When creating soap opera's the issue of families and community is something that must be thought about clearly. for example, the idea of having allies and enemies, wherever they will be loyal to each other or backstab eachother.
Throughout Eastenders the different families create the community through rivalry and allies. Certain families have existed since episode 1, these families are; the Beales, the Brannings and the Butchers. These families do not get on with each other and cause and create problems with each other. The positive side of having families as the main source of attention means that there is no main character which adds to the sense of community as all there stories are allowed to progress one by one.
These families also know alot of secrets about each other, which usually ruins the family life and social impacts of the suspected person and increases the tension between the different communities which help the progression of the dramatic plots that take place within the programme. This secret is also developed and new ways of releasing them can be invented to create bigger drama. The families also differ in terms of 'power', for example, the Mitchell's have the biggest characters which are long running and are linked with many progressing story lines. whereas the Beale's are a rivalry family which have had the same qualities and incidents to the Mitchell's.
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