British soaps are more than just light weekday entertainment; they can be vehicles for vital discussions and shapers of ...

While trailblazers for representation, soaps LGBTQ+ stories aren't often as uplifting and positive as they could be.

EastEnders aired the first ever same-sex kiss in a soapCredit ... favourite but in 2012 she got into an argument with troubled Ben Mitchell, who then hit her over the head with a picture frame.

The 40th anniversary of EastEnders is just around the corner ... He also orchestrated the murder of Paul Trueman (Gary Beadle). But, usurped out of his top dog position, Andy was promptly and ...

Max kissing Bradley’s wife Stacey Slater. They really like their roof dramas on EastEnders ... On the ninth bong of Big Ben on New Year’s Eve 1998, in pursuit of husband Grant Mitchell ...

Soaps have played a huge part in providing representation for the LGBTQ+ community over the years, from EastEnders airing TV’s first gay kiss to Brookside ... in the future. Ben Mitchell and ...

As EastEnders approaches its 40th anniversary ... His marriage to Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) has also ended, and his eldest son Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) is currently incarcerated in America ...

EASTENDERS fans will be treated to THREE special ... as he reprises his fan-favourite role of Grant Mitchell. Nigel Bates (Paul Bradley) will enlist the help of his old pal as Phil's (Steve ...

EastEnders has been on our screens for a whopping ... BBC iPlayer has thousands of episodes, with gems including the first gay kiss from 1989, Grant discovering his wife Sharon’s affair with ...

EastEnders has been on our screens for more ... turned up and told him he saw him kissing Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) the night before. Image caption, It's been quite the journey for Ben Mitchell ...