That was absolutely brilliant - I was on the edge of my seat. Apart from Scott Maslen most of the cast handled being live really well, which is ironic as he's the one who has done several live episodes of The Bill

 

 

The BBC3 show was great too - loved George Lamb interviewing Bradley with the blood dripping down his face :lol: And the cast of Corrie congratulating them and doing the Duff Duffs was a nice touch :lol:

 

 

I can't wait to see the viewing figures :dance:

 

I thought it was a great ep, I was sure it was Jack or Bradley so to see Stacey as the killer was a little shock. and the Bradley death was great!

can't wait to see Mondays episode now!

It worked.

 

To be honest, acting-wise, you wouldn't have known it was a live episode.

Yes, Scott Maslen had a couple of fluffs to begin with, but he did recover, and to be honest I found it more realisitic anyway - in a situation like this you'd expect spluttering and stammering a-plenty!

POOR Bradley, but it does all make sense why he was so desperate to flee. I am assuming he knew Stacey was the killer, and was just protecting her?

 

Anyway kudos to all. Particularly good were Lacey Turner, Charlie Clements, Charlie Brooks and Steve McFadden.

Bloody amazing episode! Surely one of the best ever episodes?! They all did superbly. Jack is getting so much hate, I think, like Shoat said, his mess-ups actually worked...

 

Also Janine was on FIRE tonight (as was Stacey & Bradley)! SOOOOO GOOD! Also really getting to like that Ryan character.

Yea Shoat - Im sure Stacey told him in the bedroom.

 

All fits with her saying things like being scared and him protecting her when running outside.

 

Bless even after all that he still stuck by her :(

yeah Scott did have a few slip ups, but all in all it was great.

 

Charlie Brooks (Janine) is just AMAZING, my fave character ever I think!

Yeah it was good, the only noticeable mistake with lines was Jack but it was a scene of panic anyway. The camera work was understandbly a lot more shaky, grainy feeling and the lighting seemed off at times, but that was too be expected.

 

I'm not sure if it's because I watched the first showing on a different TV, but did anyone who also watched the BBC3 repeat feel that they altered the visuals? The whole episode looked more glossy and in normal colour than it did earlier. (but my TV might just have different visual settings :lol:)

 

The only thing I don't get is why he told Stacey to run? At first I thought he slipped, but was it because it was suicide after all and he didn't want her to see him do it? I still haven't quite worked it out yet. Suicide makes more sense I suppose.

 

Also changing the locks, they didn't did they? I thought they just took Janine's key from her set of keys and replaced it with one for the Vic? (which really doesn't make sense as the police would trace it back to the Mitchells)

I see the fall/jump thing being discussed elsewhere too. It's a strange one.

 

Part of me sees how suicide fits in - he knew the truth about Stacey so was dying to protect her but screaming for her to run was a bit daft!

 

But I do think he was meant to fall it's just being live it looks like he had to throw himself backwards =/

 

Hopefully someone does clear up the issue though!

I think the monday episode will just focus on the death of bradley, but i do wonder will stacey have done a runner for the time being?

The only thing I don't get is why he told Stacey to run? At first I thought he slipped, but was it because it was suicide after all and he didn't want her to see him do it? I still haven't quite worked it out yet. Suicide makes more sense I suppose.

 

Also changing the locks, they didn't did they? I thought they just took Janine's key from her set of keys and replaced it with one for the Vic? (which really doesn't make sense as the police would trace it back to the Mitchells)

Yeah that's what I thought about the whole Key/Lock thing too...

 

Also on your Suicide point, surely if it was suicide he'd shout to Stacey that he loves her or something? But if he knew Stacey killed Archie, why would he need to commit suicide? :unsure: I personally think it was meant to look like he fell by accident (he was being chased on a rooftop afterall) but like Ryan said, because it was a dangerous stunt being done live, it looked a bit shit or whatever.

Santer: 'Stacey was always the killer'

Friday, February 19 2010, 22:46 GMT

 

By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter

 

 

Diederick Santer

EastEnders' executive producer Diederick Santer has revealed that the soap's team always intended to reveal Stacey Branning as the killer of Archie Mitchell.

 

Speaking after Stacey's live confession tonight, Santer confirmed that he was never tempted to go ahead with a different conclusion to the show's murder mystery.

 

Stacey was today seen confessing her crime to former lover Max (Jake Wood) after husband Bradley (Charlie Clements) fell to his death while being chased by police investigating the Archie case.

 

Discussing the plot twist on EastEnders Live: The Aftermath, Santer explained: "It was always really the story. In our heads from the beginning, it was always [stacey]. In our heads it was always, 'Who killed Archie? Stacey'. It feels strange to even say it out loud!

 

"In our heads, that was always it, and while we had brilliant motives for six, eight, ten - possibly more - characters, it was always her."

 

Santer also discussed how the cast managed to film forthcoming episodes without knowing the solution to the mystery.

 

He said: "Watch it on Monday. What's quite interesting is that we're getting the characters to play sort of dual motivations. I think it will all make sense as the episodes progress."

 

 

STACEY KILLED ARCHIE

19th February 2010 By Jessica PickinYour Shout ( 0 )

 

STACEY Slater was tonight revealed as Archie Mitchell's mystery killer in the first ever live episode of Eastenders.

 

 

 

15 million viewers tuned in to watch the end of the infamous whodunit story line, where even the cast was kept clueless up until the last minute.

 

To ensure no one let the truth slip, Eastenders writers penned 10 endings, with each the potential “suspects”

rehearsing their scene without any idea which of them actually did it.

 

The intense 30 minute broadcast was filled with teasing scenes throughout with Bradley Branning, played by Charlie Clements, jumping to his death shortly before Stacey's distraught confession.

 

The soap's unique episode marked its 25th anniversary and ended months of guessing over who bludgeoned the evil Archie to death on Christmas Day.

 

The episode cost £500,000 and featured 51 cast members who took part in three days of rehearsals while 36 cameras were used to film the whole show, instead of the usual four.

 

For months before his murder villainous Archie, played by Larry Lamb, 62, had alienated many people in Walford.

 

The list of possible culprits including his wife Peggy Mitchell, played by Barbara Windsor; former lover Janine; Archie’s blackmailer Ian Beale; his daughters Roxy and Ronnie, and Bradley Branning, who discovered he had raped his girlfriend Stacey Slater, kept viewers glued to their seats.

 

The mystery murder has been a huge hit with Eastenders fans, reviving the show's competition against ITV1’s legendary rival soap Coronation Street.

 

 

Rating is total BS.

 

No ratings till tomorrow morning. Daily Star presuming just!

Spoilers for Stacey dealing with Bradley's death...

 

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WHILE the residents of Albert Square mourn Bradley's dramatic death, Stacey remains eerily calm.

 

But as the reality of her loss finally hits home, the grieving widow flees.

 

With plans for Bradley's funeral already underway, will Stacey miss her chance to say a final farewell to him?

 

As the week begins, Stacey is in shock after Bradley's sudden death. She refuses to take off her wedding dress or leave her bedroom.

 

Anxious Charlie and Jean try to coax her out, but when that fails, Becca suggests they break down the door.

 

Concerned for her state of mind, Charlie ends up forcing the door - only to find Stacey looking surprisingly composed and ready to face the world.

 

She announces that she wants to go to the hospital, so she can say a proper goodbye to Bradley.

 

As fragile Stacey sits alone outside the chapel of rest, she watches a video of her wedding on her camera.

 

Then, as Stacey looks back at her dead husband's body, it sinks in that Bradley really is gone - and she races out of the hospital in tears.

 

It's not long before Jean, Becca and Charlie realise that Stacey has vanished.

 

As the days pass, with no word from Stacey, her family are beside themselves and report her disappearance to the police.

 

But Becca comes up with a plan to get Stacey to come home, and places an advert in the Gazette, announcing details of Bradley's funeral.

 

Becca is hopeful her pal will see the notice and turn up to the service. But can Stacey face life in the Square without Bradley?

 

LOL my heart is breaking just reading that! :(

Also on your Suicide point, surely if it was suicide he'd shout to Stacey that he loves her or something? But if he knew Stacey killed Archie, why would he need to commit suicide? :unsure: I personally think it was meant to look like he fell by accident (he was being chased on a rooftop afterall) but like Ryan said, because it was a dangerous stunt being done live, it looked a bit shit or whatever.

True, I just don't know why he'd tell her to run though, it's not her who was meant to be running from anyone. I can only see it being because he didn't want her to see what was about to happen. (since he 'fell' literally just after he said it) His reason, as touched upon earlier, could be because he was sacrificing himself to cover for Stacey as the police were after him anyway. I can see it working either way. It looks as though he slipped, but he could have just as easily been conciously falling backwards.

 

I do find it rather odd how it's supposedly possible to get from where they were and jumping from roof to roof, ending up on the Vic. (?!) Oh and I totally didn't see it being Stacey. In fact, in the 'Who killed Archie?' thread, only one person got it right. On the likelihood of it being Stacey I said:

 

Stacey Slater - No way. She's one of the few people it can't possibly be. She was at the carol service, watching Bradley come out the Vic etc. and she didn't sneak off, did she?

 

I guess that's a mega fail on my behalf, but I did can't think of a time when she could have done it. She was seen in the Square, admittedly staring at the Vic looking pretty worried (we assumed it's because she thought Bradley had gone back in), but she seemed more of an impossible suscpect than an unlikely one.

 

I also find it weird how we had Ian, Peggy, Phil, Bradley, Stacey, Ronnie etc. all sneaking into the Vic in what must have been a short space of time, yet none of them saw each other. But apparently everything will make sense after Monday, without them knowing Stacey did it, so I guess I'll see.

That spolier helps explain how next weeks episodes will continue without the revelation havnt to be talked about.

I also find it weird how we had Ian, Peggy, Phil, Bradley, Stacey, Ronnie etc. all sneaking into the Vic in what must have been a short space of time, yet none of them saw each other. But apparently everything will make sense after Monday, without them knowing Stacey did it, so I guess I'll see.

 

That is indeed very weird. They all must have stayed there for a very very short amount of space.

 

Trying to put it in order, would this be correct

Peggy>Bradley>Peggy>Stacey>Phil>Ronnie

Ian of course being upstairs. Still amazing none of them saw each other though :lol:

Digital Spy spoilers for next week up now :)

 

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/easte...of-turmoil.html

Peggy's second visit must have been after Stacey, as she said she found Archie lying on the ground. She admitted to Ronnie and Roxy that she didn't call for help, just grabbed the divorce papers and run. Whether that was before or after Phil I don't know.

 

 

Odd reading these messages to see that I somehow became Scott Maslen's champion, I usually hate Jack!

 

On Bradley, I think it was supposed to be a fall - I don't think he was quite desperate enough for suicide, and the way he fell backwards - it wasn't quite a jump.