EastEnders will return with a running time of 20 minutes when the soap is back on air. Albert Square episodes produced before the pandemic run-out next week on BBC One.
The new instalments, to be filmed with social distancing, will be around 10 minutes shorter than the usual running time. But Walford fans will get their fix four times a week when the new episodes return later in the year.
Currently, only two pre-filmed EastEnders episodes have aired a week to make them last as long as possible. EastEnders executive producer Jon Sen said: “Resuming production is incredibly exciting and challenging in equal measure. “Since we postponed filming we’ve been working non-stop trialling techniques, filming methods and new ways of working so that we