EastEnders: E20 EastEnders: E20 EastEnders: E20 (sometimes just E20) is a British Internet soap opera, which began airing on 8 January 2010. A spin-off from the established BBC soap "EastEnders", it is set in "EastEnders" regular setting of Albert Square, a Victorian square in the fictional borough of Walford, in the East End of London. Each series follows a group of teenage characters: Zsa Zsa Carter (Emer Kenny), Leon Small (Sam Attwater), Fatboy (Ricky Norwood) and Mercy Olubunmi (Bunmi Mojekwu) in series 1; Asher Levi (Heshima Thompson) and his brother Sol (Tosin Cole), Naz Mehmet (Emaa Hussen), and Stevie Dickinson (Amanda Fairbank-Hynes)
EastEnders in popular culture EastEnders in popular culture Since its premiere in 1985, the BBC soap opera "EastEnders" has had a large impact on popular culture. A charity special crossover between the science fiction television series "Doctor Who" and "EastEnders", "Dimensions in Time", was filmed in 1993 for Children in Need and ran in two parts on 26 November and 27 November 1993. It has been proven as non-canon by various references of "Doctor Who" as fiction in "EastEnders", and vice versa. "EastEnders" has participated in numerous other Children in Need and other fundraisers. Characters have also been spoofed in the successful BBC comedy