The creator, Tony Holland had based the characters name on people he had known throughout his life. For example, the characters Lou, Pauline and Pete come from his own family. Hollands reason for this was to replicate his childhood and his past. His past experiences have become the storyline for some of the original characters in the programme, this promotes the aspect of 'taking a slice out of life' and recreating it. By doing so the reality of the programme increases as all the names created are very typical of an East-ender, such characters like Steve McFadden, Barbara Windsor, Wendy Richards and Jessie Wallace are very popular characters who are well-known due to their involvement and conflicts within the family.
Tony Holland made certain issue's which broke many taboo's in modern society, such as teenage pregnancy, AIDS, cancer, mental illnesses etc. This made eastenders very successful as it gripped and related to everybody who watched the programme, especially the less complex yet constant issues like a bad day at work or just daily irritating things that happen.
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