E postcode area continue to be commonly classed as one 'district'. The E postcode area contains two non-geographic postcode districts for high-volume business users, E77 and E98. The Eastern District Office is on Whitechapel Road and was the eastern terminus for the former London Post Office Railway, which has been mothballed since 2003. The railway ran to the Paddington Head District Sorting Office. The E20 postcode has been used fictionally as the postcode on the television soap-opera series "EastEnders" since 1985. However, it became a real postcode in 2011, when it was created from within the E15 postcode for the new Olympic Park,
EastEnders episodes in Ireland EastEnders episodes in Ireland In 1997, the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" broadcast three singular transmissions that were filmed on location in Dublin, Ireland. The episodes involved the Fowler and Beale family travelling from London to Ireland to meet their long-lost relatives. They were badly received by viewers and heavily criticised in the media. The BBC was inundated with complaints from angry viewers from Ireland for negative stereotyping, portraying Irish people as "dirty, rude, and drunk". Complaints were made by the Irish Embassy and there were fears that the episodes would have a negative effect on the Irish tourist trade. The