Internet and BBC Red Button
EastEnders' official website is located at the URL www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders and is part of BBC Online, the official website of the BBC. The website contains information on the cast and characters in the show, as well as games, news and interviews. The website was redesigned in 2007, with the new version going live on 20 April 2007. Another updated website went live in December 2009, to tie in with the show's 25th anniversary in February 2010. The site contains new features and is based on feedback from users of the website. Occasionally, a character in the show sets up their own website. These websites are also created in reality; examples are watchagrownmanrot.com, rudemasood.co.uk, desperaterussianhousewives.co.uk and godlypodly.co.uk.
In October 2009, a 12-part Internet spin-off series entitled EastEnders: E20 was announced. The series was conceived by executive producer Diederick Santer "as a way of nurturing new, young talent, both on- and off-screen, and exploring the stories of the soaps' anonymous bystanders." EastEnders: E20's characters are a group of sixth form students and it targets the "Hollyoaks demographic". It was written by a team of young writers and was shown on the EastEnders website in January 2010. A second series was commissioned for later in 2010 and a third for 2011.
An internet mini-series, Lauren's Diaries, began in 2010, featuring Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa) and giving an insight into her thoughts and feelings. A second series started in April 2011. The episodes feature on the official EastEnders website. Another mini-series on the internet, called The B&B, started in 2012. The four-episode spin-off takes on the style of a fly-on-the-wall documentary, featuring Kim Fox (Tameka Empson), working at her bed and breakfast, Kim's Palace.
Various other mini-episodes have appeared online and on the Red Button, showing extra scenes. These have included the two-part "Amira's Secret" from 2011, and 2012's "Phil on Remand" and "Billy's Olympic Nightmare".
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