the opportunity the watch the festive drama unfold in HD for the first time."
Does that mean we can watch vivid festive snotfests whilst stuffing our puffy faces on nuts and choccies?!
EastEnders will still be on BBC ONE HD up until Christmas Day, but it will be upscaled*.
*Upscaling info alert: This means that the number lines in the standard definition (SD) picture are effectively doubled - from 576 to 1080 - to fill the high definition (HD) screen.As the original material is still SD, the quality of the picture will not be equivalent to HD.
Are you HD ready? You'll certainly need to be ready for the bling in Pat's earrings.
Mmmm. Christian's guns.
Click here for more information on BBC ONE HD for the Press release. You can also read more about BBC ONE going HD on the BBC TV blog, where Danielle Nagler talks about the HD plans, including EastEnders.
Comment number 1.
At 14:45 21st Oct 2010, bluejonathan wrote:The new vic is brilliant! I like the way it's now Red, White, Gold and Green! It brings a new fresh into the square. love it!
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Comment number 2.
At 15:19 21st Oct 2010, Sam wrote:Interesting choice of colours there.. looks distinctly like a mix of both the original (slightly vulgar) colour scheme and the nicer red one.. I think I'll wait till I see it in HD to give a final verdict on it though!!
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Comment number 3.
At 15:33 21st Oct 2010, Sam wrote:Actually.. having had a better look, the green doesn't go at all.. It's vile. Reading comments on all the fan forums it seems most people agree that the green shouldn't be there.. just makes it look so naff.
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Comment number 4.
At 17:09 21st Oct 2010, E20Launderette wrote:I'm glad it looks much the same. I feared you were going to go too modern. I hope the inside is referential to tradition as well, so that the Vic still looks like a place where the ghosts of Ethel & her little Willie would feel at home.
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Comment number 5.
At 13:59 22nd Oct 2010, MoneyInMyPocket wrote:It looks good but they should have done a compilation of colours from over the years. a bit of BROWN from the 1980s along with green, and red.
The squares on the botton of the pub could have been a BROWN colour.
Im quite dissapointed - i was expecting a full colour change.
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Comment number 6.
At 08:50 23rd Oct 2010, greg wrote:Why do we have to wait all the way to christmas to see it in HD? I was hoping it would be in HD when BBC1 HD is first released? Damn.
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Comment number 7.
At 09:35 23rd Oct 2010, EastEndersfanever wrote:OMG!! ITS LUKS GR8!!! CAN'T WAIT!!!
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Comment number 8.
At 17:00 23rd Oct 2010, katieloveeastenders wrote:The queen vic is so cool. Shame about the green though. it looks a bit yucky.
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Comment number 9.
At 19:23 23rd Oct 2010, MoneyInMyPocket wrote:The green colour is soo coool, much better than all red, now it makes it look newly refreshed.
I really doo love it now. I cant wait untill monday.
Dont Change it
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Comment number 10.
At 22:58 23rd Oct 2010, laceyt-faan wrote:Not sure about the green, suppose it needed a change though.
cant wait for mondays epp.
anyone know if theres a good storyline for christmas?
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Comment number 11.
At 14:18 24th Oct 2010, UKTVCritic wrote:I am not entirely sure about what people are seeing, it just looks exactly the same to me, wheres the green? I see no green.
I dont have an HD reciever, if I plug my HD laptop via an HDMI cable into my HD television, would that work so I can get HD BBC EastEnders?
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Comment number 12.
At 15:04 26th Oct 2010, eastendersfavfan wrote:OMG :D
It's goin' 2 be the best EE Xmas episode eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Read on if u want 2 know whats happening this christmas 2010...
1. either Kat or Rons baby dies :(
2. Ryan gets poisoned by Janine
3. The new Ben Mitchell arives!
4. Alfie and Rox kiss, but then Alfie asks Kat 2 marry him ;)
5. There's a train crash - and guess who DIES!
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Comment number 13.
At 15:25 26th Oct 2010, Dannyboy2010786 wrote:Did any one notice the windows are diffrent too lol
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Comment number 14.
At 15:28 26th Oct 2010, Dannyboy2010786 wrote:nope they the same but theirs not righting on the place gonna miss that atlease :(
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Comment number 15.
At 20:20 26th Oct 2010, kiebo03 wrote:The new pub is great.Looks alot better than the old one.
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Comment number 16.
At 22:04 30th Oct 2010, matty v wrote:the old vic was great but the new vic is absolutely brilliant but it wont be the same without peggy:(
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Comment number 17.
At 19:23 31st Oct 2010, tinkerbabe wrote:The vic does look nice!!
I can not wait to see what happen's at christmas!! :)
Cause you know that the vic will be at the front of it!!
I can not wait to see what happen's with Kat and Ronnie's babie's!!
It's going to be great fun!!
And i know everyone will be looking forward to it!!
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Comment number 18.
At 21:42 31st Oct 2010, tyler wrote:i can't wait till Tuesday when it opens i hear the bar is white!!!!...but it won't be the same with out Peggy say agree if you agree and say disagree if you disagree
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Comment number 19.
At 21:43 31st Oct 2010, tyler wrote:no 1 dies in the train crash!!!!!
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Comment number 20.
At 22:23 1st Nov 2010, Heather Deans wrote:I want Ben to come back, I know he's due to come back but I wish he would hurry up and come! Lol! Plus, I think they should involve the Masoods again cause they're not getting much storyline. It's mostly just the Slaters, and the Brannings, and of course the Jacksons.
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Comment number 21.
At 07:37 4th Nov 2010, Bonkenders wrote:Im very exited about this, I hope it will be a good one, last year it was not good, I didnt like it becuase Archie died and it was not good, we wanted a happy christmas.
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